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single 780 vs 760 SLI

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which option is the best?

760 SLI

or

EVGA 780 SC with ACX COOLER
 
780. I regret cheaping out on 770's and am currently waiting for my turn at step-up for EVGA.
 
I mean if you can afford it, the 780's are a real powerhouse. The 770 is a tweaked 680 from what I remember.
 
780 for sure. Easier time of pushing 120 frames, which, if you have a load of cash, as you seem to do, you can afford
 
EvilViking said:
Sli 760 is faster and cheaper than a 780 or a Titan for that matter.

Here's a nice review including 780 and titan
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_sli_review,1.html
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Yeah I was way too sleepy when I made the previous post. I was shocked and alarmed when I previewed my posting history recently. I must have gotten carried away thinking of the 770/680 mentioned by the posters above

760 sli are indeed faster, cheaper and on the level of a Titan. The only caveats are 1. Sli. 2. A good OC 780 also beats a Titan. 3. Resale value
 
780 hands down no question. The slight lead the 760 sli has (which is not near as much in memory heavy things like 3dmark11x and metro) will be made up for in the difference in frame latency. Plus 760 sli has no upgrade path. I went from evga gtx 670 ftw sig2 sli that both boosted to over 1200mhz core (much faster than any 760s) to 780 and no way I'd go back. Plus u get an over clock of 1150-1200 you'll be on par with 760s or better with a smoother experience and less heat and noise.
 
I'm going the route now of sli mid range cards. It's more cost effective, they lose less value when the next gen cards come out, and 2 mid range cards are cheaper and smoke the high end card. Definatly makes you feel better when the next gen comes out that makes you want to upgrade. There is no future proofing, and buying a $650 card now that is slower than two $250 cards in sli, just to sli the higher end card when the price drops is losing you the most money in the long run. With the midrange cards out now, they're more than capable of running just about any games up to realistic resolutions and have more than enough vram capability then what most people on these forums hype it up to be.
And as someone who's run sli/crossfire for the past 10 yrs, I've been more than happy with sli and have had no problems with framelatencies. Only Crossfire has given me problems.

Right now I got one rig running 2XGTX480's and another running 2XGTX660Ti's and both of them are running just great. Going to upgrade the GTX480's to the GTX760's in a few months.
 
I just upgraded from SLI 480 to SLI 760 and love it. It all depends on what you need them for. I run 3DVS so I require 2 cards for that to run 3 monitors. If I was a single monitor user then I would have gone with a 780. Two 760's will pretty much outrun any single card solution out there either way and be cheaper to boot.
 
Astrodave said:
I just upgraded from SLI 480 to SLI 760 and love it. It all depends on what you need them for. I run 3DVS so I require 2 cards for that to run 3 monitors. If I was a single monitor user then I would have gone with a 780. Two 760's will pretty much outrun any single card solution out there either way and be cheaper to boot.
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Why do you need 2 cards. Thought everything after 600s support surround on single GPU.
 
HOODedDutchman said:
Why do you need 2 cards. Thought everything after 600s support surround on single GPU.
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No, you're right, he doesn't need two cards. Nvidia has supported single-card Surround since the 600 series.

Running surround on a single GTX 780 right now :D
 
Because I don't want to piss away $100 on a displayport to dvi adapter and the 760's are faster and cheaper anyway. Just easier all around. And I run 3D surround anyway, not surround.
 
Edit: Sorry about that, not sure wtf happened when I went to post this :eek:

Astrodave said:
Because I don't want to piss away $100 on a displayport to dvi adapter and the 760's are faster and cheaper anyway. Just easier all around. And I run 3D surround anyway, not surround.
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Er... you don't need to use DisplayPort. DVI + DVI + HDMI works fine for surround on a single card.

760's are cheaper, but also louder, higher wattage, and hotter than one GTX 780... heck, they also have less usable video RAM (2GB vs 3GB).

