780Ti SLI vs TITAN X. Would you do it?

[ndaar]

Sometimes you just have to look at your bank balance and say **** it and click the buy button.

LOL that's pretty much what I did. I cant justify the price, but sometimes who cares lol.

As for the OP 780tis v titan x. I use a ROG swift and dual 770s, they deliver the power needed for 1440p 144hz in most games (some need to be turned down due to Vram) however I opted for the Titan X.

I prefer single cards. It will deliver better performance than mine and leaves me the option of a second one later if needed.

There are obviously other options coming soon.....but that's the case all the time.

 

[Gregster]

I probably will wait and see what the 980Ti brings.

I'm firmly locked into Nvidia cards really, mainly due to having a Gsync monitor. I don't have any 'brand loyalty' or fanboy dickishness or anything like that, I've owned equal amounts of both nvidia and AMD over the last 10 years probably.

But things like gsync/ freesync are REALLY worth it, and if it means getting slightly locked into one or the other it's a bit of a pain but tough titty.

I am also locked in with the Swift and it isn't until you go back to normal screen gaming do you realise how damned good it is I have had this 290X for a couple of weeks and nothing wrong with it at all but the damned tearing and stutter from non synced gaming has really killed it for me and I just don't want to play anything. I have a feeling that a single TX will cope just fine with every game out currently and even though I have a second coming, I don't feel it is needed. Only a couple of days for my testing the TX and that might help you decide

 

[northwestdakota]

I'm in the exact same position, but I have made my mind up for now.

The way I see it, the original Titan (with hindsight) was worth the cost, it remained on top for a long time. With Nvidia suggesting Pascal is going to be head and shoulders above the new Titan, I can't see anyone getting the same value. (Obviously, this could be wrong in the end)

However... I want to play The Witcher 3 on Ultra on 1440P. If that is not possible with 780Ti's in SLI, I might reconsider. I want to upgrade for the sake of it for sure, but to make sure I regret nothing I’m going to stick to my new rule, which is wait until you can't play a game (you actually like) on ultra-settings, and then take a look at what can.

Worst case for me is The Witcher 3 does not run on ultra and I look at my options mid May, by that time we may well have new information on the 980Ti or the new AMD card.

 

[Mayh3M]

I would say yes for sure. Only reason I'm not getting one is an my insistence on a backplate which the Titan X will never be able to have because of how hot the memory gets. I'm waiting for the 980ti.

 

[Quartz]

I currently have a GTX 780 Ti and opted to purchase a Titan X instead of going SLI. The rumoured GTX 980 Ti did not interest me with the rumoured 6 GB - too little VRAM. Had Nvidia released a GTX 980 with 8 GB last year, I would have purchased a pair. But the TX is single-card solution for 4K. And it's available now.

But I'm now waiting for TX and I'm not feeling very patient...

 

[wunkley]

Thanks for all the input folks, it's really useful.

I've been in this situation many times before and it's always the same, we never learn do we

For the next few weeks I will no doubt keep swinging between 'sensible wait head' and '**** it buy now heart'. Just think though, you could die tomorrow having never owned a Titan X. The joy of the capitalist west and consumerism eh....

 

[Dirk Diggler]

After voting a definite no in the 'would you buy a Titanx' poll I now feel a bit of a numpty. A terrible seed of new GPUitis has crept in

The thing is, after being an SLI fan and user for the past 4 or 5 years, I'm starting to get brassed off with the inherent issues, particularly with gsync. I love gsync, but I'm finding more and more games seem to have stuttering/ slight hitching issues when using SLI and gsync. It's just a smoother experience overall using one card, even if the frames per second are quite a lot lower. It's starting to feel pointless running 2 cards, but I still want higher fps to make use of my Rog Swifts high Hz gaming.

So, my question is, if you currently ran 780TI SLI and used a 1440p gsync monitor, would you seriously consider selling the Ti's and getting one Titan X?

(P.s. I don't think I will be going 4k monitor any time soon. My next screen I would love is 3440x1440 superwide, VA or IPS panel with gsync that can run at 120hz. This might be here sooner than we think given the way monitor development is steaming on. )

Are you locking your FPS in games to 1fps below the monitor's refresh rate? If your games run at the refresh rate, G-Sync is disabled.

 

[wunkley]

Are you locking your FPS in games to 1fps below the monitor's refresh rate? If your games run at the refresh rate, G-Sync is disabled.

Eeeerrrrrm, you're a little bit/ a lot bit wrong there Stringo . Gsync does not get disabled. There are some that suggest that input lag is exacerbated if you run at a full locked 120fps at 120hz for example, but gsync is in no way disabled.

I personally haven't found this input lag theory to be the case at all by the way. For example I can run Bioshock smooth as silk at 120fps, 120hz, Alien isolation the same, and it feels great and there's no less or more input lag that I can notice than running with a frame rate limiter either a few frames under, or a lot under (I run frame rate limiters for a few games to try and help with the SLI/ gsync/ stutter issues - Far cry 3 seems to be one game that benefits a bit from this, eg run at 75fps via a frame limiter, but monitor is at 120hz).

