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UKCurtis

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Hello I have a question I am wanting to get a new Graphics Card a Asus GTX Titan But not sure if its worth it, I will be buying it from Ebuyer as I can buy it from there business site for £669.78 I save abit (My dad owns his own Business so I can get parts alot cheaper) I will put my pc specs down below any thoughts are welcome Thank you.

PC SPEC'S
NTEL i7 3770K @4.5GHz
MSI z77 Mpower Big Bang
Asus GTX 680 2gb
RipJaws- 16GB Ram 1600Mhz
Corsair H100 Cooler
Corsair HX850W Power supply
Corsair 600T mid Case White Edition
x8 Corsair SP120 Quiet Editon fans - 1450RPM
x2 Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition They Are Quiet too 2350RPM
2x Asus Monitors 1080P -- Third maybe not sure yet
Corsair 1500's Headsets
K90 Keyboard from Corsair
LogiTech wireless Mouse- Nothing Special
500GB Storage Hitachi-Games
1TB Storage Samsung- Games/Movies/Tvshows
120GB SSD From Corsair- OS
 
Yup SLI 680s will absolutely demolish Titan. Even 670 SLI and the 690 beat it by 25+%

Edit. Nice to see a fellow Dorset resident :) I live in Corfe Mullen.
 
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I have a quick question do you need to change ie want higher frame rates or just want to change to a titan because you can?

Personally if it is just because you can I wouldn't bother, I would wait and see what the next generation of cards brings and see what the performance is like.

If it is for higher frame rates then I would consider another 680. Sli 680s will out perform a titan and the extra card would be less than half the price of a titan so you would save alot of money.
 
Yes both are basically the same card ie reference design. They will work just fine. The only real difference between the two will be warranty and customer support from the companies.
 
B3rni3 said:
I have a quick question do you need to change ie want higher frame rates or just want to change to a titan because you can?
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Frame rate/Looks Also its my bday coming up (18) so was thinking buying this. :)

Also I cant find anywhere to buy the one I have I would prefere the asus one if someone can find me a place to buy it, would be much appreciated :)
 
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I tried a few places and I cannot find a reference 680 from Asus. It may be hard to find reference cards from some manufacturers especially with ones that make their own non reference versions.
 
B3rni3 said:
I tried a few places and I cannot find a reference 680 from Asus. It may be hard to find reference cards from some manufacturers especially with ones that make their own non reference versions.
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Well looks like I have to get the Msi Card Shouldnt be a problem I hope, Well I thank everyone for the help you have saved me £££££ haha :)
 
AlienALX said:
Nice to see a fellow Dorset resident :) I live in Corfe Mullen.
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I used to reside in Dorset and was born there in Weymouth, used to live in Portesham. Now up north well have been up here most my life people give me funny looks when they see my passport and hear me speak haha.

UKCurtis said:
Thanks the orange wont go with my system Ill go with the Msi Thanks anyway, Also Have that game too :D
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its only a sticker will just peel off also its gonna be facing the bottom of your case :-) but hey free games are tempting also.
 
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lomez said:
I used to reside in Dorset and was born there in Weymouth, used to live in Portesham. Now up north well have been up here most my life people give me funny looks when they see my passport and hear me speak haha.
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haha its nice to hear im not the only Dorset lad on this Forum. : )

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its only a sticker will just peel off also its gonna be facing the bottom of your case :-) but hey free games are tempting also.
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I know I should go for the Zotac one But I have a Msi Motherboard and I like things to match also I already have Assassins creed 3, Im buying it through my dads business so I get a alot cheaper too hehe. Thats why I was going to buy the Titan because I can get it alot cheaper than other people but looks like everyone is saying just get another 680 so thats what Im doing, Originally I did have two Asus Gtx680's But it was bottlenecking my AMD cpu (Amd Phenom X6 1090T) So I sold one of them on ebay now I have a 3770K I shouldn't have that problem I hope.

Another story too about year ago I was going to buy the 690 But I had to wait at least 6 weeks to get my hands on one, I was researching and I found out that 2 GTX680's are basically the same as 1 690 So yeah. By the way I dont know the results compared to a Titan maybe I should do that aha.
 
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UKCurtis said:
Another story too about year ago I was going to buy the 690 But I had to wait at least 6 weeks to get my hands on one, I was researching and I found out that 2 GTX680's are basically the same as 1 690 So yeah. By the way I dont know the results compared to a Titan maybe I should do that aha.
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2x gtx680 > 690. a 690 is two downclocked 680s. also a 690 is still better than a Titan :)
ATM i think that the whole dual GPU stuff is quite pointless, by the time you need the power of two GPUs for games the next generation will be released. looks sick though.
 
SeekaX said:
2x gtx680 > 690. a 690 is two downclocked 680s. also a 690 is still better than a Titan :)
ATM i think that the whole dual GPU stuff is quite pointless, by the time you need the power of two GPUs for games the next generation will be released. looks sick though.
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Well tbh I was surprised that people were saying just get another 680, But the Titan just looks sick that's all and yeah I guess the performance is good but mostly the look first haha. I'm just hoping when I get my 680 that it will work well with my setup I don't want any bottlenecking going on.
 
yh the titan does look good but i think personally think 2 cards looks soooo much better than 1. and also can i ask why you've got 10 sp fans when you've only got a h100 for cooling?
 
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