2 x 780, 2 x 7970 ghz ed, 1 x 790, or Titan?

[xukusari]

Which one of the above is the most worthwhile compared to the others?
I have a gaming PC already built and it has the 7970 in it and I wouldnt' mind crossfiring it with a second 7970 but due to various game issues I'd prefer to switch to nvidia.

The 780 seems like an excellent GPU and I feel like there's potential if I use two of them.
But then again I'm not familiar with using an SLI setup.

And I've heard the 790 is just going to be two 780s crammed into one GPU.
Which is fine with me but I'm just not sure if I'm still going to deal with SLI issues. I wouldn't mind having this over two 780s because it means that I wouldn't have one GPU blowing hot air onto another.

And the new Titan that is coming out this year. I'm not buying two for an SLI setup unless I trip over a suitcase full of money. But is it going to be worthwhile compared to everything abovE?

And lastly bonus question:

How interesting would it be to have two 690s SLI'd together for a total of 4 GPU cores? Is it possible to go above that?

 

[s4in7]

2x 780's and the 790 are going to be neck and neck; the 790 has two GPUs that are somewhere between the 780 and the Titan, but they're on the same PCB so they will be underclocked. 2x 7970's are second, and Titan is third.

Personally, with the price inflation of AMD silicon due to miners I'd sell your 7970 for a premium, and put that cash towards a 780 SLI setup or a 790 (leaning more towards the 780 SLI because it should have great overclockability).

I have 2 270X's (essentially overclocked 7870 Ghz Edition's) and I love the performance they offer, but if their price ever inflates like the 280X, 7970, or 290X then I'd sell them in a heartbeat and get a 780.

 

[nikoli707]

do you have a power supply and motherboard capable of an sli setup? two 780's are going to pull about 500 watts alone without an overclock. with an overclock that can easily jump to 600w or more depending on the model 780 you get. a single 780 or 780ti really offers amazing gaming performance.

 

[xukusari]

I don't have access to my computer right now(it's packed away on another continent) so I couldnt' sell it .

If I could find a good way to cool a SLI or Crossfire setup I would be set with doing that. But I don't want recurring heat issues to be a problem. I'm not really looking to overclock though(I can run Crysis 3 maxed out with my 7970, not sure what game I would overclock for. but I wouldn't mind having addition G-RAM).

Also it's a bit odd, the price for the 690 has gone up since I last checked, they used to be just under $1k now newegg has them for almost $200 more.

 

[xukusari]

do you have a power supply and motherboard capable of an sli setup? two 780's are going to pull about 500 watts alone without an overclock. with an overclock that can easily jump to 600w or more depending on the model 780 you get. a single 780 or 780ti really offers amazing gaming performance.

I have either a 750 or an 850 watt power supply I'm using right now. But I have a 1000w in reserve I just dont' feel like hooking up.

 

[s4in7]

So you're not PSU limited at all, that's good.

Then it's all up to how much you want to spend!

You could buy another 7970 for ~$400 right now, Crossfire, and see performance greater than a single 780, 780 Ti, or Titan OR you could sell your 7970 for ~$400 and put that towards a 780 or Ti and get greater performance than what you have now with the option to SLI down the road.

Your call!

 

[xukusari]

Well this is going to be a fwe months down the road, I probably won't actually be making any upgrades until early 2015. No clue if the 7970 will be worth that much by that time.

I'm leaning towards SLIing two 780s due to the performance increase and cost effectiveness against the Titan.

 

[s4in7]

That's a good choice

Remember to select a best answer if anything I said helped you out!

 

[nikoli707]

well for the price you can very likely sell your 7970 for(near $400) you can just turn around and pick up a $500ish 780 and get a quick 20-30% boost in performance with very little money put out. if you need to go with more than one video card then you can do that later.

 

[s4in7]

well for the price you can very likely sell your 7970 for(near $400) you can just turn around and pick up a $500ish 780 and get a quick 20-30% boost in performance with very little money put out. if you need to go with more than one video card then you can do that later.

...isn't that exactly what I just said?