Motherboard question about supporting GTX 780

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It's late in the UK and i am now going to sleep but when i get home from work tomorrow i'll look for a cooler i can recommend:)

jay2577

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Here are some benchmarks for Arma 3. Happy gaming:)
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Danoga

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Hmm so that chart is saying that the Geforce gtx 770 is better for Arma 3 than the gtx 780. But isn't the gtx 780 ti overall better?


Assuming the Gtx 780 and Gtx 780 Ti are the same exact card

And can you recomend a good aftermarket cpu cooler one that will fit in the case, Because the case as you can see is kinda small and with this card im just gonna be able to fit it into my system without touching the side case fan
 

Danoga

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ok so i noticed on the gpu im getting it says This model is factory overclocked to 980 MHz Base Clock/1045 MHz Boost Clock (standard 875 MHz Base Clock/928 MHz Boost Clock), pushing the performance to a new level.
does that mean im gonna have to get a cooler?
 

jay2577

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The cooler on overclcocked graphics cards operate well enough to cool them.
A graphics processor is different to a cpu and can run much hotter. The 780ti shouldn't go above 90 degrees really. If it hits much above 90 it will probably clock it's speed down so it cools.
Do you have any case fans? A good airflow in a case helps with the overall temperatures
 

Danoga

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there's a fan on the side and a fan on the back. not sure how good they are though.

Speaking about the side fan i was worried that the card will stick out to far to the point where it hits the fan. The fan sticks out about an inch and the GPU is 4.38 inches wide

Also should i get a aftermarket cooler version of the gtx 780 ti? or will the stock coolers be good enough where i wont have to worry about overheating?

one more thing eariler in the conversation you mentioned i should overclock my cpu is that mandatory to get the max performance out of my gpu?

or what benefits would i get from overclocking my cpu?