GTX 770 vs. GTX 780?

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Aceleader

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I was wanting to know what you all thought was the better deal. The 770 or the 780. I have been debating between them. The price is not a huge deal but I do not want to spend more money then I have to.
 
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At least in this generation i'd lean more towards the 780 if you have the money. Last generation the 680 and the 670 were quite close with the same gk104 slightly disabled on the 670 (granted they were closer in price too). At least with the 780 you're getting closer to a titan with the gk110 vs the old gk104 770 (on steroids).

I'd say this generation of cards will be divided more into the "Do I get a 780 or a Titan" and a "Do I get a 760ti or a 770". Granted the 760ti isn't released yet... but that is where i'm thinking this is headed.

For your case in the don't wanna spend more money then I have to. You might want to see what a 760ti brings to the table and decide between that or a 770. Hope this helps!
 
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Justin McCarthy

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Yeah he's right. If you're not super loyal to Nvidia the 7970 with the game bundle really makes it hard not to pick it up. Just a great value if you don't already own those games.
 
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iv just bought a windforce 770 paired with my 930@ 4.2 and in the hundreds most of the time with battlefield 3 with all on ultra at 1920 1080.. oh and it overclocks like a dream.. which pulls it closer to the 780.. I think I made the best choice as I thought of the 780.. save ur money pal..
 
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I have a GTX680 (Asus DC2T) and for many games I disable or run at lower settings if it's an option. The problem is that even with my great card I often can't hit 60FPS with full quality settings and also use PHYSX (1920x1080).

So I have to make a choice:
1) Drop below 60FPS?
2) Lower OTHER quality settings (like AA, Shadows etc.)?
3) Lower or drop PhysX?

In some games PhysX either offers little or the eye-candy doesn't even quite fit in with the other visuals.

Batman Arkham City:
For those that don't know, it's best to disable both PhysX and DX11. Neither feature has been programmed well and it causes stuttering especially during grappling/gliding. DX11 is barely noticeable visually and PhysX adds a little eye-candy that causes a big performance hit that's just not worth it.
 
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I upgraded and went for an i7 4770k along with the Asus DirectCUii gtx780 OC the 780 is slightly overclocked by Asus and will overclock more but I have no need at the moment to overclock my cpu or gpu at this time. the 770 will get to near speed of the factory 780 but it is older tech if you have the money opt for the 780 or wait a while until the price drops then get one I played battlefield 3 with everything turned up to the max and it pulls 107 FPS according to the console benchmark I have not found a game yet that will batter my 780 even crisis 3 plays like a dream with max settings and as we all know crisis games wrecks high end game systems.
 
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You probably know this, but if you turn VSYNC OFF to run uncapped you'll get screen tearing and run your system much hotter/noisier than need be.

I couldn't tell if you used VSYNC or not. I always do.

Another issue is the new Adaptive VSYNC (VSYNC auto turns off below refresh rate to avoid resynch to half-refresh and stutter issue). Great idea except the problem is that now pre-rendered cut-scenes now have screen tearing (because VSYNC is being forced off). Sigh.
 
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