Nvidia slashes prices on GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 GPUs
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At benchmarks with at overclocks most cards can reach the 780 seems to beat the r290x at resolutions less than 4k. People seem to be misinformed about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=djvZaHHU4I8#t=519
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=djvZaHHU4I8#t=519
Zomba13
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So I've been looking at an upgrade for a while now. I was thinking of going 770 SLI but would probably need a new PSU for that.
I've got a i7 920 from a few years ago at 2.6Ghz. Not going to OC it again to 3.5Ghz as it seemed to stop FFXIV from running stably. Is the CPU I have now fine to run with a 780 and run recent/new things on max? If not, if I could OC it back to 3.5 (it was stable there in everything else btw) would that be enough?
Thing is, if I need to upgrade the CPU I'd need new motherboard as well. GTX 780 should fit in my current one right? It's a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard (C&P from my invoice).
I've got a i7 920 from a few years ago at 2.6Ghz. Not going to OC it again to 3.5Ghz as it seemed to stop FFXIV from running stably. Is the CPU I have now fine to run with a 780 and run recent/new things on max? If not, if I could OC it back to 3.5 (it was stable there in everything else btw) would that be enough?
Thing is, if I need to upgrade the CPU I'd need new motherboard as well. GTX 780 should fit in my current one right? It's a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard (C&P from my invoice).
Redmethod18
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Currently running a AMD HD 6950 and thinking about jumping to the Gigabyte 780.
I have a 650W PSU and this motherboard.
I'm not really as up on tech as I would like to be and was wondering if I would be able to use the 780, there is also this 770 but everyone seems to be saying go for the 780, I'm guessing to 780Ti would be out of my price range at about max £500.
Thanks
I have a 650W PSU and this motherboard.
I'm not really as up on tech as I would like to be and was wondering if I would be able to use the 780, there is also this 770 but everyone seems to be saying go for the 780, I'm guessing to 780Ti would be out of my price range at about max £500.
Thanks
Prophet Steve
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It is getting tempting but I really want to wait for new GPU architectures.
CreepingFear
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At the same time, with new architectures comes beta testing for early adopters. I remember when the 400 series came out, they had good performance but were loud, hot, and power hogs. Same thing might happen with the 800 series.
Easily.
Do you enjoy playing the waiting game or playing video games? That is the question.
chickdigger802
Banned
well to be fair, if you don't care about battlefield 4, not much for a 780 to stretch its legs this winter.
The HX750 is not shite. For decent evaluations of power supplies go to a site like www.hardwaresecrets.com
Keep in mind that your PSU degrades over time. This degradation is faster with higher load, e.g., over 80%. So when you design a system, you should expect giving yourself some headroom.
Star citizen beta?
Prophet Steve
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I can play games reasonably fine on my 6950, thank you.
chickdigger802
Banned
oooh that soon?
So evga 780 classified are going for $580 on newegg now, betting other top end 780 cards to be around that price.
not bad not bad.
Sanctuary
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Yeah, people do seem to keep forgetting that or they haven't seen it. Some just want some new champion to rally behind, which the 290x could have been considered when the 780 cost $100 - $150 more. Now what do you have? A card that can run some (see: 1-2) games "better" at 4k resolutions, is still super hot and super loud until the revisions start appearing. Even though it's choppy as hell and mostly unplayable at that resolution.
There's one (non Classified) for $499 on Newegg now. Too bad the DC2 is still $669.
TyphoonStruggle
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chickdigger802
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Theres like a billion of them
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ESTMATCH&Description=780+evga&N=-1&isNodeId=1
i hate shopping for cards lol. Especially with newegg's shitty descriptions and the confusing as fuck names. Am I just paying for slightly higher clocks? they all seem to have the acx cooler.
Sanctuary
Member
Looks like it. And I don't see a billion at $499 yet, just the one. The rest are $20 - $80 more still.
Me too (770), and I missed out on three free games I'd actually want to play. D'oh well.
