Which GTX780 ?

[Sgt.Noli]

Which Geforce Gtx780 would you get ?

The Asus GTX780 or the MSI GTX780 Twin Frozr ?

Maybe it's important to say, that i will go with a Asus Motherboard !

Thanks for your opinions

[FloRolf]

Either Asus dcu2 or EVGA ACX imo.

[Nickolas47]

Reference design

[Guest]

OK, what motherboard? Gold/brown Z97, Red/black ROG, Brown TUF...you have to be more specific.

 

I'd say the DCII because I think it comes with gold stickers as well if you want it to suit your motherboard better.

 

No NVTTM pls

[SeanAngelo]

MSI

[Sgt.Noli]

@tabascosauz the Asus Maximus VI Hero Z87

[Guest]

@tabascosauz the Asus Maximus VI Hero Z87

 

Asus

 

The MSI apparently keeps noise down at the cost of temps. Pretty much all the 780 cards aren't that loud, I'd say go for the Asus.

[Analog]

Both are good, however I wouldn't buy an Asus DirectCU2 GTX 780, because of the horrible sagging issues. The reference one is like any other GTX 780 so it doesn't matter at all. The MSI Twin Frozr is a very good cooler, but I personally don't like the fact that it lacks a backplate. Anyway, that's just me. 

[Guest]

Both are good, however I wouldn't buy an Asus DirectCU2 GTX 780, because of the horrible sagging issues. The reference one is like any other GTX 780 so it doesn't matter at all. The MSI Twin Frozr is a very good cooler, but I personally don't like the fact that it lacks a backplate. Anyway, that's just me. 

 

Tie the board to the optical bays using paracord, route PCIe power above the card, prop the card up...done.

[Thebman712]

refrence so it is better to sli and it looks sexy

[wng_kingsley7]

Reference design looks pretty cool still. If you want a third-party solution I'd go with the asus directcu2 or twin frozr 4 edition.

[Ryoku]

Either Asus dcu2 or EVGA ACX imo.

 

This^

[Redheadsrule13]

Asus, I love their design and their cards generally run the quietest and coolest. Presuming the design is similar enough to the 760 DCUII.

[toughtrasher]

Go for the Asus, heard bad things about temperatures, more often than the Asus so I think it's a safer bet

[Clarkey]

Both are good, however I wouldn't buy an Asus DirectCU2 GTX 780, because of the horrible sagging issues. The reference one is like any other GTX 780 so it doesn't matter at all. The MSI Twin Frozr is a very good cooler, but I personally don't like the fact that it lacks a backplate. Anyway, that's just me. 

You can buy one for like $20

[JazzyCarr0t]

I have the EVGA GTX 780 Classified and I'm pretty sure it's easily the best 780 out there. The dual bios is a must-have feature pretty much.

[Sgt.Noli]

Thank you all guys, I think i will go with the Asus GTX780 dc2 !

[mikeeginger]

Well my Asus DCU2 has served me well and turned out to a unicorn

[district_11]

I have the EVGA GTX 780 Classified and I'm pretty sure it's easily the best 780 out there. The dual bios is a must-have feature pretty much.

This.

I have 2 of them in my gaming rig because the colours match my system perfectly

[BenD]

i would say asus does look better, and my 680's are beasts.

However giving my experience with the costumer support and repair service i have my doubts.

[Guest]

I have the EVGA GTX 780 Classified and I'm pretty sure it's easily the best 780 out there. The dual bios is a must-have feature pretty much.

 

^This

 

Classified really is probably the best 780.

 

But if you need dual bios there is a dualbios ACX out there. the classified is huge

[Faa]

^This

 

Classified really is probably the best 780.

 

But if you need dual bios there is a dualbios ACX out there. the classified is huge

Classifieds are only better when you're overvolting them that will require watercooling. Google gpu-z asic quality and read it.

My DC2's Ive owned before had both 85% asic quality and they did 1250MHz on the stock vcore which was 1.15V or 1300MHz on 1.20V. Now I have 2 reference 780's instead (dont ask me why I swapped them) have 65% and they are struggling to do 1200MHz. Most DC2's Ive seen were around 75-85% and most classifieds were around 65-70%.

To give you somewhat an idea how it scales: 

DC2 locked 85% asic: 1300MHz @ 1.20V

Classified 65% asic: ~1200MHz @ 1.21V

DC2: 1400MHz @ 1.45V

Classified: 1450MHz @ 1.40V

Basically if youre sticking to aircooling avoid classifieds, if you want to overvolt them and obviously watercool it classifieds are better.

 

[Guest]

Classifieds are only better when you're overvolting them that will require watercooling. Google gpu-z asic quality and read it.

My DC2's Ive owned before had both 85% asic quality and they did 1250MHz on the stock vcore which was 1.15V or 1300MHz on 1.20V. Now I have 2 reference 780's instead (dont ask me why I swapped them) have 65% and they are struggling to do 1200MHz. Most DC2's Ive seen were around 75-85% and most classifieds were around 65-70%.

Basically if youre sticking to aircooling avoid classifieds, if you want to overvolt them and obviously watercool it classifieds are better.

 

+1

 

I didn't mention this, but some people buy Classified because they think it's higher binned. The reality is that EVGA takes GK110s that are no higher binned than their DCII and TF4 counterparts. 

 

The real deal is the Kingpin cards; those ones are specially binned. Not that anyone will really buy that though...it's an extremely niche product.

[Stoven]

Personally since I have EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked ASX I'd say go with that It stays under 60 degress under max load and is fair quiet when you need it to be but I'm guessing any of the aftermarket 780's would do just as well