Reply 80 of 84, by simbin
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wrote:I wouldn't touch a 780 at this point - despite being a generation old retailers will still happily charge you near $1k for them, and the performance just isn't there. 😠 I wouldn't regard the 780 as a "power saving" device either. 😊 Also, what's wrong with GTX 750 not having a power connector? It doesn't need it, so there's no danger. Other nVidia cards I'd look at would be the GTX 970 and 660. 😀
You may also consider the AMD R9 280 and 290 series - the prices have come down dramatically in recent months, with the top-dog 290X sitting at around $350 (and it's still the same card that will run right up there with GTX Titan, 780 Ti, etc). 😎
970 is what I meant - sorry, typo.
There's a whining problem with the ACX 1.0 cooler - but it's fixed with rev 2.0. At idle, it's power consumption isn't much greater than the 750. I've read about random BSOD with the 750 and wonder if it's something with the PCIe power limitation - maybe in certain games?
With other projects going on and Cyber Monday coming up - I'm just going to wait and see what deals come up.
I kind of got the nVidia/Intel itch this time around 😀
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