Hardware Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB Review

@matee:

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/step1_complist?gpu_gpus=713

or

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/step1_complist?gpu_gpus=758

(sorry this is a little OT)

 

£550 compared to Titan prices is cheap enough very expensive compared to other cards. There's been rumours for months that the 28nm process was more expensive than most had relised so prices where expected to rise some. £420 to £550 is not entirely unexpected or if I'm honest that unreasonable.

Considering most are likely waiting for the 770 which should be priced alot lower than this card is at the moment.

In all honesty graphics cards have not really moved in price in years despite the costs going up, nvidia are first out of the door with the new Gpu series, AMD will be lucky to get a 2013 release if I was nvidia I'd be doing what they are now myself.

I don't intend to upgrade myself due to lack of space for multi monitor setup so will be holding off but those On a 580 would see a good 60-70% performance boost single card.

 

Another lustworthy card without a doubt, but unless you game on a 27" or 30" panel, or on multiple screens, I still think that anything over a 670 or 7970 is probably overkill.

Once we get some games which need serious sacrifices to be made to get them running at 1080p, then and only then will I need to think about upgrading.

Be nice if money were no object though

Which considering the 580 can be had second hand for over £300 less still makes it a hard case to argue for anyone other than a rich person.

 

Price tag makes little sense when comparing the competition.

 

What single gpu card competition is that mjfrosty as i dont remember seeing a one and thats the whole point.

 

As with every high end card launch, it'll command a high price until the other team releases something similar. That's when the prices will drop

 

Well if you go by the 7970 it just seems a little half way house compared with the Titan. Do it properly or don't bother and save the pounds.

 

20% improvement for 85% increased cost isn't 1/2 ahalf way house

 

As nice as it would be to have gone for 3/4 of these instead of two Titans, the massive VRAM stack is simply too important to my uses. Bit of a shame but at least I can't sit back and think I made the wrong choice, unlike if the 780 had been released with the rumoured 5GB instead.

 

This, I'm afraid. I love Nvidia and AMD equally but even with "new card pricing syndrome" this costs too much for the performance gained.

Of course the high end folks'll buy them - but for almost everyone else it's nonsense for the time being.

 

I remember when I bought my first true high end GPU at £300 & thinking ouch, virtually double ouch now but about 200x or more better performance & considering how many have been buying Titans these 780s will still sell well.

Still though, 2.5 more years for me & then I'll upgrade so I feel like I had an awesome upgrade, incremental upgrades are only really noticeable in benchmarks or system killing games.

Only thing that might convince me to upgrade sooner from 2 670s is if console ports need 4GB VRAM to run max eye candy.

 

i hope the give us more affordable cards soon, ive been saving for a new one but this is way over my budget, oh well

 

no compute with the GTX 780 - the DP is similar to a GTX 580 and way way down on a 7970. no folding on these then

 

I'm planning a new build for when Haswell is released; going from an i7 920 with C0 stepping that takes 1.51v for stability at 4GHz to something high-end in the Haswell range; so that'll be a huge upgrade in every regard already - But now I'm tempted to replace my GTX580 with a GTX780 as well for that full, fresh-build feeling.

That price, though; ouch.
For that kind of money, the fear of it being superceded after a short while is much higher; especially with all the hype around the new console generation.

 

As stated within the article, as there are no silicone or architecture changes the 7xxx series will be for those who just need the latest GPU regardless of what is actually being offered. If a new GPU is definitely needed though (such as a replacement) then I would look to see if I could get a 6xxx GPU for less than they are now. Otherwise I would wait to see what next year brings with the 8xxx series generation, especially as there may be a few small code additions from the new console hardware.

 

Think I'll be sticking with my GTX 580 Lightning for the time being, might even be tempted to try and SLI that sucker.

 

Priced £100 too high, I don't need one (my GTX570 runs all I play okay)....but I want one, just can't justify the cost and because the next gen cards are due in 5months-ish time, I fear for the longevity of such a high investment.

I doubt AMD will release anything to oust this or Titan until their next gen cards are released....sadly this will mean the immediate pricing structure could be here to stay.

 

Prices will come down. Either that, or I'll stalk the marketplace forum for some "hand-me-downs" I'm guessing there will be good 680 bargains in the near future.

Honestly, I actually don't think I will game on a monitor with a resolution higher than 1080p despite the screen size. TV's are stuck at 1080p currently (4k some time into the future) and for pc gaming, I think a 23" pc screen is good enough for most pc users playing at their desk. Any higher than that, might as well get a proper TV and sit at the couch.

I think the better solution is to wait for the lowest TDP card of this series. Then I can make a steam-box on stock cooling and not worry about heat or noise

 

Why do some seem intent on comparing the ATi dual card to this single card? You have an ATi card, we get it, now move on!

 

Far too far out of my league price wise.

Looking forward to the GTX 770 review,