I know it wasn't all that funny but looks like I do need to explain it.
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Get Classy, Eye For The TI Or All On Red?
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I know it wasn't all that funny but looks like I do need to explain it.
No, because the 280x has 500 more shaders, 50% more RAM, much larger bandwidth. Its an overall better card.
GK104s are a JOKE, and it doesnt matter how you look at it. GK110s on the other hand are good cards.
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OK its £32 more than you were looking at but it would give you a much better upgrade than just a new GPU.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
Total : £571.97 (includes shipping : ).
I would in fact wait until the new Intel chips come out in a few weeks to see what that does to pricing.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
Total : £571.97 (includes shipping : ).
I would in fact wait until the new Intel chips come out in a few weeks to see what that does to pricing.
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Just get the 780 classy. no need for Ti version. not much more performance from the 780. I just bought a pair of 780's myself and could have got Ti, but decided against it. wasn't worth it tbh. Saved £200 
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Just get the 780 classy. no need for Ti version. not much more performance from the 780. I just bought a pair of 780's myself and could have got Ti, but decided against it. wasn't worth it tbh. Saved £200
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How about posting in some of the bench threads? I'd like to see how your 780 SLI setup compares to my 290 setup.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18589127
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18536130
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18588691
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18555357
OK its £32 more than you were looking at but it would give you a much better upgrade than just a new GPU.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
Total : £571.97 (includes shipping : ).
I would in fact wait until the new Intel chips come out in a few weeks to see what that does to pricing.
Cheers for the suggestion but I'm waiting for the next tick i think in the Intel Road map before i jump and go all out on a new CPU/Mobo and Ram.Therefore i want to make as sensible and reasonable impact as i can currently with a GPU selection.
Also side note... MATX in my 800D would like silly lol
And 800d + h50 isnt? ... Sigh, im out.
If only you had never bothered coming...
OP: I would get a 780Ti in your scenario for the reasons other people have recommended so I won't bore you and repeat them
.Sapphire RMA process though
i've never owned an EVGA Card but I have always read and heard about how great their customer service is So i am tempted to a classified but then i wonder is it worth the extra to bump to a TI and get some more headroom?Just go away. What i do with my PC is my concern (It originally started life in a smaller case anyway before being put in the 800D)
I see joke now but TBH fair at 2am with food poisoning I get a pass.
It was terrible humour to be fair.
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Would be a good choice. I own a couple which are rapid and they're also built to take some hammer. The EVGA warranty support speaks for itself.
Can't say I have any regrets about deciding to go for an overclocked model 780 over the higher cards - pretty much anything out there at the moment plays at ultra settings with fps to spare and while I mostly play at 1920x1080 I have a Dell U2913WM as well and no performance issues there.