Returning 780ti might change brand advise please

zqa20

Honorable
Jan 12, 2014
582
0
10,990
Hi, i had to return my 780ti MSI twin forzr addition due to it being faulty (artifacts on screen at times) so I'm returning it and getting a refund/replacement MSI twin forzr. Now I have the option of looking at the different brands on the 780ti should i go with.....

EVGA SC ACX Cooling (£515)
MSI twin forzr (515)
gigabyte wind force (£503)

or others within that price range

I've heard great things about EVGA products so i MAY go with them. The EVGA SC has a slightly lower clock speed than the MSI and gigabyte edition around -10 on the core). But that's nothing i can just add +10 to the core with precision.

So advise guys?
 
Solution
Do they state why they prefer the evga? I mean do they have both cards side by side? From the research i did before buying my card the evga was louder and warmer and performed the same in-games (fps wise)...


Its_Byte_00

Honorable
Nov 15, 2013
373
0
10,860


you just said you can bump it up 10 in pres, i would use Afterburner but what ever.... the EVGA SC is about 2 (1.9435) dba louder then the msi gaming ed. You cant play with voltage on any Nvidia card other then the Titan and the EVGA K|NgP|n Edition, thats 870$ And is meant to be used with liquid nitro... Why not just do RMA on the msi card?
 
From my research i found the MSI gaming the best as far as cooling/noise... I have had my gtx 780 ti msi gaming card for about 4 months with no issues running it at 1202Mhz about 4-6 hours a day at 100% load everyday. Love the card stays at ~70c max and can't hear the gpu fans at all. I'd get the MSI again... but if you really wanted to switch any of the others mentioned ( gigabyte windforce/evga acx ) are also great choices.
 

Its_Byte_00

Honorable
Nov 15, 2013
373
0
10,860


Its not a opinion... the EVGA Cooler on average at the same clock speed for core and memory and temperature target is about 2 DBa louder then the MSI cooler.