GTX 760 SLI also doesn't allow quick-switching between surround and Extended Desktop.
 
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I had sli, and had a bad experience. Alot of games dont work right, or are not optimized. And microsutter, and lag spike are real problem.
 
So you're saying I can run 3DVS off a single card with a standard DP to DVI adapter then? Are you sure about that? Either way I would have still gone the same route I went because two 760's are much faster than a 780 and there's no way I'll be spending another $550 for a second card at any point in the future anyway.
 
Astrodave said:
So you're saying I can run 3DVS off a single card with a standard DP to DVI adapter then?
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If you want to, I don't see why not...

I did say previously:
Unknown-One said:
you don't need to use DisplayPort. DVI + DVI + HDMI works fine for surround on a single card.
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So you could use an HDMI-to-DVI cable for the 3rd screen rather than any kind of DisplayPort adapter or dongle.
 
Astrodave said:
So you're saying I can run 3DVS off a single card with a standard DP to DVI adapter then? Are you sure about that? Either way I would have still gone the same route I went because two 760's are much faster than a 780 and there's no way I'll be spending another $550 for a second card at any point in the future anyway.
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In surround I'm sure they are very close. And much smoother on the 780 due to not pushing memory bus and amount of memory. Maybe 4gb cards would be OK but that bus has to hurt at 5760x1080 + res.
 
I don't think you guys realize that I am running 3D surround, not surround. I know for a fact that HDMI will not work for me and I'm still not 100% sure that a non-active DP to DVI adapter has the bandwidth for 3D surround either. I looked on nvidia's site and it just says you need a DP to DVI adapter like AMD's site does with eyefinity. Neither mention that it must be active which leads me to believe that it probably does. Surround has nothing to do with what I need so please don't even mention it. No offense, but it doesn't seem like some of you guys are experienced enough in this technology to recommend what will work or what won't since you're claiming that HDMI is fine for the 3rd screen when it most certainly is not. 3D surround and surround are completely different with respect to their requirements. And there's seriously absolutely no way that a single 780 is going to be anywhere near as fast as 760SLI. Every single review out there shows that pretty clearly. Lot of misleading info being slung around in here.
 
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I wouldn't choose dual 760's over a single 780 under any circumstance. Dual 770's vs a single 780 is certainly up for debate.
 
Astrodave said:
I don't think you guys realize that I am running 3D surround, not surround. I know for a fact that HDMI will not work for me and I'm still not 100% sure that a non-active DP to DVI adapter has the bandwidth for 3D surround either. I looked on nvidia's site and it just says you need a DP to DVI adapter like AMD's site does with eyefinity. Neither mention that it must be active which leads me to believe that it probably does. Surround has nothing to do with what I need so please don't even mention it. No offense, but it doesn't seem like some of you guys are experienced enough in this technology to recommend what will work or what won't since you're claiming that HDMI is fine for the 3rd screen when it most certainly is not. 3D surround and surround are completely different with respect to their requirements. And there's seriously absolutely no way that a single 780 is going to be anywhere near as fast as 760SLI. Every single review out there shows that pretty clearly. Lot of misleading info being slung around in here.
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It sounds to me like you've managed to create the most niche configuration possible, 3x 120Hz screens that somehow don't have DisplayPort built-in... might want to plan your monitors a bit better next time, you kinda pigeon-holed yourself. Oh well, lets just get this clear once and for all.

And watch it with the wise-cracks about not having enough experience with this tech. I have a two triple-monitor setups on-hand, as well as a good number of Nvidia cards and an active DisplayPort-to-Dual-Link DVI adapter. I went ahead and did some actual tests for you. Results are as follows.


