why should i choose the 780 over the 690?

[andrew66655321]

in a previous post i asked the community which card i should get between the 7990, 780 and a used 690, all three are around the same price and almost overwhelmingly the answer was the 780, but no one really specified why! Every benchmark i look at puts the 690 as significantly faster than the 780, especially with the 2560x1400 benches (which my new monitor is). Anyone have any good info for me? Im looking to change cards next weekend cus my 6970 is on its last legs 🙁

 

[flexxar]

New amd drivers fix the microstuttering for crossfire. So the 7990 is a legit option now. They are all going to be pretty close performance wise. If I were going to pick something right now, I would get the 7990 because it comes with 8 free games. I would wait until BF4 comes to the never settle bundle (about a month from now) and redeem it for that and 7 other games.

You could also wait another month for the 9xxx series from amd and see how that performs. Apparently it's expected to be a pretty big jump over current cards.

 

[spentshells]

780 for the extra ram
The chance to sli later,
It is quite a bit cheaper than the 690
It will likely provide a far more stable frame rate as well even if it is lower.

 

[cookybiscuit]

7990 is still a bad choice, only fixing DX11 isn't what I'd call a legit option.

20% isn't all that significant when you consider the 780 is 1 GPU, the 690 has no upgrade path (2x 690 is horrible, 4 GPU's don't work), the 780 does. Plus, the 7990 and 690 don't overclock very well, the 780 can easily be overclocked to and past 690 speeds depending on the game and its SLI scaling.

 

[Immaculate]

Well the 690 is a dual GPUd GTX 680. The GTX 780 is basically Titan LE. You might experience smoother gameplay on a single GPU card, but with Nvidia drivers it should be just as smooth, single or dual GPU.
GTX 780 is brand new so you get a new warranty, which is what I would be interested in. GTX 780 will also give you awesome frames @ 1440p . GTX 690 is overkill for a single monitor.
You could also wait till the end of September when the Radeon 9000s are supposedly going to be released.

 

[Shaik Farooq]

If i were you i would get two 760s or two 770s.......

 

[Immaculate]

For single monitor 1440p. If I had to have a new GPU. I would go with 3GB 384bit GTX 780. Yea the faster single card is GTX 690, the practical, single monitor 1440p GPU would be the GTX 780.