Aftermarket 780 Ti's REVIEWS

[lhikari]

THIS THING IS FREAKING BEAST!! LITERALLY!!

 

 

Guys from ComputerBase had the opportunity to test two custom GeForce GTX 780 Tis from Gigabyte and Inno3D. Both are based on reference PCBs, but feature custom cooling solutions.
On the contrary to MSI Lightning, EVGA Classfied or ASUS DirectCU 2 TOP these cards have only new cooler, rather than custom boards. ComputerBase tested Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti Overclock Edition and Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Ti iChill Herculez Ultra X3 (someone has to work on these Inno3D names). Both cards are overclocked out of the box, the Gigabyte is running at 1020/1085 MHz, while Inno3D runs at 1006/1046 MHz. Also these cards have overclocked memory to effective 7200 MHz. The Geforce GTX 780 is using GK110-425-B1 GPU with 2880 CUDA cores, it’s is currently the fastest single-GPU card on the market. The two cards from this test were even faster than GTX 690.

 

 

 

In 2560×1600 resolution custom GTX 780 Ti cards are on average 15% faster than reference model. In comparison to R9 290X we are looking at 18% performance gap. This is a huge difference, but it’s probably only Radeon cooler to blame. Custom R9 290X should perform much better and these, even in engineering sample state, were not included in this comparison.
Note: Radeon R9 290(X) cards were tested with Catalyst Beta 8, not the latest Beta 9

source:http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/geforce-gtx-780-ti-von-gigabyte-und-inno3d-im-test/

[Andrew0472]

my god them aftermarket 780tis kill it

[lhikari]

Colorful GeForce GTX 780 Ti

first fully custom PCB

It comes with a fully custom PCB with a 12+2 phase power delivery system  and a 2mm steel reinforced back-plate. It uses high-quality electrical components like aerospace-grade tantalum capacitors. It has two 8-pin PCIe connectors for power requirements.

source:http://www.chiploco.com/colorful-geforce-gtx-780-ti-igame-30419/

[Lukiose]

What the fark Gigabyte done a brilliant job with their cooler, faster than a 7990?

[MzCatieB]

i wonna see the Asus DCU 1

[lhikari]

Colorful GeForce GTX 780 Ti

first fully custom PCB

It comes with a fully custom PCB with a 12+2 phase power delivery system  and a 2mm steel reinforced back-plate. It uses high-quality electrical components like aerospace-grade tantalum capacitors. It has two 8-pin PCIe connectors for power requirements.

source:http://www.chiploco.com/colorful-geforce-gtx-780-ti-igame-30419/

[lhikari]

EVGA GTX 780TI ACX REVIEW

 

 

As expected, the EVGA ACX design of the GTX 780 Ti is overclocked.  While the reference card runs at a base clock of 875 MHz and a typical boost clock of 928 MHz, this retail model has a base clock of 1006 MHz and a boost clock of 1072 MHz.  This means that all 2,880 CUDA cores are going to run somewhere around 15% faster on the EVGA ACX model than the reference GTX 780 Ti SKUs. 

 

For those of you interested in temperatures, the EVGA GTX 780 Ti ACX was able to keep the GK110 running just fine at 74C, nearly 10C lower than the reference design.

If you were looking for a reason to justify the cost difference between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti and the AMD Radeon R9 290X cards, the custom-built EVGA ACX card is definitely one option.  And while there is still plenty of time for competition to arise, EVGA looks to have the fastest single-GPU graphics card we have ever tested in this particular model.

A quick look around both our Amazon.com store front and Newegg.com shows a couple of EVGA GTX 780 Ti cards in stock, but the ACX model isn't shipping just yet.  EVGA assures me it will be here just around the corner (possibly this week).

I CANT WAIT TO GET MY 780TI  SOURCE:http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-780-Ti-3GB-ACX-Preview-Overclocked-GK110

[JoshM]

Wow I didn't expect it to be this awesome, I just thought nvidia fanboys were talking out their ass, but lets see what the 290x non reference does first...

[Lord Pantaloons]

daaayuum

[Humbug]

Shows what a blunder AMD made by

a. choosing that stock cooler

b. having a reference only launch

[Duvar]

Ok some things have to be said, at first hi guys

 

Now the important part: In this Test it is also said that with this older driver the radeon card could not hold its clocks and we should watch for the ubermode, because there this card actually clocks with 1000MHz.