1. Single-card Surround requirements:
2x DVI + 1x HDMI (or 1x DisplayPort)


2. Single-card 3D Vision Surround requirements (when your monitor does support DisplayPort):
2x DVI + 1x DisplayPort


3. Single-card 3D Vision Surround requirements (when your monitor doesn't support DisplayPort):
2x DVI + 1x Active DisplayPort-to-Dual-Link DVI Adapter


4. SLI Surround requirements:
Any combination of two ports on the primary card, one port on the secondary card.


5. SLI 3D Vision Surround requirements:
2x DVI (or 1x DVI and 1x DisplayPort) on the primary card, 1x DVI (or 1x DisplayPort) on the secondary card.


Now, with that out of the way, I'm with this guy...
Blkout said:
I wouldn't choose dual 760's over a single 780 under any circumstance. Dual 770's vs a single 780 is certainly up for debate.
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I personally would have "pissed away" $100 on an adapter (or just gotten monitors that don't need adapters) before pissing it away on an additional $250 graphics card and dealing with the headache that is multi-card. ;)

My vote still goes to a single GTX 780 over GTX 760 SLI
 
Wow I'm surprised everyone is voting 780 over 760's, is the whole 780 faster than a titan overclocked really a valid argument? Couldn't you also just overclock the 760s, or do they not overclock that well? Now I was going to go 780 such that I only have to get one waterblock and could add a second later. However upgrade path with video cards = sell old video cards and get new ones lol so no big issued with either setup there.

Then again I have't tried nvidia SLI before but have seen my friends setup that runs 3d surround. looked like a bit of a hassle but not too bad. (hassle being mostly 3d surround in general not SLI?) He had 3 580's

Honestly I'm waiting for AMD's new card next month, sure to decrease prices if it does what is promised. Hell maybe I'll even stick with AMD, since micro stutter should be getting resolved in the new series. I don't care about 3d surround because I do not have monitors that support it. Upgrading monitors so much more expensive than the video card itself, that changing cards later wouldn't be much of an issue.
 
Dude...

3. Single-card 3D Vision Surround requirements (when your monitor doesn't support DisplayPort):
2x DVI + 1x Active DisplayPort-to-Dual-Link DVI Adapter

That's what I was saying all along. You guys are the ones who said that active adapters were not needed and you also said that I could use my HDMI port for my setup. Um no...You're just digging your hole bigger so stop while you're ahead. You might be running surround but you obviously have no clue what is needed for 3DVS and have been caught giving bad advice and then back pedaling. And I have been running 3DVS from the first month it was announced and have the original Acer 24" 3D monitors who only support DVI. No box to paint myself into since it was the only 'box' at that time. And there are ZERO hassles with multi card. I have never had a single problem with SLI and all games run smooth with no hitching. Maybe because I have 120hz monitors I don't know but it's smooth for me. I can't understand this mentality that multi cards = bad. 7 years ago maybe but certainly not now.
 
Astrodave said:
Dude...

3. Single-card 3D Vision Surround requirements (when your monitor doesn't support DisplayPort):
2x DVI + 1x Active DisplayPort-to-Dual-Link DVI Adapter

That's what I was saying all along.
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And you still seemed confused and unsure, so I tested it for you.

You're welcome.

Astrodave said:
You guys are the ones who said that active adapters were not needed and you also said that I could use my HDMI port for my setup.
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Re-read my earlier post, I said DVI + DVI + HDMI would work for Surround (or for a 3rd screen). I never once said anything about 3D Vision Surround.

Edit: I didn't want to confuse things further (and it's not particularly relevant for your 1080p screens), but it's worth mentioning that you technically can run 3DVS off of DVI + DVI + HDMI, just not at 1080p. Lower resolutions have enough extra bandwidth to allow 120Hz.

Astrodave said:
And there are ZERO hassles with multi card
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Wrong, just try quick-switching between Extended and Surround modes. Doesn't work with SLI configurations, works perfectly on single-card setups. Would never consider a multi-monitor solution that lacks this capability, and SLI totally nerfs it.

I'd also never consider a 3D solution that requires shutter glasses (the flicker bothers my eyes). But that's another debate entirely ;)
 
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