2 760s vs 780

[bloowolf4562]

This is a hypothetical situation I have $500 for video cards which should I get 2 760s or 1 780

[loccilucas]

This is a hypothetical situation I have $500 for video cards which should I get 2 760s or 1 780

Get the 780, although the 760's will perform better it leaves no room for upgrading in the future.

[Kryptyx]

You should wait for 900 series if that is your budget. 980 will be about the same as a 780 TI for the same price as 780 - historically speaking. You'll usually want to aim for a higher tier card over two lower end cards since not everything scales well or works with SLI and it gives you less heat and power consumption.

[theKumba]

You should wait for 900 series if that is your budget. 980 will be about the same as a 780 TI for the same price as 780 - historically speaking. You'll usually want to aim for a higher tier card over two lower end cards since not everything scales well or works with SLI and it gives you less heat and power consumption.

*from what we expect

[#PC Luv]

Get a 780

[RelentlessAF]

One more powerful graphics card is always better than two weaker ones. I would say 780 unless you want to wait for the 800/900 series.

[Captain_Slow]

SLI has issues a lot of times. 

so IMO 1 card is better than 2 worse ones. 

 

also for 500 you'd only be able to get 2 2gb versions of 760, and vram doesnt stack. 

[PC-NOOB]

780TI are sick right now

$529 for the Asus DCII

[maizenblue]

Yeah if you can get the 780 ti for 529 id probably go with that, even though the ASUS direct cuii is probably the worst performing and hottest running of the factory OC'd 780 ti's. The 980 probably isn't going to be much cheaper, if at all, and will possibly be weaker than the 780 TI in performance.

 

Or you could go with the AMD r9 290 or 290x, both of which are superior to the 780 for gaming, although the prices seem to be rising for the 290x now that great non reference cooling cards are out and people are catching on to how good these cards perform for the price you pay. I've seen power color PCS+ 290s going for 350 US, which is an insane deal. Its like getting the best OC'd 780 out there with an extra gig of ram and a better cooler for the price of a 770.