GTX 770 sli or single 780?

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joejoeboom

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Hey so guys I am looking at building my new system and can't decide on 770 or 780. If I get the 770 I could add another one for SLI a 6 months down the road, but if I get the 780 I would not be able to. What would you guys recommend? Or should I just wait as long as I can and get the 780 ti?
I am slightly verging away from AMD right now since the bitcoin miners are jacking the prices up way higher than they should be.
I plan on trying to play some 2014 games like Watchdogs and Thief. I also play Xplane-9 which is a massive and very intensive flight sim. I also do video editing, and Photoshop.
Honestly anything would be better than what I have right at the moment though. (AMD athlon II x4 635 at 3.5 ghz, GT610, 7gbs of 1333) I plan on getting the 4770k with 8 gbs of 2400 mhz ram.
Thanks guys!
 
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Well, a pair of 770's will absolutely destroy a single 780. On the other hand, it uses increased electricity. Also, single card solutions are generally cleaner. Sure, drivers have gotten better, but I know that far cry 3 had severe issues with SLI. If you played multiplayer, the game would crash after every round. Turn off SLI and it worked just fine. I do know that my 780 gets 100 fps at 1920x1080 easily in most games except crysis. Plus it overclocks well.
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Well, a pair of 770's will absolutely destroy a single 780. On the other hand, it uses increased electricity. Also, single card solutions are generally cleaner. Sure, drivers have gotten better, but I know that far cry 3 had severe issues with SLI. If you played multiplayer, the game would crash after every round. Turn off SLI and it worked just fine. I do know that my 780 gets 100 fps at 1920x1080 easily in most games except crysis. Plus it overclocks well.
 
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Are there any other games that you know of that don't like SLI?

 
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Not that I've personally played. New games on release can sometimes have stability issues. Usually it's fixed in a patch down the road. I'd say get the 780. It destroys current games at 1080p
 
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How future proof do you think the i5 would be?

 
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My 3570k isn't a bottleneck yet and I don't expect it to be for at least another 2 years.
 
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EVGA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130943
 
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Awesome thanks!
 
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