Graphics Card Dilemma GTX 780 or 880?

[durinho]

Dear Linustechtips members,

 

I'm in a bit of a dilemma, i don't know what i should do.

 

After a few weeks of hard working i finally got myself some cash to buy a new Graphics card.

 

i decided to go for the Nvidia GTX 780 because of its performence and CUDA cores.

 

but since the 880 is not far away as i heard i don't know if i should wait for the 880 or go for the 780 now or wait for the 780 to drop in price soon after the 880 is released.

 

I'm learning to become a video editor/VFX artist

 

and my current rig is sadly too underpowered for the work i currently do.

 

I would like to have some advice since that would help me very much.

 

Current components in my rig:

 

Case: Coolermaster K380 (already ordered the Aerocool Xpredator White edition)

 

MOBO: Asrock extreme 3 990FX

 

CPU; AMD FX8350 Black edition

 

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2 GB

 

Don't know what the proper name for it is but i'll just call it: RAM

 

RAM: 2x8GB Kingston Hyper X blu

 

PSU: OCZ 600W Modular PSU (planning to buy the Corsair CX750M)

 

2 x 1 TB HDD Seagate and WD

 

1 x 120 GB Kingston SSD

 

1 x Creative Soundblaster 5.1 Soundcard

every suggestion is welcome and please ask me if i forgot something.

[dragoon20005]

the GTX880 will be better

 

 

but no specs yet but expect it to be way faster than the GTX780

[nsyedhasan]

Do you want/need the GPU now? Then GTX 780. If you can wait, the GTX 880. Also I would take a look at the EVGA 750W G2 for a PSU.

[Mr.Foxxy]

Based on the rumours it sounds like the 880 is going to be nothing special so.... it's up to you, like the 780 is pretty damn powerful. 

[elecxonica]

If you can hold out for a few more months, getting the 880 is probably your best choice. That said, the 880 doesn't exist yet. It's a concept, which may have been leaked or whatever, but it still does not exist yet, or even maybe ever, so it's up to you.

[durinho]

Wow thanks for the fast awnsers. 

My school starts in at the beginning of september. but do you guys think the 780 is going to drop in price fast soon after the 880 is released?

[wng_kingsley7]

@durinho Well it'd probably be good to either wait to purchase the GTX 780 after the 800 series has officially launched. The price will plummet quite a bit & deciding between the new flagship to the previous flagship will really make your choice a lot easier.

 

I forgot to say; Hello & welcome to the LTT forum.

[Tainted]

I chose something else,

because we don't know price, TDP, or performance yet of the 880.

[DevanArianne]

Wow thanks for the fast awnsers. 

My school starts in at the beginning of september. but do you guys think the 780 is going to drop in price fast soon after the 880 is released?

The 780 itself probably wont drop as according to the rumar mill, it's going to be a GK104 replacement (which is the 770)

[durinho]

@wng_kingsley7

 

Thanks! Really helpful members here at the forum.

there is no official release date out yet right?

[Mr.Foxxy]

@wng_kingsley7

 

Thanks! Really helpful members here at the forum.

there is no official release date out yet right?

There was some thing on the forum the other day about Gigabyte leaking the release date.

[wng_kingsley7]

@wng_kingsley7

 

Thanks! Really helpful members here at the forum.

there is no official release date out yet right?

as of this moment, no however should it be said probably next month or in Oct rumored to be the dates many websites are leaking nvidia's launch date. Personally if there isn't much change in the die's processing it'd might not be worth the upgrade to me (the future is unknown) 

[wng_kingsley7]

There was some thing on the forum the other day about Gigabyte leaking the release date.

Yeah...but personally I didn't see it as a big deal, sure 1 of the big three gpu vendor's for nvidia's supposedly has given information that it'll be launching this October but I don't personally plan on buying the 800 series just yet. I had originally believe that it'd be next year close to Q1, definitely before Q2 with a larger impact (I talk like I know but I don't.)

