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770 vs 780

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Is it worth it to go with the 780 over the 770 at this point in the game? please include reasons why. I'm debating between the two. Is the 15% performance difference really worth it from the 780? That's not going to be game breaking on anything and if it is, then the card will be long in the tooth by that time and need an upgrade anyway. I dunno if it's worth the extra $250 for just a 15% gain... am I missing something?
 
Where did you get the 15% gain number from? The 780 is a good deal faster. That said, we don't know anything of your usage. Without posting your resolution, what games you play, and the rest of your setup, we can't give you any useful advice.

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The 780 is on par with the Titan in 99% of tasks, and my Titan was much faster than my current 770. Anywhere between 20 and 40% faster depending on what program or game is in question. Its possible you could get a 15% gap with a good clocking 770 and a stock 780 though.
 
in all honesty id get the 780 the 770 is just a rebadged 680 with a gddr speed bump
 
in all honesty id get the 780 the 770 is just a rebadged 680 with a gddr speed bump
 
Like Starrbuck said, it depends on your perspective to determine whether its "worth it". Over the Titan, it's a steal of a deal and a slap in the face to those guys, but over the performance of a 770 it's kind of a joke as far as its pricing goes. If it was $500-$550 I'd say go for it no question, but the performance to dollar ratio it doesn't add up and I suspect the instant AMD drops their HD 9000 Series GPU's you'll see the GTX 780 drop by $75-$100 where it belongs.

But lets be honest, if I had the $650 to blow I'd pick it up in a heart beat. Nvidia knows how to milk the enthusiast market when the winds are stale.
 
Mannymal said:
Where did you get the 15% gain number from? The 780 is a good deal faster. That said, we don't know anything of your usage. Without posting your resolution, what games you play, and the rest of your setup, we can't give you any useful advice.

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Probably from this page:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_770/27.html

Thing is the 780 has a quite a bit of headroom left, albeit alot of that is voltage and temp limited. If you buy a reference, you will probably hit that temp limit first anyway, so maybe not a big deal, but the difference is much larger than 15% - even with a conservative factory OC (e.g. eVGA ACX).
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/26.html

The question is really resolution though - if you game at 1080P @ 60Hz, you really don't have a need for it. If you have a LB-enabled 1080P however, there can be that argument. And the most obvious - if you have a 1440P or higher monitor, you will definitely need the extra GPU performance.
 
780 is your 1440p single monitor or higher
770 for 1080p
 
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thanks... n u know I had to break my wife off so she got a 650 ti boost ... should run all her mmos fine and i get to sell my 580 :) lol
 
At 1900x1200 or 1900x1080 resolution, the 780 is only about 15% faster than a default clocked 770, and only maybe 10% faster than the better overclocked 770.

It is when you jump up to 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 resolution that the 780 really starts to pull away.
 
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