Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May

Adam_101 · 23 May 2013 at 14:21

IvanDobskey said:
So, £600 then, I was spot on pretty much. Nvidia are having a laugh if they think I'll pay that for a video card that isn't a massive jump over the current 6 series. My money stays in my pocket.

+1

Gripen90 · 23 May 2013 at 14:23

Okay... not upgrading to GTX 780. Too expensive.

OCPete · 23 May 2013 at 14:23

BOOM Done! :cool:

GB 780 with quidco 3% and free next day delivery £553.

If I don't get it tomorrow so I can bench ove the bank holiday heads will roll! :mad:

HINT HINT OcUK!

Krowzer · 23 May 2013 at 14:24

Is it only EVGA that allows users to add a water block without voiding the warranty?

Locky · 23 May 2013 at 14:26

Krowzer said:
Is it only EVGA that allows users to add a water block without voiding the warranty?

and msi?

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2013 at 14:26

lmao @ OcUK price gouging

Insane.

Darkpilgrim · 23 May 2013 at 14:29

Rusty0611 said:
lmao @ OcUK price gouging

Insane.

Yeah OC seem to be quite a bit higher then everywhere else for some reason

ubersonic · 23 May 2013 at 14:29

IvanDobskey said:
So, £600 then, I was spot on pretty much. Nvidia are having a laugh if they think I'll pay that for a video card that isn't a massive jump over the current 6 series.

In Valley it has ~130% the performance of the 680 and ~150% the performance of the GTX670 . When overclocked it has ~151% the performance of the GTX680 and ~173% the performance of the GTX670. How much of a leap do you want? yes the £% increase is slightly higher than performance but isn't that always the way?

(Figures based on this review: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/05/23/geforce-gtx-780-review/)

Boldie007 · 23 May 2013 at 14:30

Asus purchased!

Roll on tomorrow

Gregster · 23 May 2013 at 14:31

ubersonic said:
Gigabyte isn't as good as EVGA in graphics cards, simple as.

+1

Aedus said:
But they're exactly the same, except EVGA is factory overclocked.

Gigabyte also has a better turn around time for RMA's.

Locky said:
They are all the same reference and Gigabyte IMO has just as good warranty if not better.

Ask Gigabyte about putting a waterblock on a GPU and you will get told a flat "No, we do not allow the removal of any part of the GPU"

Ask EVGA the same question and they actively encourage it.

Boomstick777 · 23 May 2013 at 14:31

Pretty much what I thought with the pricing. Thanks to all the early adopters sucking up the price hike. May grab a 780 next year when the pricing isn't mental

Anarch · 23 May 2013 at 14:32

Darkpilgrim said:
Yeah OC seem to be quite a bit higher then everywhere else for some reason

"Some reason"

neoglow · 23 May 2013 at 14:36

It seems that EVGA are releasing Superclocked, F.T.W and Classified versions of the 780, all with their ACX Coolers. Which dosent seem to be on OcUK's store atm.

ETA is a few weeks for these cards according to their forum.

Kind of glad I waited now

peahead · 23 May 2013 at 14:37

So when is the GTX 770 due :confused:

MORE SPEED · 23 May 2013 at 14:37

Is the high price purely because it is 'cheap' compared to a Titan?

Yaayuh! · 23 May 2013 at 14:37

Darkpilgrim said:
Yeah OC seem to be quite a bit higher then everywhere else for some reason

I can't see evidence of this :confused:

OcUK seem to be pricing it correctly as far as i can see.
Also, so many other e-tailers don't even have it listed.

IvanDobskey · 23 May 2013 at 14:38

Can afford one easy, but I have an inbuilt aversion to being ripped off

I'll bag a deal on a 7950....

spixelspixel · 23 May 2013 at 14:39

That inno3d ice dragon card will be the one to get.

It's cooler is on another level to something like the windforce, the 680 version stayed under 50 degrees full load and the fan never increases off idle.

Temps are important to get max performance out the 780. It also has a very high overclock out of the box.

Gripen90 · 23 May 2013 at 14:41

In comparison to the existing 6-series, it’s more difficult to recommend; despite the 30 per cent performance edge over GTX 680 2GB, GTX 780 3GB demands close to a 40 % price premium, and without the hero-card status afforded to Titan, has to be more realistically considered. With GTX 680 over a year old, this seems like something of a raw deal, especially as GTX 680 remains an extremely capable card at 1,920 x 1,080. We don’t think that over a generation gap we’re unreasonable looking for an increase in performance without the price bump and GTX 780 3GB just doesn’t offer that. It could have launched 12 months ago in the exact same place in the market and not been out of place, but that's 12 months ago.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/05/23/geforce-gtx-780-review/11

Interesting. So really - it's another super-enthusiast card, but the GTX 680 will firmly sit at it's existing price point and still deliver fine performance.

neoglow · 23 May 2013 at 14:42

When they say "reference card" do they mean the board is made by Nvidia and shipped to the brand name company to put their own cooler on and stick it in a branded box?