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June 24, 2013 8:22:02 AM

The EVGA Classified is the better one with twice as much memory as the other one.
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June 24, 2013 8:22:37 AM

If I were going to wait the additional time for the 770 to arrive, I'd set aside enough within the next couple of months to pick up a 780, otherwise go with the non-classified 770 if you want something today.

Either way, you're going to have a great video card.
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June 24, 2013 8:26:49 AM

ubercake said:
If I were going to wait the additional time for the 770 to arrive, I'd set aside enough within the next couple of months to pick up a 780, otherwise go with the non-classified 770 if you want something today.

Either way, you're going to have a great video card.


I really want to game right now, but I'd rather have the best components. Is it an EVGA 780 classified?

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June 24, 2013 8:40:20 AM

CalF said:
ubercake said:
If I were going to wait the additional time for the 770 to arrive, I'd set aside enough within the next couple of months to pick up a 780, otherwise go with the non-classified 770 if you want something today.

Either way, you're going to have a great video card.


I really want to game right now, but I'd rather have the best components. Is it an EVGA 780 classified?



The EVGA Classified is the better card, purely because of the extra memory. However saying the that, unless your gaming beyond 1080p and with multiple monitors, the 4gb Classified wil be overkill. The 2gb version would be plenty for just one monitor at 1080p +. That would sway me towards the 2gb version. 150 Dollars does not justify the extra 2gb vram in my book.

Like the other poster says, either card would be a good choice :) 
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June 25, 2013 5:18:34 AM

keith12 said:


The EVGA Classified is the better card, purely because of the extra memory. However saying the that, unless your gaming beyond 1080p and with multiple monitors, the 4gb Classified wil be overkill. The 2gb version would be plenty for just one monitor at 1080p +. That would sway me towards the 2gb version. 150 Dollars does not justify the extra 2gb vram in my book.

Like the other poster says, either card would be a good choice :) 


Extra memory does nothing for framerates, unless gaming across 3 1080p or higher screens is the goal. Even then, cards with greater memory at higher resolutions have exhibited lower framerates in some generations of cards. Here's an example by which a 4GB card is actually outperformed by 2GB cards at 2560x1600:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/palit_geforce_gtx_...

The core and boost clocks will play a greater role with cards 2GB and up at this point in time. When we start venturing into 4K and higher resolutions, we're going to start seeing a real need for more video RAM. What it boils down to is the way the data is processed and the speed at which it is processed will still be much more of a determining factor in the video performance than the card's high-speed temporary data storage capacity (RAM) will be.

That being said, a stock or SC (only a $10 premium) 780 is going to perform better than a Classified 770 which in turn will perform slightly better than the 770 SC (and not because it has more RAM, but because of the core and boost clocks).
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June 26, 2013 3:04:18 AM

ubercake said:
keith12 said:


The EVGA Classified is the better card, purely because of the extra memory. However saying the that, unless your gaming beyond 1080p and with multiple monitors, the 4gb Classified wil be overkill. The 2gb version would be plenty for just one monitor at 1080p +. That would sway me towards the 2gb version. 150 Dollars does not justify the extra 2gb vram in my book.

Like the other poster says, either card would be a good choice :) 


Extra memory does nothing for framerates, unless gaming across 3 1080p or higher screens is the goal. Even then, cards with greater memory at higher resolutions have exhibited lower framerates in some generations of cards. Here's an example by which a 4GB card is actually outperformed by 2GB cards at 2560x1600:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/palit_geforce_gtx_...

The core and boost clocks will play a greater role with cards 2GB and up at this point in time. When we start venturing into 4K and higher resolutions, we're going to start seeing a real need for more video RAM. What it boils down to is the way the data is processed and the speed at which it is processed will still be much more of a determining factor in the video performance than the card's high-speed temporary data storage capacity (RAM) will be.

That being said, a stock or SC (only a $10 premium) 780 is going to perform better than a Classified 770 which in turn will perform slightly better than the 770 SC (and not because it has more RAM, but because of the core and boost clocks).


Thanks for the explanation Uber, but not needed if it was directed at me. I wasn't suggesting that more ram = better performance, rather that the only difference between the two cards was the additional ram. Never mentioned anything about additional performance. In fact, I did say that the additional ram would only be effective at 1080p and above and on multi monitor setups, and allow for higher graphical settings more particularly AA.

Anyway, I should have been slightly more clear in my post.
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June 26, 2013 4:11:03 AM

keith12 said:
ubercake said:
keith12 said:


The EVGA Classified is the better card, purely because of the extra memory. However saying the that, unless your gaming beyond 1080p and with multiple monitors, the 4gb Classified wil be overkill. The 2gb version would be plenty for just one monitor at 1080p +. That would sway me towards the 2gb version. 150 Dollars does not justify the extra 2gb vram in my book.

Like the other poster says, either card would be a good choice :) 


Extra memory does nothing for framerates, unless gaming across 3 1080p or higher screens is the goal. Even then, cards with greater memory at higher resolutions have exhibited lower framerates in some generations of cards. Here's an example by which a 4GB card is actually outperformed by 2GB cards at 2560x1600:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/palit_geforce_gtx_...

The core and boost clocks will play a greater role with cards 2GB and up at this point in time. When we start venturing into 4K and higher resolutions, we're going to start seeing a real need for more video RAM. What it boils down to is the way the data is processed and the speed at which it is processed will still be much more of a determining factor in the video performance than the card's high-speed temporary data storage capacity (RAM) will be.

That being said, a stock or SC (only a $10 premium) 780 is going to perform better than a Classified 770 which in turn will perform slightly better than the 770 SC (and not because it has more RAM, but because of the core and boost clocks).


Thanks for the explanation Uber, but not needed if it was directed at me. I wasn't suggesting that more ram = better performance, rather that the only difference between the two cards was the additional ram. Never mentioned anything about additional performance. In fact, I did say that the additional ram would only be effective at 1080p and above and on multi monitor setups, and allow for higher graphical settings more particularly AA.

Anyway, I should have been slightly more clear in my post.


Understood. I just wanted to make sure the point was clear to the OP.
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