780 to 290x

[Ayahuasca]

Thinking of making this move as I'll be getting a 1440p monitor soon and I think the 290x will deal with this a bit better, offloading the 780 to a mate who needs a new card.

Has anyone made this move and been happy with it?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[LtMatt]

Thinking of making this move as I'll be getting a 1440p monitor soon and I think the 290x will deal with this a bit better, offloading the 780 to a mate who needs a new card.

Has anyone made this move and been happy with it?

Thanks for any advice.

I think Oweneades did a similar upgrade so hopefully he can comment.

 

[JediFragger]

If it doesn't cost you much then I'd def do it

 

[Geeman1979]

I've owned both and felt no noticeable difference in performance at all that stood out. If it's gunna cost you to make the transition, I'd stick with what you've got.

 

[AdrianIscariot]

Sorry I can't help with your question, but I wondered if I could ask why you feel the 290X would be a better option than a 780 for a 1440p set-up? I'm hoping to get a new monitor before long and currently run 780s, so your reasoning is very interesting to me!

 

[Ayahuasca]

You have 2 780's it won't be an issue for you.

 

[PhysicsMan94]

My 2 780s run 1440p fine, only game that gives VRAM issues is Watch Dogs but that's understandable given recent developments and news on this game.

Even Crysis 3 doesn't hit 3GB VRAM usage maxed out at this resolution, so you should be fine with a 780 (or 2)

Edit - Also, the overall performance increase of a 290X from a 780 at 1440p won't be that big; you really need SLI/X-fire to max games out with playable framerates at this resolution.

 

[ubersonic]

I have two systems that are basically identical for gaming performance bar GPU's, one has an EVGA GTX780 Hydrocopper (basically an FTW ACX with a factory waterblock). The other has a pair of reference R290's one of which is unlocked (meaning it's really an R290X that was masquerading as an R290 because they didn't have the stock).

Before deciding to run the R290's in Xfire I was running just the R290X and compared to my GTX780 system it did perform faster in games and benchmarks, however I wouldn't call it decisively fast (I.E if something was unplayable on one it would probably have been unplayable on both).

Personally I don't see the point in buying an X or Ti over the regular cards unless you have money to burn.

 

[bigmac121]

Thinking of making this move as I'll be getting a 1440p monitor soon and I think the 290x will deal with this a bit better, offloading the 780 to a mate who needs a new card.

Has anyone made this move and been happy with it?

Thanks for any advice.

What make have you got? and is it OC?