HELP! Can't make decision! Titan or 780ACX!?

stefan mackey · Jul 26, 2013

I have been doing constant research over the past month and can't seem to come to a conclusion. The gtx 780 super clock ACX matches the titan in most applications, but then there is the status of have a GTX TITAN super clocked edition of course.. I'm not worried about cost. What is the best choice? Will NVIDIA come out with a 790 a soon as I buy this thing?
My specs
FX8350 W/ Seidon 240M
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
4X4 DDR3 1600 Ram (brand nothing special) upgrading to coursier 32gb kit

Szynergy · Jul 26, 2013

stefan mackey :

Nvidia is going to launch a new Gen. in 2014, so if you want to wait for that you can buy a 770/780 and upgrade when the new Gen. is released.
I have a 780 SC w/ ACX and it is great, I am playing every game on ultra, locked framerate to 60 fps and it won´t go over 36°C

babernet_1 · Jul 26, 2013

The Titan has two advantages over the 780, more cores and twice the memory. If you have a triple display setup, there is some reason to go with the Titan. Otherwise, just get the GTX 780. I think two GTX 780's are needed for a single large display like the 2560X1600 30 inch monitor. Three Titans are needed to crush anything in a triple monitor setup.

Szynergy · Jul 26, 2013

babernet_1 :

Why would you need 2 GTX 780 for a 30 inch monitor? a single 780 would be enough

babernet_1 · Jul 26, 2013

Szynergy :

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_780_sli_review,21.html

Crysis 3 with large display is only 36FPS with a single card, 69 with two.

bumnut53 · Jul 26, 2013

babernet_1 :

Crysis 3 is an unoptimised mess like all Crytek games, I run a single 780 at 2560 x 1440 and it is great. I refuse to buy a second card to play a mediocre game that does not even look that great.

Raheel Hasan · Jul 26, 2013

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780/26.html

buying titan is like throwing money on the road. Titan is only 7% faster than 780 and cost 50% more

LunaP · Jul 27, 2013

Whats your display setup like, what games are you looking to play and are you a quality freak ? If going over 1440p and surround, then yes I'd recommend the Titan for the room, if you're looking @ running it on a 4k tv & or Monitor setup then also possibly as well, but if its just standard 1080-1200p then stick w/ the 780 for now until Maxwell when the game shift happens.

I own a titan personally and run a surround setup of 3 monitors along a/ a 4th (TV) as an accessory for watching videos, chatting etc while gaming though I'm aiming at buying 1440-1600p monitors to replace my setup. I got my titan shortly after the entrance of the 780 but only because I found it for slightly under 900$ at my local store due to an unused return. Had it been its initial price I would have probably gone with the 780SCX.

My question to you would be how often do you upgrade, if not often then what card do you have currently (if any) if not old I'd presume to wait for Maxwell, if outdated and or none to begin with AND you upgrade often, then go with the recommendations from the others above, and you'll be fine till next generation.

My only backup is that with the memory I have I feel I'll be good for the next few generations once more VRAM is required, especially w/ 4k displays coming down in price, I'd say having a single GPU card for pushing the max in games that don't support SLI yet would be an argument but w/ the everupdating nvidia team constantly providing SLI profiles, it won't be to much of an issue over time.

Either way if you can answer those questions I think you'll have a clear answer.

stefan mackey · Aug 2, 2013

LunaP :

Whats your display setup like, what games are you looking to play and are you a quality freak ? If going over 1440p and surround, then yes I'd recommend the Titan for the room, if you're looking @ running it on a 4k tv & or Monitor setup then also possibly as well, but if its just standard 1080-1200p then stick w/ the 780 for now until Maxwell when the game shift happens.

I own a titan personally and run a surround setup of 3 monitors along a/ a 4th (TV) as an accessory for watching videos, chatting etc while gaming though I'm aiming at buying 1440-1600p monitors to replace my setup. I got my titan shortly after the entrance of the 780 but only because I found it for slightly under 900$ at my local store due to an unused return. Had it been its initial price I would have probably gone with the 780SCX.

My question to you would be how often do you upgrade, if not often then what card do you have currently (if any) if not old I'd presume to wait for Maxwell, if outdated and or none to begin with AND you upgrade often, then go with the recommendations from the others above, and you'll be fine till next generation.

My only backup is that with the memory I have I feel I'll be good for the next few generations once more VRAM is required, especially w/ 4k displays coming down in price, I'd say having a single GPU card for pushing the max in games that don't support SLI yet would be an argument but w/ the everupdating nvidia team constantly providing SLI profiles, it won't be to much of an issue over time.

Either way if you can answer those questions I think you'll have a clear answer.

Thank you i decided to get the ACX 780 due to owning a 1080P Monitor and possibly will do duel screen also with 1080p monitors.

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