What would you prefer?

[Ares]

Hi, Guys

I want to know your opinion about what GPU you prefer for this build:

Mob: Asus Rampage IV Formula

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930k

Memory: Corsair Dominator 16GB 2133

Hard Drive: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 600GB

SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB x2

Power Supply: SeaSonic X 1250W x2

Cooling:

Loop 01

Rad: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 Highest Performance Radiator x2

Pump: Swiftech MCP35X2

Reservoir: Bitspower Water Tank Z Ultra

Cool: CPU, Ram, Mosfets and North and South Bridge

Loop 02

Rad: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 Highest Performance Radiator x2

Pump/Reservoir: Koolance Reservoir & Pump RP 1250

Cool: GPU

Thanks

[Ares]

Sorry the Mob is an Asus Rampage IV Extreme

[McMada]

what are we prefering?

[Ares]

Yes, your opinion of the best GPU for this system

[Mentalguy]

Woo, dual loops. What case is this going in?

I'd go 2 680s, if you are doing a seperate loop might as well use its capacity.

[Ares]

Thanks for your answer, and is a mod of a corsair vengance 800D.

And what 680? MSI, EVGA, ASUS... 4GB or 2GB

[McMada]

budget? well if you got no budget go for the evga gtx 680 classified, then buy the evbot port and a evbot (or ebay the early ones(best bet)), so you can actually over volt that beast of a card and put that water cooling to a good use.

[Ares]

Thanks McMada

[T-D0S]

As far as the GPU memory, what resolution are you planning on running your system? From benchmarks, the only game that uses more than 2GB of video memory was Crysis 2 at 5760x1080.

If I was going to buy a 680, I would opt for an MSI Lightning edition because of the OC ability and the backplate.

[McMada]

As far as the GPU memory' date=' what resolution are you planning on running your system? From benchmarks, the only game that uses more than 2GB of video memory was Crysis 2 at 5760x1080. If I was going to buy a 680, I would opt for an MSI Lightning edition because of the OC ability and the backplate. [/quote']

if you dont know this "OC ability" has nothing over anything, except for the lightning is a guaranteed overclock. back when the 600 series were just released, msi pe cards, 680 lightning and the evga 680 classified were able to overvolt and achieve higher over clocks. but now since nvidia laid down the law (greenlight), nvidia told msi to take off the feature of over volting and told evga to take off evbot port. and also my 1440p monitor uses 2200mb of vram to run far cry 3 at ultra settings.

[Ares]

Thanks for reply T-D0S, I am using a Asus PB PB278Q 27" 2560x1440 x3

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[mvitkun]

I'd go for crossfire 7970's as they are currently the fastest and AMD's triple monitor setup works better than nvidias to the best of my knowledge.

possibly this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127670

[Mentalguy]

only the ghz edition is the fastest, regular 7970 is equal to the 670 in most cases.

[mvitkun]

only the ghz edition is the fastest, regular 7970 is equal to the 670 in most cases.

the regular versions are the same chip,out of the box they may be slower but you can overclock them in 2 seconds to the ghz edition frequencies,unless im mistaken

[Mentalguy]

you can overclock 680's too, out of the box 680s are faster than the regular 7970's

[mvitkun]

you can overclock 680's too, out of the box 680s are faster than the regular 7970's

didn't Nvidia "greenlight" their cards to prevent over-volting thus limiting their overclocking potential.