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Soldato
290 crossfire if you just want the best performance.
A lot of choice.
SLI/Crossfire will provide the best performance. I would be tempted to get two 290's (aftermarket coolers though...)
SLI 780 is also very good. I would take either over a 780Ti, unless you want a single card of course.
SLI/Crossfire will provide the best performance. I would be tempted to get two 290's (aftermarket coolers though...)
SLI 780 is also very good. I would take either over a 780Ti, unless you want a single card of course.
Soldato
Do you care about noise?
Soldato
Just go with the Powercolor, they're cheapest and come with bf4.
Also support is now with OCUK.
Also support is now with OCUK.
Associate
If you can go a bit over budget, then how about these?
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £379.99 (£759.98)
Total : £769.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £379.99 (£759.98)
Total : £769.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Soldato
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290CF
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_crossfire_vs_sli_review_benchmarks,18.html
Better and cheaper, Nvidia should lower there prices.
Soldato
You running more than one monitor? If only one monitor what resolution are you running at?
You a bencher or a gamer?
What games you play?
If you are only one monitor at 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 then one card will be enough. Unless you have a 120/144hz monitor
Higher resolutions such as 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 you'll benefit greatly from xfire or SLi to turn everything on at those resolutions.
Games - If you play a lot of one game such as BF4 then you may benefit from AMD cards as Mantle is around the corner. The jury is still out on what this will bring though.
If you want Xfire with R series AMD cards then you'll need a case with good cooling.
Then there is G-Sync from Nvidia for Nvidia cards, where the card syncs the refresh rate on the monitor to the frame output rate from the card for very smooth gameplay. - this is new and requires a new monitor though these will become cheaper for a future upgrade.
AMD have rumoured a similar solution but so far we have only seen it on laptop displays so again you may have to wait.
Unless you money is burning a hole in your pocket I'd wait until the Mantle release in BF4 "somewhen" this month and see what 'real' gains they bring. Especially if you are a BF4 player.
WIsh I had £700 to psend on GPU/s - well gel!
You a bencher or a gamer?
What games you play?
If you are only one monitor at 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 then one card will be enough. Unless you have a 120/144hz monitor
Higher resolutions such as 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 you'll benefit greatly from xfire or SLi to turn everything on at those resolutions.
Games - If you play a lot of one game such as BF4 then you may benefit from AMD cards as Mantle is around the corner. The jury is still out on what this will bring though.
If you want Xfire with R series AMD cards then you'll need a case with good cooling.
Then there is G-Sync from Nvidia for Nvidia cards, where the card syncs the refresh rate on the monitor to the frame output rate from the card for very smooth gameplay. - this is new and requires a new monitor though these will become cheaper for a future upgrade.
AMD have rumoured a similar solution but so far we have only seen it on laptop displays so again you may have to wait.
Unless you money is burning a hole in your pocket I'd wait until the Mantle release in BF4 "somewhen" this month and see what 'real' gains they bring. Especially if you are a BF4 player.
WIsh I had £700 to psend on GPU/s - well gel!
Soldato
If you can go a bit over budget, then how about these?
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £379.99 (£759.98)
Total : £769.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).
This would get my vote if you could afford the extra.
Caporegime
If you can go a bit over budget, then how about these?
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £379.99 (£759.98)
Total : £769.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).
+1 from me.
This you can get now and beats out the reference 290's in most games
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I wouldn't be desperate to spend £700 now when I know 20nm is coming this year; but that's just me.
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Pretty much be Q4 though to be fair, so a little bit away...