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GTX 780 advice

Fisher

Fisher

Fisher

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Hiya guys, I'm thinking of upgrading my graphics card to a GTX 780, as my current one is starting to fall behind in gaming (in my opinion).

Here are my current specs:
  • Asus P8Z77-V LX Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
  • Intel Core i5 3570K OC to 4.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
  • Corsair Vengeance LP Performance Memory modules 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2133MHz CL9 Blue
  • MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
  • Corsair 750W PSU
  • Windows 7 64bit
  • Res: 1920x1080

However, I'm not quite sure which one to go for. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to the fine details between two cards, though I've been told that can make quite a difference. The games I'm thinking of playing are Battlefield 4 and Assassins Creed 4 on max settings (60fps at least on BF4). My optimum price would be somewhere around £400, but I have shifting room on that.

The ones I've been looking at so far are:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-127-GI

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-227-EA

I'd really appreciate if someone could give me some advice on choosing between them (i.e. is the difference worth the extra money), or if you have a better card in mind. Thanks in advance.
 
I've got the Gigabyte and its been great.
Playing AC4 and it drops to 55fps in places (capped at 60fps on ultra settings) and it doesn't struggle in any way.

Heaven benchmark temps don't go above 62°C for me and my case fans make more noise.
 
I have the gigabyte one and love it. So quiet and cool. Boost to 1137 mhz using only 1.16 volts out of the box. Voltage is locked though to 1.18 unless you flash the bios so remember that.

Looks really nice inside the case as well with the pretty backplate. I have no complaints with it and chose it as I wasn't to bothered about getting the highest overclocks and went more with the design.

Classified is supposed to be pretty good looking too in flesh as well. Can't lose either way but if overclocking is your thing and you play with the afterburner overlay on and want to see 1200+ mhz for giggles, then classy would be a better choice but silicone lottery is still a factor.
 
I got the Windforce a couple of weeks ago and it was loud. I returned it and got the Phantom GLH instead which is practically silent. Came with Batman, Assassins Creed, and Splinter Cell. Played the start of Assassins Creed this morning, looks epic.

edit: It also eats BF4 for breakfast.
 
Gigabyte windforce ghz here to, practically silent - literally can't hear it unless I put my head in the case and boosts to almost 1200mhz out the box.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. Noise isn't really a problem for me, as I wear fairly good headphones, so that being said, I think the general consensus is the Gigabyte.

However, is it true that it doesn't work very well with windows 7? I've been hearing that windows 8.1 can give a boost in performance of up to 40%!
 
At £443 for the Classified, I'd rather pay another £60 for a 780 Ti.

Any of the cards on OcUK at £400 are a good buy, if you don't mind overclocking the card.
Spending any more than that on air cooling isn't really worth it imho, unless you don't mind paying £20 for a nice backplate & a possibly higher overclock.
 
Fisher said:
Thanks for the advice guys. Noise isn't really a problem for me, as I wear fairly good headphones, so that being said, I think the general consensus is the Gigabyte.

However, is it true that it doesn't work very well with windows 7? I've been hearing that windows 8.1 can give a boost in performance of up to 40%!
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There may be the odd game that gives better performance in Windows 8 - I've no problem with the performance on Windows 7 and match any of the benchmarks clock for clock on the same card that people post on Windows 8 i.e. Heaven 4.

MoodyB said:
At £443 for the Classified, I'd rather pay another £60 for a 780 Ti.

Any of the cards on OcUK at £400 are a good buy, if you don't mind overclocking the card.
Spending any more than that on air cooling isn't really worth it imho, unless you don't mind paying £20 for a nice backplate & a possibly higher overclock.
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Got my GHZ edition on today only at slightly under £400 - one of the deciding factors for me - definitely not regretting it and thats on top of being extremely reluctant and not thinking I'd see any real value upgrading from a well clocked GTX470 SLI setup.
 
billysielu said:
I got the Windforce a couple of weeks ago and it was loud. I returned it and got the Phantom GLH instead which is practically silent. Came with Batman, Assassins Creed, and Splinter Cell. Played the start of Assassins Creed this morning, looks epic.

edit: It also eats BF4 for breakfast.
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No way ! the gigabyte is nearly silent !
 
sieze2 said:
No way ! the gigabyte is nearly silent !
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Judging by comments elsewhere seems to be the odd card with bad bearings or something in the fan(s) getting through, but yeah if its properly working the WF3 is to all intents and purposes silent and so far from my experience by far the best cooler to date (other than that it pushes the hot air into the case requiring a bit more thought to get the best overall system temps).
 
im using a 780 Classified right now, i didnt pay, was a gift, i only mention that because not sure if its worth the extra money over the normal windforce, atleast on air

it is a nice card!, ive been enjoying it, looks built well, i wouldnt say its silent, it has a very strong air wooshy noise when it ramps up, but its not a annoying sound, and its kind of by choice to let it ramp up that much anyway

windows 7, want another ssd before i try 8.1 on that pc, too much stuff i could lose :(
 
Thanks for the reassurance.

I'm slightly doubting my decision now. From this graph, the R9 290 seems to perform far better, and is cheaper. Any thoughts on this?

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