Worth upgrading or should I be patient for once?

[Indelible]

Okay so I impatiently bought 2x780s about 2 months before the 980s released. Now the question is, should I wait for the next release, or would it be worth selling up both my 780s and going for a single 980? I could just wait for the 980ti, but that entirely depends on the price difference between that and the 980.

 

The main reason for upgrading is because I want to custom cool my GPUS so theres no point if I'm just going to upgrade soon...

 

What would you guys do?

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Patience young padawan, you're good to go until the promised Maxwell cards arrive.

The die shrunk ones.

[HeathCliff]

All 'bout dat Pascal...

[ShadowCaptain]

not worth it, sli 780s are still very strong cards

 

that said I dont think custom water cooling is worth it either but that's just my opinion 

[Mush Brain]

You have 780's.... i'm sure you DO NOT need to upgrade yet.

[Indelible]

You have 780's.... i'm sure you DO NOT need to upgrade yet.

 

I know, but upgrading is like a damn addiction!

[Najuno]

Okay so I impatiently bought 2x780s about 2 months before the 980s released. Now the question is, should I wait for the next release, or would it be worth selling up both my 780s and going for a single 980? I could just wait for the 980ti, but that entirely depends on the price difference between that and the 980.

 

The main reason for upgrading is because I want to custom cool my GPUS so theres no point if I'm just going to upgrade soon...

 

What would you guys do?

First of all you need to make your mind open with what resolution you want to go in the next few years. A custom water cooling loop is top of the line consumer grade cooling and gives you the best looks and results, but is quite expensive in the first place.

If you are swapping out GPUs regularly (on a 6-9 month base) I would skip water cooling if you aren't an enthusiast.

 

Next thing to consider is that all over 1080p, no matter if 1080p surround, 1440p (surround) or even 4K you will be better off selling your GTX780s and get the 980s in a 2way SLI config. Now watercooling these GPUs with a custom loop will give you a long while a good performance. The 4GB VRAM are a huge plus and not to forget that Maxwell's L2 Cache is 33% bigger then Kepler's. I can see my GTX980's stretching their legs more in higher resolutions. A GTX980 2way SLI is a waste of money for 1080p, if you plan to play in 1080p nuy yourself a GTX970... it will be plenty of performance.

Waiting on a Titan II or GTX980Ti... I don't think we will see this cards from nVidia before AMD has made their move in terms of their next highend chip on a GPU.