780 for £350 or wait for the 780 TI?

[matin94]

i was wondering if i should miss out on this awesome deal because of the 780 TI with 2880 CUDA cores, which is insane.

what do you think?

[Stefan Becker]

I'd say buy it, or wait for 800-series.

[Guest]

780TI

[WoodenMarker]

Wait for 780 Ti and aftermarket 290x's before deciding. The 780 will likely be even cheaper then. You can also make a more informed decision later.

[Duda777]

i was wondering if i should miss out on this awesome deal because of the 780 TI with 2880 CUDA cores, which is insane.

what do you think?

Where can I get a 780 for £350 ??

[Ribozyme]

780 for 350 dollar is a no brainer( if it is new). 780ti will not be a whole lot faster, let's say 15-20% OC to OC, but for a 300 dollar price increase. Not worth it unless you wan't to have the biggest epenis until a 200 dollar Maxwell blows your 780ti away in 10 months from now. So that 300 dollar saved this year could be invested in a monster card next year( sell the 780 too for 200 dollar or so next year). So you can buy the top Maxwell next year and still have great performance this year.

[MoYo]

780 for 350 dollar is a no brainer( if it is new). 780ti will not be a whole lot faster, let's say 15-20% OC to OC, but for a 300 dollar price increase. Not worth it unless you wan't to have the biggest epenis until a 200 dollar Maxwell blows your 780ti away in 10 months from now. So that 300 dollar saved this year could be invested in a monster card next year( sell the 780 too for 200 dollar or so next year). So you can buy the top Maxwell next year and still have great performance this year.

£ not $, big difference.  

[Ribozyme]

£ not $, big difference.  

Wow yes indeed, sorry for that mistake. Yea 350 pounds is quite a smack of money. But it will definitely be a much better bang for buck than the 780ti. I guess if you have a decent card right now, you should hold on till all the cards are on the table so 780 ghz 780ti and 290x and 290. It will be a fierce battle for sure. But if you need/really want a new card today I would choose the 780(or 770/280x as they are much better bang for buck and then go for a Maxwell/20nm AMD offering next year which will buy you a lot more power for the same money than today) 

[matin94]

Where can I get a 780 for £350 ??

well its £380 on scan, but one of my friends has 2 780s he bought a few weeks ago, and now the 780ti is coming, he is thinking about selling it to me for 350

[matin94]

780 for 350 dollar is a no brainer( if it is new). 780ti will not be a whole lot faster, let's say 15-20% OC to OC, but for a 300 dollar price increase. Not worth it unless you wan't to have the biggest epenis until a 200 dollar Maxwell blows your 780ti away in 10 months from now. So that 300 dollar saved this year could be invested in a monster card next year( sell the 780 too for 200 dollar or so next year). So you can buy the top Maxwell next year and still have great performance this year.

its in pounds not dollars, I live in the UK

 

after the price drops it went to 420, and now i can get one for as cheap as 350

 

sorry i didnt realize someone had already corrected you

 

i have the 670 atm, just out of curiosity, how much improvement is maxwell? i heard it has a cpu on the gpu 

[matin94]

the 290X is a fucking winner in my opinion, but these temps got me worrying, really want to buy the 290X and water cool it but i'll have to wait and see benchmarks first

[Ribozyme]

its in pounds not dollars, I live in the UK

 

after the price drops it went to 420, and now i can get one for as cheap as 350

 

sorry i didnt realize someone had already corrected you

 

i have the 670 atm, just out of curiosity, how much improvement is maxwell? i heard it has a cpu on the gpu 

 

If you are not rich do yourself a favour and wait till maxwell. 670 to 780 would bring you 30%-40% increase but expect twice the performance of the 670 with maxwell. The 670 is still great; try to push it to 1200mhz core, should be easily achievable. I am thinking of grabbing myself a 670 right now for 160 euro and hold it out til maxwell with it.

[Hirad123]

If you can afford a 780ti what's the point of not waiting?

[matin94]

If you can afford a 780ti what's the point of not waiting?

i can, i was gonna get 2 780s or wait for 780ti and go SLI when i have the money for the second 780ti

[matin94]

If you are not rich do yourself a favour and wait till maxwell. 670 to 780 would bring you 30%-40% increase but expect twice the performance of the 670 with maxwell. The 670 is still great; try to push it to 1200mhz core, should be easily achievable. I am thinking of grabbing myself a 670 right now for 160 euro and hold it out til maxwell with it.

the card is great to be honest, but i've been saying oh ill wait for the 780, and when it came out i said oh ill wait for the 290X, and now im saying oh ill wait for maxwell it'll be awesome. its like this constant circle im going around until my 670 gets outdated and have to upgrade haha. think i will just wait, any news on when it will be out?

[Ribozyme]

the card is great to be honest, but i've been saying oh ill wait for the 780, and when it came out i said oh ill wait for the 290X, and now im saying oh ill wait for maxwell it'll be awesome. its like this constant circle im going around until my 670 gets outdated and have to upgrade haha. think i will just wait, any news on when it will be out?

 

670 isn't outdated quite yet. So I'd say stick to it till Maxwell. Your money though Nope, rumour has it that it will be summer 2014 in best scenario, but realistically expect it around this period next year.

[Jamdude]

Wait for aftermarket 290X cards and the 780ti.

[matin94]

Here's how I usually upgrade my GPU's. Right now I'm running two 7970's. Ok so when a new card comes out that can outperform both of my cards, I then buy one and quickly buy another.

2x 7970 let's say the new nVidia Maxwell card comes out and it performs better than 2x 7970s. Then I get one GTX 880, then a month or so later get another one. Although the truth of the matter is I'm considering of sticking with one card vs. getting two cards again. 

Completely up to you, although I would wait for Maxwell.

that is a good strategy if you run crossfire or sli, i have 1 GPU, basically every card above it, will win againts it apart from like the 270x and downwards. but i like your strategy 

[penance]

I was in the same debate, ended up getting the 780 myself. My prices are US but for me $500 was near the top of my budget and regardless of the performance of the 780ti I was not dropping $700 on a card. On the 290x front I'm still skeptical even on the aftermarket cooler front. After seeing what some are getting even water cooled the 290x is starting to feel like what AMD did with the 9590 where you have something coming factory near the top of its clock speed. Hard to say but so far the overclocks are not looking outstanding. I was able with my MSI GTX 780 gaming to overclock with the air cooler to a point that beat the 290X benchmarks I have seen, even based on what people were getting with the 290x overlocked.

[matin94]

I was in the same debate, ended up getting the 780 myself. My prices are US but for me $500 was near the top of my budget and regardless of the performance of the 780ti I was not dropping $700 on a card. On the 290x front I'm still skeptical even on the aftermarket cooler front. After seeing what some are getting even water cooled the 290x is starting to feel like what AMD did with the 9590 where you have something coming factory near the top of its clock speed. Hard to say but so far the overclocks are not looking outstanding. I was able with my MSI GTX 780 gaming to overclock with the air cooler to a point that beat the 290X benchmarks I have seen, even based on what people were getting with the 290x overlocked.

700 is quite ridiculous for a graphics card i must admit, i could get 2 780s for that price

[TheMissxu]

sli (well, crossfire) 290 might be an option too.