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GTX 780 3GB upgrade for nephew

easyrider said:
I'm amazed just how good the 780 still is after all this time
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Its because most of the big review sites either use old benchmarks rather than rebench the card and/or insist on running them with old methodology for the boost and the performance isn't really right - giving the perception they are a much slower card than they really are if coupled with a decent CPU.

That said I found the VRAM limiting more recently and there are 1-2 games they do fall down hard hence the 1070 which was a pretty decent upgrade performance wise despite my 780 being one of the better ones.
 
Ian Evey said:
Only thing is, is his cpu good enough.

Some games he will see a big gain with the 1080 but other games he may not due to a weaker cpu?

Just to add, it’s good to see someone comment on just how good a 780 still is.
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He's running a i7 2700k so 4 core 8 thread 3.9ghz

arc@css said:
I can't remember off hand how much difference there is between the two but something around the 25% mark would be my estimate. In some games, there will be quite a noticeable improvement, perhaps more in terms of minimum fps, though in others it will be a fair bit closer. Anyway, as a stopgap, it should suffice.
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It wasn't enough in my book...

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Something is not right - a GTX1060 can easily hit 60FPS on FC5 on higher settings.


Looking on YT,the only time I can see it happening is if the CPU is not that great.

The same goes with WD2 - on high the GTX1060 should be fine.


WD2 also shows a decent performance boost with more CPU threads:

https://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2785-watch-dogs-2-cpu-settings-optimization-guide
http://gamegpu.com/images/stories/Test_GPU/Action/WATCH_DOGS_2/wd2_intel.png
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It was certainly faster but it wasn't consistent hitting 60fps...all the time...I'll see how the 1080 performs and I'll maybe overclock his i7 2700k up a bit


EDIT: just texted my nephew the far cry test was ultra...not high....
 
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OK I didn't read all the threads here but I don't see the point in replacing his card with a 1060 when there is no real benefit. The 1070 is noticeably faster than a 780 so I would go 1070,1070ti or 1080. Really I don't think there is much point in waiting. I don't think the 11 series is going to be readily available at good prices before the end of the year but if you shop around, 1080's are.
 
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I went from a 780ti to a 1070ti and am very happy with the performance jump. I'm still using a 3820 i7 @ 4.7ghz and it runs fine.
 
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