I can afford a GTX Titan SC edition, worth it?

[UNhooked]

Dumb question.
At 1080p wouldn't the Gtx 680 4GB max out everything?

 

[biostud]

No, it would not be worth it.

 

[sxr7171]

Yes its true the 780GTX does not run every game at max settings even at 1080p. And its true that turning off some settings makes no discernible difference in actual gameplay.

If someone offered to trade me a Titan for my 780GTX I would obviously accept. Now if I needed to make cash payment in the exchange then I wouldn't pay more than $100. $350 extra is way out the zone for me. It would have to have TDP uncapped and hit the same frequencies as the 780GTX O/C to be worth what it costs.


EDIT: If they would push a FW to do that nVidia would be a-ok in my book.

 

[moonbogg]

Let's also make something else clear here. Why are people PRETENDING that maxing every single item in the game is a pre-requisite? Now i'm not saying to do anything drastic. However - you can lower one, two or three items in most of these games and THEY LOOK EXACTLY. THE. SAME. with absolutely no difference - except you gain 30-40 fps. Case in point, i've run numerous benchmarks in crysis 3 between very high and high and they look exactly the same among hundreds of screenshots. You'd have to have super human vision with a microscope to spot a difference, because in real world use, there isn't a difference. You don't need 8x MSAA in crysis 3. You get 95% of that quality with FXAA. Additionally, this is applicable to ALL games. You can be benchmarking nerd and benchmark Metro 2033 with every setting maxed, again - just because someone wants to be ridiculous and do that doesn't mean there is a difference in the appearance of the game. You can gain 20 fps just by turning ADOF off. This same concept is applicable to crysis 3 , far cry 3, or whatever. People who max every single item are just benchmark nerds. You don't need to play a game like that, when you can lower 1-2 items, get the same visual quality, and gain 30 fps.

This also completely ignores the fact that there are like 4 games like this. Out of a gabillion PC games. So I guess this all boils down to whether someone is a benchmarking nerd or someone who actually plays games. I actually enjoy playing games. Titan is great for benchmarking, but it IS overkill for 1080p, period - you don't need 6GB for 1080p. I personally enjoy playing PC games, I could care less about how well they benchmark with something absolutely stupid such as 8x MSAA. I don't get some sudden sense of pride playing a game with an absolute overkill setting when it isn't needed. ESPECIALLY when it makes no difference in terms of visual fidelity.

WELL! When you put it like that then yeah, that makes sense. I thought the guy wanted to max Crysis 3 with a single GPU and I was just like "good luck with that".

 

[blackened23]

WELL! When you put it like that then yeah, that makes sense. I thought the guy wanted to max Crysis 3 with a single GPU and I was just like "good luck with that".

Hahah, gotcha. Your point flew right over my head, my mistake on the brash response.

"Maxing out" Crysis 3 to say that you can certainly isn't a trivial venture.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

what I can average 45 fps on my single gtx660ti on very high settings except shadows on high and SMAA. just one of your cards is faster than mine so if you are having low frame rates that is just poor crossfire behaviour. take shadows down one notch and see if that helps. if not then again its just crossfire thats your problem. and yes you need more than an i5 to stay above 60 fps in spots no matter how much gpu power that you have.

CF is scaling fine.

 

[escrow4]

You may not "max" out some settings in some games (Crysis 3 say), but a Titan will run those settings with one or two turned down at a solid 60FPS, a 770 or 780 in upcoming games next year are not guaranteed to even achieve that. Look at Watch Dogs and probably GTA 5 this and next year - will a 770/780 be able to pump up the draw distance and max out the textures/shadows/assets excluding AA at a solid 60? What about the Witcher 3?

Personally, I wouldn't spend a $1K on a gaming CPU, but I have no hesitation spending a $1K on a GPU, every last drop of performance comes in handy.

 

[Durvelle27]

You may not "max" out some settings in some games (Crysis 3 say), but a Titan will run those settings with one or two turned down at a solid 60FPS, a 770 or 780 in upcoming games next year are not guaranteed to even achieve that. Look at Watch Dogs and probably GTA 5 this and next year - will a 770/780 be able to pump up the draw distance and max out the textures/shadows/assets excluding AA at a solid 60? What about the Witcher 3?

Personally, I wouldn't spend a $1K on a gaming CPU, but I have no hesitation spending a $1K on a GPU, every last drop of performance comes in handy.

This is BS as a OC'd GTX 780 outperforms a GTX Titan for a lot less

Stock GTX 780

Crysis 3

Far Cry 3

Tomb Raider

Metro 2033

 

[toyota]

CF is scaling fine.

um53 fps with 2 cards that are each faster than mine? that is not even 10 fps better than I get with less than half the gpu power.

 

[toyota]

You may not "max" out some settings in some games (Crysis 3 say), but a Titan will run those settings with one or two turned down at a solid 60FPS, a 770 or 780 in upcoming games next year are not guaranteed to even achieve that. Look at Watch Dogs and probably GTA 5 this and next year - will a 770/780 be able to pump up the draw distance and max out the textures/shadows/assets excluding AA at a solid 60? What about the Witcher 3?

Personally, I wouldn't spend a $1K on a gaming CPU, but I have no hesitation spending a $1K on a GPU, every last drop of performance comes in handy.

wow so wrong. AGAIN a Titan will hit its tdp sooner than a non reference 780. in the end there will only be about a 1-2% difference between an oced Titan and oced non reference 780. and the oced 780 will match the oced titan in some cases too. 350 bucks more for 1-2% improvement at best when its all said and done is silly.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

53.6

 

[toyota]

53.6

lol :thumbsup:

 

[tweakboy]

Dude just grab a 780 and call it a day. Far Cry 3 @ 1080p cant do 60fps .. why waiste 600 dollars on it

If it dips to 30's then this is not a good card,, thats when you know you gotta have a Titan. gl

 

[moonbogg]

53.6

Nothing to laugh at. Some people pay tons of money to get that extra point six.

 

[Durvelle27]

Nothing to laugh at. Some people pay tons of money to get that extra point six.

lmao

:sneaky:

 

[BallaTheFeared]

.6 gets rounded up, actual fps was 54!

 

[Dave3000]

I don't want to get the EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX edition because I read that it does not exhaust heat outside the case and just blow hot air inside the case. I don't want to add more heat inside my case. I also use one of the lower antialising levels in Far Cry 3 and Crysis 3 but I would like to be at 60 fps at those settings most of the time. If there is going to be an EVGA GTX 780 FTW edition with the reference heatsink then I might consider that instead of the SC edition. A regular clocked GTX 780 is just not enough of an improvement over my GTX 680 in my opinion and I won't consider anything slower than a GTX 780 SC.

 

[Grooveriding]

Go for quad Titan SC SLI, it's the only way to be sure.