The bottom line is what it is... I saved a ton of money and I didn't cut off anything.... I will upgrade whatever I want whenever I want. I saved over 100 dollars and got TWO very good cards out of it. I can sell them down the road and do WHATEVER WHENEVER.
I argued facts, I posted reference to those facts Aithos and you haven't. That's a little smug considering the bold claims you make. I don't mind being told I made a bad decision but I do mind being told this by someone who can't even back up their claims. If anything, your argument re-enforces my position.
You're happy with your set up and that's fine. I think you just threw money out the window just to have the most kick ass system and bragging rights but hey, that's my opinion right? And like your opinion, they are just words... Until you back it up.
Now here's what you don't get.... It was worth it.
This debate has given a lot of people a good amount of insight into making the right decision with regards to *2 GTX 760's Vs one GTX 780* So thank You Aithos.
You haven't posted facts, you posted a video comparing reference cards. That isn't even close to relative to the post. As I said in my last post, I can't post comparisons because the google docs spreadsheet that had everyone's ungine valley scores sorted by video card is GONE. Whoever was managing it either deleted their account or the spreadsheet and it was the only one I've seen where I could have given you scores from a system exactly like yours and someone running a similar setup with a 780 classified overclocked heavily. I've seen the numbers, I know what they are, but it wasn't my document and I never would have thought to save it myself.
You're also somehow delusional if you think you saved a bunch of money. Two 760s is the same price as a 780, so you didn't save over $100, you saved nothing. There isn't anything smug about my comments, you have gone against conventional wisdom by countless people that says get the single most powerful card you can because it's better than running a SLI setup. Now you're upset because I'm trashing your decision? It was YOUR choice to go against conventional wisdom, you've repeatedly ignored my points (the added complexity, the heat, the drivers, the scaling issues) AND that I pointed it that even if the performance was slightly better it's not worth those tradeoffs.
What can your two cards do that a single 780 classified couldn't? You probably run at 1080p, the answer is NOTHING. It doesn't make a real world difference in any way shape or form. You did it because for whatever reason you think SLI is awesome, and that's fine. I don't care. But don't sit here and tell me you've backed your argument up with facts when you haven't backed up anything and you have yet to address any of the cons of SLI that I've pointed out.
Oh, and I went with two 780ti's because I'm running 1440p @ 110hz and to max settings at that resolution and framerate you need that kind of power in AAA titles. I don't care what people think of my machine, I don't overclock heavily, I don't benchmark and I don't care one bit about "bragging rights". I bought what I could afford and would accomplish what I wanted out of my system, nothing more and nothing less. You're entitled to your opinion, I don't care what you think about my system.
You're right about one thing though, this thread will give people insight, they will see someone who desperately wants to justify his purchase to a stranger on the internet because he made the opposite choice everyone was telling him to.
Edit: Oh, and lol at upgrading whenever you want. Go ahead, it's a huge waste of money, you won't get close to purchase price for your cards and adding a third 760 is beyond pointless. You completely cut off your upgrade path when you went with the 4th best GPU in NVIDIA's lineup instead of any of the top 3.