Was it worth it?

[Arrow]

  Been recently thinking about the purchase I made for my new rig. I bought a refurbished eVGA GTX 780 for $300. The price for it on Amazon was around $600.

Did you think this purchase was worth it? And how do I make sure this GPU has no problems. Stress test?

[Octavialicious]

Teerrrrrible purchase. The GTX 970 brand new is only $30 more, and it performs wayyy better

[dizmo]

That's a pretty good price.

But honestly, you've already bought it. The decision is made, and done.

Does it really matter if it was worth it?

[Phllips]

Teerrrrrible purchase. The GTX 970 brand new is only $30 more, and it performs wayyy better

A 780 and 970 are exactly the same. i would actually say the 780 is better

[SteveGrabowski]

The GTX 780 is a beast and right there with the 970 performance wise. The 970 will be a little more future proof with the extra 1GB of VRAM, but the 780 is an incredible GPU.

[dizmo]

A 780 and 970 are exactly the same. i would actually say the 780 is better

No, they're not, and you are wrong.

[warmmilk]

Teerrrrrible purchase. The GTX 970 brand new is only $30 more, and it performs wayyy better

 

haha, more like a hair better in most games...

 

but it has official dx12 support, 4gb of memory, runs cooler and quieter, uses less power... so yes, well worth 30 bucks more over a 780...

[Phllips]

No, they're not, and you are wrong.

this benchmark differs

[Wiflare]

Teerrrrrible purchase. The GTX 970 brand new is only $30 more, and it performs wayyy better

Not wayyyy better, but noticeable.

 

The gpu is $299 at it's cheapest on pcpp.

Exactly what evga gpu did you purchase?

[Wiflare]

 this benchmark differs

These benchmarks are overclocked.

[TheKDub]

A 780 and 970 are exactly the same. i would actually say the 780 is better

 

Nope, 970 is better than the 780, its more powerful, more efficient, and I believe overclocks significantly better.

[Phllips]

These benchmarks are overclocked.

Both cards are overclocked. One may be more than the other but still. Also if you need more performance you overclock and if you don't then it doesn't matter.

[Arrow]

Not wayyyy better, but noticeable.

 

The gpu is $299 at it's cheapest on pcpp.

Exactly what evga gpu did you purchase?

I'll be honest with you... I have no idea. The box just said eVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780. However it looks like this one.

[Wiflare]

I'll be honest with you... I have no idea. The box just said eVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780. However it looks like this one.

ohhhhh canadian.

 

in that case, the 970 is $384, cheaper than the 780 by a lot..

 

Good deal then.

[Enderman]

A 780 and 970 are exactly the same. i would actually say the 780 is better

A 970 is similar to a 780ti and 290x and better than both of them when overclocked.

 

 

 

[Geekazoid]

For arguments sake: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1355

[Octavialicious]

A 780 and 970 are exactly the same. i would actually say the 780 is better

lolk http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1355

[SteveGrabowski]

lolk http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1355

 

For arguments sake: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1355

 

That's comparing a reference 780 to the highest factory overclocked 970 though.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Teerrrrrible purchase. The GTX 970 brand new is only $30 more, and it performs wayyy better

OP is in canada and prices are MUCH steeper here...a GTX 970 cost over 400$ and BTW it perform ''VERY SLIGHTLY BETTER'' and not ''WAYYY'' better at all.

 

  Been recently thinking about the purchase I made for my new rig. I bought a refurbished eVGA GTX 780 for $300. The price for it on Amazon was around $600.

Did you think this purchase was worth it? And how do I make sure this GPU has no problems. Stress test?

you made a brilliant move 300$ for a 780 in canada is a VERY GOOD PRICE.

[Octavialicious]

OP is in canada and prices are MUCH steeper here...a GTX 970 cost over 400$ and BTW it perform ''VERY SLIGHTLY BETTER'' and not ''WAYYY'' better at all.

 

you made a brilliant move 300$ for a 780 in canada is a VERY GOOD PRICE.

originally he gave no info on his location, no way to tell

[i_build_nanosuits]

originally he gave no info on his location, no way to tell

he posted a link from amazon.CA

[Geekazoid]

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Off Topic: Congrats on 7K posts . I'm almost at 9K myself.

[Spev]

970 would have been smarter IMO but the 780 is still a kick ass card, enjoy gaming.

[Octavialicious]

he posted a link from amazon.CA

There was no good reason to click it, just saying it's a refurb gtx 780 gets the point across

[i_build_nanosuits]

There was no good reason to click it, just saying it's a refurb gtx 780 gets the point across

a good reason to click it was to see what part of the world this user is posting from mate!

to be a good helper around here you have to be smarter than most and this was a basic.

United-states of america only makes for about 4% of the world at best do you realise that?