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44 is quite a way from 50. keep working on it.

46 stable 77 degrees max. Will still be able to drop the temps.

gtx 780's out. disgusting prices.

AMD get back in the game please we don't need another intel

Seems to be the trend lately with Nvidia. Overpriced and for fanboys.

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Originally Posted by JackalStomper

gtx 780's out. disgusting prices.

AMD get back in the game please we don't need another intel

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$850-$910 over here. Absolutely insane.

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Originally Posted by ThePlague

Seems to be the trend lately with Nvidia. Overpriced and for fanboys.

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If AMD had anything that could compete the prices might come down, and we "fanboys" might consider them as a viable alternative.

The 780 is reasonably priced considering its performance. It's 5% slower than a Titan and 25% faster than a 680. What did you expect? Same price as a 680? LMAO you're dumb then.

$659.99 seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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Originally Posted by Cortexian

The 780 is reasonably priced considering its performance. It's 5% slower than a Titan and 25% faster than a 680. What did you expect? Same price as a 680? LMAO you're dumb then.

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I see Nvidia's marketing ploy worked very well on you.

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Originally Posted by Btcc22

I see Nvidia's marketing ploy worked very well on you.

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You know, ATI did the same thing when they had cards on the market that nVidia couldn't compete with. It's always been common practice to put cards with no competitor at a slightly higher price range than its relative performance would dictate.

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Originally Posted by Zeph

You know, ATI did the same thing when they had cards on the market that nVidia couldn't compete with. It's always been common practice to put cards with no competitor at a slightly higher price range than its relative performance would dictate.

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Sure, any business will do the same - it's just been taken a new level. I'm pointing out that Freelancer has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.

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Originally Posted by Btcc22

Sure, any business will do the same - it's just been taken a new level. I'm pointing out that Freelancer has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.

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Considering the fact that I'm getting two Titans, the 780 pricing doesn't concern me. Keeping that in mind, and that I would be buying the best hardware available whenever I buy my PC, the fact that my system is costing about $5,000 is standard. Look back over the past 10 years, that's been a pretty standard price for a best-of-everything system.

I haven't "fallen" for anything except being a computer enthusiast. It comes with a high price-tag, and since computers are my passion and hobby, it's not really that high of a price for a system that'll last me at least 6 years. You can also remake a good amount of money by using the best GPU's on the market for a couple of years, then selling them and buying the newest "best cards". You never really pay more than $200 for the next top-of-the-line card, as long as you can keep affording to upgrade.

Btw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqh36pL45U

As requested here's a video on the BIOS. I actually really like it, it makes the common overclocking settings easy to access in the "3D mode" and the advanced settings are fairly standard. You can actually see that the advanced settings are basically just a good old fashion BIOS layout with some fancier graphics.