Driving the ROG swift

implosiveturnip · 26 Jun 2015 at 22:25

Hello all,

I'm stuck at a crossroads here; I have a ROG swift arriving on monday (yay!) and I'm torn on what config to go for:

Do I SLI my 780 classy or go for a 980/980ti.

I would have shot for 980 sli but it's out of budget.

I'm fairly certain that the 780's will have enough grunt, but the vram concerns me. Is a single ti going to cut it better? I suppose it depends on the games I'll be playing.

Budget is, sadly, a limiting factor, since I blew most of my wonga on the swift.

andybird123 · 26 Jun 2015 at 22:32

At this point I would start looking to go 980ti if you can, roughly the same performance as 780SLI but with the extra vram

Rroff · 26 Jun 2015 at 22:36

980ti if you can as above.

I find games pretty playable on my 780 (aside from sometimes cutting it a bit fine VRAM wise) albeit mines clocked to roughly equivalent to stock GTX980 performance which is something like +40% on reference 780 which makes quite a difference at that res.

rankftw · 26 Jun 2015 at 22:45

I run my Swift on a heavily overclocked 980 and it runs great but go for the ti if you can.

Andrei23 · 26 Jun 2015 at 23:44

implosiveturnip said:
Budget is, sadly, a limiting factor, since I blew most of my wonga on the swift.

I sincerely hope that's just a figure of speech mate, and that you didn't actually go to wonga to buy a swift...

Dirk Diggler · 26 Jun 2015 at 23:51

Another vote for.... 980ti.

implosiveturnip · 27 Jun 2015 at 02:18

Andrei23 said:
I sincerely hope that's just a figure of speech mate, and that you didn't actually go to wonga to buy a swift...

Ha no, I'd rather sell a kidney than use one of those types!

Thanks for the input peeps, Best get saving for the ti I think. Now to find some old tech to sell

Best ti upto the job and not eye-wateringly expensive? The G1 is it at the top of every bench I see but this is reflected in the price!

implosiveturnip · 27 Jun 2015 at 02:20

Rroff said:
980ti if you can as above.

I find games pretty playable on my 780 (aside from sometimes cutting it a bit fine VRAM wise) albeit mines clocked to roughly equivalent to stock GTX980 performance which is something like +40% on reference 780 which makes quite a difference at that res.

So what clocks you on Rroff?

Rroff · 27 Jun 2015 at 03:16

Can get 1314 stable with k-boost and a fair bump in voltage - usually run at 1260 though as its pretty close to the same fps with less extreme settings (not much room for anything inbetween as hit a wall at 1260 without going to the settings that allow for 1300+).

Aberfala · 27 Jun 2015 at 05:53

I've just upgraded from 780 SLI to a 980 TI to drive my Swift partly because of the occasional SLI issue but also because more and more I'm finding that I'm running out of VRAM.

IMO buying any 3GB card now to run at 1440p or above is a mistake.

JimboJet · 27 Jun 2015 at 06:36

I have just bought the Swift and the Gigabyte GTX980ti G1 gaming. I can answer some queries if you need.

The graphics card doesn't go above 72C (24.5C Ambient) Is whisper quiet most of the time, but is audible though inoffensive at higher temps.

Bearing in mind I haven't looked into fully optimising game settings etc, im seeing 40+ fps in Arma3, 80+fps in World of Tanks, 40-45fps in Ark Evolved (which isn't optimised yet but will be, developers are the best i've seen in any game!) This is with G-sync on, mostly ultra or high settings.

I havent adjusted the monitor settings yet either but the display is very bright. Impressed so far.

implosiveturnip · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:25

Thanks guys, I think I knew the answer all along. Time to see what the classy can clock to whilst I raise funds for a ti or two

Glanza · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:27

I ran my ROG on 780sli and now a 980ti, The 780s had more then enough grunt to run the ROG fine. I only upgraded due to having the upgrade itch.

Andy321 · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:48

I run mine on a single GTX 980 at 1500mhz boost and everything I have tried so far runs great and smooth, even with my 980 at stock (1392mhz boost) everything ran great.

Not saying the 980 is bad or can't handle it because it can. But if I was in your shoes and buying now, I would go for the 980Ti.

Dirk Diggler · 27 Jun 2015 at 10:50

Andy321 said:
I run mine on a GTX 980 at 1500mhz boost and everything I have tried so far runs great and smooth, even with my 980 at stock (1392mhz boost) everything ran great.

Not saying the 980 is bad or can't handle it because it can. But if I was in your shoes and buying now, I would go for the 980Ti.

I'm running on a 980 too, and it's a great experience but as has been said, a 980ti should do it justice.

Disco_P · 27 Jun 2015 at 14:13

I ran a 1440p 100hz monitor up until recently on a single 780 and only things like witcher 3 pushed it to the limit of what I would accept.

I'd test it for a bit with your 780 (try OCing) but if you are sure for an upgrade go big and get a 980ti.

setter · 27 Jun 2015 at 14:17

780 sli will be about the same as a 980ti for gpu grunt. But you may run into vram issues on newer games at the 2560x1440 res on the swift.

Nano2k · 27 Jun 2015 at 14:18

Glanza said:
I ran my ROG on 780sli and now a 980ti, The 780s had more then enough grunt to run the ROG fine. I only upgraded due to having the upgrade itch.

Just upgraded to a single 980Ti from 780sli, to me the response on the screen in regards to the mouse inputs is a lot snappier with the 980ti than the 780sli even if the benchmark scores are lower.

implosiveturnip · 27 Jun 2015 at 14:39

setter said:
780 sli will be about the same as a 980ti for gpu grunt. But you may run into vram issues on newer games at the 2560x1440 res on the swift.

That's what I was worried about really. I suppose a single ti will be cooler and quieter too.

setter · 27 Jun 2015 at 14:40

implosiveturnip said:
That's what I was worried about really. I suppose a single ti will be cooler and quieter too.

I'll know better on Monday as that's the switch I've made.