I have pre-ordered something, a quick question plz?

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 18:14

Hello, I have pre-ordered the KFA2 GTX 780.

I was wondering, would it be possible for me to switch my order to something else?

Am only asking for info at the moment.

Thanks in Advance.

pgi947 · 12 Aug 2014 at 18:17

Use the customer services part of the forum bud

Zefan · 12 Aug 2014 at 18:26

As above, make a thread in the Customer Services section. Shop staff can see all the threads created in there, whereas customers can only see their own.

I won't close this thread as it is nice to see customers having their issues sorted.

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 18:39

Hiya, I don't have an issue at all! Was just ripping my hair out over the offer of a Powercolour AMD R9-290 with 8Gb of ram as well as the other goodies

After bitting my knuckles a lot I won't be giving up the 780, long term plan is 2x 780's and a 4k monitor, as well as some other stuff, when I can afford it all.

You can close it if you wan't, my question's been answered, thanks very much chaps

Surveyor · 12 Aug 2014 at 19:40

Perhaps a different question is in order.

I haven't kept up with 4k but there has been discussion that 3GB of VRAM might not really be enough.

Two cards still only gives you 3GB to play with.

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:46

Hi, I thought that with 2x GTX 780 that would give me 6GB of Vram.......as in 2x GTX 780 = 1x GTX TITAN.

Have I got this badly wrong, am I making a massive mistake ?

Noxia · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:49

The VRAM is shared, so two 6gb cards will still be 6gb not 12. I think that setup will be great for 14-1600p but not 4k.

Uncle Petey · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:49

jamie1414 · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:56

To add to that; I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to or can't SLI two cards together with differing amounts of VRAM. Manufacturer doesn't matter but card type and VRAM amount matter.

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 21:56

Well, now I'm just confused......

Each KFA2 reference GTX 780 has 3Gb of Vram.

You're saying that 6Gb of Vram isn't enough to game at on a 4K Monitor, that it takes more than that, yes?

If that's right, it begs the question of what would I need to game at 4K ?

Edit: I was planning on buying a second card exactly the same as the one I am getting, a KFA2 Reference GTX 780. Each card has 3Gb of Vram. If I do buy both cards, then according to the review article linked on the OCUK info page for the new KFA2 Reference card that you can buy for £320+ Shipping, then having 2 cards and using SLI, it is equivalent to 1x GTX TITAN (roughly). Is that not enough to run a 4K monitor for gaming ?

Hyburnate · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:00

SLI doesn't add the VRAM together, so you will still have only 3GB of VRAM with 2 cards which isn't enough for 4K.

Surveyor · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:03

Two 3GB cards will give you 3GB of usable VRAM.

Two 6GB cards will give you 6GB of usable VRAM.

I think they're saying that 3GB will be enough for resolutions like 2560x1440/1600 but for 4k you want 6GB.

Uncle Petey · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:04

I was under the impression that you really needed at least three cards to make use of over 4GB @4K.

LtMatt · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:08

Uncle Petey said:
I was under the impression that you really needed at least three cards to make use of over 4GB @4K.

Indeed you do, so well said.

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:08

Oh bugga, thanks for that chaps :/

That'll learn me. So what would you need to game at 4k?

Freddie1980 · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:22

Two of those Powercolors 290's in xfire you mentioned earlier would cut it but frankly you would be better off getting a nice 27" 1440p display. 4k technology is still in it's infancy and even as 4K begins to establish itself and prices come down companies are already started early concepts of 8k screens.

I would probably wait and get decent 1440p IPS display that support the latest display port standard, the adaptive sync technology is free for anyone to use and although AMD have stated they will support it with 'Freesync' it should only be a matter of time until Nvidia supports it as well. Of course that's just me, I like IPS if you like FPS's and play a lot online you might be better off with a 120hz/144hz TN panel for better response times and reduced input lag, for me I like the viewing angles, colour reproduction and sharpens of an IPS screen.

jamie1414 · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:26

Freddie1980 said:
Two of those Powercolors 290's in xfire you mentioned earlier would cut it but frankly you would be better off getting a nice 27" 1440p display. 4k technology is still in it's infancy and even as 4K begins to establish itself and prices come down companies are already started early concepts of 8k screens.

Seriously? Do they not realize that the rest of the technology hasn't even caught up to handle 4k yet? Or do you just mean 8k screens for like Movies and shows? I almost want to say that would be an overkill resolution for things like those but I'm sure people said the same thing about 1080p

Little*Freak · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:28

Ok freddie, thanks a lot, will think about it.

Freddie1980 · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:34

jamie1414 said:
Seriously? Do they not realize that the rest of the technology hasn't even caught up to handle 4k yet? Or do you just mean 8k screens for like Movies and shows? I almost want to say that would be an overkill resolution for things like those but I'm sure people said the same thing about 1080p

8k will be just like 4K it will start off in TV's then work it's way down the product stack and eventually we will get 8k monitors but that's a way off yet. 4k is still in it's infancy, 8k is still in the womb.

Little*Freak said:
Ok freddie, thanks a lot, will think about it.

Out of interest what's your current video card?

DLD · 12 Aug 2014 at 22:39

I would grab another 780 for sli, with an Asus Swift 144hz 1440p monitor. That setup will be awesome while waiting for stronger GPUs to run 4k at a later time. That's my plans.