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@Ghastleyone - Fantastic card, man! Can't wait to see how it overclocks! A 1100mhz boost clock right out of the box is already damn impressive as is! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying your new "toy" as much as I am mine.
I wonder who else on the forums, besides you and I, also took the leap on a GTX 780(or 2). I think you made the right choice waiting for a more robust PSU to arrive. Its just not a risk not worth taking with such high end hardware. I would have done the same thing, as painful as it would've been having to sit there looking at a brand new GTX 780 that you can't quite safely use just yet.
As for PSUs-- I've had a Corsair AX750(750w, 80 Plus Gold-- »
www.corsair.com/professi ··· ply.html) in my PC. This has been my latest build(NZXT Phantom (White), almost 2 years ago this Nov) that I've just continued to upgrade piecemeal shifting out different components within that time. As far as PSU's go, I'll likely continue to stick with Corsair. They make fabulous products including PSU's that are just top notch. I think you made a very good choice opting for the Corsair PSU as well. Over the years I've really
loved many of Corsair's products. I have nothing but great things to say about my experience with Corsair products.
I also have plans to eventually purchase another 780 down the road for SLI. These 780's are just plain amazing hardware. So I'll gladly invest in another 780. I'm aware my AX750 probably won't suffice for such a setup when that time comes. So I, too, will likely have to make a PSU change sometime down the road. But for the time being I'm comfortable on my Corsair AX750.
Up to this point, I've had mixed feelings in regards to the new Geforce Experience application. I installed it just to see what it was all about. Personally, I feel the application is a
great program for PC
users that
fall under the beginner or novice category. The program is genuinely
dead simple to use. It basically allows you to optimize your games with the click of a single button. Who doesn't appreciate something like that that? Even I can appreciate the simplicity. It also makes other "chores" easy to manage as well. Chores such as driver updates. With the Geforce Experience, the application now notifies you the moment a new driver is released. This allows users to stay up to the date with the latest drivers for their video cards.
Like I said, for beginners or novice users, I can see the huge potential this program offers. You can't beat the utter simplicity the program offers. For advanced users, the application is already obsolete. I have the knowledge to optimize my own games. I like the ability to go into the settings for ALL of my applications(including games) and making precise alterations on my own. I think I could make manual optimizations that could quite possibly
TOP what the Geforce Experience has suggested to me. And as for driver updates, sometimes it doesn't pay to be right on top of the latest driver releases. I've had experiences where it ended up being better sitting on a driver release only to find out that the driver was just plain dreadful only then to be replaced with a "real" driver release.
Also, sometimes the "suggestions" offered by the Geforce Experience application are just plain wrong. I've had a few instances where I noticed the program selling my PC short on some of the settings. It offered an optimization that just wasn't correct. Basically,it was a miscalculation. It's suggestion would've pegged my PC at about an Intel i3 w/a 650Ti.
Honestly, the
ONLY thing about the Geforce Experience application that I'm interested in at this point is ShadowPlay. ShadowPlay basically leverages the NVEnc encoder built into Kepler-based GPUs ato automatically record the last 20 minutes of game play. Or, you can manually control when ShadowPlay starts and stops. This could potentially replace software-based solutions like Fraps(which I use regularly), which exact a more demanding load on your host processor. The ability to free up resources and relieve some of the load Fraps demands is promising. Although Fraps, for me, doesn't really suck down too much juice.
I have plenty more to say about all of this stuff but I've, once again, gone into TLDR territory. I don't know why the fuck I always do this...
Here are just a few pics of
MY new EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked as well as my new 27" 2560x1440 Asus monitor. These are just a couple new additions to my family. I have a few other pics but those will come tomorrow! Personally, I really like the glowing "Geforce GTX" text on the side of mine. With the help of a 3rd party application, I can do a number of different lighting manipulations to it. I used my Samsung Galaxy S4 to record the "pulse" setting I used. I can also have the lighting adjust to GPU load or temps. Chances are good your 780 w/ACX cooling will overclock much better than mine. It seems to generally be a better overclocker than 780's with the Titan coolers. But all n all, I'm happy with my 780 Superclocked with the Titan cooler. There's no doubt about it that the Titan cooler really makes this GPU stand out as a premium piece of hardware. And the glowing "Geforce GTX" on the side of this bad boy really looks pimp as hell too.
@Ghastleyone - Take advantage of the 780's software bundle! Download 3DMark Advanced and run some benchmarks on the Fire Strike test.
PS I actually have a
THIRD 24" 1080p monitor that's not even hooked up yet. I'm still trying to decide on whether to sell it or use it.
I wonder who else on the forums, besides you and I, also took the leap on a GTX 780(or 2). I think you made the right choice waiting for a more robust PSU to arrive. Its just not a risk not worth taking with such high end hardware. I would have done the same thing, as painful as it would've been having to sit there looking at a brand new GTX 780 that you can't quite safely use just yet.
These guys were champs! I'll miss you two!