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Tri SLi upgrade - Nvidia/Amd ?

DavidS14

DavidS14

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Currently have Tri SLi EVGA 670 4GB FTW's on water running 3x Dell 2713HM's @ 7950x1440.

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Not going to say cost is no object but I can afford whatever cards give me the best value/performance. Not too fussed over AMD/Nvidia but have had no issues with the 670's in surround so would say that Nvidia would be a marginal preference. Was kind of hoping the rumoured 6GB 780Ti's would be announced or denied officially as they would be ideal.

The new cards would be on water so noisy air cooling will not be an issue but a manufacturer that is OK with water blocks would be an advantage, one of the reasons I went with EVGA for my 670's.

Playing a mix of games from BF4 to LOTRO :)

Rest of the rig is RIVE with a [email protected], 16GB Sammy green@2133MHz, 3x 256GB Sammy 830's. Cooling is EK graphics blocks and backplates with FC-Link, Koolance MB blocks, D5 with Koolance top/res, top 360 rad, bottom 240 rad both with GT's.
 
At the res I'm running yes, I have to drop some settings down to keep a decent frame rate and even then I get the odd time where it drops a bit low.

It's just at the stage where I notice the frame rate drops rather than just being smooth so I want to get as much info together as I can as to the best upgrade path.
 
EVGA 780's would be a great increase over your 670's. I came from 680's to Titans and triple screens and the performance gains was very noticable. The 780 is close to the Titan and surpasses it with overclocks.

Go for something like a EVGA Classy and have some fun :) and as you know, EVGA are happy for people to water cool their cards.
 
Thanks for the replies :)

The only problem with the Ti's is the Vram really which is why I was considering 3x 290(X) as temp/noise issues shouldn't be an issue on water.
 
DavidS14 said:
Thanks for the replies :)

The only problem with the Ti's is the Vram really which is why I was considering 3x 290(X) as temp/noise issues shouldn't be an issue on water.
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Three second hand Titans with 6gb of VRAM, not cheap but very future proof for your resolution.
 
Funny you should say that, I've been offered 3 with blocks on, need to check on prices as that would be an option if 6GB Ti's are vapourware.
 
I know I want three cards but it's trying to decide on the three which is doing my head in a bit :confused:

All I need is benchmarks between 3xTitans, 3x780Ti's, 3x290 and 3x290X all at 7860x1440 in a variety of games with FPS and Vram usage at different settings :D

Not too much to ask really ;):D:D:D
 
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humbug said:
Get three of these and be done with it, the 4GB of Vram and 512Bit Bus works well with very high res.
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A reference card for £329 or the voltage unlocked one for £359 would be better if they are goimg under water. No point buying cards with custom coolers if they're going to be taken off.
 
DavidS14 said:
I know I want three cards but it's trying to decide on the three which is doing my head in a bit :confused:

All I need is benchmarks between 3xTitans, 3x780Ti's, 3x290 and 3x290X all at 7860x1440 in a variety of games with FPS and Vram usage at different settings :D

Not too much to ask really ;):D:D:D
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I too went from 3x 670's to 3x 780's and I think it was a good upgrade ! Better than my previous from 3x 580's to 3x 670's.

Else there's are pretty good test here with a lot of GFX's 780,780Ti,s R9 290X in 2-3 way SLi/CF. The results he gets I'm actually also getting with my rig - or at least they are very very close to eachother in the benchmarks and games I've run too to compare with his results.
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...l=en&lp=KO_EN&a=http://udteam.tistory.com/585
 
I tried Surround and Eyefinity and, to me, Surround felt more robust.

We're not talking the difference between not broken and broken but with Eyefinity (unless it has changed) you have to plug all monitors into the first card which means it has to clock up to even run that resolution on desktop.... This resulted in some nasty idle temperatures on card 1 for me. Although if you're watercooling then it wouldn't be as much of an issue.

Additionally, setting up your custom resolution for bezel adjustment was more of a pain on AMD Eyefinity. You had to line up triangles on each periphery monitor separately whereas obviously on Surround you can just type in the amount of pixels of bezel and the visual aid adjusts.

Once you're in game though (which is obviously the main point) the experiences for me were largely identical but the AMD set up was marginally less fluid. I am told this is down to poor frame pacing on CF and Eyefinity so if AMD have sorted that on the 290 series then I'd say the actual in game experience is identical. :)

If the performance was around about the same (and price) then I would go nVidia every time for triple screen. Obviously the little annoyances can be worked round or ignored and price/performance would override these considerations to some degree but that is my opinion on your thread title subject :).

The only thing that would change my mind is if the points of annoyance have been resolved on Eyefinity. It's a few months since I had CF and Eyefinity so it may be a bit different now.
 
Thanks for all the info :)

Gripen90 said:
Else there's are pretty good test here with a lot of GFX's 780,780Ti,s R9 290X in 2-3 way SLi/CF. The results he gets I'm actually also getting with my rig - or at least they are very very close to each other in the benchmarks and games I've run too to compare with his results.
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...tory.com/585
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Thanks very much for the link Gripen90, that has to be one of the most comprehensive articles I have ever seen on graphics cards plus the other articles they link to. Must have taken ages :cool::cool::eek::eek:

First article compares:
- GTX 580 Single / Dual / Triple
- GTX 590 Single / Dual
- HD 6970 Single / Dual (6990) / Triple (6990 +6970) / Quad (6990 +6990)

Next one does:
- GTX 570 Single / Dual / Triple
- GTX 560 Ti single / dual
- GTX 560 Single / Dual
- HD 6950 2GB Single / Dual / Triple
- HD 6950 1GB Single / Dual / Triple
- HD 6870 Single / Dual
- HD 5870 Single / Dual

Followed by:
- GTX 580 single / quad
- GTX 590 ½ (1 GPU) / Dual (4 GPU)
- HD 6970 single / quad
- HD 6990 Dual (4 GPU)

Then:
- GTX 680 Single
- GTX 690 (@ 680 clock) single (2 GPU) / Dual (4 GPU)
- GTX 670 Single / Dual / Triple / Quad
- HD 7970 GHz Ed. Single / Dual / Triple / Quad
- HD 7970 Single / Dual / Triple / Quad

And finally:
- Asus 760 Mars
- GTX 690
- HD7990
- GTX 780 Single / Dual / Triple / Quad
- GTX 780Ti Single / Dual / Triple / Quad
- R9 290X Single / Dual / Triple / Quad
- R9 290 Single / Dual / Triple / Quad

In about 20 different games plus 3dmark @ 1920x1080,2560x1440 and 3840x2160.

http:/udteam.tistory.coml Link to the last article with google translate.
 
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