Should I get another 780?

Michaeljcox24 · 8 Jan 2014 at 19:51

I could run two 580's on a hx850. So if i was a gambling man i would say yes.

RavenXXX2 · 8 Jan 2014 at 19:51

Go for it, just happens to be one in the members market.

Rroff · 8 Jan 2014 at 20:11

Struggling to justify a 2nd one yet for 1080p - so far very few games don't hit 120fps with ultra settings most of the time or as close as I don't care.

setter · 8 Jan 2014 at 20:16

Michaeljcox24 said:
I can't remember how it worked because I've been on a 690 for the past 12 months, but I recall it being important which card was at the bottom and which was at the top if you want to maximise overclocks. I honestly can't remember.

When running sli wf 670's a few weeks back, i kept my highest boosting card in the topmost slot, (1189mhz), lower boosting one in the bottom slot, (1150mhz). Synced in sli both ran clocked at +80/+600 as this was all that the lower card was capable of. I think (though may be wrong) you can run them unlinked in sli and set different clocks per card.

Krisali · 8 Jan 2014 at 20:25

It would stop your other 780 from getting lonely. Go for it

fowler002 · 8 Jan 2014 at 21:22

Devils advocate: sell the 780 and get 2x 290 non ref

PhysicsMan94 · 8 Jan 2014 at 21:30

RavenXXX2 said:
Go for it, just happens to be one in the members market.

Unfortunately, don't have access to MM yet - only 150 or so more posts to go though.

fowler002 said:
Devils advocate: sell the 780 and get 2x 290 non ref

Nah, I prefer Nvidia GPUs myself

fowler002 · 8 Jan 2014 at 21:41

PhysicsMan94 said:
Unfortunately, don't have access to MM yet - only 150 or so more posts to go though.

Nah, I prefer Nvidia GPUs myself

So you prefer the slower cards?

P.s. I'm not amd nor nvidia fanboy as have owned both over the years

PhysicsMan94 · 8 Jan 2014 at 23:20

fowler002 said:
So you prefer the slower cards?

P.s. I'm not amd nor nvidia fanboy as have owned both over the years

Lol, nope, just better reliability from my experience - plus I love my 780

thefogo · 8 Jan 2014 at 23:22

Yolo!

jesusismyairbag · 8 Jan 2014 at 23:51

yeah, and upgrade your monitor too. 27" is too small nowadays.

PhysicsMan94 · 9 Jan 2014 at 00:38

jesusismyairbag said:
yeah, and upgrade your monitor too. 27" is too small nowadays.

27" is fine for me at the moment, I'll probably upgrade when there are fairly cheap 120Hz 2560x1440 G-Sync IPS monitors around - which could be a while yet.

Gregster · 9 Jan 2014 at 00:42

Pay him no mind. He just posts nonsense in threads.

PhysicsMan94 · 9 Jan 2014 at 00:51

I see, fair enough.

chaparral · 9 Jan 2014 at 02:05

Once you gone SLI there no ever going back to only wanting to use a single GPU every time you upgrade...

So everytime I upgrade my GPU's it costs double the price...

Michaeljcox24 · 9 Jan 2014 at 09:01

chaparral said:
Once you gone SLI there no ever going back to only wanting to use a single GPU every time you upgrade...

So everytime I upgrade my GPU's it costs double the price...

Spot on. I could never imagine going back to a single GPU rig, ever again.

kedge · 9 Jan 2014 at 12:31

PhysicsMan94 said:
Do you guys think it's a good idea for me to get another 780 so that I can cope with the new releases of this year?.

New releases, any pc game this year worth the upgrade do you think?. Looks a bit sparse to me.

andrewohare · 9 Jan 2014 at 12:35

my 2nd 780Ti just turned up

andrewohare · 9 Jan 2014 at 12:35

kedge said:
New releases, any pc game this year worth the upgrade do you think?. Looks a bit sparse to me.

maybe Titanfall and watchdogs i would say

Gregster · 9 Jan 2014 at 12:37

kedge said:
New releases, any pc game this year worth the upgrade do you think?. Looks a bit sparse to me.

Star Citizen - Thief - Titanfall. It is probably best if I link the games that are coming, as I will be here all day

http://uk.ign.com/games/upcoming/pc

I don't know how demanding they will be though.