Quote Originally Posted by tajoh111 View Post
Its hardly proven to be the worlds fastest. The max I have seen this thing clock is 1400ish and that's with liquid nitrogen. And that's not going to take down a 1800mhz + titan.

Even with regular models, gtx 780 and 290x at max overclocks are somewhere around the same speed. The gtx 780 overclocks further which makes up for the clock/clock deficiency.

In addition, he has a lightning which will likely favor the gtx 780 compared to the stock 290x.

Even without taking the noise into account and power, I think your getting the same speed. So it will be a side grade.

If you really want a 290x, wait for the after market version of the card with an upgraded PCB. You bought the lightning version of the gtx 780 for the reason and I think the 290x needs a lightning version even more to deal with the extreme power requirements.

Wait for a 290x lightning and I think you will have a lot more fun with your card without frying it.

I think selling the gtx lightning would be rash and you will just have wasted your money for the loss you would take on the lightning.
In my opinion 290x is more future proof. You got a lot to look forward to.

290x

- Mantle
- TrueAudio
- Console ports that are optimised for GCN
- Driver improvements

780L

- PhysX
- Less power and more quiet (subjective)