Finished my build... will it run Crysis 3 Max Settings?

jtenorj

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This is old(and stupid), but drop cpu to i7 k hex core(vs x), get a cheaper 3 way sli mobo, drop at least 3/4 of the ram(4x4GB is more than plenty) drop one titan(actually, now you would want 3 gtx780ti, or 3 r9 290x custom cooled, or maybe even 3 r9 290 custom cooled or 3 gtx 780 overclocked and custom cooled). Will point out that on that mobo with 4 dual slot graphics cards, you have no room to plug in that asus xonar sound card(not that you need it. mobo audio should be fine unless you are a serious audiophile in which case, where are your high end speakers/headphones?). Don't know why you need 2 512GB SSDs, 2 960GB SSDs and 3 4TB hard drives for gaming, but whatever. If your goal is to run crysis 3 maxed out on those 3 high speed 1080p panels in 3D, I doubt you could do it even with 4 highly overclocked gtx780ti(not enough fps). That makes your 1k water cooling seem a tad less insane.

Edit:guess this is a finished build. Hope you aren't too bummed by the lack of performance compared to what you wanted.
 

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This is one of those threads i like to call trolling

They just assemble all the top notch gear to make it the most expensive it can get. Obviously OP is not intended to buy this... and i wouldnt buy titans for gaming. Id got the 780 ti
 

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I realize this may well be a joke thread(i.e. a troll), but it does say finished build, not a proposed build. The original post is dated October 8th, 30 days before gtx780ti reviews came out(November 7th). Generally, 780ti is faster than titan. However, in BF4 if you use the "scaling?" aa mode(can't remember what it's called, but it uses super sample aa) you can easily use more than 3GB of vram(hardocp set r9 290x to 200% resolution scaling and got 3.5GB vram usage. Their average frame rate dropped to 30-40 fps which is below what they wanted for mulitplayer). Since titan has 6GB or ram and 780ti has only 3GB, that might be a reason to get some titans over 2 gtx780ti for gaming.