Best non-reference 780 ti cooler

[Guest nightowl21]

whats the quietest and/or best performing aftermarket 780 ti cooler?

note: i'm focusing on coolers not clock speeds

 

Cards I've been looking at:

 

ASUS DirectCU II GTX 780 TI

 

 

EVGA 780 ti w/ ACX cooler

 

 

msi gtx 708 ti gaming

 

 

PNY  GeForce GTX 780 Ti

 

 

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 780 Ti

 

 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

The ACX.

[tryphaa]

The ACX or DCUII

DCUII is pretty lackluster honestly. EVGA has the best all around, then followed by Gigabyte IMO.

[DoubleY]

ACX or Twin Frozr

 

Moral of the story is, get EVGA

[Guest]

DCUII, ACX, Windforce are all solid

[Prokart2000]

msi lightning all together but acx, windforce or dcu2

[TheNinjaNextDor]

DCUII is pretty lackluster honestly. EVGA has the best all around, then followed by Gigabyte IMO.

It's ok, I mostly said it because it's beautiful lol

[Guest nightowl21]

is true that the gigabyte cooler is loud? some say it is but I've seen a review that said it was quiet

[DoubleY]

is true that the gigabyte cooler is loud? some say it is but I've seen a review that said it was quiet

Most coolers are pretty on par with each other to be honest. 

[Guest nightowl21]

alright, thanks guys i guess i'm going with evga

[DudeWazap]

DCUII is pretty lackluster honestly. EVGA has the best all around, then followed by Gigabyte IMO.

Why is the DCUII lackluster?

[Wano97]

What about 

[Guest]

DCII, TF4, ACX and Windforce vary wildly in terms of perf and noise across different models. EVGA hydro copper or go home lol

 

Though it would seem that the EVGA Classy is the one to get. Lesson learned from the 290X partner launches was that a DCII/TF4 cooler that works perfectly on 760s and 770s won't necessarily work the same wonders on a flagship GPU. I don't think MSI is planning on making a Lightning 780 Ti.

[VSG]

There is an MSI 780 Ti Lightning card but not for retail sale.