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***GTX 780 Ti Owners Thread***
- Thread starter Aurhinius
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Soldato
I think Gigabyte have had a problem with quality assurance recently on their GPU's as some of us have had bad 780ti's. If you get a good un you are fortunate.
Just as an example look at the current clearance section on Graphic cards and note how many gigabyte ones there are across the board.
Just as an example look at the current clearance section on Graphic cards and note how many gigabyte ones there are across the board.
Well, mine is now on its way back to OcUK HQ. Another recommendation for Royal Mail Special Delivery from me as well, £12 including £1000 cover.
I've been running on the old 570 for the past few days with no issues at all, so put the 780Ti back in and ran a few more tests. It kept giving errors and popping up with artifacts on the screen whenever I tried to run the 3DMark Skydiver bechmark, and even had a couple of display driver crashes. Again, put the old 570 back in, with no other changes at all and it all ran fine. Albeit with much lower scores.
Fingers crossed I get a nice fully serviceable card back soon.
I've been running on the old 570 for the past few days with no issues at all, so put the 780Ti back in and ran a few more tests. It kept giving errors and popping up with artifacts on the screen whenever I tried to run the 3DMark Skydiver bechmark, and even had a couple of display driver crashes. Again, put the old 570 back in, with no other changes at all and it all ran fine. Albeit with much lower scores.
Fingers crossed I get a nice fully serviceable card back soon.
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Another disappointed owner of a Gigabyte 780Ti OC here. Card artifacts like crazy In the Skydiver benchmark and crashes with the "driver stopped responding" even downclocked by -100mhz core and mem. Tried a friends MSI 780Ti and it runs flawlessly.
Card is being taken back to OcUK HQ tomorrow for RMA. Sadly im over the 28 days so cannot replace it for a Asus/EVGA 780Ti. First Gigabyte product I have brought and will certainly be the last. Its amazing how many cards have this issue. Must be a seriously bad batch of cards.
Card is being taken back to OcUK HQ tomorrow for RMA. Sadly im over the 28 days so cannot replace it for a Asus/EVGA 780Ti. First Gigabyte product I have brought and will certainly be the last. Its amazing how many cards have this issue. Must be a seriously bad batch of cards.
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Seems it's a somewhat common issue. I'm actually oddly relived to read about others having similar issues, as frustrating as it is knowing other are seeing similar things at least confirms that there is a problem and it's not just me missing something.
I'd lost count of the hours I spent on diagnosing this one, and in the end it did turn out to be the obvious cause. I just wish I'd thought to read this thread earlier.
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Sad thing is it seems as if they are just sending the same cards right back, some people have sent the cards back 3 times to Gigabyte and each time the issue is the same or worse.
Tbh it has got me quite worried that im going to be left with basically a £529 paperweight.
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Caporegime
Seems a shame, their normal 780's were one of the most recommended.
Yeah, that's my concern at the moment as well.
I always stick to reference or mildly overclocked cards now, it's become abundantly clear that vendors do not test GPU's but rather just throw an overclocked BIOS on a batch of them and hope not to get too many RMA's. I think EVGA might have a more thorough binning process but not sure.
A good plan, and one I'll be following in future I think.
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Im wondering if flashing the card with the Gigabyte Windforce F3X 80.80.30.1A BIOS would fix it due to more voltage?
EDIT: It seems people have tried this to no avail.
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It doesn't work because of the way Kepler functions, voltage is based largely on GPU quality/power draw/temperature etc.
You could increase voltage by modding your own bios but what's the point in paying extra for a 'pre-overclocked' card if you have to do that.
You could increase voltage by modding your own bios but what's the point in paying extra for a 'pre-overclocked' card if you have to do that.
Sad thing is it seems as if they are just sending the same cards right back, some people have sent the cards back 3 times to Gigabyte and each time the issue is the same or worse.
Tbh it has got me quite worried that im going to be left with basically a £529 paperweight.
I haven't ran any benches but gone through games for extended period of times. Thankfully no artifacting or slow downs. Notice much smoother graphics. You got me a bit concerned now.
Does anyone have the KFA2 780Ti "Own Design" GPU? I was wondering if the cooler is any different (other than looks) to the standard reference cooler?
It’s on the weekly deal at a very good price for a 780Ti.
Also, does anyone have any experience with KFS2's warranty/support response? (I can see they have a UK centre).
It’s on the weekly deal at a very good price for a 780Ti.
Also, does anyone have any experience with KFS2's warranty/support response? (I can see they have a UK centre).
Yeah, other the usual specs on KFA2's own website I can't find information on it anywhere else.
I'm leaning towards the reference cooler as my Corsair 650D has good airflow but it's not great...
I saw all those windforce 780 ti's and instantly realised there must be a problem for that many people to be returning them, glad I opted for an evga sc
Had a good session on BF4 and Diablo wtih my card and it didnt have any problems. Perhaps i need to stress it more?