Keep 780 Ti, or sell and upgrade?

[JDS]

As you can gather from the title, I own an EVGA SC 780 Ti and have been debating with myself if I should hold onto it or not.  Right now, my options would be to sell and pocket the cash for a graphics card upgrade down the road, or to SLI them.  My only worry is that if I SLI, I'll be haunted by the 3gb VRAM in the future.  Right now I run at 1080p 144hz, but I would like to make the transfer to a 1440p monitor soon, also 144hz.  What's my best bet?

[NeatSquidYT]

If you want 1440p, sell it and upgrade to either

1x 970

2x 970

[raydialseeker]

I'd wait for the 390x and upgrade then.... Its rumored to have the power of a 295x2 and will cost 500$

[eelnico09]

Upgrade monitor first, then reconsider changing it. I think it's not worth it right now if you have 1080p. Change it, and test how you feel playing on 1440p, if you feel it's not enough, get the 970 or 980. If you wait until februrary, you'll see r9 300 series.

[JDS]

If you want 1440p, sell it and upgrade to either

1x 970

2x 970

 

Would a single 970 actually outperform a 780 Ti at 1440p?

 

 

I'd wait for the 390x and upgrade then.... Its rumored to have the power of a 295x2 and will cost 500$

 

I would, but...Nvidia shield.

[raydialseeker]

Well that sucks..

[NeatSquidYT]

Would a single 970 actually outperform a 780 Ti at 1440p?

 

 

 

I would, but...Nvidia shield.

If it's overclocked, yes

[JDS]

Upgrade monitor first, then reconsider changing it. I think it's not worth it right now if you have 1080p. Change it, and test how you feel playing on 1440p, if you feel it's not enough, get the 970 or 980. If you wait until februrary, you'll see r9 300 series.

 

Monitor is definitely my first priority.  My only qualm about an upgrade to 970 is the varying degree of performance gain/loss.  

 

Damn you Nvidia, why couldn't you just give the 780 Ti 4gb VRAM?!

[raydialseeker]

The new amd card will be ridiculously powerful. It's truly a huge leap from what we've got now.

And the 970 will perform slightly worse at 1440p. On average, the 780ti is more powerful than the the 970

[dizmo]

The new amd card will be ridiculously powerful. It's truly a huge leap from what we've got now.

And the 970 will perform slightly worse at 1440p. On average, the 780ti is more powerful than the the 970

Depends if it actually is what the rumors say it is, or not. I highly doubt it'll be priced as low as $500.

If it is this mythical beast the rumors say, then they'd be stupid not to ask $650+.

I still don't know how they plan to beat the limitations of PCIe.

[MasterRaceFanBoy]

As you can gather from the title, I own an EVGA SC 780 Ti and have been debating with myself if I should hold onto it or not.  Right now, my options would be to sell and pocket the cash for a graphics card upgrade down the road, or to SLI them.  My only worry is that if I SLI, I'll be haunted by the 3gb VRAM in the future.  Right now I run at 1080p 144hz, but I would like to make the transfer to a 1440p monitor soon, also 144hz.  What's my best bet?

get the monitor first. later on buy a second 780ti if they go really cheap, or go for a 980 or higer.. it doesn't worth going from 780ti to 970.. 

[Imabigmac]

I currently can't see a reason to upgrade from a 780 ti for 1080p, 1440p yea there is some reason but, I do believe even at 1440p waiting for AMD 300 or Nvidia's 1000 series is a better way to go financially and future wise. Especially if you don't yet have the monitor and don't know yet whether a your current card will truly suit you after the monitor upgrade. Yea sure if want 120hz@ultra 1440 you will be wanting dual cards. I have debated going down this road a number of times, each time I never got to the end, because of solid reasoning, "does my video card run games at playable fps on ultra settings YES with msaa x2, then why do I need to upgrade? For the future of gaming which isn't here yet. Will there be more powerful cards in the future, YES, so why invest now in "outdated" tech. Anyway my thoughts, which as usual aren't the same as yours or anyone else's. 

