780 or wait for Maxwell?

WillSK

WillSK

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I'm playing with the idea of picking up a 780 Classy since they're only like 30 quid more than the superclocked ones now at around 435 quid.

To be fair i don't NEED it as my 560Ti is performing just fine for most games so if a refresh or maxwell is around the corner I might hold on to my cash for now.

Thoughts people??
 
You hair will be longer 20cm when Maxwell show up.
I suppose NVIDIA will peel our skin more with GK110... They just prepare to launch reference GTX780Ti maybe painted in black with 3GB more memory as Titan Black Edition for 999$. Even if Maxwell show up NVIDIA can't launch now nothing more than 10% better than GTX780Ti, and for that they need to sweat and optimize. Of course Maxwell will be beast, but when they launch second generation, maybe lower process optimized and max performance for that generation. I always like to upgrade when I know that's best what some architecture can give, not slower, not tweaked, optimized, when they launch last and best. That's GF110 GTX580, GK110 GTX780Ti and we will see for Maxwell. Fermi is and GF100 but GF110 is much better, Kepler is GK104 but GK110 is much better.
GTX780 Classified is best performance for money... overclocked can give you about 3000-3100+ depend of memoory score in Valley, compare with GTX780Ti Classified where score is 3200-3300 default.
 
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I like your point about upgrading when the architecture has really been pushed to its limit. Would I be crazy to wait and save for a 780Ti or will a 780 blow me away? Keep in mind I am currently only gaming at 1920x1080 and will continue to do so for the forseeable future
 
Nothing you throw at a 780Ti is going to make it sweat at 1080p. 780 is a very similar story.
 
Edge said:
Nothing you throw at a 780Ti is going to make it sweat at 1080p. 780 is a very similar story.
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may pick up a 780 then :). But yeah i was well aware that at 1080p it shouldn't work up a sweat. Just needed someone else to tell me not to spend the extra 100 for a ti
 
780/290s are the sweet spot at the mo'. Look at them, especially if you are only gaming at 1080p. I'd recommend a 290 over a 780 at the moment but it does depend on the games you play.
 
MSAA x4 and x8 cut fps on half easy, you will see.
GK110 is good investment because it's better for gaming and I think our mine is in construction phase... AMD will not hold monopoly any more... 400e cost HD7970 in Serbia. People sell for 350e used easy I barely sell mine GTX780 Classified for 100e more. Everything because coins, coins, coins...

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Vlada011 said:
MSAA x4 and x8 cut fps on half easy, you will see.
GK110 is good investment because it's better for gaming and I think our mine is in construction phase... AMD will not hold monopoly any more... 400e cost HD7970 in Serbia. People sell for 350e used easy I barely sell mine GTX780 Classified for 100e more. Everything because coins, coins, coins...

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So 780? Or would I be stupid for getting a 780 classy over say this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...gpu-1040mhz-2560-streams-dp-dvid-hdmi-plusbf4 ?
 
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-sigh- bitcoin prices haven't affected AMD over here as much as serbia, not since the crash.

The 290 is still good value, but so is the 780 compared to what it used to cost.
 
barnsley said:
-sigh- bitcoin prices haven't affected AMD over here as much as serbia, not since the crash.

The 290 is still good value, but so is the 780 compared to what it used to cost.
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Admittedly I am a bit of an Nvidia fan boy having had better experiences with my Nvidia card than my previous AMD/ATi ones. Is 430 quid for a 780 classy good value or is the gigabyte 290 I linked a better performing card
 
It probably does have an edge but it does cost £20 more and it doesn't come with a backplate. The lightnings come in a monumental box and to my ears they are a little quieter and possibly a little cooler running although I haven't pitched them against each other directly in a fair review style manner. That and i've had a classy with a screwed fan and i'm not convinced the one I have now is perfect I just think on the whole the Lightning is a better all round product and i'd find it easier to recommend for that reason. The classified is definitely better looking, although still left wanting for a backplate.

