More Pictures Surface of GTX 780; Almost GTX Titan PCB

By Niels Broekhuijsen
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A whole lot of new pictures have surfaced of the GTX 780, and it looks like a GTX Titan, unsurprisingly.

We've already reported a number of things about the upcoming GTX 700 series discrete desktop graphics cards, and one of the things that came to light was that the PCB of the GTX 780 supposedly resembled that of the GTX Titan, however, we never got a clear picture to show this. Now, the folks over at it168 have released a whole lot of pictures that show clearer details. The rumored specifications have also changed; they are slightly lower than previous rumors.

Image Source: IT168

The pictures show the PCB of the GTX 780, and you can tell that it has half the number of memory chips, but beyond that and the cooler, which now says GTX 780 instead of GTX Titan, it wouldn't even be surprising if some folks would mistake the card for being a GTX Titan. The card is rumored to have a base clock speed of 863 MHz, with a 902 MHz boost speed. Power will be drawn from a combination of an 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors.

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Header Cell - Column 0 GPUCUDA CoresTMUsROPsMemoryMemory BusPrice
GTX 780GK1102,304192483 GB384-bit€500-€600
GTX 770GK104-4251,536128322 GB256-bit€360
GTX 760 TiGK104-2251,344112322 GB256-bit€200

The card is expected to launch May 23rd, in the meantime, enjoy the pictures below.

Image Source: IT168

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Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

22 Comments Comment from the forums
  • RazberyBandit
    "The pictures show the PCB of the GTX 780, and you can tell that it has half the number of memory chips..."
    Both appear to have 12 memory chips to me... The 780's memory isn't double-sided, though. Perhaps the Titan's memory is double-sided?
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  • vmem
    well, all ranting aside (already done that elsewhere), Nvidia needs to be REALLY CAREFUL with this one.
    remember the 680/670 fiasco, where the gtx670 ran within 5% of the 680 for $100 less? imagine if that happened with the 780 and the Titan? remember when they marketed the Titan as the super uber special card that won't be surpassed in one generation (and Maxwell will likely kill it come early 2014...). yeah, there are some really pissed fans out there that Nvidia needs to control
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  • dietrich1
    looks good. i'll probably get 2 for my 3770k. i'm playin on three 53" 1080p screens and my 680s are good but they dip in the low 60 frames (i have really good eye sight, so i prefer about 150 fps.)
    very excited about these cards. gonna tell mom what i want.
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  • The Indomitable
    Finally Nvidia catches up to AMD in terms of standard VRAM and memory bus... no architecture changes, though. AMD 9000 series should blow both this and Maxwell out the water.
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  • vmem
    10837259 said:
    Finally Nvidia catches up to AMD in terms of standard VRAM and memory bus... no architecture changes, though. AMD 9000 series should blow both this and Maxwell out the water.

    I'm more or less an AMD fan and am really looking forward to 9000 series, but it won't be blowing Maxwell anywhere. if current release schedules follow through, we'll see 9970 probably in Oct or Nov (it's honestly silly to release in Dec), and Maxwell late Q1 or early Q2 2014. Nvidia will have had enough time to tweak Maxwell so that it at least matches the 9970, if for some weird reason they can't, they'll simply delay its release until they can. it's simple competition
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  • The Indomitable
    Is it really possible to tweak your entire architecture within the span of a few months?
    Also, what'll be the processes of the 9000 series and Maxwell? 20nm or 22? can't remember.
    But right now, doesn't AMD have a huge advantage in terms of computation?
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  • vmem
    10837273 said:
    Is it really possible to tweak your entire architecture within the span of a few months?
    Also, what'll be the processes of the 9000 series and Maxwell? 20nm or 22? can't remember.
    But right now, doesn't AMD have a huge advantage in terms of computation?

    no, it's not possible to overhaul an entire architecture within a few months, but it IS POSSIBLE to tweak an architecture or just move on to the next one. these companies don't work on just one architecture at a time. there's a ton of branches in development, and they always look for the sweet-spot between consumer demand, raw performance, production cost, and production capabilities.

    9000 series from AMD is rumored to be on the 20nm process.

    and yes, AMD has a huge advantage in computation, it's why I have a 7970 (it's cost effective for combined gaming/work needs). but honestly at this level of performance, only a very niche market actually need it, and many of those who need it have the work budget to get a dedicated work-station card. Nvidia recognized this, and nerfed their compute to cut costs. AMD's a cool company, but when it comes to marketing and how to run a PROFITABLE business, Nvidia knows what they're doing
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  • redeemer
    Hopefully Nvidia's shift to 20nm will be smooth, fabrication transitions have always been a problem for them.
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  • The Indomitable
    Everything you said is true, and Nvidia does know how to run a profitable business. Somehow, they can manage to charge more for lesser-performance cards. The Catalyst drivers really bumped FPS, but AMD really needs to figure out the frame time issues they're having. If they manage to do that, their cards will be both cheaper and better-performing than Nvidia's cards.
    And I think what AMD is trying to do with their Gaming Evolved movement is make game devs utilize the computation side of GPU's. Once games can do that then AMD will be fine. I think AMD knows how to run a profitable business, they just need time and space to do so. They're being very strategical about things, while also much improving their cards to boot. I mean, 700 series is still GK104, saf the 780 which is just a cut-down titan. Nvidia is stagnating for a whole nother year. This is why AMD decided not to release 8000 series for desktop, because it'd just be a rebranded 7000. At least AMD is trying to improve and doesn't wanna milk us for more money *cough* Nvidia is the EA of graphics cards *cough*
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  • unknown9122
    AMDs time to shine.
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