5760x1080p gaming

[forscience158]

Im going to be buying a parts for a new rig soon and I want to go with Sli 780's but my friend says to go for 1 780 ti and his reasons are that sli can cause issues with certain games and the drivers are a pain what do you guys think I should do?

 

[Cacao]

Go for 780 SLI, you'll want the extra performance with that 3k resolution. As someone that has been using SLI for several generations, it's really no issue at all as long as you can handle the heat and power consumption. I've only had 1 texture stuttering issue in BF3, that was fixed pretty quickly with an update. Other than that, nothing. I'm sure @Lays can confirm.

[Shd0w2]

SLI 780s are better than 780ti, and go for a 1440p, rather than 5760x1080

[FloRolf]

BS. two 780 outperform a single 780ti by a lot and you wont have many issues in games supporting sli. in games that dont you see like 10% performance less than the 780ti.

[Lord Pantaloons]

There are little to no issues with SLI at this point and two 780's would outperform a 780 Ti.

[AMICLG]

I'd go for a single R9 290X of crossfire R9 290 as 3 GB is not going to be enough for some games but I'd recommend just getting a single 1440p and a 780 or above as it'll look much better and have full support for all games and is a bit easier to run with it being 2.7K vs 3K.

[Lays]

Go for 780 SLI, you'll want the extra performance with that 3k resolution. As someone that has been using SLI for several generations, it's really no issue at all as long as you can handle the heat and power consumption. I've only had 1 texture stuttering issue in BF3, that was fixed pretty quickly with an update. Other than that, nothing. I'm sure @Lays can confirm.

 

 

Yes sir, I'd venture to say 90% of the issues you're ever gonna have with SLI will either be forgetting to turn SLI on, or downloading beta drivers.  Sometimes they're great, sometimes it's nothing but horror.

[Unhelpful]

Im going to be buying a parts for a new rig soon and I want to go with Sli 780's but my friend says to go for 1 780 ti and his reasons are that sli can cause issues with certain games and the drivers are a pain what do you guys think I should do?

There used to be issues with dual cards. Back in the old days of gaming. I never encountered a single issue with my 470s.

[Shd0w2]

I'd go for a single R9 290X of crossfire R9 290 as 3 GB is not going to be enough for some games but I'd recommend just getting a single 1440p and a 780 or above as it'll look much better and have full support for all games and is a bit easier to run with it being 2.7K vs 3K.

Ummmmmm no. 3GB is fine for 1440p even some 4k.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Yes sir, I'd venture to say 90% of the issues you're ever gonna have with SLI will either be forgetting to turn SLI on, or downloading beta drivers.  Sometimes they're great, sometimes it's nothing but horror.

Then don't use beta drivers, I don't and I have no issues.

[AMICLG]

Ummmmmm no. 3GB is fine for 1440p even some 4k.

I was saying for 5760x1080 some games like crysis 3 and BF4 might run out of memory.

[Lays]

Then don't use beta drivers, I don't and I have no issues.

 

 

Neither do I, I've used beta drivers like once, Bf4 refused to stay open so I just went back to the drivers I had before and problem solved.

 

Then again... it is BF4 haha 

[Lays]

I was saying for 5760x1080 some games like crysis 3 and BF4 might run out of memory.

 

 

Realistically, who plays crysis 3 on a daily basis

 

When I had my 5760x1080, the only thing I couldn't do was play on the highest AA setting, it'd use a tiny bit over 3gb, but the second highest AA setting was fine. (along with max everything else)

[Faa]

I've had more issues with GK104's in SLI than GK110's. I haven't had a single issue with 780's in SLI, no microstutter nothing extremely low rendering times where as with GK104's here and there a stutter

[Cacao]

 the only thing I couldn't do was play on the highest AA setting, it'd use a tiny bit over 3gb,

Dat justification for spending a lot of money for Titans doe, must... run... MAX SETTINGS

[Lays]

Dat justification for spending a lot of money for Titans doe, must... run... MAX SETTINGS

 

 

LOL

 

I had one titan, but couldn't justify spending another 1000$ to get a second one, so I sold it and bought two 780s

[nosirrah123]

Neither do I, I've used beta drivers like once, Bf4 refused to stay open so I just went back to the drivers I had before and problem solved.

 

Then again... it is BF4 haha 

Yeah complaining that a product makes BF4 buggy is like complaining to someone dumping water into the ocean that they're going to get it wet.

