quick one: keep 7790, or exchange for 650ti boost (and pay difference)?

[giantbucket]

so a week ago I bought a pair of 7790. cost me $80 each after rebates. will be used for non-game stuff, regular Win8 stuff, watching movies - but across SIX monitors (hence two cards)

CARDS NOT YET USED. still in boxes waiting on parts to finish build...

now, I can maybe take them back to the store and exchange for a pair of 650 ti boost 2g cards, which would cost me $140 after rebates. so, I gotta cover the difference, and I can ONLY do this at my store - no online stuff.

worth it? nearly double the price, and it's 2 cards not just 1 card... I don't game, but I use 6 monitors for working on stuff...

quick answer! before the stuff is no longer in stock!

 

[Onus]

Since you do not game, the difference will not be worth the money.

 

[rvilkman]

Basically you should be fine with the 7790's, and if the display port hubs weren't so expensive, you could basically connect all 6 displays to 1 card.
However i am not certain if you will be able to create a 3x2 eyefinity group for example, as eyefinity groups should be connected to the same card.
But yes you should be fine. You can probably create two groups of 3x1 though.

 

[giantbucket]

the eyefinity thing doesn't matter to me much. for most of what I work on, I'd NOT want to maximize a window to the full 2x3 grid but rather I'd be maximizing 5 windows, each to its own monitor. so, in a way, eyefinity would make my life worse. except when I watch a movie, or maybe Win8 metro mode.

so, I guess fair to say that eyefinity is of no relevance to me.

the rest? hmm... I did some quick online benchmark searches / googling, and it looks like the cards are either within 10% of each other, or the Ti Boost is about 15% to 20% better.

I only do upgrades at the mobo/cpu/gpu level after 2-3 years, no sooner. which explains why my current about-to-be-retired setup uses a 610 and 9400.

 

[rvilkman]

Well for that use, the two 7790's work just fine. No point in wasting money.

 

[giantbucket]

Well for that use, the two 7790's work just fine. No point in wasting money.

more money for hookers-n-blow!!!