780Ti SLI options

[northwestdakota]

Hi guys,

I currently have a 780Ti and I love it, it's an amazing card that runs nice and cool and quiet. I'm so happy; I know I’m going to want another by the end of the year. I can't justify it now, but with the Witcher 3 coming out in Feb, I reckon 780Ti SLI could well be useful.

Anyway, my current CPU is a 3570k, I have no idea if that will hold me back if/when I decide to go for another 780Ti. I'd love to hear some opinions, should I go for an i7 to get the most out of SLI, or will it not really make all that much difference?

Thanks in advance

 

[jh30uk]

It will make difference as the CPU will always be the bottleneck but not all games are CPU bound as others.

 

[Gripen90]

If you play at 2560x1440 then a second GTX 780Ti will give you more horsepower indeed for more pixel pushing.

 

[Deceptor]

Since the game comes out in Feb I'd say hold off anything for now, come Feb we might be close to seeing the 300/800 series from AMD/Nvidia which might be a better shout.

 

[northwestdakota]

I do play at 2560x1440. I get the point about worrying about video card upgrades closer to the time, and truth be told that's probably what I will do. However, out of interest, do you think my current CPU would hold me back should I decide to go SLI? Would it really make all that much difference?

 

[northwestdakota]

A bump to see if anyone who is bored at work and wants to give an opinion on something

 

[nashathedog]

A bump to see if anyone who is bored at work and wants to give an opinion on something

Get more vram, Go for a Titan or a pair of 6gb 780's. The ti's will give you the extra horsepower but they'll also hit there ram limit with some games so your not gonna be able to max them anyway.

I'm looking at it from a perspective of how long you want it too last and performance in new releases that are coming out over the next year or so not old titles. Sure they'll run old titles fine but what about all the new stuff that's coming plenty of those will be ram guzzling candidates.

 

[darket]

I'm thinking of doing the same thing, however i'm running a 3770k @ 4.5.

I stepped up from a heavily overclocked 2500k and found the i7 to be much less of a bottleneck than the i5 , i play a wide array of games , some which are cpu intensive and some more gpu biased and my rig as it stands doesn't struggle with anything @ 1440p at the moment . In you're position i would probably be on the lookout for a good deal on a used 3770k and see how you go from there and worry about going sli later in the year.

 

[SirCanealot]

I'm thinking of doing the same thing, however i'm running a 3770k @ 4.5.

I stepped up from a heavily overclocked 2500k and found the i7 to be much less of a bottleneck than the i5 , i play a wide array of games , some which are cpu intensive and some more gpu biased and my rig as it stands doesn't struggle with anything @ 1440p at the moment . In you're position i would probably be on the lookout for a good deal on a used 3770k and see how you go from there and worry about going sli later in the year.

A 3570k-3770k will either offer no performance jump or a performance decrease as hyper threading can actually lower the frame rate in some games. A 3770k is absolutely pointless unless you need hyper threading (and it is useful for any kind of encoding). For games, a clock speed increase with dwarf any increase hyper threading will give you :/

 

[northwestdakota]

Get more vram, Go for a Titan or a pair of 6gb 780's. The ti's will give you the extra horsepower but they'll also hit there ram limit with some games so your not gonna be able to max them anyway.

I'm looking at it from a perspective of how long you want it too last and performance in new releases that are coming out over the next year or so not old titles. Sure they'll run old titles fine but what about all the new stuff that's coming plenty of those will be ram guzzling candidates.

Interesting, I was afraid I might regret buying the 780Ti with it having lower Vram than other options. I was hoping on 2560x1440 it would not matter all that much. My only concern is future games, if Vram is going to be an issue, ill have to consider it.