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Help me choose between 780ti and R9

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Help! I've not had to look a graphics cards in a long time, but now I have an urge to change mine. I was about to order the Inno 780ti at £509 on OC, but then I started to read about the R9 and Gainwards OC'd 780ti @ £539 on OC. What do I do!! I think I'd prefer a reference design in case I decide to WC at some point, so does this rule out the Gainward (it uses a different cooling configuration it seems). The R9 only appears to be marginally slower than the 780 yet has double the RAM which I interpret to mean it will player higher resolution games or support multi-monitor gaming better. Does Nvidia need multiple cards to support 3 monitors these days, or have they something equivelent to eyefinity?

I must spend money! Help me spend !! :-)
 
Hi Storm,

If you do intend on going water cooled, you could do worse than grabbing a EVGA 780 Classified. This card seriously overclocks well, has the option of blocks and can save you a few quid over a 780Ti.

If you are intent on getting a 780Ti, grab this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-241-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1402

It still uses a reference PCB design, so you can add a water block to it but in the meantime, it will run nice and cool and on special this week at £510 is a bargain for a Ti.
 
Whats the difference between a 'gamer' and normal edition? Is the MSI twin frozr cooler as good as the stock (which looks damn cool in silver!). I ask because I have a 580 at the moment and it sounds like a jet about to take off when its worked hard. I'd really like to get back to a card that allows me to think whilst I play :D
 
Just higher clocks 'out the box' by all accounts. I have that Titan cooler and it is an impressive piece of kit. It does make a whoosh when it spins up still but is pretty effective but the Tin Frozr cooler will do a quieter/cooler job. As for your questions in the OP,

The 780/780Ti has 3GB of VRAM
The 290/290X has 4GB of VRAM

You can connect 4 monitors on one card now with nVidia Kepler cards. :)
 
looks like this is the card for me then! One last question, I have a Corsair 620w PSU thats not doing very much except running the card. Is this going to be enough power do you think? I read that the card requires a 6 PIN and 8 PIN which means its the same as my GTX 580 which has a TDP of 244w. I believe the 780ti is 250w so hardly any difference or am I missing something
 
That PSU will be fine. As chips get smaller, they require less power, so hence the TDP. The GTX 480 was a horrible card with a lot of heat and power required, but the 580 was Fermi done correctly.
 
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