Found a super cheap 780, go sli or get a 980

[Anake]

Hi all

I've currently got a single gtx 780 and a 1440p monitor.

Now that the 980 has come out, I can get a gigabyte ghz edition 780 for £230. This is in comparison to the ~£460 of the 980.

I can't imagine the 780 price is going to stay this low, so I was wondering if you guys thought I should get it or wait for a few months and get a 980?

 

[viewtyjoe]

SLI 970s if the prices are comparable to the 780.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Getting a 2nd 780 will generally be the least cost / most performance option .... and if anything the 780 will continue dropping.

The 980 is like 20% faster than the 780
Two 780s are about 65% faster than a 780

 

[Anake]

The 970 is also ~£230.
OK cool. So the other thing I want to double check is that my current 780 is the reference card. Is there going to be an issue pairing that with the gigabyte ghz edition card?

I would happily get a different one, the problem is the ghz edition is the only one which has seen this large price decrease

 

[Dazinek]

Not really.. every will just scale down too your reference card... Clocks speeds will go down to match the reference card etc.

 

[Anake]

Ok cool thanks. I was only thinking of getting the ghz edition because it was the cheapest one. I would personally prefer another reference card, but they are all ~£400