Sanctuary
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If the prices of the DC2 don't drop from the ridiculous $669 in the next week or two, I'm just going to grab an ACX. There doesn't appear to be anything different between the ACX models aside from what clocks they ship with. And the $170 premium on the Asus card is not worth the gain at all. Even if it's better than every other 780 out there.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...15-asus-gtx-780-directcu-ii-oc-review-10.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...15-asus-gtx-780-directcu-ii-oc-review-10.html
Running a 770 with a i5-750 right now and it hauls. You'll prolly be fine. I have the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 board, so it's also a UD3, just with the P55 socket cause mine is an i5. I run witcher 2 at 1080 with all effects save uber sampling at 60fps and I haven't even bothered to OC my CPU.
I just remember mine does xfire or whatever, it supports 2x ati cards, not 2x nVidia. Google it, you should find the answer right quick.
I have something similar, probably a similar motherboard with a GTX 770 and i5 with the auto-overclock at 4.2 GHz. It seems to run great, though of course I probably way overpaid for the mere 2GB GTX770 since I got it a few months back.
Just get the ACX model. One of my 780's is an ACX and it kicks ass. Very low temps and runs silent, even heavily OC'd and over-volted.
I was wondering about that. In my bios, I have speed step or whatever, so it goes from 2.6 idle to 3.1 in a game. If I OC does it negate that, so I'm always running in 4.2 or whatever? 'Cause I wouldn't stand for that noise, no sir.
I bought a 212 at the same time as I upgraded from my GTX460, thinking I'd OC my PC. But just dropping the 770 in has more than satisfied me. I think I will run a bunch of benches and OC this puppy though.
chickdigger802
Banned
a standard one or unclassified?
never understood why they do this. evga even has one of the better OC tools around. And its not like a superclocked one can OC higher than a normal one with the same cooler i think.
Sanctuary
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There's no physical difference between a Classified and non is there? They just seem like cards for people that don't want to bother manually overclocking.
You could get the 4gb 770
I think amd is just about to drop the 290 series or whatever, so wait a month on the 7970 to see if it drops. Also, 770 comes with AssCreed4, Splinter Cell, AND the New Batman, so that's like 150 bucks (or 50 bucks in future Steam sale dollars).
Hamburgler
Banned
Damnit I just bought a 4GB 770 from Amazon on Thursday. Considering doing a return and getting a 780. Is the performance gap that much to justify paying to upgrade?
chickdigger802
Banned
always thought the high end versions tend to have stuff rejiggered for easier OC's... but i need an expert to explain.
Sanctuary
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Classified comes with two bioses, and apparently:
Also, here's a comparison between the Classified and standard ACX:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...s/63051-evga-gtx-780-classified-review-8.html
At stock levels they are virtually the same, although they don't actually overclock the ACX for a fair comparison at the top end.
Also, here's a comparison between the Classified and standard ACX:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...s/63051-evga-gtx-780-classified-review-8.html
At stock levels they are virtually the same, although they don't actually overclock the ACX for a fair comparison at the top end.
SmoothRunningGun
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No price drop for Amazon?
nextgeneration
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Would you guys recommend a reference 780 or one of the higher clocked 780's?
Depends on the price. Reference cooler is pretty good on the 780 so I'd have no worries about using it.
I think they're supposed to drop on the 29th (tomorrow)
SmoothRunningGun
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NJDEN
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I think Nvidia cards are just going to be traditionally more expensive then ATI cards. The Nvidia cards do have a reason for the high cost: better drivers, more efficient power consumption, the software suite such as GeForce Experience & Shadow Play that takes advantage of technology specific to Nvidia cards, as well as being more sexy in my opinion... Depending on the manufacturer one could even argue a higher construction quality vs ATI.
And vice versa.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Yeah, this I'd like to know. My Father-in-Law is wanting to put together a new P very soon and I was thinking of selling him my 670 and grabbing a 780. Still seems like a waste though.
BigDaddyFatSack
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Still won't be getting it.
Going for R9
Going for R9
No. But return it to take advantage of price cuts maybe? Or gef an adjustment.
The 680 even runs it very well, just beat the game the other night. It did have some dips, granted I'm running the 680 at stock.
At least you got that, I bought 1 x770 and 2x780's at the end of June and got nothing extra, except the early adopter tax of course
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