[durinho]

Also I would take a look at the EVGA 750W G2 for a PSU.

Thanks i'll take a look at it.

[Mr.Foxxy]

Yeah...but personally I didn't see it as a big deal, sure 1 of the big three gpu vendor's for nvidia's supposedly has given information that it'll be launching this October but I don't personally plan on buying the 800 series just yet. I had originally believe that it'd be next year close to Q1, definitely before Q2 with a larger impact (I talk like I know but I don't.)

I'm just going to sit here and continue to recommend GPUs that we do know stuff about, for all we know the 880 will be a flop (I'm prepared to die for suggesting that), but the best thing really is to go for the current flagship products.  

[durinho]

So if the 880 will be a replacement for the 770 do you guys think it will outperform the 780 aswell?

[Humble Bee]

GTX880 is an unknown, it could be only margianally better in performance than the 780. But it is speculated it could use a lot less power due to the Maxwell architecture.

Worse yet it could be more expensive to wait for the 880 as they may go back to the 780 launch price ($649.99) if AMD can't compete.

[durinho]

 

 

 

Worse yet it could be more expensive to wait for the 880 as they may go back to the 780 launch price ($649.99) if AMD can't compete.

Well let's not hope for that that would mean that i'm screwed. have they done this before?

[durinho]

I chose something else,

because we don't know price, TDP, or performance yet of the 880.

what would you choose then?

[Humble Bee]

GTX880 is an unknown, it could be only margianally better in performance than the 780. But it is speculated it could use a lot less power due to the Maxwell architecture.

Worse yet it could be more expensive to wait for the 880 as they may go back to the 780 launch price ($649.99) if AMD can't compete.

 

Well let's not hope for that that would mean that i'm screwed. have they done this before?

 

Well the GTX480 launched $499.99, GTX580 launched for $499.99 and GTX 680 launched for $499.99, roughly a year later NVidea released the GTX 780 ($649.99), at the time AMD was still on the HD7970 (top of range) and it was a while till the r9 290x was released, and when it was released the GTX780 dropped to $499.99 in a week. So if AMD don't have anything, I wouldn't be suprised. 

[durinho]

Well the GTX480 launched $499.99, GTX580 launched for $499.99 and GTX 680 launched for $499.99, roughly a year later NVidea released the GTX 780 ($649.99), at the time AMD was still on the HD7970 (top of range) and it was a while till the r9 290x was released, and when it was released the GTX780 dropped to $499.99 in a week. So if AMD don't have anything, I wouldn't be suprised. 

My main concern is that i need to have a GPU  build for the future. one that can handle games 1-2 years from now at higher resolutions. (2k / 4k) is it worth it to buy the 780 now?

[dragoon20005]

My main concern is that i need to have a GPU  build for the future. one that can handle games 1-2 years from now at higher resolutions. (2k / 4k) is it worth it to buy the 780 now?

gtx780 cant run games at 1440P

 

let alone 4K

 

the GTX880 may have a better chance of powering 1440P

[Humble Bee]

My main concern is that i need to have a GPU  build for the future. one that can handle games 1-2 years from now at higher resolutions. (2k / 4k) is it worth it to buy the 780 now?

I can't guarantee anything but maybe the GTX 780 6GB from EVGA (I think it costs $569.99), may probably be able to handle 1440p with its massive amount of vram. It can handle BF4 Ultra 1080p @144Hz with ease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcIBe9QhUU

[Humble Bee]

If I was in the market for a GPU, I think that the Evga GTX 780 6gb edition would be my choice. Plenty of VRAM and when overclocked the 780 can compete with a stock titan. So basically with an overclock you should have a stock titan without double precision floating point (double precision isn't for gaming anyway).

[Tainted]

what would you choose then?

Was no option for;

wait

I like to know performance, benchmarks, TDP, OC potential, & price before making a decision(also price change of all other cards).

Doesn't seem smart to make purchase's ever on hype or rumor.