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Nvidia GTX 780 6Gb cards

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Hi all, I'm after some well informed advice. Currently I game across 3 screens at a resolution of 5760 x 1080 with the following setup

i5 2500k @4.5ghz
MSI Nvidia GTX780 Twin Frozr/Gaming
8Gb RAM
MSI Z68A-GD55 motherboard

At the moment the 780 is struggling to play some games at high detail and in some cases is hitting the 3Gb Vram limit. So I'm considering the following options

1) Buy a single 780 6Gb version and SLI it with my current card and eventually sell the 3Gb one and buy a 6Gb replacement once prices drop in the future. I'm assuming the 2 different memory sizes will be ok together but will only utilise 3Gb.

2) Bite the bullet and buy 2 6Gb cards at a price of £800 and sell the 3Gb card on (not sure what I'd get for it?).

Next question is which card to go for? I'm drawn to the KFA2 HOF or the Inno3d iChill. Both cost the same.

Thoughts and opinions would be much appreciated.


Thanks

Mark
 
Thanks for the input so far. I really want to get the 2 6Gb cards now but my wallet's telling me no! But I suppose that's what credit cards are for :D

Any thoughts on which brand is better? KFA2 or Inno3d? Also what sort of price would be a fair one for a 2nd hand MSI 780 Gaming?
 
So OcUK would deal with the RMA with the Inno3d cards? Would that mean a quick turnaround?

I've read on another forum that KFA2 use better components whilst Inno3d just use reference components. Leaning towards KFA2 for that reason.
 
Well I went ahead and got 2 of the KFA cards. Can't get them to work so far :confused:

With both cards in it won't post, just get a flashing hyphen in one corner of the monitor. With each one in on it's own it gets stuck for a few minutes with B2 in one corner and then boots up but I can't access the bios.

I've read my MB can be a bit fussy with 780s and might require a bios update, something I've never attempted before, plus apparently it makes overclocking sandybridge chips almost impossible :(

What I don't understand is it works fine with my MSI 780, boots straight away and can access bios :confused:
 
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