GTX 780 Dual FTW vs GTX 970 SSC

Saadi96

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i know that 970 is 4gb and 780 is 3gb ..... 970 is ACX 2.0 and 780 is ACX. But my main confusion is how much CUDA cores matter. because 970 has 1664 and 780 has 2304. I am getting the 780 at sale so price is not an issue. Assuming gaming at 1080p without SLI and playing all the new releases like COD advanced warfare, watch dogs, gta v etc on ultra settings. Please guide me for which one I should buy. And will I get nVidia's new technologies like g-sync, vxgi and msaa on the 780 ??
 
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I would think its not directly comparable. Its kind of like comparing USD to the Yen. Both numbers are vastly different but end up equaling the same amount. Maxwell per cluster of cuda cores has been optimized more so then Kepler. Maxwell also has full support for dx12 and supports Nvidias new AA methods. I'd go with Maxwell anyway for the sake of hopefully curbing the upgrade bug for a longer period of time. The cards use less power, make less heat, Do less wear on the soldering and vrm and are less likely to fight with your air conditioner. With my 280x I swear my rooms always 20 degrees hotter.

With all that said, the EVGA card has NO vrm heatsink attached and is dependent on the fans to cool it. I'm sure this is 100% fine but it...

azathoth

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The GTX 970 is on an entire new architecture, where each CUDA core performs SIGNIFICANTLY faster than one from the Kepler series.

This makes the GTX 970 a decent amount faster than the GTX 780. (For instance, 68FPS in BF4 Ultra for 780, but 78FPS for GTX 970.)

GTX 970's seem to also be reaching MUCH higher clockspeeds when overclocking.

---It's better all around.
 

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I would think its not directly comparable. Its kind of like comparing USD to the Yen. Both numbers are vastly different but end up equaling the same amount. Maxwell per cluster of cuda cores has been optimized more so then Kepler. Maxwell also has full support for dx12 and supports Nvidias new AA methods. I'd go with Maxwell anyway for the sake of hopefully curbing the upgrade bug for a longer period of time. The cards use less power, make less heat, Do less wear on the soldering and vrm and are less likely to fight with your air conditioner. With my 280x I swear my rooms always 20 degrees hotter.

With all that said, the EVGA card has NO vrm heatsink attached and is dependent on the fans to cool it. I'm sure this is 100% fine but it really does concern me much like how 95c on a 290x would concern me. I'd go with the Asus strixx version. The card is beautiful even without the cooler, its clean, has less components popping out everywhere and its really well designed. It would be my first choice.
 
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Xibyth

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Well performance wise two 780's will beat out a 970 without a doubt. But unless your running a monitor with higher than 60Hz refresh rate, 1440p, or 4k, you will get no benefit from running two GPU's.

I recommend a single 970, and down the road grab another if you need more performance. It can run almost anything at ultra settings 1080p with around 45-50 FPS on the higher grade games.