Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a clear winner in the EVGA GTX 780 SC w/ ACX Cooler. This card is faster than GTX Titan, for only $10 more than the reference GTX 780!
Here are the performance differences at 25x16 resolution for GTX 780 SC ACX vs. GTX 680 and HD 7970 GHz Ed:
Assassin's Creed 3: +35.3% / +39.5%
Batman: Arkham City: +49.8% / +42.1%
Battlefield 3: +50.4% / +40.2%
Bioshock Infinite: +44.1% / +64.2%
Borderlands 2: +39.9% / +43.7%
Call of Duty: Black Ops II: +39.6% / +45.5%
Crysis: +39.9% / +24.5%
Crysis 3: +48.5% / +29.4%
Diablo 3: +38.4% / +36.1%
Far Cry 3: +59.2% / +43.9%
F1 2012: +62% / +56.3%
Hitman: Absolution: +67.5% / +40.2%
Metro 2033: +58.1% / +42.1%
Sleeping Dogs: +43.7% / +19.4%
Start Craft III: Heart of the Storm: +12.1% / +94.1%
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim: +29.6% / +18.2%
Tomb Raider: +63.5% / +34.1%
World of Warcraft: +40.7% / +48.6%
AVG. OF ALL TESTS: +45.7% / +42.3%
And here is the insane thing:
1) Perf. per watt is better than any other card TPU has tested ( http://tpucdn.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/images/perfwatt_2560.gif )
2) Perf. per dollar is neck and neck with the 7970 GHz Ed ( http://tpucdn.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/images/perfdollar_2560.gif )
3) Overclocking brings an additional 11% performance boost for a card that is already operating at higher than stock frequencies ( http://tpucdn.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/images/perf_oc.gif )
No wonder this card is sold out at Newegg.
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