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January 15, 2014 11:47:38 AM

I need help on deciding if I should get a GTX 780 3gb or 770 4gb. I'm concerned because the 780 only has 3 GB of vram oppose to the 4 on the 770. My question is which one should I get that will last until at least the middle of 2015 and possible further? Also, I'm using a 1080p monitor that is 60hz. Would the 3 gigabytes be enough for a while?
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EVGA GTX 560Ti
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8GB RAM
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January 15, 2014 11:51:50 AM

3 GB of DRR5 is more than enough for an 1080p monitor, It would work fine even with 3 of them.
4 GB of DDR5 is for multi monitor like 3 or more, you will NEVER use those 4 GB's of DDR5 on a single 1080p monitor.

Besides that, gtx 780 is a titan based GPU, it has 2x more cuda cores, more memory Bandwidth and everything is just better and a lot more powerfull than GTX 770!

: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_780_re...

GTX 770 is something like 680, as you can see, the 780 has much more performance than 770!


It will handle all games maxed out till 2015 and even further!
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January 15, 2014 11:52:44 AM

GPUs with more VRAM use more, and GPUs with less VRAM use less. Until 2015, no game will use 3GB of VRAM.
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January 15, 2014 11:53:06 AM

780 hands down. Its more powerful.
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January 15, 2014 11:53:56 AM

I use two GTX 770 4GB cards in SLi, but I run at 1440p resolution which is where i utilize the 4GB of vRAM. The 780 would be more than enough to run games way into 2015 - 2016 @ 1080p resolution. I say this since only a few games today have only just begun to breach 2GB usage on video cards @1080p (Crysis3, COD: Ghosts and BF4 come to mind).
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January 15, 2014 11:58:51 AM

Thanks for the really fast responses everyone!!!
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January 15, 2014 12:12:42 PM

Hi

I have look this review here :
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6994/nvidia-geforce-gtx-7...

If you look this one also :
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-teste...

4GB is generally unnecessary for 1920×1080 or even for 2560×1600. Only marginal benefits are found at 5760×1080 for a single card.

so now if you compare the cheapest GTX 770 vs GTX 780 you have 90$ difference for 10 FPS difference - it`s up to You pocket !

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43776k... - 409 $
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42781k... - 499 $

I`m more about GTX-770 - better price and FPS difference is not to big for GTX-780

BTW : i`m not agree with RulesSpew - the Best Solution is not correct ...... the link is not showing GTX 770 at all .... and "the 780 has much more performance than 770" is not so correct ..... it have but NOT much more :) 
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January 15, 2014 2:53:47 PM

So would the 3gb on the 780 be enough for games for a while? (On single monitor)
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January 15, 2014 3:48:40 PM

I believe from the answers given that yes, the 780 will hold you for quite a while using 1080p on a single monitor
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January 15, 2014 4:01:01 PM

BF4 on 3 monitors, ultra, 4x MSAA only uses 2.7GB Vram, so I think 3GB on a single monitor will be fine for a couple of years or so.
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January 16, 2014 4:22:46 AM

ixkobexi said:
So would the 3gb on the 780 be enough for games for a while? (On single monitor)


Yes if you stick to 1 Monitor Setup.
On you place i will go for 2 x GTX 770 4GB - if you intend to play over 3 Monitors
But be ware of this :
Even 2 x GTX Titan CAN NOT make 60 FPS on 2-Way SLI and 3 monitors ULTRA SETTINGS they CAN NOT make 60 even on 3-Way SLI so if you intend to Invest in 3 Monitor Setup for Ultra GAME Setting and 60 FPS you have to look on 4 Way Setup with the BEST GPU on the Market ......

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4632/36/geforce-gtx-700...
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February 27, 2014 3:37:43 AM

Honestly saying, go for 780 only if your wallet can afford it. But I would like to advise a 770 and then SLI it in the future. If you get 780, keep it as long as you can as it will last you a while then replace it. It's not worth a 780 SLI, its only an 8fps diff in crysis 3 for 770 SLI vs 780 SLI. Overall, I would get the 770 4gb version. 2gb isn't enough and 4gb is a bit overkill, 3gb is perfect, so the more powerful the gpu is the less VRAM it uses(or so I've heard). Like i said before, if your wallet can afford it, go for 780.
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June 27, 2014 11:24:52 AM

Anonymous said:
GPUs with more VRAM use more, and GPUs with less VRAM use less. Until 2015, no game will use 3GB of VRAM.


Watch Dogs is using more than 3GB of VRAM, and modded Skyrim uses more than 3GB also. GTA IV uses almost 2GB of VRAM with NO MODS. I just replaced a GTX 770 4GB with a 3GB GTX 780Ti and the difference is negligible, sure on bench marks the 780Ti blows the 770 away, I went from around 8k on 3DMark to just over 12K but in games the difference seems barely noticeable.
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July 3, 2014 4:38:40 PM

Pramienjager said:
Anonymous said:
GPUs with more VRAM use more, and GPUs with less VRAM use less. Until 2015, no game will use 3GB of VRAM.


