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NVIDIA Maxwell architecture is coming sooner than expected (can’t share any details yet).
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Where can I buy such a piece of cod and would it reel in at less than 500? As my skin doesn't enjoy the taste of cashmere, are alternative custom finishes available without added premium?
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My heart sank considering how recent I just got my 770.
Hm, perhaps the fact that my gtx 770 order fell through is a blessing in disguise. I might be tempted to see if i can pick up a GTX 760 for near £175 at some point soon to use as a stop gap.
Or just keep my GTX 480.
To be honets, perhaps it is prudent to wait until the next gen games are out.....
Or just keep my GTX 480.
To be honets, perhaps it is prudent to wait until the next gen games are out.....
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Don't be daft, the 770 is a sweet card. You will be lucky to see these Q1 2014. It's all rumours and speculation presently
You've said the same thing about playing @1440 for the last....5 cards?
You're the type of person where everything is smooth/maxed/best when using the hardware currently inside your case, so not exactly the most reliable source, i'm sure if you were to switch from 780s to 620s they would play @max smoother than a smooth thing from smoothville...
As for being ahead of scheduled, sure but probably only a month ahead of their original road map, so these still wont be showing their faces till Q1 2014 earliest.
If anything my opinion should hold more weight as I have actually personally tested 99% of the videocards out there
. Either in my own rigs or customer builds. I'm not biased either way either like some of the fanboys. Think about it. Obviously if I have just bought a new GPU I bought it for a reason, i.e there was improvement in performance or value for money. So yeah I would like whatever I'm currently using the best, else why would I buy it? Lol.
The 780 is a monster, even at 1440P. 'Literally Titan' performance..
Crossfire was never 100%, the more I switched between single and dual cards I realized I'm sensitive to micro stutter or whatever it's called. Generally I prefer SLI, the problem before was no single card could really handle 1440P except Titan, but was just to damn expensive. So cheaper dual cards were a solution but not ideal, now the cards like 780 and soon HD 9970 can handle 1440P I don't see the need for dual cards. Will be using single GPU from now on.
Will likely switch up cards again at some point, it all depends on what I find available and it's value VS price.
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I reckon maxwell will be released the same month the 7xx series was next year.
Just....no.
Product launches are planned years in advance. Nobody just changes their schedule at the drop of a hat based on what their competitor is doing. Certainly not dropping an imminent release to focus on the next one and rushing it out.
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If your opinion changes as quickly as you change hardware, how is it more credible? A non bias objective outlook would be credible, i could trawl through your posts to pick up on all the times you've "maxes out everything @1440p!!!" and where "this is the best price performance ever!!!" but truth be told i'm too kin' lazy
I'm also pretty certain there's no single GPU card that can max everything out @1440p with playable framerates, Crysis 3 with 8xAA is a killer even at 1080.
This is a screen grab of Tomb Raider (hardly the most demanding game atm) of the second fastest 780 (clocked @ 1228/1802) on the forums struggling to get anywhere near playable framerates and by your own words
Before the 780 their wasn't an affordable single GPU that could handle 1440P, that's why cheap dual cards were a good option but never ideal. Single card is always better than dual.
Now we have the 780, and it really is a beast, I'm getting performance similar with the Titan I tried out for less than half the price. Nuff said lol.
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I still remember Sony killed DreamCast (and effectively SEGA as a console maker) by bombarding medias with news (lies) of "PS2 is out soon, PS2 is out soon", together with the PS2 having 20 times the processing flops of the final product that hit the market
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I thought a new process node was still some way off
Before the 780 their wasn't an affordable single GPU that could handle 1440P, that's why cheap dual cards were a good option but never ideal. Single card is always better than dual.
Now we have the 780, and it really is a beast, I'm getting performance similar with the Titan I tried out for less than half the price. Nuff said lol.
I disagree, if you are implying that the ~17% performance increase from a GTX780 compared to GTX770 or 7970 will suddenly allow you to max modern games at 2560x1440. None of those cards will max every game at 2560x1440 res without dropping graphics settings. You will still have to use FXAA and avoid SSAA in many recent games. Of course the GTX780 will have to compromise less but it stilll won't max them out.
I have a 7950 CF setup @1100/1550 and I can achieve 60 FPS average with ~48 FPS minimums, 2560x1600 res in Tom Raider with all settings maxed apart from SSAA. Even adding 2x SSAA would tank the FPS to mid 30s. A GTX780 (even overclocked) would get less than that.
My point is, that if a cheaper and faster 7950 CF setup @1100/1550 can't max out modern games at 2560x1440 then neither will a GTX780.
