***GTX 780 Ti Owners Thread***

[Flack88]

If someone would care to supply me with another gaming PC I'll happily do so. But seen as all the problems go away as if by magic when I fit one of my spare (old) cards, and clearly OcUK and Gigabyte are finding the cards faulty on test as well I'll stick with my current thoughts for the time being. I really cant think of anything left to test on my system that hasn't been tested to death already.

And no need to switch to the wrong side of the tracks, I just need a card from a manufacturer that has a QA process, but I can't afford to buy an alternative until next year at the earliest.

I'm sure if these cards were only running at reference speeds they'd be totally fine. There just seems to be no cherry picking of chips to make the overclocked cards by gigabyte, just throw an oc bios on and off it goes.

Maybe I'm just being very unlucky, who knows?

Best thing I can recomend is if you are not getting a refund/decent replacement is try the Skynet BIOS. However if you do this make sure to backup you'r current bios using GPU-Z.

It's up to you.

I think the problem with most of these cards is the cooler and stock 1.75V not being enough for the OC and the cooler.

 

[tribz]

Or test those cards in a different PC..

+1 for this. After 3 cards, there must be something about your system that they dont like and perhaps theres been a combination of faulty card(s) also which has compounded the problem.

No friends or nearby forum members you could try it in?

 

[delpy8]

I agree the odds of 3 cards doing the same thing is high but not unheard of, definitely another machine if possible

 

[Kaapstad]

Well I received my second RMA replacement card, this time it was actually a new card rather than a refurbished one.

Verdict, utter ****! Yet again it's actually less stable than the two I've RMA'd already. Not only do I get the same freezes and CTDs within seconds of running 3d Mark tests, I've even had driver crashes and BSODs on boot.

This card is actually clocked slightly higher than the last one as well (1228Mhz @1.175v), so clearly Gigabyte are still trying to push even futher beyond what the hardware can achieve. I've tried under clocking the GPU as much as EVGA Precision will allow and knocking the VRAM down a bit as well, slightly more stable, but still unable to complete a bechmark test.

So say I'm ****** off is a massive understatement.

Time to join the red team Eddie.

+1

Indeed the Matrix Platinum 780ti is a nice card.

But seriously Eddie182 should try his cards in another machine. More often than not if you get a problem with a new card it is usually something to do with the Hardware/software setup of the host PC.

 

[Eddie182]

+1 for this. After 3 cards, there must be something about your system that they dont like and perhaps theres been a combination of faulty card(s) also which has compounded the problem.

No friends or nearby forum members you could try it in?

I'd have thought the same, were it not for all the other report on the net of similar issues with the Gigabyte cards.

Unfortunately I don't have any way to to test on another system. Something I've realised while trying to sort these issues over the past couple of months is that I seem to have a group of friends and colleagues who have zero interest in, or knowledge of, technology. Seriously, finding someone who owns and knows how to use a smart phone is hard enough, never mind someone who owns a PC.

That said, I've substituted every component I can in testing to no avail.

The thing about these issues are that it I didn't run the benchmark tests and play the specific game I do, I'd probably never notice the issue. I could run the cards in mainstream games more or less fine, certainly any crashes would be rare enough to just be shrugged of as just unrelated events. But as soon as I try some proper stress testing, especially on non "high end" benchmarks like Sky Diver, or running a DX9 game it all goes wrong. The issue with that is that the only reason I still own a PC at all is because I play said DX9 games using older engines. If OcUK or Gigabyte came back to me after receiving the RMAs and said they tested the card as being fine I'd be happy to look at other options (although I'd have no idea what else to try).

And to be honest, the fact that Gigabyte seem to be able to clock their cards 200Mhz faster than anyone else is just a bit suspicious to me. I concede my opinion has very probably been clouded by the issues I've had, but still.

Anyway, latest card now on its way back to OcUK having been posted this afternoon. And thanks to some very good customer service I'll be getting an EVGA card to replace it. It I still have issues I'll accept that the problem is something else and I'll just have to try and replace/upgrade motherboards etc. In the meantime at least I have the old 570 to fall back on so I can actually use the PC.

 

[Kyo]

Took it back to OcHQ who RMA'd. Overclockers then sent me out a refurb card in 4 days, which has been running spot on for about 4 weeks.

First and last product ill ever buy of of Gigabyte however. When I spend £500+ on a card I expect it to work 1st time round.

Flack nice to hear you got it sorted. Know how u feel mate, I was so disappointed, I just got a full refund. I would give them another try again if there was just some assurances or even acknowledgment from Gigabyte to the public and customers about thus issue. Your post at Gig forum just been there without any response.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I +1 it's an issue with your system somewhere, Eddie. Maybe a power draw issue or even potentially faulty power connector

 

[Eddie182]

Well, 2 weeks on from receiving the EVGA Superclock ACX card to replace the last Gigabyte card and the system is still as solid as a rock.