Next important part is this: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-gegen-gtx-titan-im-test/5/#project-cars-1920-1080

Look there to the project cars results, it is totally nvidia favored and the reviewer is saying that due to huge criticism from the community they decided to kick project cars out of their benchmark parcours BUT in this parcours it is still included an this is logically bad for the amd results, so there should not be an 18% gap because project cars is destroying the whole testresults.

 

So, if you look @ only project cars you will see these results:

 

@ Full HD

 

Titan (max) 121,6 FPS

R9 290X 76,8 FPS

 

Difference here = 58%

 

@ 2560 x 1600

 

Titan (max) 80,7 FPS

R9 290X 56,7

 

Difference here = 42%

 

Now you can see why it s not really representing the truths. Project cars has ruined the rating...

 

Without project cars it should be @ full hd 290X uber vs 780 ti max = ~ 9% more for 780 ti max

and with 2560 x 1600 it should be 3-4% win for 780 ti max i guess.

All without 3d mark and project cars.

Could be possible that i calculated wrong, check for yourself pls.

And for the rest, we have to wait for custom designs for the 290X series, i guess a toxic edition will close the gap, still 780 Customdesigns will be slightly faster but not so much...

(As always, sry for my english, i am from germany)

[ACatWithThumbs]

Can't wait to see the Asus aftermarket cooler

[Exotath]

Be nice of these companies sold their coolers separately for reference card owners. I know eVGA does but I'd love that gigabyte windforce.

[IAmSkip]

That thing is a beast, if only the 290/290x had optimised after-market coolers available to give a direct comparison. And as Slick said, 4gb for the 780/780ti would be nice to have.

[kuddlesworth9419]

Better than a 7990. A dual GPU card now that is impressive. 

[flibberdipper]

My God, those 780 Ti aftermarket cards are freaking AWESOME!

 

[Exotath]

I wonder if the Arctic Hybrid Extreme is compatible with the 780 Ti.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186067

 

I know the Titan is.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Damn impressive man. Damn, damn, damndamndamn impressive. Can't wait for the Palit cards to come out. Gimme dat MSi Lightning-beating design at dat lower price point.

[Lord Pantaloons]

I want a FTW Signature 2 or Classified Signature 2 version. You guys see Logan's new video? good god the 780 Ti is a screamer.

[Lukiose]

I want a FTW Signature 2 or Classified Signature 2 version. You guys see Logan's new video? good god the 780 Ti is a screamer.

Go back to your pedo Clarkson face

Asus should make Mars IV with this card to end the 28nm with a beast.

[Brainless906]

Am i the only one around here that feels 3-6ish fps gain over a 290 @ 300 dollars more  is not even close to impressive? I feel like i'm taking crazy pills, but for 300 dollars more i'd expect more than that. With a non-referance cooler the 290 will get even closer. The Ti just seems silly to me.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Go back to your pedo Clarkson face

Asus should make Mars IV with this card to end the 28nm with a beast.

Asus should make an Ares version, and why does no one like the 8-bit Pacific Rim avi?

[That Norwegian Guy]

Am i the only one around here that feels 3-6ish fps gain over a 290 @ 300 dollars more  is not even close to impressive? I feel like i'm taking crazy pills, but for 300 dollars more i'd expect more than that. With a non-referance cooler the 290 will get even closer. The Ti just seems silly to me.

 

The 290x at 95 degrees and 1600~2400 RPM fan speed is 5% slower than the 780Ti at 55 degrees and 600~1200 RPM. Do you want to bet that a 290x with an aftermarket cooler will scale up to that same difference to an after market cooled 780Ti? If you do, I'll totally take you on

[Lord Pantaloons]

290x is probably close to maxed out as is, I doubt an aftermarket cooler will help much.
 

[Brainless906]

The 290x at 95 degrees and 1600~2400 RPM fan speed is 5% slower than the 780Ti at 55 degrees and 600~1200 RPM. Do you want to bet that a 290x with an aftermarket cooler will scale up to that same difference to an after market cooled 780Ti? If you do, I'll totally take you on

A) I'm talking the 290 not the 290x

b) I'm saying the price to performance gains isnt anywhere near what i'd call a 300 dollar value

C) I merely pointed out the Aftermarked cooler on a 290 will only make that "300 dollar performance value" become even smaller

I get top end e-peenin around here buying 4970ks and titans is fun and all but when it comes down to it i feel the Ti is a horrible value. Want to have the fastest card, go right ahead but honestly I cant find a reason to buy it. Now if it would have come out @ ~500-549 then i would see the value but I guess that would make far to much sense.

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