What kind of rig are you running?

My rig is pretty bad, need to build new one.

Intel dual core 6600
2.25GB RAM
HDD 7200
GTX 460

New build

NZXT 440 black/red case
i7 Haswell 4770k
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming
16GB GSkill 1866
SSD Samsung EVO 500GB
2x GTX 770 EVGA SOC ATX
Corsair HYDRO 100i
Corsair 850W PSU

iPad, hope it runs smoothly.

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Very nice…maybe faster than my current machine

desktop:
i5 3570k
7970
256gb evo ssd
3TB black
16GB 1866 corsair vengeance
win8 pro 64bit

laptop
samsung gamer 7 series (yellow)
i7 -3630
256GB SSD pro samsung
1TB HGST @7.2k
8GB RAm
7870m
win8 64bit

I was thinking about laptop. Too expensive for what i would like to have in it. Sager with 780 sli over $3k and that is the cheaper side. Alienware 18 would cost over $4k :frowning:

Get yourself a GTX 780Ti or a R9 290X instead of the two GTX 770s…there is no reason to buy a new PC with a mid-level multi-GPU system tbh… :wink:

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Mine is pretty old too, though I’m waiting for next year -ish to buy a new one when Witcher 3, Star Citizen comes out (KC:D will be a bit later I think).

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
4GM Ram
HD6870
1TB HDD
Win7 64 bit

Curious about the purpose of this thread and its function in the game forum, but I’ll post mine as well.

Phenom II x6 @ 4.0 GHz
16 GB @ 1600 MHz
HD 7870
128 GB Plextor M5 Pro
2 TB HDD
W8 Pro x64

I wonder why you would buy a 4770k though unless you actually need the extra 4 threads, because they don’t offer any preformance improvement in more than 99% of the games today. Also, why 770 in 2-way SLI? Would say a single 780 (ti) is better as 770 is a rebranded GTX 680, and you also don’t have to worry about poor SLI-profiles and microstutter.

epeen comparison?? :stuck_out_tongue:

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tell me about it, i bought this one in its time because it was a good bang for your buck kind of deal

and ive been eyeing this clevo/sager (+$2.8K easily) but i think im gonna wait a bit more

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Jealous, your majesty? :stuck_out_tongue:

Not true in my opinion. GTX 78o Ti cost around $700. Two GTX 770 with dual fan and already overclocked i can get for $670. The GTX 770 in Sli mode was better than Titan in some games by 40% so i guess it will be better than Ti.

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Yes Clevo/Sager. The problem is the money spend and at second the quality of Keyboard and vBios for Sli. You have to flash it by second party vBios and i’m kinda reluctant to do it with brand new laptop.

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4770k i can overclock up to 4.6Ghz with H100i. That CPU will last me another 5 years at least.
Again, the GTX 770 Sli is 20-40% faster when you run 2560x1440 than single Titan and cost less.

Yeah, but a single 780Ti costs half the money for power (200-300W less) and a single GPU is way better anyway because it never struggles by bad SLI programming or driver problems.

There is a golden rule for multi-GPU systems: always only use the fastest available single GPU card if it’s not powerful enough for your tasks.

The 780Ti is much more powerful than a normal Titan btw… :wink:

How about a 290X?

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@Amoncz yes but a 4670k can also be clocked to 4,6 GHz and preforms almost exactly the same in almost all games compared to a 4770k at same clock speed. Also, 780 Ti preforms better than Titan because Titan isn’t a gaming GPU, and that 780 Ti is the full GK110. You are doing the comparison wrong :stuck_out_tongue: And, as I said, SLI/Crossfire often cause hicups for a lot of people such as bad preformace scaling (sometimes worse preformance than with a single card) etc.
Where I live (Sweden) you can get a 780 for 4,000 SEK while 2 770’s cost about 5,000 SEK, while a 780 Ti goes for 5,500 SEK.

@LordCrash Oh yes, lower power consumption as well! Forgot that :smiley:

4770k OC is much faster than 4670k which is at the same level as 4700HQ. Just check the PassMark GPU.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html

With GTX 770 Sli, why would i get more expensive card when i can get 2 cheaper with better performance? I run GTX 8800 Sli before and i love Sli. I know the 770 is 104 and 780 is 110…does not matter to me. Performance/price ratio is what i’m looking at.

BTW i’m also editing videos and uploading pictures. When you running higher res the 2x GPU’s shows it’s potential. I have Asus 2560x1440.

@Amoncz Yes because it can use all of its 8 threads, synthetic tests in all their glory.
Most (and I really mean most) games use less than 4 threads, which is what an 4670k has. As your GPU will most likely be your bottleneck anyway it doesn’t matter anyway, you won’t get more FPS with a 4770k compared to a 4670k if the GPU can’t handle more.

As me and @LordCrash has stated earlier SLI/Crossfire often brings trouble, and it also consumes more power than a single card. You may make a bargain now, but you will most likely lose all that price/performance with higher energy bills.

This is just what I think of course, it’s still up to you. I’m just trying to make you save some money that you could spend on something else :smile:

EDIT: Well if you are running 2560x1440 you could definitely use the extra GB VRAM 780 (ti) offers in the future when games crank up the texture quality even more.

EDIT 2: If you are looking for price vs performance a 290X would suit you even better imo.

Processor: Intel i5-3570k 3.40GHz
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 ti Classified
Ram: 16 GB
HDD: 500 GB
Operating System: Windows 7 64bit