EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Classified Video Card - 4GB or gtx 780

[janjan116]

I just wanted to know if i should buy a 4gb gtx 770 acx card, and then maybe buy another in the future for sli, or save up a little longer for a gtx 780. My specs are:
-rosewill blackhawk mid tower
-gs700 psu
-i5-3570k at 4.4 ghz
-cm hyper 212 push/pull
-gigabyte ga-z77-ud4h
-16gb ripjaw 1600 mhz
-6 case fans excluding push/pull fans
-window 7 ultimate

 

[dannyboy2233]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

 

[janjan116]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.

 

[dannyboy2233]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.

Of course. However, they are more than 50% more money than the other cards... It's not magic. The 780 is so good because it is $250 more than the 770; you could buy a whole other graphics card with that much money.

 

[toyftw]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.

Hi - just a little reference. The 780 doesn't obliterate the 770 in performance. Most info
I've seen has it about 20% increase (which is significant) over the 770, but at
40% higher cost.

 

[ihog]

Just to add, if you win the silicon lottery, you can OC the 780 to Titan-level performance.

 

[dannyboy2233]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.

Hi - just a little reference. The 780 doesn't obliterate the 770 in performance. Most info
I've seen has it about 20% increase (which is significant) over the 770, but at
40% higher cost.

However, versus the classified, it is only 20% more.

 

[DamasterGraphics]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.


Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified?

Hi - just a little reference. The 780 doesn't obliterate the 770 in performance. Most info
I've seen has it about 20% increase (which is significant) over the 770, but at
40% higher cost.

However, versus the classified, it is only 20% more.

Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified? 1080p gaming is going to go out of date soon, so i would personally recommend the 770 classified, but i would love to hear your guys' opinions on this, as i too need to make this decision for my gaming rig.

 

[toyftw]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.


Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified?

Hi - just a little reference. The 780 doesn't obliterate the 770 in performance. Most info
I've seen has it about 20% increase (which is significant) over the 770, but at
40% higher cost.

However, versus the classified, it is only 20% more.

Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified? 1080p gaming is going to go out of date soon, so i would personally recommend the 770 classified, but i would love to hear your guys' opinions on this, as i too need to make this decision for my gaming rig.

I believe that that by the time the extra 1g of VRAM becomes an issue you'll be in the mkt for a
new card anyway. I would def go for the better single card now, especially as janjan already
mentioned above, the 780 has the newer architecture and should stay relevant much longer.

Not sure I'd agree that 1080p is going out of date, anytime soon.
There's just way too many of em out there. Yes, a lot of people going fwd will opt for higher res,
but it will be years before the 1080p's become the monority.

 

[Mciahel]

Our motto here at Toms is "buy the most expensive video card that you can, for an insane SLI setup later". I say that you should go for the 780, as it will greatly outperform the 770; plus, that Classified card is super overpriced. Then, later on in the life of the computer, you can perhaps buy another 780 and be able to beast absolutely everything, including gaming on a multi-monitor setup.

Thanks, I have seen the power of the 780 plus the gk-104 architecture of the gtx 770 is already outdated. In most of the benchmarks I have been watching, the gtx 780 and the titan just obliterate the other cards in their areas.


Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified?

Hi - just a little reference. The 780 doesn't obliterate the 770 in performance. Most info
I've seen has it about 20% increase (which is significant) over the 770, but at
40% higher cost.

However, versus the classified, it is only 20% more.

Yes, but what about the 3 gigs of VRAM compared to the 4 on the classified? 1080p gaming is going to go out of date soon, so i would personally recommend the 770 classified, but i would love to hear your guys' opinions on this, as i too need to make this decision for my gaming rig.

You can triple screen Crysis 3 on max settings and it doesn't break 6GB. I think 3GB will do fine. I'm rocking the 780 myself and outside of Crysis 3 (Which will make the Titan look like its outdated) Doesn't even sweat on games like Bioshock Infinite where even with vsync on it still gets 150-200 fps on average.

780 if you got the cash
770 if you can't pop that extra dosh

 

[brian12345]

770 sli everytime,
the 780ti is not future proof because it lacks the memory.
There are 3 options right now and none of them include the 780 because it may well have the faster core but not the required memory to utilise that extra speed.
770 4 GIG SLI AMD 290x 4 gig crossfire Titan 6 gig sli.
Those are the only available cards right now for the best setup,
If you play 1920x1080 you shouldn't even be here,
If you play 2560x1600/1440 4k or triple screen you should be.
The 780ti card has only 3 gig or memory why there selling with such low memory I do not understand.
Ive managed to hit 3850 meg usage with bf4 all ultra 2.5k gaming with 200% res scale.
770 sli will and does destroy everything nvidea has for sale because the 4 gig comes into its own.

 

[Mciahel]

770 sli everytime,
the 780ti is not future proof because it lacks the memory.
There are 3 options right now and none of them include the 780 because it may well have the faster core but not the required memory to utilise that extra speed.
770 4 GIG SLI AMD 290x 4 gig crossfire Titan 6 gig sli.
Those are the only available cards right now for the best setup,
If you play 1920x1080 you shouldn't even be here,
If you play 2560x1600/1440 4k or triple screen you should be.
The 780ti card has only 3 gig or memory why there selling with such low memory I do not understand.
Ive managed to hit 3850 meg usage with bf4 all ultra 2.5k gaming with 200% res scale.
770 sli will and does destroy everything nvidea has for sale because the 4 gig comes into its own.

As the man before stated. Even Crysis 3 across three monitors didn't break 6GB of VRAM. The 3GB of the 780 will be more then enough. Plus one gpu is better then two.

 

[brian12345]

770 sli everytime,
the 780ti is not future proof because it lacks the memory.
There are 3 options right now and none of them include the 780 because it may well have the faster core but not the required memory to utilise that extra speed.
770 4 GIG SLI AMD 290x 4 gig crossfire Titan 6 gig sli.
Those are the only available cards right now for the best setup,
If you play 1920x1080 you shouldn't even be here,
If you play 2560x1600/1440 4k or triple screen you should be.
The 780ti card has only 3 gig or memory why there selling with such low memory I do not understand.
Ive managed to hit 3850 meg usage with bf4 all ultra 2.5k gaming with 200% res scale.
770 sli will and does destroy everything nvidea has for sale because the 4 gig comes into its own.

As the man before stated. Even Crysis 3 across three monitors didn't break 6GB of VRAM. The 3GB of the 780 will be more then enough. Plus one gpu is better then two.

Well 3 gig is far from enough for 2560x1600 screen res,
I got over 3800 meg usage on bf4 and why say 3 gig is enough when in fact it isn't.
I know it isn't from my own experience I was memory swapping wile playing bf4 on 2 280x in crossfire
the speed was there but the memory was not.
Is it so hard to understand that if you play on 2.5 or 4k 3 gig isn't enough memory.....
Best setup right now is 770 in sli with 4 gig anyone who did sli on 770 with 2 gig is daft and this micro stutter people talk about don't exist because ive never seen any in all my years.