Asus 780 Ti's

danscan11

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I wanted to get your opinion on these 3 Ti's which one would you get performance/stability/length of use be?
This one is my first choice but I feel like I may be missing an important feature or something else.
http://gpuboss.com/graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-780

Then there is this
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GTX780TI-3GD5-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00GI59GAQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391820972&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+780+ti

But not be as overclocked or what have you straight out of the box? I don't overclock anything unless I have something that keeps me in check and wont allow me to make a fatal mistake. So being overclocked out of the box is better for me but I would trade that for a much cooler and efficient card that I could still possibly OC.
 
Get the asus one over the stock on, end of story. you are not missing any features going with the reference one, just getting a worse out of the box. meaning the asus one will likely also run hotter due to higher clocks

I would recommend getting a non reference design cooler like the direct cuii version or the evga acx cooler (google them)
 

Tradesman1

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Same ol', same ol' been rather busy the last ten days or so and not out here as much as I like, picked up a pair of the Asus 780s but haven't really had a chance to play with them yet, am hoping this weekend maybe (LOL, yeah right, like that's going to happen ;) )
 

danscan11

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Whoops looks like I friggin' copied the wrong link :/ I was wondering what Gerik meant by stock and then the Direct CU one. Sorry guys here's the right one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GI59GAQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1NCHXPPY7KAACJZRY82G&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

But looks like you guys will still give me the same answer. I dont know why this one is about $200 bucks more, but the Direct CU is the way to go IMHO. Lower temps and same firmware. Wouldn't lower temps also mean quieter cards as well? Its probably a mute or moot point but something I have wondered about. Logic dictates that to be true but we're talking GPU's here ;)
 

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Reason he's been so busy is I keep bothering him with stupid questions, lol