Video card failed, need suggestions

[Morbid Angel]

It seems inevitable, that at some point these high end cards will burn out. Mine did today, served me well for 5 years. So now the question arises what card to get. I am considering something like gtx 780, but I thought if any one had better ideas I would be glad to have them chime in.

Thanks!

[Donald2B]

I would go with something like the EVGA GTX 770 w/ 4GB RAM. That seems to be about the sweet spot for price/performance. They have three different version of the card with various stages of overclocking. Good amount of onboard ram will be beneficial for all GPU rendering too.

[joconnell]

Seems like the 780 ti is damn good for RT speed wise but limited for memory, otherwise the original titan is cheaper now - slightly slower than the 780 ti but more memory so you can use bigger scenes. Might be enough for a lot of your furniture setups?

[Morbid Angel]

Seems like the 780 ti is damn good for RT speed wise but limited for memory, otherwise the original titan is cheaper now - slightly slower than the 780 ti but more memory so you can use bigger scenes. Might be enough for a lot of your furniture setups?

Lol. I honestly don't rely on gpu for the shading/texturing. For now its just a nice toy. But Im positive it will eventually become the main tool, but imo not for a while.

[Morbid Angel]

ended up getting evga 780 ti 4gb

but learned that my board is pci e 2.0 and the card is 3.0, should I expect significant drop in performance? Also, do I need to update bios? I read in titan manual that you should...but this isn't titan.

Thanks!

[Neilg]

but learned that my board is pci e 2.0 and the card is 3.0, should I expect significant drop in performance?

I was told 1-2% max (i'm in the same boat) and that pci slots were way ahead of what cards need. when significantly more powerful cards come out you would.

[Morbid Angel]

So now there is a new issue, when the card is under load it emits a single continuous beep, wondering if its a warning for power? quick google reveals people have this issue when the system is plugged through ups. My psu is 750w should be enough otherwise.