I've crossed the great divide..

[chrisbk88]

I've made the journey from the 280 to the 780 TI, across the valley through the river and over the mountain...

 

My next GPU upgrade will be in 2019

 

R.I.P 30 FPS.

 

 

[amintha1992]

congrats .....

 

how about the rest of the system?

[AlwaysFSX]

*slow clap* Amazing.

[LogicDeifying]

*cries* CONGRATZ!

[chrisbk88]

congrats .....

 

how about the rest of the system?

 

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz

HSF - Noctua NH-D14

GPU - EVGA 780 TI

RAM - 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz

MOBO - ASUS P6T Deluxe

Sound - ASUS Xonar Essence STX

SSD - Samsung 840 PRO 128GB

HDD - 500GB Western Digital Black

PSU - Corsair HX620

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White

Display - 2x ASUS VN248H-P

Peripherals - Corsair M65 & Corsair K70

 

 

*slow clap* Amazing.

 

Indeed. Who else has made such a colossal jump? I should be in the Olympics. 

[amintha1992]

 

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz

HSF - Noctua NH-D14

GPU - EVGA 780 TI

RAM - 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz

MOBO - ASUS P6T Deluxe

Sound - ASUS Xonar Essence STX

SSD - Samsung 840 PRO 128GB

HDD - 500GB Western Digital Black

PSU - Corsair HX620

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White

Display - 2x ASUS VN248H-P

Peripherals - Corsair M65 & Corsair K70

 

 

 

Indeed. Who else has made such a colossal jump? I should be in the Olympics. 

 

im sure you should be fine for some time. 

[chrisbk88]

im sure you should be fine for some time. 

 

I'm eyeballing Haswell i7 and Asus sabertooth z87, as well as another 780 TI. We will see what the future holds..

[amintha1992]

I'm eyeballing Haswell i7 and Asus sabertooth z87, as well as another 780 TI. We will see what the future holds..

i think upgrading the CPU and GPU on different cycles is a better way to go. 

 

but yes those CPU and MoBo combinations is a good way to go as well. 

[Maslofski]

ill be jumping from a geforce 9800gt to a gtx 780, but with a full system jump, so guess that we could tie in terms of extreme upgrade olimpics. (of course beaten by all 14 year olds jumping from a 300$ laptop to a decent tower )

[chrisbk88]

ill be jumping from a geforce 9800gt to a gtx 780, but with a full system jump, so guess that we could tie in terms of extreme upgrade olimpics. (of course beaten by all 14 year olds jumping from a 300$ laptop to a decent tower )

 

14 year olds don't count. You have to have time in for it to qualify as a jump. 14 years old who were on the laptop at 13 and get a new computer at 14 are disqualified.

[Maslofski]

14 year olds don't count. You have to have time in for it to qualify as a jump. 14 years old who were on the laptop at 13 and get a new computer at 14 are disqualified.

 

perfect

[rentaspoon]

I've made the journey from the 280 to the 780 TI, across the valley through the river and over the mountain...

My next GPU upgrade will be in 2019

R.I.P 30 FPS.

I was like why did he go from an r9 280... Oh GTX 280 that makes sense

[Leonard]

Ah a man that i can shares my view. I don't plan on upgrading my 660ti unless i win a GPU or it just conks out or fps drops below 15fps.

[AlwaysFSX]

Indeed. Who else has made such a colossal jump? I should be in the Olympics. 

Does going from PS3 to PC count?

[flibberdipper]

ill be jumping from a geforce 9800gt to a gtx 780, but with a full system jump, so guess that we could tie in terms of extreme upgrade olimpics. (of course beaten by all 14 year olds jumping from a 300$ laptop to a decent tower )

Eventually I'll make the jump from a 7790 to a 760, and then a 780Ti maybe.

[juretrn]

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz

HSF - Noctua NH-D14

GPU - EVGA 780 TI

RAM - 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz

MOBO - ASUS P6T Deluxe

Sound - ASUS Xonar Essence STX

SSD - Samsung 840 PRO 128GB

HDD - 500GB Western Digital Black

PSU - Corsair HX620

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White

Display - 2x ASUS VN248H-P

Peripherals - Corsair M65 & Corsair K70

Indeed. Who else has made such a colossal jump? I should be in the Olympics.

Go go fellow X58!

[lachyman]

I made a jump from a 9600GT to a 660. Probably not as big of a jump as you, but the performance diffirence was huge as in your case.

[Peacefulwarrior]

My god that is amazing, I hope your card will serve you well for many years to come. My biggest leap was from a Geforce 6400 to a gtx 550 ti.

[Face2Face]

Love the GTX 280, but they ran freaking hot. I remeber a couple of mine old BFG models hit 100c quite often. Congrats on the Ti, just upgrade that 920 soon.... it's almost time..

[chrisbk88]

Love the GTX 280, but they ran freaking hot. I remeber a couple of mine old BFG models hit 100c quite often. Congrats on the Ti, just upgrade that 920 soon.... it's almost time..

 

That's a bit of an overstatement. There were no applications touching the 920 in 2009 and that's still true in 2014. Simple fact is the processors being sold today are complete overkill. The only reason to buy them is satisfaction, by no means is a first generation i7 a Pentium 4. We're talking about a Core i7.

[krew]

lol i wanna make almost same jump... but from gtx 295... and also on i7 920... i just wonder if im gonna suffer from such hmm old cpu ? You noticed anything OP ?

[chrisbk88]

lol i wanna make almost same jump... but from gtx 295... and also on i7 920... i just wonder if im gonna suffer from such hmm old cpu ? You noticed anything OP ?

 

 

No. People seem to forget how insanely powerful a Core i7 920 is. Core i7s completely changed the game, just because we have newer processors doesn't mean it's obsolete. Software is lightyears behind. It's not like the CPU is struggling, nor will it be anytime soon. CPU usage virtually nonexistent outside of games. Never above 40% during most graphic intensive gameplay in COD:Ghost and Crysis 3. 80% peak during cinematics. Until a processor doubles the power of the first generation i7, or atleast a 75% increase, it will always be relevant. 

[S1lentThund3r]

I went from a Geforce 2 (32mb) to an 8800GT 512. THAT is a jump

[rentaspoon]

GTX 210 to a R9 270, My media server pc is slowly turning into a gaming pc