I've tried all sorts of tricks and workarounds believe me for the general issue I'm talking about. The sad fact is that some games, with SLI and gsync all together, just do not get on, and work 'better' and smoother with ONE card.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Gsync works like Vsync when you hit the FPS of the monitor.

 

[wunkley]

I think you're missing the point.....

Anyway, most of the games that have these SLI/ gsync/ stutter issues don't hit the max hz of the monitor (which I usually run at 120hz). Take Far Cry 3 as an example. In SLI it's between the 50's to the low 100's for example. Mostly stays around the 70's ie exactly the 'range' that gsync 'excels' at, but it's just not working smooth.

If I run the same game ***but just on one card*** the overall framerates are lower eg between 40's to 70's, but with SLI disabled and one card only, gsync does it's thing properly, and it's super smooth. Ok, you get more 'motion blur' because it's running at a lower fps, but there are no stutters/ dropped frames/ hitches, call them what you will, that I am seeing in this game and increasingly others with SLI and gsync.

It's just annoying, and it's why I'm considering dumping SLI and going for one very good card.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I know you're a bit of an anorak when it comes to SLI, so I'm more than happy to take your word for it. I don't experience any issues with my 980s so maybe that 1gb extra Vram is making the difference?

 

[Gregster]

I think you're missing the point.....

Anyway, most of the games that have these SLI/ gsync/ stutter issues don't hit the max hz of the monitor (which I usually run at 120hz). Take Far Cry 3 as an example. In SLI it's between the 50's to the low 100's for example. Mostly stays around the 70's ie exactly the 'range' that gsync 'excels' at, but it's just not working smooth.

If I run the same game ***but just on one card*** the overall framerates are lower eg between 40's to 70's, but with SLI disabled and one card only, gsync does it's thing properly, and it's super smooth. Ok, you get more 'motion blur' because it's running at a lower fps, but there are no stutters/ dropped frames/ hitches, call them what you will, that I am seeing in this game and increasingly others with SLI and gsync.

It's just annoying, and it's why I'm considering dumping SLI and going for one very good card.

Some games (specifically you be eye software) are just inherently crap on multiple cards. Far cry 3 is one of them but runs well on a single card.

This was one of the reasons I just wanted the 1 card but as usual, the left and right shoulder argued with me

 

[wunkley]

I know you're a bit of an anorak when it comes to SLI, so I'm more than happy to take your word for it. I don't experience any issues with my 980s so maybe that 1gb extra Vram is making the difference?

Anorak? Heha, I guess I am a bit. I prefer the term picky ****er myself....

It's definitely, definitley, 100%, not a Vram issue. I have a GPU widget on a second screen. In my example of Far Cry 3 the most it uses is 1.5GB! I don't have a Vram issue in any games I play, even modded skyrim. And the 780Ti has a full 3GB ram, not a dodgy gimped set up that's filling up and then caching slow stuff like the 970 for example, so there's no weirdness going on.

Makes me wonder why on earth I'm even considering a 12GB card now

 

[Quartz]

Makes me wonder why on earth I'm even considering a 12GB card now

Far Cry 4 has been measured using 8 GB...

 

[Tacitus]

I would not, even if you sold off the 780Tis, you'd get what? Maybe £200-£220 each? £400 extra spent for a less-powerful-albeit-smoother experience is just not worth it in my eyes.

 

[VEGACORTEZ]

I'm moving from x2 titan blacks to 1 titan x for rog swift gaming. Hoping for similar fps on games when it's been overclocked. I'd do it as the ti's vram is not enough for max settings especially textures now on some games and no more sli.

 

[alex_123_fra]

Never had an issue with SLI so don't quite get the fuss. I'd stick out for 980ti or similar AMD variant unless you really need 12GB.

 

[snips86x]

I'm moving from x2 titan blacks to 1 titan x for rog swift gaming. Hoping for similar fps on games when it's been overclocked. I'd do it as the ti's vram is not enough for max settings especially textures now on some games and no more sli.

I would keep the 2 Blacks, they look very good in SLi, one reason I'm not looking to replace mine

Never had an issue with SLI so don't quite get the fuss. I'd stick out for 980ti or similar AMD variant unless you really need 12GB.

yeah, not sure 12GB is warranted yet though! We'll see

 

[Gregster]

I quite agree and SLI is decent. Profiles very quickly and even when there isn't one for a particular game, if you have Geforce Experience installed, it automatically adds them without needing a new driver.

My only issue with SLi was scaling really and whilst I always blamed nVidia for poor scaling, looking at AMD's scaling (when they do have CF working), it wasn't great for either, so that could well be down to the game engine/devs.

 

[BDEE]

Sorry to necro, but those who did go from 780Ti SLi to Titan X - How was it for you?

Looking at going to the Pascal card....