780 is a good card but it most certainly isn't a game changer for those who run 2560 res, it also isn't exactly "affordable" at £540
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780 is a good card but it most certainly isn't a game changer for those who run 2560 res, it also isn't exactly "affordable" at £540
Totally is a game changer in the sense it's a more affordable single card that can run games @ 1440P. Before the 780, there was only the Titan.
I didn't pay anywhere near that price
Shop smart peeps.
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Shopping around ain't gonna find people a GTX780 at £450Totally is a game changer in the sense it's a more affordable single card that can run games @ 1440P. Before the 780, there was only the Titan.
I didn't pay anywhere near that price
Shop smart peeps.
The 780's performance increase over the GTX680 after more than 15 months was well within peoples' normal expectation (without any of the 8800 GTX, Radeon 9800 OMFG wows), but the price increase from the launch price of 680's £400-£420 to average of £530 to £650 is silly. At most it should had increased by around £50 and launched at £450-£470.
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Shopping around ain't gonna find people a GTX780 at £450
The 780 is faster than the 680 well within peoples' expected marginal of performance increase after over 15 months, but the price increase from the launch price of 680's £400-£420 to average of £530 to £650 is silly.
Mine was inline with previous X80 launches. So yeah it can pay off to do a bit of looking before a purchase. Not sure how many will blindly buy a product without a bit of research first? Especially when spending hundreds of pounds, but that is down to the individual. Price changes the whole dynamic of something being worthwhile. For me it def was a worthwhile upgrade. At £550, there was no chance..
Back on topic, Maxwell is going to be mental. Think how good the 780 / Titan are, especially when overclocked. Now think new architecture and die shrink..
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I disagree, if you are implying that the ~17% performance increase from a GTX780 compared to GTX770 or 7970 will suddenly allow you to max modern games at 2560x1440. None of those cards will max every game at 2560x1440 res without dropping graphics settings. You will still have to use FXAA and avoid SSAA in many recent games. Of course the GTX780 will have to compromise less but it stilll won't max them out.
I have a 7970 CF setup @1100/1550 and I can achieve 60 FPS average with ~48 FPS minimums, 2560x1600 res in Tom Raider with all settings maxed apart from SSAA. Even adding 2x SSAA would tank the FPS to mid 30s. A GTX780 (even overclocked) would get less than that.
My point is, that if a cheaper and faster 7950 CF setup @1100/1550 can't max out modern games at 2560x1440 then neither will a GTX780.
780 is a good card but it most certainly isn't a game changer for those who run 2560 res, it also isn't exactly "affordable" at £540
Yes you are right that none of those cards will give acceptable fps at 1400p. It took me xfire 7970 before I was happy but ssaa and high aa is wasted at that res. 1080p and below you need it but 1400p and above its overkill.
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Totally is a game changer in the sense it's a more affordable single card that can run games @ 1440P. Before the 780, there was only the Titan.
I didn't pay anywhere near that price
Shop smart peeps.
I was enjoying 780 stock performance or even exceeding stock 780 performance with my overclocked 7970 @1440p which cost £270.
Battlefield 3 - Ultra Preset MSAA x4 - FOV 80
Bioshock - Ultra Preset
Crysis 3 - Very High preset on system and texture - MSAA x0
Dirt Showdown - Ultra Preset - MSAA X4
Farcry 3 - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0 - FOV 80
Hitman - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0
Sleeping Dogs - Ultra Preset - SSAA High
Tomb Raider - Ultra Preset - TressFX
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Totally is a game changer in the sense it's a more affordable single card that can run games @ 1440P. Before the 780, there was only the Titan.
I didn't pay anywhere near that price
Shop smart peeps.
Are you telling me that 1440 res was unplayable before GTX780 was released? News to me because I have been using a higher res quite fine on a single HD 7950 until the most recent and graphical demanding games were released this year. Crysis 3, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3.
People have been running 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 setups with much cheaper single GTX6x0 or HD 79x0 cards for well over a year now. I have been running most games almost maxed out and only had to trully compromise for the most recent games, even a GTX780 or Titan has to compromise on those. I can 100% guarantee that you cannot get playable 40+ FPS in games like Tomb Raider or Crysis 3, with every single in game graphical setting maxed on your GTX780 at 2560x1440. Even overclocked you won't achieve playable FPS.
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Crysis 3 was the only game that brought my clocked 7970 to its knees at Ultra settings. All the other games could be run easily and smoothly at 1440p at Ultra settings. FXAA was all that was needed, though in some games you could get away with x2AA. 7970/50 clocked is ideal for decent but cheap performance @ 1440p/1600p imo.