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GTX 780ti in 2016

970 still a solid card for 1080p. Towards the top in quite a few charts. Considering you can pick them up for £100 or so, still a good choice for a budget build.
 
interesting as I was 50:50 between a 780 Ti and a 3rd party cooled 290 (Tri-X) when I purchased a few years back

the 290 has aged very well indeed
 
jayhughes79 said:
I have a Gigabyte 780ti, and no real complaints at 1080p.

Still getting the upgrade itch however ;)

I am getting mixed messages though about the upgrade path. would something like a 480 be a worthwhile upgrade? I used to think not but not sure now - or do I need to stretch into 1070 territory to see a decent boost?
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1070 all the way IMO - I had a 780GHz edition that boosted out the box to 780ti performance and had it overclocked to match the stock 980 in most older games (some more recent ones it dropped back a bit) and going to the 1070 I saw +70% through to double the framerate depending on game/settings while in a lot of cases I could get within +/-6% of a RX480 - despite what some benchmarks appear to show. (EDIT: Though that was with older drivers - the RX480 has probably gained around 4-5% in performance since then while the story in regards to Kepler hasn't really changed).
 
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jayhughes79 said:
I have a Gigabyte 780ti, and no real complaints at 1080p.

Still getting the upgrade itch however ;)

I am getting mixed messages though about the upgrade path. would something like a 480 be a worthwhile upgrade? I used to think not but not sure now - or do I need to stretch into 1070 territory to see a decent boost?
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For me, I'd consider a s/h 980ti at the right price but ideally a 1070 would be a great upgrade.

In no rush yet as I game at 1080p still.
 
My 780ti still rocks @1080p, the only reason I'm soon to get a 1070 is my 5760x1080 surround setup which it copes with very well overall but is struggling with GTA V for example due to limited VRAM, shame it didn't have 6Gb!

For 1080p I'd keep it.
 
My two GTX 780ti have been laying around doing nothing for 6 to 8 months after I upgraded to a GTX 1080..

I was going to sell them months ago but just never got around to it..
 
I was running a single 780 ghz edition with my PG348Q for a few weeks and it was fine, obviously had to turn thigns down in game to sit comfortably over 60 fps but the performance made me question my 1080 upgrade. In the end the upgrade was worth it but the 780 handled thigns just fine.
 
It's sad to see but I knew it was coming, Nvidia are useless when it comes to supporting legacy hardware. It's definitely an aspect that has put me off buying another Nvidia card when I decide to upgrade again, I keep delaying it because I just feel like I haven't got my moneys worth from this 780Ti.
 
The reference 780ti as tested runs a 875 base clock and a 928 boost clock which is a lot lower than the pre overclocked cards. I think it's pretty disingenuous to test the reference card against overclocked versions of the newer cards, heavily overclocked in the guys own words referring to one of them. I run my reference 780ti at a conservative 1202 clock which it does without having to go anywhere near maximum voltage. I run at 1440p and have no issues using pretty decent quality settings. So I think the card is still relevant.

I bought mine B Grade from OCUK for £200 about a year ago and will probably replace it with a 980ti when they can be had for the same price.
 
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