No stutters, freezes, artefacts or other such silliness in any games or benchmarks.

 

[carrot1401]

Worth grabbing a Zotac 780ti OC for £440 these days? Really need a new card (5850) and struggling to wait for 8 series...

 

[jh30uk]

Hmm hard to say, 3GB only as 6GB was cancelled, depends how long you want to run it and with the most stressful games out now and new ones to come and @ what RES+settings.

 

[bigmac121]

Worth grabbing a Zotac 780ti OC for £440 these days? Really need a new card (5850) and struggling to wait for 8 series...

Where?

 

[carrot1401]

Current monitor is 1920x1200...if I did upgrade (won't be for a while mind) would either be 1440p or a fancy 2560x1080 job....no 4K for me anytime soon!

 

[jh30uk]

Just me but today I would buy 4GB+ GPU's.

 

[supra21]

I will be upgrading to the 980ti/metal or 390x whenever they come out (if the performance gains are any good). However until then I am looking to watercool my 780ti with Kraken G10 and a Corsair H55 to push my overclock further (current on air: Core: 1200Mhz and Mem: 7400Mhz).
Does anyone know if the performance gains would be worth the £75 to watercool my 780ti? I game at 1440p

 

[PieEater]

... I am looking to watercool my 780ti with Kraken G10 and a Corsair H55 to push my overclock further (current on air: Core: 1200Mhz and Mem: 7400Mhz).
Does anyone know if the performance gains would be worth the £75 to watercool my 780ti? I game at 1440p

I'd have to say not, but then it depends on whether you've got the money to throw at it and if you plan on using the G10 and H55 on your next card. Used 780Tis go for about £250 depending on brand, condition & history. You could potentially get a used 980 for £350 which would guarantee you a performance increase and wouldn't cost much more than you're looking at for the cooling kit.

 

[ALXAndy]

I'd have to say not, but then it depends on whether you've got the money to throw at it and if you plan on using the G10 and H55 on your next card. Used 780Tis go for about £250 depending on brand, condition & history. You could potentially get a used 980 for £350 which would guarantee you a performance increase and wouldn't cost much more than you're looking at for the cooling kit.

The performance increase is minimal and would be a complete waste of money. It's literally 5-10% and that is not going to make the 980 run any games that the TI won't.

Whether or not it's worth £75 to water cool with an AIO is a different matter though. The main issue with the Kraken is that it has no VRM coolers. This means you could actually lose OC. It's quiet though (just one 120mm fan) so noise is the reason I did it to my 480 Lightning.

Sadly it seems Corsair's bracket is never going to see the light of day

 

[supra21]

Whether or not it's worth £75 to water cool with an AIO is a different matter though. The main issue with the Kraken is that it has no VRM coolers. This means you could actually lose OC. It's quiet though (just one 120mm fan) so noise is the reason I did it to my 480 Lightning.

Sadly it seems Corsair's bracket is never going to see the light of day

I've got an EVGA 780ti ACX SC, and i've seen a guide on youtube in which with some additional parts you can mount the G10 on with included VRM heatsink and back-plate. I agree with noise being the other main reason, the ACX cooler gets loud at load.
I may just wait until the 980ti or 390x comes out. Just looking forward to Witcher 3 and Batman; however the 780ti seems to struggle with max detail options at 1440p.

 

[PieEater]

The performance increase is minimal and would be a complete waste of money.

He's already maxed out his overclock on air, it's very unlikely he'll get near a 10% performance increase by moving to an AIO you've said yourself the lack of VRM and VRAM cooling may actually reduce the overclocking ability of the card.

is not going to make the 980 run any games that the TI won't.

So at 1440p the upgrade from 3GB to 4GB of VRAM isn't going to make any difference? That's not how I understand it.

£75 to fit an AIO on an overclocked card which *may* end up negatively effecting it's overclocking ability or best case scenario may see a slight increase in core clock vs £100 for a guaranteed 10% performance increase and an extra 1GB of VRAM. I fail to understand how you think the latter is the waste of money.

 

[PieEater]

The 780ti seems to struggle with max detail options at 1440p.

That's probably more to do with the amount of VRAM you have than your core speed, I doubt overclocking further will help you much with this. You're probably better of waiting if you can or as I suggested trading up to a 980.

 

[ALXAndy]

That's probably more to do with the amount of VRAM you have than your core speed, I doubt overclocking further will help you much with this. You're probably better of waiting if you can or as I suggested trading up to a 980.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/03/17/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review/4

Go through the benchmarks. The 980 is not an upgrade, it's barely any faster than the 780ti.

It would be a monumental waste of money and a monumental mistake, given that both AMD and Nvidia are about to release new cards that should, in theory, cost around £100 more than a 980.