Battlefield 4 in GLORIOUS 4K60. Imgur upload is compressed, uncompressed link is via this Mega link.

WARNING: Filesize is huge at 11+MB per picture. Framerate is captured via the "perfOverlay.drawfps 1" console command. All settings maxed out.
https://mega.co.nz/#F!jV9QQLgS!HiaY...kst18TgvXEQW5Ug

Finally those who have fasted for 5 months (780 comes out May) can get their hands on cards that can give them a chance to play at playable framerates at higher than 1080p resolutions, like 1440p/1600p. Those who chose to maintain gaming at 1080p would've made their choice staying at GTX680 and continued gaming a long time ago already.



Can't put a pricetag on getting an early taste of how higher res gaming looks like, unless that's not your cup of tea or out of your budget, in which case, getting the 780 wasn't in your consideration anyway for purchase (other than making a case of tongue-wagging at those who chose to take a dip earlier), which makes the whole point moot. Which in turn would've made you happy gaming at 1080p, in which case, the wiser decision would've been getting the long available GTX680 a long time ago.

Coz a jump in gaming at higher res, always come in tandem with the need to purchase display hardware of appropriate upgrade (1080p panel to 1440p/1600p or another 1/2 1080p panels for surround). Which means $$$, which again, negates all intention of penny-pinchers to move up gaming at higher res anyway.

Not yet, was too enraptured by how BF4 looks in 4K60. Plus I'm not sure I wanna add Shadowplay into the mix now, maybe later.

Managed to poison good friends to get 780s. After all, Newegg had them at USD499. Buying possibly 4 units.



Calculations:

USD499 + tax of 9% = USD544. Free three games for this bundle, totalling USD99.98. Minus that = USD443.93. USD/MYR at 3.15 today, but to be safe, let's put it to 3.2. USD443.93 times times 3.2 = RM1420.

Fre shipping to LA. Bring back by hand by me. Meanwhile, local stores are selling 780s around RM2200......

I'm going to LA personally to pick this up.

Funny thing about USA is that, when it comes to PC parts, most of the stores are virtual storefronts, like Newegg. Physical hardware stores, except when I went to NY some 6-7 years ago, are pretty hard to find. There are a sprinkle of them like Fry's Electronics and PC Mall, but far and few in between. Maybe I didn't look that hard enough. So it's mainly "Cyber Monday" (the following Monday, after Black Friday), that you need to set your target on to. It may drop even more, but it all depends whether you can get a unit on those days (I've been on a Black Friday rush, and it isn't pretty, Cyber Monday will its online equivalent), or if there are allocations for those units still available.

And then, there's this article:- http://business.time.com/2011/11/22/think-...es-think-again/ Either way, you're playing a gamble. The way I see it, if you can hold it off, hold it off until you can't. If you can't, then looks for bargains now. I personally don't look at pricedrops after a period of time much, coz you get to use it earlier than those who decided to wait.

I definitely miss J&R since we stopped going to NY. PCMall used to had physical stores, like their MAcMall counterpart, but like you said, tutup kedai already. Which is why I'm thankful that we have physical stores like LYP rather than relying on online presence when it comes to purchases.