That's just my honest impression from having first hand experience with 2x reference 780's, 1x gigabyte R9 290, 1x 780 Lightning and 3x 780 Classifieds. And really if you had a perfect sample of any of them i'm sure you would be very very pleased with your purchase. But on Price to all round product (not just performance and negating colour scheme) the Lightning would be my choice.

JR
 
JR23 said:
It probably does have an edge but it does cost £20 more and it doesn't come with a backplate. The lightnings come in a monumental box and to my ears they are a little quieter and possibly a little cooler running although I haven't pitched them against each other directly in a fair review style manner. That and i've had a classy with a screwed fan and i'm not convinced the one I have now is perfect I just think on the whole the Lightning is a better all round product and i'd find it easier to recommend for that reason. The classified is definitely better looking, although still left wanting for a backplate.

That's just my honest impression from having first hand experience with 2x reference 780's, 1x gigabyte R9 290, 1x 780 Lightning and 3x 780 Classifieds. And really if you had a perfect sample of any of them i'm sure you would be very very pleased with your purchase. But on Price to all round product (not just performance and negating colour scheme) the Lightning would be my choice.

JR
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I have to say the lightning does look like a solid product so I will certainly consider it pretty strongly. My only tiny concern is that it's yellow blue(the light) and black which can be a bit harder to match to a rig :p
 
WillSK said:
I have to say the lightning does look like a solid product so I will certainly consider it pretty strongly. My only tiny concern is that it's yellow blue(the light) and black which can be a bit harder to match to a rig :p
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Very true but what people rarely mention is that the classifieds have 5 uber bright white LED's on the side which are actually the same kind of LED's used in Audi headlights and they can't be disabled or dimmed. At least the lightnings blue LED's are quite tasteful and not too bright but yeah I don't think its the most coherent looking piece of design ever but if its in a case who cares and if your looking through a window the side is nearly all black.
 
WillSK said:
I'm playing with the idea of picking up a 780 Classy since they're only like 30 quid more than the superclocked ones now at around 435 quid.

To be fair i don't NEED it as my 560Ti is performing just fine for most games so if a refresh or maxwell is around the corner I might hold on to my cash for now.

Thoughts people??
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There is always another GPU coming out if you wait you'll be perpetually waiting forever.

The best that money can buy against the most you can get for your money the choice is up to you. I'd personally go with what you need.
 
With GTX780 Lightening you will get 200MHz less on overclocking memory from start, uglier card, not so fine build PCB and lower base and boost clock than Classified. For R9-290 I don't want to comment even, all my results on GTX780 Classified are comparable with R9-290X reference because card have extremely high base clock and still is much coolder and not so loud as R9-290X reference. And special if you want card for gaming AMD is inferior to NVIDIA. You will see that when you need VSync, Adaptive VSync, and older games NVIDIA new driver are much better and you don't need to search driver for specific games. I propose you 780 Classified and when arrive only to increase clock on +70/100 for GPU and +200 for memory or more if you want and power target 115%, that will be 90% enough on stock voltage and card will boost on 1200MHz with 1600 or 1700MHz memory depend do you set +200 or +400.
 
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WillSK said:
I'm playing with the idea of picking up a 780 Classy since they're only like 30 quid more than the superclocked ones now at around 435 quid.

To be fair i don't NEED it as my 560Ti is performing just fine for most games so if a refresh or maxwell is around the corner I might hold on to my cash for now.

Thoughts people??
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You have answered your own question.

If your setup is ok to play the games you want to use it for there is no real rush to upgrade.

I think waiting for Maxwell is probably your best move and even then don't buy anything until 20nm has been around for about 5 or 6 months so that the better cards with non ref coolers and lower prices show up.
 
From the mouth of an employee over at OCUK's actual shop, Not the forums, I got told We won't be seeing Maxwell until late this year i.e Q4 so you might as well get what you can now.
Maxwell won't be leaps and bounds ahead of the 7xx series, The 9xx series is where it's at :)
 
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