[Cacao]

LOL

 

I had one titan, but couldn't justify spending another 1000$ to get a second one, so I sold it and bought two 780s

Yeah, I heard. 780s are really perfect for 1440p IMO, so good choice on your part. 

[Lays]

Yeah, I heard. 780s are really perfect for 1440p IMO, so good choice on your part. 

 

 

I luv dem :3  they were perfect for 5760x1080 too

[Cacao]

I luv dem :3  they were perfect for 5760x1080 too

Almost perfect... 

 

 

 

When I had my 5760x1080, the only thing I couldn't do was play on the highest AA setting, it'd use a tiny bit over 3gb,

[Lays]

Almost perfect... 

 

 

 

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

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[GamerDude]

The issue with SLi and CF has been exaggerated somewhat, I've been running CF for a long while now, and SLi for the last couple of years (or thereabout) and most games do just fine even with the beta drivers. In fact, the last game that didn't like both CF and SLi in a big way was Alan Wake when it was first launched. I believe SLi and CF users had several types of issue with it ranging from choppy gameplay to freezes to hardlocks to BSOD's. But, those issues were fixed after a driver update or two, and perhaps a game patch. Hell, the only game as of late that had an issue with both SLi and CF (that I've played) was Shadow Warrior, note that I'd used 'was' because it's been more or less fixed now since I can leave CF and SLi enabled to play the game w/o issue. Whether scaling is good is another questtion though, suffice to say it ran nicely at 5760x1200, max ingame setting on my main rig, and just peachy @ 1080P maxed out on my SLi rig.

 

Since you're budgeting and planning for the GTX780 in SLi, I'd say go for it as it's plain and simple, two GTX780's would spank a single GTX780 Ti silly. Whereas a single GTX780 Ti might struggle with some games at 5760x1080, dual GTX780 in SLi would easily handle the games better than a single GTX780 Ti. As to this question of whether 3GB VRAM is sufficient, I can't comment, but it seems 3GB is sufficient for now. Whether it'd be sufficient for the future is up in the air.

[TheTechnerd]

The issue with SLi and CF has been exaggerated somewhat, I've been running CF for a long while now, and SLi for the last couple of years (or thereabout) and most games do just fine even with the beta drivers. In fact, the last game that didn't like both CF and SLi in a big way was Alan Wake when it was first launched. I believe SLi and CF users had several types of issue with it ranging from choppy gameplay to freezes to hardlocks to BSOD's. But, those issues were fixed after a driver update or two, and perhaps a game patch. Hell, the only game as of late that had an issue with both SLi and CF (that I've played) was Shadow Warrior, note that I'd used 'was' because it's been more or less fixed now since I can leave CF and SLi enabled to play the game w/o issue. Whether scaling is good is another questtion though, suffice to say it ran nicely at 5760x1200, max ingame setting on my main rig, and just peachy @ 1080P maxed out on my SLi rig.

 

Since you're budgeting and planning for the GTX780 in SLi, I'd say go for it as it's plain and simple, two GTX780's would spank a single GTX780 Ti silly. Whereas a single GTX780 Ti might struggle with some games at 5760x1080, dual GTX780 in SLi would easily handle the games better than a single GTX780 Ti. As to this question of whether 3GB VRAM is sufficient, I can't comment, but it seems 3GB is sufficient for now. Whether it'd be sufficient for the future is up in the air.

You can't play Skyrim in CF right? I couldn't when I tried.

[GamerDude]

You can't play Skyrim in CF right? I couldn't when I tried.

Initially, when I first got it around launch/release, I was able to run it in surround mode with my HD6970, proof that I'd done it is right below:

 

But strangely, after upgrading to a pair of HD7970's, I tried Skyrim again and surround support went the way of the DoDo. I was never able to get it to run in surround after that, and I sort of lost interest in the game.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

if a kIngpIn / Asus DIrectCU2 GTX 780Ti fits your budget ,that's what you should get ,less expensive ,less heat output ,less power consumption ,Tough as Hell ,beast overclocker, Great Cooling Solution ,and can handle that Res Like a champ , ,2:  i did have problems with 2x680 SLI ,it scaled terribly  ,unless 780 SLi will behaves better ,,you could check some reviews on this to be extra sure 

780 SLI in 3D mark http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_780_sli_review,20.html

780 SLi in CRYSIS 3 http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_780_sli_review,21.html

780Ti in CRYSIS 3 ,~5% slower than 690 and~10% than 7990 ,at 2560x1600 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780_Ti/13.html