£830 budget??

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:16

What would you buy and why??
Game at 1080p and 120hz
Currently my 780 does very well in bf4, a few settings are dropped and it looks great to me, as i like blowing the crap out of everything in my boat!! Framerates can drop which are noticeable at times.
Also for those that know me i like the odd benchmark so what do i do??

Another lightning would most definitely give me the extra frames but from my experience due to the poor memory is not going to set the tables on fire!

Waterblocks are a must.

Very tempted by the 780Ti kpe and i'm led to believe that these will use the standard classified block.

What about the 290X Lightning??

Only thing is benchmarks are short lived but what would you do??

LtMatt · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:18

Nickolp1974 said:
What would you buy and why??
Game at 1080p and 120hz
Currently my 780 does very well in bf4, a few settings are dropped and it looks great to me, as i like blowing the crap out of everything in my boat!! Framerates can drop which are noticeable at times.
Also for those that know me i like the odd benchmark so what do i do??

Another lightning would most definitely give me the extra frames but from my experience due to the poor memory is not going to set the tables on fire!

Waterblocks are a must.

Very tempted by the 780Ti kpe and i'm led to believe that these will use the standard classified block.

What about the 290X Lightning??

Only thing is benchmarks are short lived but what would you do??

290X Lightning x2 Nick. :cool:

Its about time you came home, you've been gone far too long.

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:19

Very much doubt i'll get 2 mate + blocks, and i will admit by the too many problems being reported, all the 290 series cards have superb performance but i cant overlook some of the problems

LtMatt · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:19

Nickolp1974 said:
Very much doubt i'll get 2 mate + blocks

Sorry got carried away spending your green queens.

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:23

LtMatt said:
Sorry got carried away spending your green queens.

Any idea of eta on the lightnings and there estimated cost?

whyscotty · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:25

Nickolp1974 said:
Very much doubt i'll get 2 mate + blocks, and i will admit by the too many problems being reported, all the 290 series cards have superb performance but i cant overlook some of the problems

That's what put me off

So I got these instead

arc@css · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:26

^^ Looks great. :cool:

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:31

whyscotty said:
That's what put me off

So I got these instead

They are very nice.

Had looked at getting a couple of regular 780 classy's again.

Can't make my mind up arghh

Do i go with my head or my heart???

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 20:37

At a guess how much of a percentage increase in frames for a well clocked Ti would it get me in BF4
Run my lightning at 1250 in game. Would this work out at about 1000 for a Ti?

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:20

@Neil, are they the classified versions?? How are they and when did you get them??

whyscotty · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:23

Nickolp1974 said:
They are very nice.

Do i go with my head or my heart???

Cheers

Use your head, you'll be wanting to upgrade again in less than 12 months

Yep, they're Classies

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:30

whyscotty said:
Cheers

Use your head, you'll be wanting to upgrade again in less than 12 months

Yep, they're Classies

Temps, clocks??

whyscotty · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:33

Leak testing still to be done

Nickolp1974 · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:46

whyscotty said:
Leak testing still to be done

Very tempted indeed, look forward to your results

whyscotty · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:51

Nickolp1974 said:
Very tempted indeed, look forward to your results

Hopefully all be done by/over the weekend

Gregster · 15 Jan 2014 at 21:59

KPE Nick. It is about time I add you on top of the charts

If I wasn't going for that 1440P 120Hz Asus monitor, I would have one on order.

pgi947 · 15 Jan 2014 at 22:37

Either 780ti classy, 290x ltg (remember blocks will be another few months after release if you're lucky for the ltg!!).

Greg mentioned it so I'll suggest it, keep the 780 and buy the asus monitor, no need to worry about low frame lag etc...

Gregster · 15 Jan 2014 at 22:46

pgi947 said:
Either 780ti classy, 290x ltg (remember blocks will be another few months after release if you're lucky for the ltg!!).

Greg mentioned it so I'll suggest it, keep the 780 and buy the asus monitor, no need to worry about low frame lag etc...

Not a bad shout Paul

Nickolp1974 · 17 Jan 2014 at 18:01

i cant make up my blinking mind, both will have the power i need one option way more than the other, but i'm likely to change cards before games will utilise all that at 1080

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified "KINGPIN Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-3888-KR) £739.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Dual Classified HydroCopper 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-3789-KR) £539.99 (£1,079.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Classified - Acetal+Nickel £89.99
Total : £1,919.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

pgi947 · 17 Jan 2014 at 18:04

I wouldn't touch the kingpin edition, you're not going to put it on ln2, you may as well save a few quid and get the regular classy for water