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NakedChicken
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I've been looking at new graphics cards for awhile and I'm still undecided. I could buy a 970, 290x(but lose use for my shield), or a 780 ti classified from a friend for $350. I tried playing on Nvidia surround and I didn't like it, bought 3 cheap 1080p panels and returned them for a single vg248qe. I want to push the 144 hz or at least maintain 100+ fps in games. So my question is which one should I buy? I would overclock and watercooling is a possibility down the road. I'm leaning towards the 780 ti classified, are there any issues with them? I've seen they overclock like crazy, especially on water. I would wait for the 390x if I didn't have a shield, but I do so I'd like to use it. I may upgrade to 1440p when it becomes cheaper too. I absolutely hate my reference 680 and I want to get rid of it. its loud, hot, slow in new titles, and the 2 gbs holds me back.

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I've been looking at new graphics cards for awhile and I'm still undecided. I could buy a 970, 290x(but lose use for my shield), or a 780 ti classified from a friend for $350. I tried playing on Nvidia surround and I didn't like it, bought 3 cheap 1080p panels and returned them for a single vg248qe. I want to push the 144 hz or at least maintain 100+ fps in games. So my question is which one should I buy? I would overclock and watercooling is a possibility down the road. I'm leaning towards the 780 ti classified, are there any issues with them? I've seen they overclock like crazy, especially on water. I would wait for the 390x if I didn't have a shield, but I do so I'd like to use it. I may upgrade to 1440p when it becomes cheaper too. I absolutely hate my reference 680 and I want to get rid of it. its loud, hot, slow in new titles, and the 2 gbs holds me back.

The 780TI sounds like a good deal.

Right now it's almost at the same level as the GTX 980.

 

 

 

 

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I'd go with the 780Ti. Sounds like a good deal to me.

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i5 3570k @ 4.9 ghz/1.27 volts, Asus P8Z77-V LK, 8 Gb Corsair 1600mhz, Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 1140/1625, Silverstone RV02, Kingston V300 120 gb, 1 TB WD Blue HDD,Seagate barracuda, Evga Supernova 750 G2, Hyper 212 Evo, Windows 8.1, K70 Red LED Blue switch, Razer Deathadder 2012, Sennehiser HD 598

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780ti. Definitely that. 

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