Do I lose much with this gpu?

[Connor Evans]

Originally I was going to get this as a gpu

http://eu.evga.com/articles/00795/

But the shop I'm ordering from have offered me this instead

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N780_TF_3GD5OC.html#hero-overview

If I go for the latter will I lose out on much performance capabilities?

 

[SeriousRising]

not really but at that price I would just go with the R9 290 or R9 290x but if your head over heals for the Nvidia offerings then go with the later.

 

[Jay Lavistria]

The 780Ti is better than the 780.
But if you overclock that MSI 780, its possible you can achieve 780Ti like performance.
Personally I'd buy that first 780Ti, then save up money for a water cooler or better fan cooler.
Then it'll outshine that second one perfectly.

 

[Connor Evans]

The 780Ti is better than the 780.
But if you overclock that MSI 780, its possible you can achieve 780Ti like performance.
Personally I'd buy that first 780Ti, then save up money for a water cooler or better fan cooler.
Then it'll outshine that second one perfectly.

Yeah I've got a corsair liquid cooling system, I'm going back tomorrow so I'll see if they'll order the ti in, I think it's just because they have everything else in stock apart from the particular gpu, thanks

 

[Jay Lavistria]

not really but at that price I would just go with the R9 290 or R9 290x but if your head over heals for the Nvidia offerings then go with the later.

I stay away from AMD because their cards are hot and loud.
Even with better coolers, you can't overclock as well as NVidia cards.
Cheap strong cards yes, but some people are sensitive to those 2 factors.

 

[enamak]

I prefer nVidia much more than AMD, but what you said is simply not true, i already had 2 amds with artifact problems tho and they were the quietest and cooler cards ive ever had until my current gtx 770. AMD cards are cool and quiet if you get a good brand with a good cooling system.
And that "nvidia overlocks better" its not true at all, the thaiti xt chip is better to overclock than GK104.
Still i prefer nvidia over amd, but if you consider the prices, r9 290x > gtx 780, if you are only thinking in performance gtx 780 ti > r9 290x

 

[SeriousRising]

780ti does have better performance for sure I have gone with AMD since why not pick up a 7970 for 200$ lol

 

[enamak]

Because 7970 are outdated. And op asked if hes going to lose performance if he choses gtx 780 over 780ti. Answering to that question yes you are going to get less performance, but that gtx780 its already a great gpu, and a little overclock can get it close to gtx 780ti performance