[xnoobftw]

I currently can't see a reason to upgrade from a 780 ti for 1080p, 1440p yea there is some reason but, I do believe even at 1440p waiting for AMD 300 or Nvidia's 1000 series is a better way to go financially and future wise. Especially if you don't yet have the monitor and don't know yet whether a your current card will truly suit you after the monitor upgrade. Yea sure if want 120hz@ultra 1440 you will be wanting dual cards. I have debated going down this road a number of times, each time I never got to the end, because of solid reasoning, "does my video card run games at playable fps on ultra settings YES with msaa x2, then why do I need to upgrade? For the future of gaming which isn't here yet. Will there be more powerful cards in the future, YES, so why invest now in "outdated" tech. Anyway my thoughts, which as usual aren't the same as yours or anyone else's. 

^ The importance of not overspending on technology 

[Dredgy]

As you can gather from the title, I own an EVGA SC 780 Ti and have been debating with myself if I should hold onto it or not.  Right now, my options would be to sell and pocket the cash for a graphics card upgrade down the road, or to SLI them.  My only worry is that if I SLI, I'll be haunted by the 3gb VRAM in the future.  Right now I run at 1080p 144hz, but I would like to make the transfer to a 1440p monitor soon, also 144hz.  What's my best bet?

 

If you're going to sell the 780Ti, do it now while you can get a semi-reasonable price. I'd keep it though.

 

SLI the 780Tis while they're reasonably priced. I run 2x 780Tis (at stock clocks), and they seamlessly run games on ultra in surround (5760*1080) at 144Hz 3D. Though I'm not much of a gamer so my titles are a little bit outdated. Should absolutely destroy any 1440p setup.

[Acquire]

I have dual 780 Tis and a 2560x1440 144Hz monitor. Based on my experience with newer games, don't bother getting a second 780 Ti. They're very powerful cards, but their 3GBs of vram I think is a crippling factor. Many games are starting to easily consume all that ram.

[maizenblue]

If you can hold out another 3 or 4 months the r9 390x should be out, and is rumored to likely be at least 30% more powerful than a 980, as it will be a 20 nm card, so it could rock 1440p.

[ablangc]

I would SLI the 780 Ti because they are dirt cheap right now.  Getting a 970 is a downgrade in my opinion. The performance of the 980 is on par if not slightly faster pending upon the game and or benchmark.  Some benchmarks, the 980 is noticeably faster.  I just hate Nvidia for cripling the 780 ti with 3gb of ram; however, it is still a good card. 

 

Look at some of the benchmarks from actual users on this website.  They are stickied on the top of the Graphic Card Forums. 

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/69448-unigine-valley-benchmark-scores-thread-over-250-submissions/

Results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlC81MjwelBgdDdfZGdPbERhYi1YYjhXZVREX1ZtUFE#gid=0

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/212222-ltt-3dmark-thread/

Results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wfTuNqlUuutM96kxHY5FBh1LOzF18MdMlt6_u8uvSYc/pubhtml

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TycvqdkYByBGU45OlICNLDTDHY22fqSMEiZb_0M9l64/edit?pli=1#gid=672917501

 

I just noticed that you have the EVGA SC version of the 780 Ti.  Overclock it,

[ShadowCaptain]

As you can gather from the title, I own an EVGA SC 780 Ti and have been debating with myself if I should hold onto it or not.  Right now, my options would be to sell and pocket the cash for a graphics card upgrade down the road, or to SLI them.  My only worry is that if I SLI, I'll be haunted by the 3gb VRAM in the future.  Right now I run at 1080p 144hz, but I would like to make the transfer to a 1440p monitor soon, also 144hz.  What's my best bet?

 

My single 780ti handles 1440p 60hz like a champ still but the 3g of VRAM is definitely becoming an issue, and you definately need SLI 780tis to reach 120hz 1440p Ultra

 

I am also in a similar predicament as I am planning on a ROG Swift

[rockmassif]

Keep 780Ti no matter what.

Even 980 can't beat 780Ti in some games, don't even try to upgrade to 970, you'll be sorry.

 

A lot of my local friends did the same thing, they thought an overclocked 970 would beat the shit out of a 780Ti. Now all of them trying to return their new cards and half of them got coil whine also And they lost 100USD in the process.

[ablangc]

Keep 780Ti no matter what.

Even 980 can't beat 780Ti in some games, don't even try to upgrade to 970, you'll be sorry.

 

A lot of my local friends did the same thing, they thought an overclocked 970 would beat the shit out of a 780Ti. Now all of them trying to return their new cards and half of them got coil whine also And they lost 100USD in the process.

Yeah I got a couple of friends who gave me a lot of flack for buying a second 780 Ti when I should have spent the money on buying 2 970's.  Gotta love media hype vs informed decision.