GTX 780 Ti: How much is it worth over GTX 780?

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Alex Kiraly

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Hey there, I currently have Gigabyte GTX 780 WindForce 3X edition, and at about 4-5 months after I bought it, the Ti version was releaesd. I have checked the differences in the specs, but my question right now is: Did i make a mistake buying the 780 or should i have waited for the Ti to come out? They have the same price (when i bought the 780, and when the Ti was released). And most considerably, how much would be the FPS difference be between the normal and the Ti? Would an upgrade really be considerable?
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570k - 3.4 GHz- 3.8 GHz Turbo Boost
- RAM: Corsair Venegance 2x4GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
- HDD: Some 500 GB Sata with 16 MB Cache, think it's 7200 RPM
- GPU: Gigabyte GTX 780 OC 3GB GDDR5 (running with no overclock due to temperatures)
- PSU: Corsair TX650 - 650W
- Running on 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz
 
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first, i'll say that you didn't make a mistake, and I think the GTX780 is just fine. here are 2 things to remember:

1). there will ALWAYS be new tech coming down the pipeline, Nvidia and AMD needs to sell cards to survive, to sell cards, they need to constantly be making improvements to get us to upgrade and feel bad about our current tech.

2). never buy tech with the mind-set of future proofing, buy with the mind-set of 'is this good enough'? if it's good enough for what you want now and the foreseeable future (maybe 2-6 months), then there's nothing wrong with getting it. heck you can get the 780TI now, and I guarantee you you'll be itching to upgrade again once 4K monitors' prices come down.

as for FPS difference, most...
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At your res, arguably the 780 isn't worth it, certainly wouldn't take the price hit for selling your current card and then getting a 780ti. If you were at 1440p it could be worth it, or SLI your current card, but at that res don't bother.

You'd see a much bigger performance boost by simply overclocking your processor to 4.2.
 
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vmem

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first, i'll say that you didn't make a mistake, and I think the GTX780 is just fine. here are 2 things to remember:

1). there will ALWAYS be new tech coming down the pipeline, Nvidia and AMD needs to sell cards to survive, to sell cards, they need to constantly be making improvements to get us to upgrade and feel bad about our current tech.

2). never buy tech with the mind-set of future proofing, buy with the mind-set of 'is this good enough'? if it's good enough for what you want now and the foreseeable future (maybe 2-6 months), then there's nothing wrong with getting it. heck you can get the 780TI now, and I guarantee you you'll be itching to upgrade again once 4K monitors' prices come down.

as for FPS difference, most benchmakes seem to indicate between 10-15% difference.
 
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littleleo

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Buying computer hardware is like getting off a fast train. There is always another station around the bend if you want to wait. You just have to decide if what your getting will fit your needs and take the plunge. There will always be something bigger, better, and badder sooner or later.

I think EVGA has a buy back plan called step-up where if you have recently bought your card (within 90 days), and you wanted to upgrade they would buy it back and send you the new card and you pay the difference. That would have helped you in this case, how long ago did you buy your card perhaps your vendor will do something similar.
 
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