I am thinking about getting a Titan for a 4770k build

[Kaapstad]

I mentioned ram because you want as far to say as the motherboard makes dramatic fps differnces when that's insane. it has effects on the overclocks not the score. So therefore i mentioned ram to point out something else you probably thought was true and absurd.

You said CPUs have dramatic performance changes in benchmarks. I stated any 4 core cpu from sandy bridge and up will have very minor differences. Your points are invalid.

The reason I mentioned motherboards is because along with the CPU they are a double act.

As to CPUs there are a lot of AMD and locked intel ones that will effect performance.

I am new on these forums why do I get the impression people are not very friendly, I have not been rude, arrogant or sarcastic to anyone.

 

[NeverBackDown]

No sandy bridge(or higher) 4 core cpu will bottleneck a gpu and Amd needs an 8 core overclocked just to get on par with intel.

We are friendly but from what i have read in the thread you've been very undetailed and people kept asking questions or trying to explain something so they got annoyed.

 

[SPS]

I am new on these forums why do I get the impression people are not very friendly, I have not been rude, arrogant or sarcastic to anyone.

The only reason people would get annoyed on here is if you've come asking questions that are covered in video/written reviews mate.

Maybe read up on the Titans reviews, collate your information and if that doesn't answer your questions then come back with some specific questions that aren't covered? I'm not saying your topic is in there but that should be your first port of call.

 

[d3rrial]

Guys, the threadstarter didn't ask about the titan, by the looks of it, he already owns a couple of Titans, he wants to know whether the Haswell architecture yields in superior benchmark results as compared to the sandybridge / ivybridge architecture in conjunction with his GPU.

 

[vorticalbox]

Guys, the threadstarter didn't ask about the titan, by the looks of it, he already owns a couple of Titans, he wants to know whether the Haswell architecture yields in superior benchmark results to the sandybridge / ivybridge architecture in conjunction with his GPU.

Title says "getting a Titan". Hence why the topic is all over the place.

Running a gpu bench with a titan on 3770k and then 4770 k you will see points around the same and easily within the run again and get different points range, if then bench with that includes GPU and CPU then the 4770k will have pull a head.

As said the CPU isn't going to limit the titan.

 

[Kaapstad]

Guys, the threadstarter didn't ask about the titan, by the looks of it, he already owns a couple of Titans, he wants to know whether the Haswell architecture yields in superior benchmark results as compared to the sandybridge / ivybridge architecture in conjunction with his GPU.

This is exactly what I was asking.

Title says "getting a Titan". Hence why the topic is all over the place.

As in the title, I am planning to build a 4770k rig plus a GTX Titan

Has anyone done this yet and if so how did it perform

Thanks.

I don't think what I posted in the OP was all over the place, I think it was a pretty simple question.

I also did not think it was a good idea to mention that I already owned 4 Titans and am thinking about getting another for the build above.

The reason I use Titans and not GTX 780s is if you overclock both then the Titan wins every time. Yes I know there are some very fast factory overclocked GTX 780s about but that also leaves less overclocking headroom. If anyone is looking for a card purely for gaming the MSI GTX 780 lightning launches next month and should be something special.

 

[tinytomlogan]

This is exactly what I was asking.





I don't think what I posted in the OP was all over the place, I think it was a pretty simple question.

I also did not think it was a good idea to mention that I already owned 4 Titans and am thinking about getting another for the build above.

The reason I use Titans and not GTX 780s is if you overclock both then the Titan wins every time. Yes I know there are some very fast factory overclocked GTX 780s about but that also leaves less overclocking headroom. If anyone is looking for a card purely for gaming the MSI GTX 780 lightning launches next month and should be something special.

If you use the lightning just for gaming youre fucking insane. LMFAO

 

[Kaapstad]

If you use the lightning just for gaming youre fucking insane. LMFAO

What would you use one for, yes I know you should be able to get a top overclock out of one but that goes hand in hand with gaming.

I also know the pro benchers are interested in the lightning but having said that there is no one here who is going to put 1.7v through one using exotic cooling.

