- Sep 17, 2010
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Alright so, I've been getting back into hardware for personal desktop systems again lately. The last time that I was really into it, was probably around 2011. At that time, I knew every piece of hardware, every tweak, etc. And went and got an A+ certification as well.
I don't remember these TI cards being around at that time (maybe they were), but certainly didn't seem to have strong presence. So, I've had this sort of incomplete system sitting here (which I've posted on a couple of times recently), and I wanted to start fulfilling my initial vision for it.
I bought a GTX 780 recently to replace the ATI 6950 that was in it (huge upgrade), very happy with that. Also want to note, this was the first real push that I made away from Asus for a motherboard (in any system), so it has a Gigabyte board UD3P (don't have exact model in front of me) 2011-3. The board has been good so far, but I want to test it further. The board supports SLI x16/x16, so I want to put another GTX 780 in it and really see if it can make good use of those dual cards at x16/x16.
So, part of my frustration is, the pool of available cards is so mish-mashed with TI and non TI cards. In other words, had there only been non TI versions, the pool for compatible SLI cards would be greater. I want to use the same brand card, not sure if that is optimal or considered not really necessary (as long as clock speeds match, etc.).
Yeah, so anyway -- if you are buying brand new cards, it probably doesn't apply so much, maybe. On a quick Google search, the first match was someone stuck with a TI and a non TI version of a 660.
It probably brings them a little extra cash with this gimmick, maybe they could really think of a better way of doing this, though. Am I wrong on this? I haven't been in the mix, so I don't know -- seems like they could do something better than just slapping TIs on already branded cards.
I don't remember these TI cards being around at that time (maybe they were), but certainly didn't seem to have strong presence. So, I've had this sort of incomplete system sitting here (which I've posted on a couple of times recently), and I wanted to start fulfilling my initial vision for it.
I bought a GTX 780 recently to replace the ATI 6950 that was in it (huge upgrade), very happy with that. Also want to note, this was the first real push that I made away from Asus for a motherboard (in any system), so it has a Gigabyte board UD3P (don't have exact model in front of me) 2011-3. The board has been good so far, but I want to test it further. The board supports SLI x16/x16, so I want to put another GTX 780 in it and really see if it can make good use of those dual cards at x16/x16.
So, part of my frustration is, the pool of available cards is so mish-mashed with TI and non TI cards. In other words, had there only been non TI versions, the pool for compatible SLI cards would be greater. I want to use the same brand card, not sure if that is optimal or considered not really necessary (as long as clock speeds match, etc.).
Yeah, so anyway -- if you are buying brand new cards, it probably doesn't apply so much, maybe. On a quick Google search, the first match was someone stuck with a TI and a non TI version of a 660.
It probably brings them a little extra cash with this gimmick, maybe they could really think of a better way of doing this, though. Am I wrong on this? I haven't been in the mix, so I don't know -- seems like they could do something better than just slapping TIs on already branded cards.
. That is actually the textbook definition of "slapping Ti on already existing models". You are just so frustrated aren't you? Smile.
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