ménage à trois 290x

[lehtv]

It wasn't on purpose.

It was for clarity and ease of reading. Sorry if it disturbed you.

Disturb me ... ????? No, it didn't disturb me. Don't apologize. :|

 

[tolis626]

I can tell you one thing Tolis, especially if you are going with single card. I owned two GTX 780 (non-ti though) and 4 x R9 290x and I promise, both cards are awsome for single card solution.

Just go with what you want and you won't regret it. But maybe the 4GB and 512bit bus of AMD can help for future proofing. But again, GTX 780 are coming with 6GB Vram

Ahh no no no. No future proofing for me. I've had enough of it fail on me that I won't even try. It's use-sell-buy new for me.

I know what you mean though. I feel stupid arguing over what top-end card I'll get for 1080p gaming. Having forsaken high end PCs for a while hasn't done me any good. It just made me undecisive. At this point, I'm as likely to buy a 290 as cheap as possible and wait for what comes next, sell the 290 and buy whatever's best at that point, as I'm likely to buy 2 Kingpin edition 780ti Classifieds (This card is as sexy as it is stupid), put them under water when I have the money and call 2014 a happy year.

You, more than most, should understand the power the words "I want" have over me...

Also... I will always prefer reference PCBs. They've always been the best, unless you want to pay Extra 100$ for custom PCB just for a few FPS in decimal.

I don't trust reference PCBs to handle really heavy OCs. They're fine for general use, especially if you water cool and get rid of that pesky stock cooler, but that's about it. The only point in their favour in my books is the many compatible water blocks.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Ahh no no no. No future proofing for me. I've had enough of it fail on me that I won't even try. It's use-sell-buy new for me.

I know what you mean though. I feel stupid arguing over what top-end card I'll get for 1080p gaming. Having forsaken high end PCs for a while hasn't done me any good. It just made me undecisive. At this point, I'm as likely to buy a 290 as cheap as possible and wait for what comes next, sell the 290 and buy whatever's best at that point, as I'm likely to buy 2 Kingpin edition 780ti Classifieds (This card is as sexy as it is stupid), put them under water when I have the money and call 2014 a happy year.

You, more than most, should understand the power the words "I want" have over me...

Yes I do my friend. :awe:

 

[tolis626]

Yes I do my friend. :awe:

See? I knew it!

Now I have to find a couple thousand bucks to spend on GPUs and monitors. Being a med student with little free time though...