Watch Dogs is using more than 3GB of VRAM, and modded Skyrim uses more than 3GB also. GTA IV uses almost 2GB of VRAM with NO MODS. I just replaced a GTX 770 4GB with a 3GB GTX 780Ti and the difference is negligible, sure on bench marks the 780Ti blows the 770 away, I went from around 8k on 3DMark to just over 12K but in games the difference seems barely noticeable.


I agree games does use more then 3gb of vram already,but 780 would still be better then 770. But just add 150-200$ and go for 780ti. which is better in price/perfomance ratio.
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July 9, 2014 5:23:23 AM

Titanfall uses 3400mb of VRAM at 1080p max settings 4xmsaa. Watch Dogs uses pretty much all of the 4gb even without AA on ultra textures. Point is, buying the 3gb 780 right now would be a very poor decision. The only option in for a high end card would be a Titan or the 780 with 6gb of VRAM. The 780 is a stuttering mess on Watch Dogs maxed at 1080p. Don't buy the 780 unless it's the 6gb. If you get the 6gb 780 it should last you a couple years, other than that you'll want to upgrade next spring, believe me. You honestly think The Witcher 3 or some other big titles won't utilize 3gb of VRAM?

Even the 780ti isn't a good buy right now compared to the 780 6gb, think about how important texture quality is to the overall look of a game. If you can't max out textures, you might as well be using a weaker card.
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July 10, 2014 10:55:53 AM

bryjoered said:
Titanfall uses 3400mb of VRAM at 1080p max settings 4xmsaa. Watch Dogs uses pretty much all of the 4gb even without AA on ultra textures. Point is, buying the 3gb 780 right now would be a very poor decision. The only option in for a high end card would be a Titan or the 780 with 6gb of VRAM. The 780 is a stuttering mess on Watch Dogs maxed at 1080p. Don't buy the 780 unless it's the 6gb. If you get the 6gb 780 it should last you a couple years, other than that you'll want to upgrade next spring, believe me. You honestly think The Witcher 3 or some other big titles won't utilize 3gb of VRAM?

Even the 780ti isn't a good buy right now compared to the 780 6gb, think about how important texture quality is to the overall look of a game. If you can't max out textures, you might as well be using a weaker card.


LOL!
You don't need 6gb of vram at least not for 2 years from now on.
There is only 2 or 3 games who use more then 3gb of vram,and really,there is maybe 1fps difference if you use 3gb of vram and 6gb of vram on same graphic card. At least with 1920*1080 gaming.You ONLY need more then 3gb if you use 1440p or 4K! And 780ti is just awesome card,3gb model.
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July 22, 2014 7:27:51 PM



Um, like I said, Watch Dogs is a stuttery mess on a normal 780 3gb, I'm sorry to tell you. It uses 3.5gb of VRAM i've seen it with my very two eyes. I would say 4gb is enough for now and maybe in the forseeable future, but If I was getting the 780 I would not get the 3gb version, it's just stupid.

I literally named 3 games that use over 3gb at 1080p. If you monitor vram for the 780 it won't read over 3gb because IT DOESN"T have it. I was getting like 1.7gb of vram used on bf4 ultra 1080p and when I switched to a higher vram card it read 2.4mb. It's not even a framerate issue, if your card runs out of vram it will stutter like crap while it loads new textures.

LOL!
You don't need 6gb of vram at least not for 2 years from now on.
There is only 2 or 3 games who use more then 3gb of vram,and really,there is maybe 1fps difference if you use 3gb of vram and 6gb of vram on same graphic card. At least with 1920*1080 gaming.You ONLY need more then 3gb if you use 1440p or 4K! And 780ti is just awesome card,3gb model.[/quotemsg]

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July 23, 2014 11:26:33 AM

bryjoered said:


Um, like I said, Watch Dogs is a stuttery mess on a normal 780 3gb, I'm sorry to tell you. It uses 3.5gb of VRAM i've seen it with my very two eyes. I would say 4gb is enough for now and maybe in the forseeable future, but If I was getting the 780 I would not get the 3gb version, it's just stupid.

I literally named 3 games that use over 3gb at 1080p. If you monitor vram for the 780 it won't read over 3gb because IT DOESN"T have it. I was getting like 1.7gb of vram used on bf4 ultra 1080p and when I switched to a higher vram card it read 2.4mb. It's not even a framerate issue, if your card runs out of vram it will stutter like crap while it loads new textures.




