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Official GTX780 review thread

If I can bag two 780's for a grand, than I would really think of selling my 7970's which would almost cover the cost (with sale of water blocks etc)
 
w3bbo said:
Aye, it is very expensive to setup. PErhaps the biggest outlay are the SSD's, of which you need plenty in a RAID setup to reduce latency when capturing the video.

Frafs benchviewer is a much cheaper alternative although not quite as accurate (this is debatable) as using a dedicated capture card.
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Its better than using a system that no one can replicate, immunity is an unhealthy thing when its reviewers with the power to affect hardware sales are also dependant on revenue income from those selling / making hardware.

It just turns into a circus of which hardware maker is the highest bidder with no one being able to challenge their results.
 
humbug said:
Its better than using a system that no one can replicate, immunity is an unhealthy thing when its reviewers with the power to affect hardware sales are also dependant on revenue income from those selling / making hardware.

It just turns into a circus of which hardware maker is the highest bidder with no one being able to challenge their results.
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Agree wholeheartedly. I try and get my setup so it isn't a bottleneck but also represents what others can replicate at home. I could quite easily add 10 SSD's, 128GB of RAM and overclock the CPU to 5GHz but that isn't representative of what is the 'norm'. I don't use FCAT for that purpose. While it is arguably more accurate, using FRAPS and also by taking the 99th percentile gives us an accurate 'enough' reflection but also one which can be mirrored by everyone else at home for authenticity.
 
w3bbo said:
Aye so I've been told. I guess the yield is so low going by the TITANs which as you know have 14 available. I just wondered if any cores actually had 15 functioning - a TITAN killer?
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Rumours of a Titan II (or similar) are doing the rounds with all 15 smx units functioning. I see no reason why Nvidia wouldn't release that card after sales of Titan outsold the year old 690 in 3 months. It is all down to cost effectiveness I guess and how much Titan cost them to produce.

I would be interested (if anyone from Nvidia is watching).
 
From the horses mouth:

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-780/performance

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Looks Like I won't need to upgrade my 680 any time soon :) :D
 
w3bbo said:
Agree wholeheartedly. I try and get my setup so it isn't a bottleneck but also represents what others can replicate at home. I could quite easily add 10 SSD's, 128GB of RAM and overclock the CPU to 5GHz but that isn't representative of what is the 'norm'. I don't use FCAT for that purpose. While it is arguably more accurate, using FRAPS and also by taking the 99th percentile gives us an accurate 'enough' reflection but also one which can be mirrored by everyone else at home for authenticity.
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Thanks, I think as well as the usual "users own reviews" on forums like this, along side the normal FPS barometer reviews, latency is and should be just as important.

I think there probably is room for improvement in CF, given that AMD themselves have said they are working on it, but I also get a sense that its just a little exaggerated, and that some people are just using the better SLI performance to try and hammer home a point that doesn't really exist.

Especially when you see those driving this Latency thing, pcper. (which I believe is a good thing) have up until now completely ignored the problems that do show for the single GTX 680, except only now that the GTX 780 is out.

Yet with skyrim and the 7950 (which looks exactly like the GTX 680 latency in some games) they made a massive overblown issue out of it.

In fact I have never seen them be in anyway critical of Nvidia ever in recent times.

Reviewers being critical of hardware makers and pulling them up for problems is a very good thing, but when its completely one sided it makes you wonder who is providing them with revenue and what agreements maybe attached to that revenue.

Which in turn begs the question of accuracy and reality in their reviews.
 
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humbug said:
Thanks, I think as well as the usual "users own reviews" on forums like this, along side the normal FPS barometer reviews, latency is and should be just as important.

I think there probably is room for improvement in CF, given that AMD themselves have said they are working on it, but I also get a sense that its just a little exaggerated, and that some people are just using the better SLI performance to try and hammer home a point that doesn't really exist.

Especially when you see those driving this Latency thing, pcper. (which I believe is a good thing) have up until now completely ignored the problems that do show for the single GTX 680, except only now that the GTX 780 is out.

Yet with skyrim and the 7950 (which looks exactly like the GTX 680 latency in some games) they made a massive overblown issue out of it.

In fact I have never seen them be in anyway critical of Nvidia ever in recent times.

Reviewers being critical of hardware makers and pulling them up for problems is a very good thing, but when its completely one sided it makes you wonder who is providing them with revenue and what agreements maybe attached to that revenue.

Which in turn begs the question of accuracy and reality in their reviews.
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I won't pull another review site as each to their own I say. I will however say The Techreport have led the way on FTA which they deserve praise for, especially Scott, who has done some terrific work on this subject.

You are correct that some review sites certainly do seem a little one sided when it comes to being critical. Thankfully, I work for an independent company who would rather not publish a review than simply give a biased one sided view. Those who we deal with actually appreciate the constructive criticism which in turn allows them to create better products for the community if they agree of course. Those manufacturers who don't appreciate balanced, honest opinons are notable by their absence from our reviews ;).

No doubt NVIDIA may frown at our criticism of the price but it is criticism we feel is justified. That criticism is however balanced by praise for such a good performing card.
 
Which drivers/clockspeed is that on mate? I ran mine at 997Mhz Forceware 314.22.

Hoping NV didn't send me a dud although it had been round the block a few times!
 
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