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B Grade GTX 780ti - Worth a punt ?

varkanoid

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Hello

Got a bit of an upgrade itch and not sure whether to scratch it or put some cream on it. :D Currently got a R9 290 and I've been comparing the benchmarks to a KFA2 GTX 780 I briefly had and the R9 290 just pips it which kind of makes me think its not worth getting a GTX 780.

However there are some Gigabyte GTX 780ti's in the clearance section.

**B Grade** Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti GHz Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV- (GX-131-GI) @ £419

and according to the stock code they are these at full price

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti GHz Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TGHZ-3GD) @ £569

so thats £150 less. I've bought b grade before and I know its buyer beware sometimes, warranty a question mark but just wondered if anyone had bought one of these and if they have been okay. Just concerns me slightly there are 10+ as last time I bought a b grade GPU that had 10+ was the Gigabyte 7850's and they were a bad batch for me.
 
If you already have a 290, you should only really considering crossfire, or wait for true next gen flagship on 20nm.

With a 2500K, I doubt you can tell the actual performance difference between a 290 and a GTX780Ti without a frame rate counter (and struggle to even with one).
 
I agree here unless your going for two cards i dont see the point in changing cards atm if you have a 780/ti/titan 290/290x
If however you were going to change i personalty would take a chance for the cost difference and Flog the crap out of it while its within the 90 days to make sure its ok
 
triss said:
I agree here unless your going for two cards i dont see the point in changing cards atm if you have a 780/ti/titan 290/290x
If however you were going to change i personalty would take a chance for the cost difference and Flog the crap out of it while its within the 90 days to make sure its ok
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This.
 
If you have a 290 I don't see the point. Better to wait a few months to see what Maxwell brings. You might be able to get a new 780Ti for ~ £300 by then....
 
Thanks.

Crossfire would give me both PCIE slots at 4x.

I think I will wait till the next Intel CPU's appear and by the time new GPU's might be out and go the whole upgrade hog.
 
varkanoid said:
Thanks.

Crossfire would give me both PCIE slots at 4x.

I think I will wait till the next Intel CPU's appear and by the time new GPU's might be out and go the whole upgrade hog.
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For 1920x1080, a 290 (if you overclock it) should be more than enough to last you till 20nm flagship, unless you insist on gaming on max settings on games such as Crysis 3 or Metro etc.

For my 290x, current I'm only running it at 1080/1375MHz on stock voltage, and even playing games like Sleeping Dogs on max settings with SuperSampling, it would sit at constant 55-60fps, and with occasion dips down to 45fps (that usually don't last more than couple of seconds).

My 290x's memory can't overclock the memory beyond 1375MHz without black screen...if you overclock your 290's core clock, and your 290 memory can overclock to 1500MHz~1625MHz, you could easily match or even beat my 290x's performance.

As already mentioned above...except for Crysis 3 and Metro, the 290 will do you fine, and it would make more sense to upgrade your graphic card to something newer WHEN games that actually require those extra power are more common-placed.
 
My 290 is at 1100/1300mhz this is the maximum I can do on stock voltage. If I push either a few mhz's over I get black screens. So I am right on the limit of stability.

I think you have stopped my itch though !

btw how do you get your i5 2500k to 4.8ghz ?
 
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triss said:
take a chance for the cost difference and Flog the crap out of it while its within the 90 days to make sure its ok
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well gigabyte cards have manufacturer rma based on serial number, so after the 90 days, just go straight to gigabyte.
so, for the money the b-grade 780ti is quite the steal
 
Marine-RX179 said:
1.48v on the vcore with a Thermalright Silverarrow cooler (keeping the temp below 70c), plus an attitude of "if it dies, so be it...time for an upgrade" :p
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1.48v? Blimey. 1.424v here for 5Ghz and mine is far from golden. Still those temps are great.
 
varkanoid said:
Thanks.

Crossfire would give me both PCIE slots at 4x.

I think I will wait till the next Intel CPU's appear and by the time new GPU's might be out and go the whole upgrade hog.
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Ouch! I thought all Z68s ran at least 8x/8x, but right you are :(
 
a 780ti is like 10-20% faster than a stock 290, at 4k the 290 is actually faster. You may as well just bump the core clock up as high as you can get it and it will be on par. Total waste of money to switch it imo.
 
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