3X 780 Or 3X titan 7680x1600 Res Which would you pick?

If you have the money, get three Titans. While the 780s can overclock to Titan speeds, the Titans will overclock obliviously higher than what the 780s can do. If I were you, it would be cheaper to get 2 GTX 690's.
 
SeegsElite said:
If you have the money, get three Titans. While the 780s can overclock to Titan speeds, the Titans will overclock obliviously higher than what the 780s can do. If I were you, it would be cheaper to get 2 GTX 690's.
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Yeah but the 690's only have 2GB Frame buffer and at that res it will totally be insufficient.
 
Nyxagamemnon said:
Yeah but the 690's only have 2GB Frame buffer and at that res it will totally be insufficient.
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You get to use the full 4GB on the card. That's one of the benefits of the 2in1 cards. If you had 2 680's that would be a different story.
 
Let's see the price/performance ratio...

1) Price
(i) 3 X Titan = 3,150 + tax
(ii) 3 X 780 = 1,950 + tax
Difference of $1,200 + tax

2) Performance
I suspect that 3GB might not be enough for some games.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/04/22/nvidia_geforce_gtx_titan_3way_sli_review/10#.UcpsafmkrCc
Nothing beats the 6GB of VRAM on the TITAN. It was the only configuration that allowed us to play the latest games at 8X MSAA at 5760x1200. It also ensured that we were able to maximize all the in-game quality settings without it bottlenecking the VRAM. However, there are signs that even 6GB of VRAM might not be enough in a 3-way+ GPU setu
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RadXge said:
Let's see the price/performance ratio...

1) Price
(i) 3 X Titan = 3,150 + tax
(ii) 3 X 780 = 1,950 + tax
Difference of $1,200 + tax

2) Performance
I suspect that 3GB might not be enough for some games.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/04/22/nvidia_geforce_gtx_titan_3way_sli_review/10#.UcpsafmkrCc
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I mean the real issue here is AA and how much of it to run and at 7680x1600 do u need a ton even?

I wonder if you can 4 way sli 780's I've seen a few places that have done it.

So even 6gb might not be enough lol.
 
SeegsElite said:
You get to use the full 4GB on the card. That's one of the benefits of the 2in1 cards. If you had 2 680's that would be a different story.
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Wrong. As is the case on all dual-GPU cards (both Nvidia and AMD), each GPU gets half the VRAM. The GTX 690 is essentially two 2GB GTX 680s operating through one PCI-E slot.
 
3x1600p is the only resolution so far that some testes in some games actually showed any benefit of having more than 2GB. So yes, its titan FTW. Going 3 Titans will require watercooling, and watercooled titan OC like champs.

While 690 are better bang for the buck in 1600p, triple 1600p require at least 4GB, more likely 6GB to actually work.

When you drop USD 3k on monitors, you wont cheap USD 1200 on graphics cards, not when there is evidence that more memory will really help.

Starting reading this:
http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_680_4gb,6.html
or just look at my post on the subject:
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1039943198&postcount=143
 
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Even with the money I don't think I would do it, has it been shown to limit the fps at 2x MSAA ot 8x SSAA at that insane resolution? Are there even reviews that tackle this question specifically at this res and the GTX 780 or Titans?
 
I had 3x 780's in my 7680x1600 setup, and the VRAM was holding me back from turning other settings up. You'd best go with the Titans on this one.
 
SeegsElite said:
If you have the money, get three Titans. While the 780s can overclock to Titan speeds, the Titans will overclock obliviously higher than what the 780s can do. If I were you, it would be cheaper to get 2 GTX 690's.
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If you want to read up on the joys of quad-SLI with a pair of GTX690s, check out this thread:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1766155

I'm personally such a frames per second hound that I would never run those super high rez screens, but if there is a case for Titan cards, it's 3X 1600P monitors.
 
Since you have a lot of pixels to push, 3 titans looks like the better choice.
 
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