So that leaves gaming.

 

[d3rrial]

If you use the lightning just for gaming youre fucking insane. LMFAO

May I ask what the suspected difference between a 780 Lighting and a normal 780 are? Seems that the lighting is a MSI Product, so my guess would be its only an MSI Version, factory overclocked with possibly a custom PCB and custom cooling. The shroud on computex was more to create a hype than to hide anything...

The only other thing I could imagine is that its an unofficial GTX 790 (2x 780 Chips on 1 PCB ) but that sounds kind of unlikely...

 

[Spiderz]

May I ask what the suspected difference between a 780 Lighting and a normal 780 are? Seems that the lighting is a MSI Product, so my guess would be its only an MSI Version, factory overclocked with possibly a custom PCB and custom cooling. The shroud on computex was more to create a hype than to hide anything...

The only other thing I could imagine is that its an unofficial GTX 790 (2x 780 Chips on 1 PCB ) but that sounds kind of unlikely...

Stab in the dark here but from the 7970 lightning review I remember TTL kicking up a storm about it being aimed at benchers and costing a good bit more than most equivalent cards yet it performed crap because MSI hadn't cherry picked the GPU dies. Might be hinting that they are going to pick out the best 780 chips for the benchmarkers when it comes to OCing and getting the best scores but for gaming purposes you don't need this added cost because the 780 already blows everything out the water when it comes to games.

 

[tinytomlogan]

They are built for overclocking. AT stock it wont be that much quicker than a std one. Sensible money is spent on the GTX780 Gaming version unless you are either:

buying epeen
minted
have to have black and yellow
or want something to mess around with


But these cards are still limited by the silicone lottery. My GTX770 Lightning was worse than my reference card. even with all the toys the lighning overclocked WORSE than my ref card on std cooling.

 

[antihero]

Well, there are people who order 20+ LNGs and send back the ones that don't overclock very well just to find the best cards for overclocking. Unless you're doing it with the same retailer over and over they won't suspect anything. You could always buy 2-3, keep the best one, send back the rest, then rinse and repeat. Obviously the same goes for CPUs. btw I'm not even talking about extreme overclockers.

 

[Kaapstad]

Well, there are people who order 20+ LNGs and send back the ones that don't overclock very well just to find the best cards for overclocking. Unless you're doing it with the same retailer over and over they won't suspect anything. You could always buy 2-3, keep the best one, send back the rest, then rinse and repeat. Obviously the same goes for CPUs. btw I'm not even talking about extreme overclockers.

This is not a practice I approve of either, I have owned quite a few GPUs and my attitude has always been providing the card is not broken and can run at the clocks stated on the box you keep the card. I have never had to send a card back even though I have had a few that were poor overclockers.

What I try and do if I know I want a card is to buy it on launch day. This means I get a fair chance in the silicon lottery and am less likely to get sent someone else's return card.

 

[SuB]

If it's really got to the stage where people buy these things en-masse and send them back, that is dissapointing.. overclocking is always just that 'OVER' clocking, meaning free performance gains. It shouldn't (even though it is) be an expected benefit.

 

[Rastalovich]

I'd buy 3x 30" Dell screens, with proper computer resolutions - none of this multiples of 1080 nonsense.

We are throwing money around aren't we ?

 

[antihero]

Good luck getting 60 fps at 7680x1600.

 

[Rastalovich]

Why I want 60 ? I can't see that much.

EDIT: I know what you mean tho, double the safe frames over 25 is always best.

 

[Cru]

Good luck getting 60 fps at 7680x1600.

why not 3x 4k?

 

[Rastalovich]

Heck yeah, we can afford 3x Dell mucho screens - we'll have whatever gpus make it happen.

 

[antihero]

Why I want 60 ? I can't see that much.

EDIT: I know what you mean tho, double the safe frames over 25 is always best.

No. All IPS panels run at 60Hz. This means anything above 60 fps is a waste of GPU power since you're limited by your monitor's refresh rate.