GTX700 series reviews thread

[Cloudfire777]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

[Damn] humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

This is a technical forum. We don't give a rat's butt what your opinion is on the human species. Stick to technology or go to the social forums. And stop cursing.
-ViRGE

 

[ams23]

Note the 780 is OCed and max OC vs. stock 680 and stock 7970GHz.

In reality the difference shrinks as you overclock the other two.

It's a nice card, but again it's oc vs. stock.

This is incorrect. While the GTX 780 SC ACX uses higher-than-reference clock operating frequencies, the TPU test results were based on the standard SC clocks, not the max possible clocks! TPU's GTX 780 SC ACX sample was able to achieve ~ 11% higher performance when using max clocks vs. standard SC clocks. Considering that a typical 7970 GHz Ed. overclocked or GTX 680 overclocked would result in approximately 11% higher performance than stock clocks, the GTX 780 SC ACX would be able to approximately maintain it's 42-45% performance advantage when all cards are overclocked to max clocks.

 

[MrK6]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

Fucking humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

Cool story bro.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

Fucking humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

It doesn't work so you decide to throw your opinion into the mix? Solid logic there.

 

[MrK6]

Party time!

Start your own thread and post some results!

 

[Elfear]

This is incorrect. While the GTX 780 SC ACX uses higher-than-reference clock operating frequencies, the TPU test results were based on the standard SC clocks, not the max possible clocks! TPU's GTX 780 SC ACX sample was able to achieve ~ 11% higher performance when using max clocks vs. standard SC clocks. Considering that a typical 7970 GHz Ed. overclocked or GTX 680 overclocked would result in approximately 11% higher performance than stock clocks, the GTX 780 SC ACX would be able to approximately maintain it's 42-45% performance advantage when all cards are overclocked to max clocks.

Hopefully we'll see some all-out results on H20. Might not be worth watercooling if the TDP/voltage limits are too low.

 

[Rvenger]

 

[Granseth]

I've been fooled so long by looking at plastic made up to look like metal that when I see all these pictures of the Titan/780 cooler I have to tell myself that I am looking at metal, not plastic.
I see people liking the design, but I am probably damaged material. But then I really don't care about how it looks, but how it cools, and it seems to be doing a good job of that.

 

[DooKey]

Nice! Enjoy the gaming on that piece of art.

 

[blackened23]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

Fucking humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

Didn't you get banned at OCN for posting this kind of childish nonsense?

 

[Rvenger]

I've been fooled so long by looking at plastic made up to look like metal that when I see all these pictures of the Titan/780 cooler I have to tell myself that I am looking at metal, not plastic.
I see people liking the design, but I am probably damaged material. But then I really don't care about how it looks, but how it cools, and it seems to be doing a good job of that.

I believe part of the shroud is metal... The black part I believe. It feels cold, that's for sure!

 

[Granseth]

I believe part of the shroud is metal... The black part I believe. It feels cold, that's for sure!

Ah, I thought the entire shroud was metal, but If the gray is plastic it makes sense as the black looks more metal-like.

 

[Smartazz]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

[Damn] humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

This is a technical forum. We don't give a rat's butt what your opinion is on the human species. Stick to technology or go to the social forums. And stop cursing.
-ViRGE

I would say that those who bought the 7970 and GTX 680 at launch made the better choice. If people are that bothered that the 780 and Titan are so fast, nothing is stopping them from upgrading.

 

[Smartazz]

My original plan was to buy a motherboard for my two mining 7950s. I would save money by keeping my current motherboard and adding a 780 as opposed to a whole new Haswell build. I think a 4.5GHz 2500K will be enough for a while anyway.

 

[guskline]

NICE video card Revenger. Keep us posted on your findings!

 

[BallaTheFeared]

What video?

 

[Rvenger]

NICE video card Revenger. Keep us posted on your findings!

For some reason my Physics score is lower in 3dmark 11 with this card. Consistently 200 points lower compared to my 7970.


Boost clock is 966mhz and ASIC score is 61.3% - Probably better out there but maybe irrelevant until I do more testing.

 

[Grooveriding]

For some reason my Physics score is lower in 3dmark 11 with this card. Consistently 200 points lower compared to my 7970.


Boost clock is 966mhz and ASIC score is 61.3% - Probably better out there but maybe irrelevant until I do more testing.

Asic is a pile of nonsense. My one Titan is 73 and the other is 64, the 64 clocks higher (1217) and with a lower voltage increment. The limiting factor to getting the most out of your card is gpu boost 2.0. Once you can disable it with a custom bios you can generally get another chunk of core speed out of the card stable.

You get those three extra voltage bins you can open up. Using the highest one does not necessarily get you the best clocks. My one card clocks better with .25 than .38.

 

[blackened23]

Agreed. On every recent GPU i've used, I haven't found any meaningful correlation between a high ASIC score and overclock-ability. In fact, some of the highest ASICs overclocked far worse.

Not to mention, the calculation for ASIC between AMD and nvidia is different - everyone has a mindset that you need the highest ASIC score possible. Not necessarily true. There's a long explanation out there somewhere but higher leakage is actually ideal to an extent for overclocking on air, which is what most of us do.

 

[3DVagabond]

So you admit they built them way below industry standards therefore they had to cap the voltage and tdp low to keep them from blowing up? Cause the 7950/7970 have been out for 18 months now with unlocked voltage and they are doing fine.

nVidia cards seem to be run closer to their voltage limit for stock boards than AMD. That's why the extra headroom in AMD cards. I think the main reason for this is to keep power usage reasonable. If you look at the original 925MHz 7970 it's power usage in normal operations isn't that much different than GK104's. You can O/V them and get their power usage up over 300Watts. AMD lets you do this and builds the cards to be able to take it. Hopefully that won't change. AMD did take some heat (pun intended ) for the power usage of O/C'd Tahitis.

 

[hawtdawg]

 

[amenx]

Nice. Was your last card a 7970?

 

[loccothan]

He He its all obut making money $$$$ and that's it. Im playing all games on one monitor in 1920:1440 and mine is kickin' no problem at all so why bother? cuz its nV? c'mon its only hardware - Better pick 2x 7950 and you smokin'

 

[tviceman]

Hey gtx780 owners - start a new thread with oc'd results! It would be easier to sift through than this thread. And congrats! I wish I had the funds to upgrade. Also let us know if you are water cooling, I am eager to see how far people can push gtx780 vs. 7970GE's.

 

[wand3r3r]

This thread is 22 pages long and counting. Back at overclock.net they are up to 120+ pages. All because humans are so stupid that they have to try to defend and tell people why their purchase was so much smarter, and that everyone who doesn`t share their way of thinking is wrong

Just stop it. It doesn`t work. It didn`t work when Titan launched, it still outsold a 1 year old GPU in 3 months, despite the price tag. Now with GTX 780 you get 10% less performance but for way less price.

And yet stupid people come here and act like it won`t sell or try to convince that their inferior GPU was a much smarter choice.

[Damn] humans. I`m embarrassed to be a part of the same species

This is a technical forum. We don't give a rat's butt what your opinion is on the human species. Stick to technology or go to the social forums. And stop cursing.
-ViRGE

First you chew out people who talk about lack of value, followed with an attempt to demonstrate it's value. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: