Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May

pgi947 · 18 May 2013 at 13:36

Boomstick777 said:
The GTX 760 Ti is def the pick of bunch imho, big upgrade for me coming for 660's.

960 shaders VS 1344 shaders, 192bit bus VS 256bit bus. Pair of them should do until Maxwell / AMD's new cards.

The other cards price VS performance is more shocking the higher you go up from GTX 770 through GTX 780 and finally Titan..

760Ti price. $299 / £197.1 + 20% VAT = £236.52 + Hike = £265.00 in the UK?

£265 would still be reasonable IMO, 760Ti, likely to be around if not higher then 670 perf. On special offers may see them in the £220-240 mark and should compete with the 7950 in most areas.

Tbh all Nvidia really needed to do was drop the new cards into the 6x0 price brackets to win people over. You never know the prices speculated may prove to be wrong, guess we'll find out in a few days.

Also, this isn't a place to discuss who should have what hardware, personal preference is just that.

IvanDobskey · 18 May 2013 at 13:42

Whilst I have half an eye on the 770/780's, I know they will be absurdly expensive for not a lot of improvement over the current crop of cards. I'll most likely be looking for deals on 670/680's

Along with a 1440p monitor without bad backlight bleed :rolleyes:

Boomstick777 · 18 May 2013 at 14:10

More - http://videocardz.com/41692/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-pictured-up-close-gallery

Kaapstad · 18 May 2013 at 14:12

Does the GTX 780 have any memory on the back of the PCB.

Edit just seen the link, no memory on the back of the PCB.

NirK · 18 May 2013 at 15:18

The 780 and the TITAN look pretty similar. Maybe the 780 is actually the "TITAN LE" which some websites were speculating about.

IvanDobskey · 18 May 2013 at 16:01

NirK said:
The 780 and the TITAN look pretty similar. Maybe the 780 is actually the "TITAN LE" which some websites were speculating about.

I thought this was already pretty much fact? The 780 is pretty much a slightly cut down Titan.

It will certainly have a titanic price tag anyway

NirK · 18 May 2013 at 16:12

So I guess there will not be an actual card named "TITAN LE" then and it is in fact the GTX780?

I wonder what the "TITAN GTX" will be or if it will actually be released.

pgi947 · 18 May 2013 at 16:17

oooh looks like waterblocks will be available from release day, PCB has all the vital parts in the same place as the Titan.

1kiwi · 18 May 2013 at 16:22

For those of us with 670/680's then adding another one is clearly the best option based on price speculation. Its nice to dream about a £420-£450 GTX 780 but its just not going to happen.

At the end of the day I think nvidia need to recoup their costs on the K20. They tried it with the Tian and now they have utilized the the same tech to effectively raise the price point on the GTX range as a stop gap for maxwell.

The key question is, are we stupid enough as consumers to pay £500+ for ~20% performance. I hope not. Inflation aside this is a price point that we do not want to encourage.

Kaapstad · 18 May 2013 at 16:23

pgi947 said:
oooh looks like waterblocks will be available from release day, PCB has all the vital parts in the same place as the Titan.

It makes the GTX 780 a whole lot more interesting knowing you are good to go from day one on water.

I wonder what the chances are of OCUK selling them with waterblocks from day one are.

pgi947 · 18 May 2013 at 16:29

Kaapstad said:
It makes the GTX 780 a whole lot more interesting knowing you are good to go from day one on water.

I wonder what the chances are of OCUK selling them with waterblocks from day one are.

They'll likely do what they did with 680 based PCB 670's and give it a few days for EK to confirm their samples fit Titan blocks without issue (avoid taller caps etc...).

You'll probably find some retailers will be listing blocks as Titan/GTX780 shortly

But yeah, its a god send for those wanting to put them under water, I had to wait a whole 24 hours after release to get a 680 block on my WF 670

I'm still holding out hope the pricing rumours are way off though, got the itch and need something to have a play with.

esoteric · 18 May 2013 at 16:30

So if nvidia has finally announced the cards, or the 780 at least then the NDA must be coming off any day now.

The Asgard · 18 May 2013 at 16:34

Kaapstad said:
It makes the GTX 780 a whole lot more interesting knowing you are good to go from day one on water.

I wonder what the chances are of OCUK selling them with waterblocks from day one are.

Looks like the Titan block with fit to me.

Jay85 · 18 May 2013 at 16:36

Looking from that does the 780 not look like a slightly down tuned titan?

Maybe the speculation was right afterall which means get ready for the uber pricing haha. Damn i wish i had the money

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Buckster · 18 May 2013 at 17:36

bargain compared to a Titan though ? if you don't need the extra VRAM ?

humbug · 18 May 2013 at 17:41

Buckster said:
bargain compared to a Titan though ? if you don't need the extra VRAM ?

You don't need, what is it.... 6GB of vRam? 3 or 4 is perfectly fine.

Gregster · 18 May 2013 at 17:44

humbug said:
You don't need, what is it.... 6GB of vRam? 3 or 4 is perfectly fine.

In fairness, I have seen 3.8GB used in Crysis 3 at 5760x1080, so with 4K heading our way or ultra high res gamers, 3/4 is looking a little low.

humbug · 18 May 2013 at 17:46

Gregster said:
In fairness, I have seen 3.8GB used in Crysis 3 at 5760x1080, so with 4K heading our way or ultra high res gamers, 3/4 is looking a little low.

Granted yes your right, I have seen 1.8GB used at 1080P in C3.

Kaapstad · 18 May 2013 at 17:49

humbug said:
Granted yes your right, I have seen 1.8GB used at 1080P in C3.

I have used 3.5gbs @1600p in Crysis 3

Having said that it needs a lot of GPU muscle to get acceptable FPS at those settings.

Buckster · 18 May 2013 at 17:50

^^ without going into the VRAM stuff- when you're getting to such high amounts of VRAM - how do you know if the game needs what it is using - or is just taking advantage of it for a bit of better caching ?