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GTX 680 Classified listed for more then a GTX 780

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May 18, 2014 5:48:03 PM

So I have seen sales of GTX 680 Classifieds for $600-$800, when a GTX 780 is around $500. So I know a GTX 680 Classified is faster then a GTX 770, but why would anyone buy a GTX 680 for the price of a GTX 780 Ti? Or do these items never get bought? I do know that GTX 680 SLI would beat a GTX 780 Ti, but not worth spending more money for a more power hungry, extremely expensive PC that only gives you 3 more FPS, or is it?
Not buying a GPU just thought this was odd.
Thanks for any responses I get!

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May 18, 2014 5:52:11 PM

I've answered this question before but there are several reasons. The main one is that when supply drops they raise the price as uneducated people will likely buy it for a ridiculous price especially when they can't find a comparison price any more.
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May 18, 2014 6:24:26 PM

Steel_Nugget said:
So I have seen sales of GTX 680 Classifieds for $600-$800, when a GTX 780 is around $500. So I know a GTX 680 Classified is faster then a GTX 770, but why would anyone buy a GTX 680 for the price of a GTX 780 Ti? Or do these items never get bought? I do know that GTX 680 SLI would beat a GTX 780 Ti, but not worth spending more money for a more power hungry, extremely expensive PC that only gives you 3 more FPS, or is it?
Not buying a GPU just thought this was odd.
Thanks for any responses I get!


Firstly, a GTX 680 isn't faster than a GTX 770, a GTX 680 Classified faster than a reference GTX 770 maybe. A GTX 770 is basically a GTX 680 however Voltage limits have been risen as well as clock speeds. A GTX 770 Classified will outdo a GTX 680 Classified.

A GTX 680 Sli could beat a GTX 780ti depending on how it's scaled. IF you do a GTX 680 sli vs a 780ti in 1080p than the 780ti because xfire/sli doesn't scale good at low resolutions. As the resolution increases the scaling gets better and so the 680sli begins to outdo the 780ti, all in all. SLi/Xfire is only worth the trouble/money if your going to do multi-screen setups otherwise a single card can suffice.

I realise the question is answered but I just thought I'd let you know these things to save you from doing something you'd regret
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May 18, 2014 6:49:32 PM

BlankInsanity said:
Steel_Nugget said:
So I have seen sales of GTX 680 Classifieds for $600-$800, when a GTX 780 is around $500. So I know a GTX 680 Classified is faster then a GTX 770, but why would anyone buy a GTX 680 for the price of a GTX 780 Ti? Or do these items never get bought? I do know that GTX 680 SLI would beat a GTX 780 Ti, but not worth spending more money for a more power hungry, extremely expensive PC that only gives you 3 more FPS, or is it?
Not buying a GPU just thought this was odd.
Thanks for any responses I get!


Firstly, a GTX 680 isn't faster than a GTX 770, a GTX 680 Classified faster than a reference GTX 770 maybe. A GTX 770 is basically a GTX 680 however Voltage limits have been risen as well as clock speeds. A GTX 770 Classified will outdo a GTX 680 Classified.

A GTX 680 Sli could beat a GTX 780ti depending on how it's scaled. IF you do a GTX 680 sli vs a 780ti in 1080p than the 780ti because xfire/sli doesn't scale good at low resolutions. As the resolution increases the scaling gets better and so the 680sli begins to outdo the 780ti, all in all. SLi/Xfire is only worth the trouble/money if your going to do multi-screen setups otherwise a single card can suffice.

I realise the question is answered but I just thought I'd let you know these things to save you from doing something you'd regret
Thanks, also that's what I was trying to say was Classified vs reference. Right now I have a GTx 670 FTW (FTW is sort of like Classified, right? Meaning high factory OC) which is basically the speed of a GTX 680, but I now have an extra 40mhz on core and 800mhz on the memory.

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May 18, 2014 7:37:58 PM

Nope you have to take into consideration the amount of Cuda Cores aswell. A GTX 670 has 1152 CUDA Cores while a GTX 680 has 1536 CUDA Cores. So a reference GTX 680 would outdo you GTX 670 FTW. The 670 FTW boost clock is only 20Mhz more than that of a GTX 680 reference. Yes the GTX 670W has the speed of a GTX 680 but not the graphical power. All in all a reference GTX 680 is more powerful than a GTX 670 regardless of it being reference or non-reference
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May 18, 2014 7:45:57 PM

BlankInsanity said:
Nope you have to take into consideration the amount of Cuda Cores aswell. A GTX 670 has 1152 CUDA Cores while a GTX 680 has 1536 CUDA Cores. So a reference GTX 680 would outdo you GTX 670 FTW. The 670 FTW boost clock is only 20Mhz more than that of a GTX 680 reference. Yes the GTX 670W has the speed of a GTX 680 but not the graphical power. All in all a reference GTX 680 is more powerful than a GTX 670 regardless of it being reference or non-reference
What I mean is that I get more FPS in games then with a reference GTX 680. So in my opinion it is faster for what I use it for.

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