Saying that 780ti 3GB is stupid thing to buy,only makes you look stupid.
That card is just awesome and you will be able to play ANY game on MAX settings.
So go ahead and buy 770 with 4gb.
I am tired of you gamers who think that everybody need to play any game on MAX with more then 60fps.
Most of the people are happy with high,because there is really no a lot of difference between high and max,and you get like 15-20 fps more per game.
So go and be stupid somewhere else.
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July 25, 2014 8:59:53 PM

Nikolay Savov said:
ixkobexi said:
So would the 3gb on the 780 be enough for games for a while? (On single monitor)


Yes if you stick to 1 Monitor Setup.
On you place i will go for 2 x GTX 770 4GB - if you intend to play over 3 Monitors
But be ware of this :
Even 2 x GTX Titan CAN NOT make 60 FPS on 2-Way SLI and 3 monitors ULTRA SETTINGS they CAN NOT make 60 even on 3-Way SLI so if you intend to Invest in 3 Monitor Setup for Ultra GAME Setting and 60 FPS you have to look on 4 Way Setup with the BEST GPU on the Market ......

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4632/36/geforce-gtx-700...


Nikolay Savov was right !
and some game doesn't support SLI,
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July 25, 2014 11:59:00 PM

Eh I use a gtx 770 and it runs battlefield 4 at maxed settings... Also 60 fps. But I guess cuz I OCed it
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July 26, 2014 12:29:20 AM

The 780 3GB is only $100 more than the 770 4GB and the only thing you supposedly gain by going with the 770 is 1GB of VRAM. Eveything else about the 780 is better, except that it's more expensive. Also the 780 has a higher memory transfer rate so it doesn't need to have as much VRAM as the 770. I think that's what Anonymous was getting at about "GPUs with more VRAM use more, and GPUs with less VRAM use less. Until 2015, no game will use 3GB of VRAM."

And if for some reason you do run out of VRAM (which is very unlikely to happen for a long time) then you can always add another 780.

Here's a video that not only tells about the difference between the 770 and the 780 but also shows a bunch of benchmarks of modern games running at ultra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQAbBU43mpo

Hope this helps! :) 
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July 30, 2014 10:11:33 AM

Matthew-san said:
The 780 3GB is only $100 more than the 770 4GB and the only thing you supposedly gain by going with the 770 is 1GB of VRAM. Eveything else about the 780 is better, except that it's more expensive. Also the 780 has a higher memory transfer rate so it doesn't need to have as much VRAM as the 770. I think that's what Anonymous was getting at about "GPUs with more VRAM use more, and GPUs with less VRAM use less. Until 2015, no game will use 3GB of VRAM."

And if for some reason you do run out of VRAM (which is very unlikely to happen for a long time) then you can always add another 780.

Here's a video that not only tells about the difference between the 770 and the 780 but also shows a bunch of benchmarks of modern games running at ultra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQAbBU43mpo

Hope this helps! :) 


Addind one more graphic card,SLI them,won't add you extra Vram. You will have same amount of Vram.
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August 19, 2014 8:03:44 AM

gamer1411 said:
bryjoered said:


Um, like I said, Watch Dogs is a stuttery mess on a normal 780 3gb, I'm sorry to tell you. It uses 3.5gb of VRAM i've seen it with my very two eyes. I would say 4gb is enough for now and maybe in the forseeable future, but If I was getting the 780 I would not get the 3gb version, it's just stupid.

I literally named 3 games that use over 3gb at 1080p. If you monitor vram for the 780 it won't read over 3gb because IT DOESN"T have it. I was getting like 1.7gb of vram used on bf4 ultra 1080p and when I switched to a higher vram card it read 2.4mb. It's not even a framerate issue, if your card runs out of vram it will stutter like crap while it loads new textures.




Saying that 780ti 3GB is stupid thing to buy,only makes you look stupid.
That card is just awesome and you will be able to play ANY game on MAX settings.
So go ahead and buy 770 with 4gb.
I am tired of you gamers who think that everybody need to play any game on MAX with more then 60fps.
Most of the people are happy with high,because there is really no a lot of difference between high and max,and you get like 15-20 fps more per game.
So go and be stupid somewhere else.


Dude, no need to be annoying. No, the 780ti would not be a good investment right now, you're talking about 700 dollars for a card that can't max games at 1080p? You can't max watch dogs on a 780ti. Yes, the ultra textures make a HUGE difference in overall quality of the game. Watch Dogs is an unoptimized piece of crap in general, but to recommend someone spend 700+ dollars on a card like the 780ti is just terrible advice. You can get the 780 6gb for 100 dollars cheaper for slightly less performance, but better performance on games that use a lot of VRAM, which is becoming the norm BTW. I don't claim to be a hardware expert, but skimping on VRAM given the current trend makes YOU sound stupid.

I mean are you seriously going to be the naysayer that denies VRAM requirements are only going to get worse as this generation goes on? It's just a fact either get the VRAM now or upgrade later. The 780 6gb is 1000% a better investment than the 780ti right now, it's a fact.

PS: No one said anything about playing all games on maxed settings, I actually returned my 770 4gb for the 780 6gb, but I would still buy the 770 4gb over the 780 3gb anyday. I've monitored games myself and at least 4 that I own use over 3gb at 1080p if you crank up AA. Hardware monitors don't lie man.
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