Big Price Cuts for GeForce GTX 780 & 770 Tomorrow, GTX 780 Ti Coming 11-7

Which is currently the best 780 on newegg? There are two ACX versions of the EVGA but they look the same. So which is best that's being sold right now?
 
iGrooCk said:
Which is currently the best 780 on newegg? There are two ACX versions of the EVGA but they look the same. So which is best that's being sold right now?
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Well out of the ones they have in stock currently I'd pick either the Galaxy HoF or the MSI Lightning. But that's just me.
 
I heard good things about MSI but had personal experience with evga. They seem to have the same cards with just different colors, don't seem too different
 
Galaxy HoF or the MSI Lightning

they look like same oc potential and great cards

who has better support and warranty
 
sparks said:
Galaxy HoF or the MSI Lightning

they look like same oc potential and great cards

who has better support and warranty
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I would go with the HOF due to the rep here and Kyle's communication with them. Also from my understanding if you ever did watercool, removing the MSI heatsink voids the warranty.
 
Blazemore said:
I would go with the HOF due to the rep here and Kyle's communication with them. Also from my understanding if you ever did watercool, removing the MSI heatsink voids the warranty.
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Removing stock cooling alone does not void the warranty. As long as the card is returned with the stock parts and its not damaged due to "improper installation" the warranty will be honored.


http://us.msi.com/service/warranty/

"The product MUST be returned to MSI in the original factory configuration and condition. All aftermarket modifications must be reversed prior to sending in the product for repair or replacement."
 
iGrooCk said:
Which is currently the best 780 on newegg? There are two ACX versions of the EVGA but they look the same. So which is best that's being sold right now?
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If its within a small margin, the EVGA Classified is probably the best card. Better circuitry and best warranty around.
 
Picked up these after the price drop. Can't wait to try em out!

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John Stamos said:
Picked up these after the price drop. Can't wait to try em out!

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I am curious ... why two GPUs instead of one? I don't see the advantage. What will you use the two cards for? I imagine SLI for both of them? What is your screen resolution and what kind of FPS do you run?

Thanks.
 
Pocatello said:
I am curious ... why two GPUs instead of one? I don't see the advantage. What will you use the two cards for? I imagine SLI for both of them? What is your screen resolution and what kind of FPS do you run?

Thanks.
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Specs are in the sig. But to answer your questions. Yes to SLI, 1920x1080 @ 120hz.
 
BiH115 said:
What'd you pay for them John? There were $300 4GB versions with the ACX cooler for sale @ Micro Center.
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That hurts me to hear. Unfortunately I do not have a microcenter anywhere near me...=(

I paid 330$ a pop, but on the flip side of your statement, I had $250 in amazon points saved up. So my entire purchase was about $430.

You figure I sell my current 2 cards for $95-100 a piece, the promo games for $30 a piece and it ends up not being not bad at all!

edit: I really considered 4GB cards, but the only reason I don't desperately need them is because I never use anti-aliasing at all. Jaggies, if and when I do actually see them, don't bother me much. From what I researched and all the benchmarks I read, most games that I play barely utilize 1.3GB let alone 2GB. Two or three gens from now, I'll certainly bump up to 4GB. For now I think I'll be ok.
 
John Stamos said:
That hurts me to hear. Unfortunately I do not have a microcenter anywhere near me...=(

I paid 330$ a pop, but on the flip side of your statement, I had $250 in amazon points saved up. So my entire purchase was about $430.

You figure I sell my current 2 cards for $95-100 a piece, the promo games for $30 a piece and it ends up not being not bad at all!

edit: I really considered 4GB cards, but the only reason I don't desperately need them is because I never use anti-aliasing at all. Jaggies, if and when I do actually see them, don't bother me much. From what I researched and all the benchmarks I read, most games that I play barely 1.3gigs let alone 2GB. Two or three gens from now, I'll certainly bump up to 4GB. For now I think I'll be ok.
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Looks like the deal is kind of over, they're back up to $420 (I believe the deal worked via online orders too...not exactly sure), but you still got a great deal for your cards. Should last you quite a while really.
 
To follow up on the 2-4GB argument.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/battlefield_4_vga_graphics_performance_benchmark,11.html

You can see that even a game like BF4 (@ 1920x1200) still doesn't breach 1.6GB of vRam with Ultra settings + 4XMSAA.

If I kept my other two monitors I would have no doubt upped my purchase to 4GB, but being as I'm selling off 2 of them as I value a solid 120fps vs higher reso, I think I'll be ok. Keep that in mind though for you guys buyin higher vRam cards with single monitor set ups. There's a good chance that extra vRam is going to waste with the current generation of games. I don't foresee anything looking much better than BF4 for a while.

Sorry for off topic!
 
Yeah, I really don't see a need for more than 2GB VRAM @ 1920x1080.
 
