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August 13, 2013 6:28:48 PM

It the next two or three months, I will be investing in a new, updated gaming/ video editing machine.

My original plan is this:
Corsair c70 Black Case
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ Mb
AMD FX-8350 CPU (For multi-threaded performance as opposed to an i5)
Corsair h100i Liquid cooling closed loop (I do plan on doing a decent amount of OC'ing, but nothing groundbreaking)
16gb Corsair Dom-Plat memory @1866
120gb Boot SSD, and 40gb cache ssd to go with my 4TB HDD (All Non-determined as of this post, Just a plan)
(PSU not confirmed as of now, but WILL be able to run whatever i throw at it)


The real question, however, is what to do for a graphics solution.
I've been told the 770 will only perform around 10-18% lower than the 780, but the performance/price ratio is much higher.
The $200 difference between the cards won't break the bank, but i don't want to spend un-needed money.

I game on a single 1920x1080, 60hz monitor, nothing fancy, but i may want to begin including one or two of my extra monitors in the future.

I want this system to last as long as i can possibly push it, and be able to play games like crysis 3, far cry 3, and tomb raider at, if not max, near max settings.

Is the 780 worth the extra $200, to have a superior card now, and eventually, a year or two or three down the line, be able to SLI for further performance. Or should I stick to saving $200 now, and x-$200 again in three years when i need more performance from SLI inevitably.


*TL;DR SUMMED UP*:

--Is the 10-18% Performance bump, worth $200 Now?

--Will the 10-18% performance gap widen, and make it more worth it, SLI, in 3 years time? (Keep in mind, 780sli = ~$1300 vs 770sli ~$900, widening the price gap as well)

--Or will the 770 give enough performance now/Scale well enough (Single/SLI) not to notice in the coming "NEXT-GEN" years?


Thank you for your time.
~Tyler

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August 13, 2013 6:31:31 PM

wait for the HD 9xxx
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August 13, 2013 6:41:11 PM

I notice you said that this is a gaming/video editing rig. Depending if your editing programs utilized CUDA I would go for the GTX780(780 is basically a slightly cut down Titan) because it has more CUDA cores and better over all computing power outside of gaming compared to the GTX770.
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August 13, 2013 6:52:40 PM

keep in mind the moment you install your card...guess what?It just became old.You will in all likely hood get to a point whee you will eventually end up upgrading it .Graphic tech increases at an insane pace
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August 13, 2013 7:03:22 PM

raykat said:
keep in mind the moment you install your card...guess what?It just became old.You will in all likely hood get to a point whee you will eventually end up upgrading it .Graphic tech increases at an insane pace


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I would wait and see how the 9000 series from AMD does and if it is better than the Nvidia solution.
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August 13, 2013 7:36:33 PM

If you want to get one now I would go for the GTX 770. There is really no point at all to get a GTX 780 when working with a 1080p display. Even my GTX 670 can handle a single 1080p display so there is no reason that a GTX 770 can't handle it just fine.
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August 13, 2013 8:32:11 PM

audiophillia said:
I notice you said that this is a gaming/video editing rig. Depending if your editing programs utilized CUDA I would go for the GTX780(780 is basically a slightly cut down Titan) because it has more CUDA cores and better over all computing power outside of gaming compared to the GTX770.


Valid point. That is something i've considered, but my use of CUDA really doesn't justify 200-400$ alone down the line.

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I would wait and see how the 9000 series from AMD does and if it is better than the Nvidia solution.


Also a very valid point. I'm definitely going to wait.

unless the 9xxx series presents something with equal or greater performance to the 780, at a value cost, I believe the 780 may be my card. Especially with the CUDA applications that I was reminded of, as well as, hopefully, being relevant longer.

Thank you all for the help!
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