Future Proofing

[Honeydiddle]

To clarify everyone, i want these cards to last 2 years. I will upgrade when the 9xx series come out. One year cpu/mobo, next year gpu, next cpu/mobo and so on

[Kuzma]

DON'T GET THE 4GB VERSION OF THIS CARD!!

I REPEAT DO NOT GET THE 4GB VERSION OF THE 770!

 

Sorry for shouting :P but you would need atleast 3 770s to take advantage of the extra vram due to the 256bit bus size; the recommended bus size per gb is 128bits, any less than that and you start to get bottlenecking unless you get an extremely good memory clock speed overclock (talking 1ghz, well in this case due to 2 cards only 500mhz per card but you get the point); if you don't believe me check out 680 4GB benchmarks; to be honest I'm surprised the Titan manages to handle all it's vram; it also explains why AMD has better  multi-monitor support with the 7970 having the same bus size as the Titan (384bits) 

 

I extremely recommend either waiting for the 9xxx series or getting a 7970 if vram is your issue as you will regret getting the 770s if you do indeed get them.

[Honeydiddle]

DON'T GET THE 4GB VERSION OF THIS CARD!!

I REPEAT DO NOT GET THE 4GB VERSION OF THE 770!

 

Sorry for shouting :P but you would need atleast 3 770s to take advantage of the extra vram due to the 256bit bus size; the recommended bus size per gb is 128bits, any less than that and you start to get bottlenecking unless you get an extremely good memory clock speed overclock (talking 1ghz, well in this case due to 2 cards only 500mhz per card but you get the point); if you don't believe me check out 680 4GB benchmarks; to be honest I'm surprised the Titan manages to handle all it's vram; it also explains why AMD has better  multi-monitor support with the 7970 having the same bus size as the Titan (384bits) 

 

I extremely recommend either waiting for the 9xxx series or getting a 7970 if vram is your issue as you will regret getting the 770s if you do indeed get them.

Really? Well i thought that 2GB would be fine anyway

[silencerbob]

I got it direct from the factory. I worked with them on some distro stuff

For the love of god and all that's sane and logical tell them get off their asses and let me get a custom kit made... I've been trying to get red MPower ram 1866mhz with red LEDs 2x8gig sticks for months now with nothing but broken promises and ignored emails.