John Stamos said:
To follow up on the 2-4GB argument.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/battlefield_4_vga_graphics_performance_benchmark,11.html

You can see that even a game like BF4 (@ 1920x1200) still doesn't breach 1.6GB of vRam with Ultra settings + 4XMSAA.

If I kept my other two monitors I would have no doubt upped my purchase to 4GB, but being as I'm selling off 2 of them as I value a solid 120fps vs higher reso, I think I'll be ok. Keep that in mind though for you guys buyin higher vRam cards with single monitor set ups. There's a good chance that extra vRam is going to waste with the current generation of games. I don't foresee anything looking much better than BF4 for a while.

Sorry for off topic!
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1920x1200 is what I run at. In bf4 beta afterburner was showing just over 2gb used and up to 2.1 gb.
 
Mod Skyrim and you'll easily end up with over 2GB of VRAM usage..Also, once the next-gen consoles are out we will finally start seeing better looking games with better textures, since 90% of PC games are just ported from console.
 
Well I just pulled the trigger on a EVGA 780 SC w/ ACX from Newegg. They have a really good deal going on for it right now at about $485 with a coupon and mail in rebate added. I didn't want to wait for non reference 290's to start coming out, and I don't really see them being better than the 780 (maybe they will be, guess we'll see).
 
dyscreet said:
Well I just pulled the trigger on a EVGA 780 SC w/ ACX from Newegg. They have a really good deal going on for it right now at about $485 with a coupon and mail in rebate added. I didn't want to wait for non reference 290's to start coming out, and I don't really see them being better than the 780 (maybe they will be, guess we'll see).
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glad you posted that as I was looking for one more nudge to pull the trigger on a good 780. $485 is still a crap ton of money but at least its better than $650 plus 3 good games are included. this 780 will already match the 290x and has more overclocking headroom too. also none of the insane temps, noise and power consumption too worry about.
 
smaudioz said:
Because you have a 3GB card so there is more vram it can allocate (that is not actually being used).
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I dont think that this can really be proven one way or another, but I think you're right. We're probably just looking at a slightly aggressive prefetching algorithm that pulls more data into VRAM from main memory because it can. Because it doesn't appear to affect cards with less memory, it looks like the game is far from being VRAM and PCIe-bus limited on 2GB cards at 1080p, though it's highly suggested that you use cards with more than 2GB over 1080p if you want to use any MSAA at all :).
 
Nvidia should drop the price of The TITANIC at least a few hundred.
I can't see anyone buying them now. Or they will be phased out soon.
 
Technikal said:
Nvidia should drop the price of The TITANIC at least a few hundred.
I can't see anyone buying them now. Or they will be phased out soon.
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The Titan's still worth more than they're selling it for- they have a 780Ti to fill in the gap left by the price-reduced 780.
 
cannondale06 said:
glad you posted that as I was looking for one more nudge to pull the trigger on a good 780. $485 is still a crap ton of money but at least its better than $650 plus 3 good games are included. this 780 will already match the 290x and has more overclocking headroom too. also none of the insane temps, noise and power consumption too worry about.
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Yup, and if you sell the games that's about an extra $60-70, giving it an even better price at the end.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
The Titan's still worth more than they're selling it for- they have a 780Ti to fill in the gap left by the price-reduced 780.
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How the hell is the Titan worth more then it is currently selling for when a card that damn near half the price beats it????

The whole "wait for the 780ti" argument is really interesting, do you really think Nvidia is going to release a card that is faster then the Titan for $400 less?
 
darkstarcow said:
How the hell is the Titan worth more then it is currently selling for when a card that damn near half the price beats it????

The whole "wait for the 780ti" argument is really interesting, do you really think Nvidia is going to release a card that is faster then the Titan for $400 less?
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Think of it another way- the Titan is a top-shelf gaming card, sure, but it's also a stupid cheap Quadro/Tesla. If for whatever reason retail availability of Titans slows down or dries up completely, prices of used Titans will go through the roof, until a newer version is available.

The 780Ti won't be a Titan, but it will have to be faster than the Titan for gaming if it's to earn it's keep.
 
DASHlT said:
MSI 780 lightning as a single card is quiet as hell. Thats is you keep it stock.

Now SLI is a whole other ballgame lol
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Yeah, SLI is always a problem for cooling. I had a lot of problems with my SLI 580 Lightnings. Thanks for your comment. I think the plan is to get one card for now. If I SLI in future, it will be under H2O.
 
Nvidia_ATI said:
Yeah, SLI is always a problem for cooling. I had a lot of problems with my SLI 580 Lightnings. Thanks for your comment. I think the plan is to get one card for now. If I SLI in future, it will be under H2O.
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If you use SLI, might as well just get Nvidia's blowers, and an enclosure like the FT-02 or the new FT-04, both from Silverstone. If you give the blowers some air, they quiet down right quick.
 
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