780 Ti Gaming vs 780 Ti Gaming Sli

[Eddyyz]

Hey guys

I'm looking at getting two 780 Ti gaming cards, I was speaking to my friend who owns two 780 Ti Super clocked cards said having two cards is pointless and the power you get from one card is more than enough, he does only play BF4 on competitive settings (Low settings) so he might be basing it off the wrong idea. I also do play BF4 on competitive settings but also play Dayz SA (on low settings). I do want to play Dayz on high settings but I get shitty frames when I do put them high on my current card. I also hate to bring this up but, I want to future proof my PC as much as possible. I do want to get on average 120fps as I have a 144hz monitor.

How much more performance would I get from getting two cards as appose to having 1 card?
Would it be worth it paying for the 2nd card?
Or is my friend right, and is one 780 Ti more then enough?

Cheers EDDYYZ

 

[SeekaX]

one 780ti will be enough for those games, it won't reach 120fps on ultra settings in bf4, but it will be far over 60.
with the 780ti you really won't need to turn any settings down.

 

[Dicehunter]

I have 2 x EVGA GTX 780 Ti Superclocked Editions in SLI and it's gaming heaven, 1 is awesome, 2 is mouth watering

 

[Eddyyz]

I have 2 x EVGA GTX 780 Ti Superclocked Editions in SLI and it's gaming heaven, 1 is awesome, 2 is mouth watering

So would you say buying the 2nd card is definitely worth the cash?

 

[Dicehunter]

So would you say buying the 2nd card is definitely worth the cash?

Only if you need the FPS and your gaming at 1440P, Just one of these for 1080P is total overkill ^_^

 

[NeverBackDown]

a R9 290 is faster in Bf4 than a 780.. Its an AMD sponsored game.
No clue about DayZ though.

 

[Dicehunter]

a R9 290 is faster in Bf4 than a 780.. Its an AMD sponsored game.
No clue about DayZ though.

He's talking about the 780 Ti not the standard 780, The "Ti" beats both 290 and 290X.

 

[NeverBackDown]

He's talking about the 780 Ti not the standard 780, The "Ti" beats both 290 and 290X.

Not in Bf4, the Sapphire Tri-X 290x matches or beats the 780ti in every game and remains more quiet. I am on the 3rd review so far for this card and it has stood true since the first.

 

[Dicehunter]

Not in Bf4, the Sapphire Tri-X 290x matches or beats the 780ti in every game and remains more quiet. I am on the 3rd review so far for this card and it has stood true since the first.

Really ??? Well in all the reviews I've seen so far, Hexus, Anandtech, PCPerspective, Kitguru, Thats not the case -

And there are a lot more showing roughly the same outcome.

Now I'm not a fan boy just incase your thinking that, I don't care which hardware beats which but your statement saying in "Every Game" ? , As you can see, Not true.
Maybe when the Mantle patch is released the AMD cards will pull ahead but not at the moment as you can see.
If I misunderstood your meaning then my apologies.

 

[Eddyyz]

Not in Bf4, the Sapphire Tri-X 290x matches or beats the 780ti in every game and remains more quiet. I am on the 3rd review so far for this card and it has stood true since the first.

It depends tbh, A stock 780 Ti beats a stock 290x, but if you are comparing a after market 290x to a stock 780 Ti then obviously it would compete.

 

[Dicehunter]

It depends tbh, A stock 780 Ti beats a stock 290x, but if you are comparing a after market 290x to a stock 780 Ti then obviously it would compete.

Well yeah because the 290X wont have been at stock, You overclock the 780 Ti and the 780 Ti pulls ahead

 

[Eddyyz]

Well yeah because the 290X wont have been at stock, You overclock the 780 Ti and the 780 Ti pulls ahead

Exactly. Although the 290x just comes slightly on top compared to the 780 I think those are two comparable cards. I think the 789 Ti is in its own league.

We've gone off topic.

 

[Dicehunter]

Exactly. Although the 290x just comes slightly on top compared to the 780 I think those are two comparable cards. I think the 789 Ti is in its own league.

We've gone off topic.

I wouldn't mind playing around with a 290X, Especially when Mantle rolls out

 

[SeekaX]

Exactly. Although the 290x just comes slightly on top compared to the 780 I think those are two comparable cards. I think the 789 Ti is in its own league.

We've gone off topic.

with an aftermarket cooling solution the 290x pulls ahead of the 780, i think the 290 is the competition for the 780, the 290x is somewhere in between the 780ti and the 780.

 

[NeverBackDown]

with an aftermarket cooling solution the 290x pulls ahead of the 780, i think the 290 is the competition for the 780, the 290x is somewhere in between the 780ti and the 780.

stock 290 is on par with a 780. Aftermarket 290 pulls ahead quite a bit and nearly matches the 780ti. 290x stock is in the middle of the two(780/780ti) but an aftermarket 290x is on par with a 780ti unless overclocked, it will pull ahead quite a bit. Now watercool these cards and things get vastly different. With the R9 cards showing the prowess. With prices starting to hint at a price drop the value of these cards goes up quite a bit as well.

 

[Contendo]

Not so easy to compare non reference models of 290x and 780ti at the moment but from a few reviews that I could find it seems 780ti is winning the race for now.
A bit lower power consumption and a few degrees cooler while being up to 10% faster then 290x. Of course it changes from game to game and benchmark to benchmark but 780ti, on air at least, looks like it's a faster gpu.

 

[Dicehunter]

stock 290 is on par with a 780. Aftermarket 290 pulls ahead quite a bit and nearly matches the 780ti. 290x stock is in the middle of the two(780/780ti) but an aftermarket 290x is on par with a 780ti unless overclocked, it will pull ahead quite a bit. Now watercool these cards and things get vastly different. With the R9 cards showing the prowess. With prices starting to hint at a price drop the value of these cards goes up quite a bit as well.

Linustechtips did a video recently about the 780 and 290 under water and the 780 still pulled ahead, Same goes for the 290x and 780 Ti, The 290X is a great card but if you compare stock 780 Ti and 290x the 780 Ti pulls ahead, Same with aftermarket 290X and 780 Ti, The 780 Ti pulls ahead.<br />
And it doesn't take a genius to figure out why, The Nvidia card costs a butt load more so you are going to get more performance even if its only by 5%.

Not so easy to compare non reference models of 290x and 780ti at the moment but from a few reviews that I could find it seems 780ti is winning the race for now.
A bit lower power consumption and a few degrees cooler while being up to 10% faster then 290x. Of course it changes from game to game and benchmark to benchmark but 780ti, on air at least, looks like it's a faster gpu.

The 780 Ti under water is still faster than a 290X under water, Again I'm not a fanboy it's just simple truth, I own both cards so I don't care which brand is faster as I use them both and to my eyes without Fraps I cannot tell the difference between them.
If the 290X was faster than the 780 Ti then it would be in my main rig, But it's not.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Linustechtips did a video recently about the 780 and 290 under water and the 780 still pulled ahead, Same goes for the 290x and 780 Ti, The 290X is a great card but if you compare stock 780 Ti and 290x the 780 Ti pulls ahead, Same with aftermarket 290X and 780 Ti, The 780 Ti pulls ahead.
And it doesn't take a genius to figure out why, The Nvidia card costs a butt load more so you are going to get more performance even if its only by 5%.

He had a crap 290. I have not seen any reviews that even relate to his. His seem way off from everybody else. Stock for stock 290 is faster, both overclocked the 780 still loses.

290x at stock is slower but slightly overclocked will catch up to the 780ti. A heavily overclocked 290x will beat out a titan thats overclocked a heavily also, from the reviews i have seen.

 

[Dicehunter]

He had a crap 290. I have not seen any reviews that even relate to his. His seem way off from everybody else. Stock for stock 290 is faster, both overclocked the 780 still loses.

290x at stock is slower but slightly overclocked will catch up to the 780ti. A heavily overclocked 290x will beat out a titan thats overclocked a heavily also, from the reviews i have seen.

And an overclocked 780 Ti pulls ahead of an overclocked 290X, Also an overclocked 780 *non Ti* can beat a Titan.
And I said in a previous post, I own both 780 Ti and a 290X, If the 290X overclocked was faster than my 780 Ti which is also overclocked I would use the 290X in my main system but it is not, I've only seen it pull ahead in the AMD branded titles which is understandable but it will be really interesting when Mantle is properly integrated

 

[NeverBackDown]

And an overclocked 780 Ti pulls ahead of an overclocked 290X, Also an overclocked 780 *non Ti* can beat a Titan.
And I said in a previous post, I own both 780 Ti and a 290X, If the 290X overclocked was faster than my 780 Ti which is also overclocked I would use the 290X in my main system but it is not, I've only seen it pull ahead in the AMD branded titles which is understandable but it will be really interesting when Mantle is properly integrated

I'm just going off from what i have seen on review sites and forum benchmarks posts. So i guess a general rule of thumb would be they are equal...

Mantle will be amazing, certainly worth it over G-sync. IMO thats worth it alone to get an AMD gpu.