Hi, Im not sure weather I should get a 780ti, a R9 290x or maybe dual card solution? HELP!!!
780Ti/290/290x are very similar, I would go for price and build quality, and any features you want. Watch out for clearance in case, some of the cards like the saphire tri-x are very long.
Clearance isnt an issue if im honest, i have a define r4 without the top drive cages, im just wondering which is better for the money? i dont want to be paying for something i dont need
Go single GPU solution. the headaches that come with SLI and crossfire aren't worth it. Screen-Tearing, Graphical Glitches and also this is a rare case but some games might not even run at all (Older titles) the only time personally that you should be looking at a Dual GPU setup is when you are building an Mini-ITX Behemoth Rig
now in terms of High-End Single GPU performance the 780ti is the better option. cause right now the R9-290x price is fluctuating to the point where it is stupid. (Stupid being that its almost 200 or 300 dollars more than its the price its supposed to be and its basically a mining card if your purpose for that GPU is gaming it is DEFINITELY not worth it). and from what i've been looking around an R9-290x has Gaming performance in between a 780 and a Titan however the 780ti is Much faster than a titan for about 300 dollars cheaper. not to sound blunt but if you have 750 dollars to spend on a GPU don't get the R9-290x cause you are getting ripped off.
780ti best single card solution.
Lets I go with a 780Ti, which would be the best version to go with?
Look at An ASUS model or an EVGA model. their cards are totally non-reference and have excellent cooling for overclocking. that's if you plan on overclocking the card.
Im fairly new to pc building, and i dont have the slightest clue on how to overclock as of yet, i suppose it would be worth doing If im gonna spend that much on a card
its fairly easy however now that you mention that you are new to PC building understand this, not every card or Processor may be capable of overclocking very well. so you can't be upset or blame the manufacture about something like that. its almost like "the luck of the draw" you might get a card that overclocks well or overclocks poorly, you might get a CPU that oveclocks very well or poorly. shit happens. just be aware of that when you start to develop the knowledge and begin to perform overclocks.
I was already aware of that, lets just hope I get lucky,wont be doing much over clocking on my cpu until my new heat sink gets delivered anyway.