Hey everyone,
I know similar questions have been addressed, but I just wanted to ask from my specific perspective, and also based around the state of the market at the moment.
I've just purchased all the components for my build except for my GPU. This is my build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/2esjF
I'm now deciding on GPU(s). My plan up until now had been to go for a single ASUS DirectCU II GTX 780, available for ~$530 Canadian Dollars, but now I'm starting to consider other possibilities too.
This is at the edge of my budget, so I really don't think I can stretch beyond this.
To reiterate what is in the build, I'm currently gaming on a single 1080p monitor. I don't intend on going dual monitor at this point, but I could definitely see jumping to 1440p in the future, so I want to give myself that flexibility.
Now I've looked into possibly going with two GTX 760's in SLI, but I think the benefits over a reference 780 (let alone an over clocked model as I'm planning) are slight, given that with the new NVIDIA price drops, twin 760's are more expensive than the ASUS 780.
Even 2x 2GB 760's would be more expensive, let alone 2x 4GB 760's. I personally have faith that SLI is stable enough to not be an issue, so I would have no issues doing it, but I don't think I'd want to pay a extra for the 760's over the 780 OC, given that there isn't really a further upgrade path, and for the heat/noise of running two cards for essentially the same performance.
So that leaves the 770 vs. 780 debate. Given that at present I'm gaming on a single 1080p monitor, should I just get a 4GB 770 and SLI down the road? I know that 2 x GTX 770's would kick some serious ass, but then again, 2 x 780's in SLI would arguably be even better.
TL;DR:
I guess my ultimate question is this then. Is the GTX 780 worth $130 CAD over the 4GB GTX 770?
I intend to pick up a second one down the road to run in SLI, either way.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate the advice.
P.S. FWIW I'm going NVIDIA because I'm building this system as a Hackintosh, and there are still some issues with the new Radeon cards on OSX 10.9. I'm looking for ease of compatibility, so I'm sticking Green team.
Cheers,
Ben
I know similar questions have been addressed, but I just wanted to ask from my specific perspective, and also based around the state of the market at the moment.
I've just purchased all the components for my build except for my GPU. This is my build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/2esjF
I'm now deciding on GPU(s). My plan up until now had been to go for a single ASUS DirectCU II GTX 780, available for ~$530 Canadian Dollars, but now I'm starting to consider other possibilities too.
This is at the edge of my budget, so I really don't think I can stretch beyond this.
To reiterate what is in the build, I'm currently gaming on a single 1080p monitor. I don't intend on going dual monitor at this point, but I could definitely see jumping to 1440p in the future, so I want to give myself that flexibility.
Now I've looked into possibly going with two GTX 760's in SLI, but I think the benefits over a reference 780 (let alone an over clocked model as I'm planning) are slight, given that with the new NVIDIA price drops, twin 760's are more expensive than the ASUS 780.
Even 2x 2GB 760's would be more expensive, let alone 2x 4GB 760's. I personally have faith that SLI is stable enough to not be an issue, so I would have no issues doing it, but I don't think I'd want to pay a extra for the 760's over the 780 OC, given that there isn't really a further upgrade path, and for the heat/noise of running two cards for essentially the same performance.
So that leaves the 770 vs. 780 debate. Given that at present I'm gaming on a single 1080p monitor, should I just get a 4GB 770 and SLI down the road? I know that 2 x GTX 770's would kick some serious ass, but then again, 2 x 780's in SLI would arguably be even better.
TL;DR:
I guess my ultimate question is this then. Is the GTX 780 worth $130 CAD over the 4GB GTX 770?
- -I could get either an MSI TwinFrozr 4GB GTX 770 or a Gigabyte OC Windforce 4GB GTX 770 for $409.99 CAD Right now.
-Or I could get the ASUS DirectCUII OC GTX 780 for $539.99
I intend to pick up a second one down the road to run in SLI, either way.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate the advice.
P.S. FWIW I'm going NVIDIA because I'm building this system as a Hackintosh, and there are still some issues with the new Radeon cards on OSX 10.9. I'm looking for ease of compatibility, so I'm sticking Green team.
Cheers,
Ben