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Which 780 would you suggest?

dandubi

dandubi

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Hi All,

I have been holding back on purchasing a new GPU and have had other things come up to spend my money on. Now pay day has arrived and I have the cash to spend, I have finally decided on a 780 and will be looking to buy it this week.

I am currently looking at:

Gigabyte Ghz

MSI Lightning

EVGA SC ACX

My budget is Max £450.

I would ideally like the quietest card from selection and would only do very basic over clocking.

If you own one of the above cards and can recommend it i would appreciate it.

Many thanks.
 
The Gigabyte card. It has a very good out-of-the-box overclock (so you won't have to do much), a quiet cooler, and a backplate. And Gigabyte have a UK-based RMA service.
 
All three are good cards. All have reasonable out the box overclocks and all three come with three years warranty. The gigabyte has the highest out of the box overclock though.

If you wanted to save a few pound you could drop down the the MSI gaming @£399 or the LE version of the msi lightning at the same price (means its not been overclocked).

I would suggest you go with the manufacturer you feel most comfortable with, all of them are quiet cards.
 
My lightning overclock is pitiful.
1400 on the core runs fine but the card is ruined by elpida RAM.
My INNO3D 780 on Hynix RAM absolutely flew!

Although saying that. If you don't want to overclock then the MSI is a great card :)
 
NoNameNoNumber said:
My lightning overclock is pitiful.
1400 on the core runs fine but the card is ruined by elpida RAM.
My INNO3D 780 on Hynix RAM absolutely flew!

Although saying that. If you don't want to overclock then the MSI is a great card :)
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Whilst the memory is poor, 1400 on the core is far from pitiful if it runs just fine. Most 780's struggle to keep stable at 1200. There's not many games where a memory overclock gives good results either, core seems to benefit more.
 
After having a quick look around I have seen the classy for £20 less but not sure if OC is worth that bit more for the customer service...
 
Tbh Any 780 is fine, even the reference one.

I got this one because i like pretty lights and a cool quiet, cheaper, yet fast card.

Warning, If your offended by lazy wiring then do not open spoiler.

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Yes it is quite big!
 
The msi gaming edition seems to be a very good card. Mine has been running as high as 1280 without faffing with extended voltage via afterburner hacks etc and the hynix ram clocks up to and over +700/1900. (7600 effective) Don't really see the point of paying more for the other cards as the cooler was quiet and effective for the short period i used it for. (switched to a water block, which is still warranted via ocuk)
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