Just an update:
The card game a few days ago and the install went pretty smooth. So far save some physics related issues with Metro Last Light its taking everything I can throw at it with solid frame rates at my monitors native resolution. Very happy with my purchase so far.
You have my interest as I'd love to try water cooling my next GPU to get some first hand experience but the current thread seems a fair bit out of date.
Heh yeah it looks from all the reviews to be a solid card, not to knock the AMD variant at all. The only concern I have is with the potential ram temps under load but we'll see how that goes. Either way I am considering eventually water cooling it for lower operating temps as video cards are a...
I ended up finally nutting up and going with a MSI GTX 780 Ti Gaming for ~$640 shipped after MIR from the egg. While not the absolute best deal out there I felt it was a solid card to pick and priced decently for the performance increase, especially as I'm limited to a single slot so may as well...
Yeah that's the main thing making me quite leery of the prospect even considering the initial savings. ;) As I've said before for a cheaper mid-level card I wouldn't care, my current card was a mid-level open box special with no real warranty after all, but with a high end piece of hardware this...
..D'oh. Thats what I get for being in a rush, thanks for the save. Though to be fair I also wasn't sure if it was kosher to link directly to the egg considering the current relations with them.
On a side note Amazon does have a few used units on sale for ~$560 for the more gutsy among us. I...
Hey all. I'm not sure how good of a deal this is, especially as its at the egg and a lot of people here dislike them for various reasons, but currently they have the GTX 780Ti Gaming edition listed for $670 compared to its normal MSRP of $710 with the ability to top that with a $30 MIR. So after...