EVGA superclocked or MSI twin forzr or gigabyte 780ti

[zqa20]

basically between these 3 which of these is the best overall QUALITY product. + out of the three which brand is best known for giving out the best "clockable" cards (if there is one)

http://www.cclonline.com/product/134124/GTX-780Ti-GAMING-3G/Graphics-Cards/MSI-Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-780-Ti-Gaming-Graphics-Card-3072GB-GDDR5-876MHz-2xDVI-DisplayPort-HDMI/VGA2136/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/142312/GV-N78TOC-3GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-GeForce-780Ti-3GB-Graphics-Card-PCI-E-DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort/VGA2319/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/143040/03G-P4-2884-KR/Graphics-Cards/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-780-TI-Superclocked-3GB-Graphics-Card-PCI-E-DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort/VGA2323/

 

[Guest]

Out of the three you've listed, the Gigabyte one has the highest factory overclock, and the MSI is the slowest. All of the companies are reliable, but from personal experience, I would really recommend the Gigabyte card. It has a very efficient and silent (albeit delicate) cooler, is the cheapest of the available choices, and has the fastest clocks.

 

[zqa20]

Thanks for the advise bud. Can anybody tell me from experience what card cools the best and also what card is the quietest. The core speeds don't bothers me to much, as the core speeds are so close to each other i can just add a little via afterburner.

 

[zqa20]

does anybody have experience with the EVGA acx cooling + fan noise.

 

[nikoli707]

evga, msi, gigabyte.... their the top tier of all board partners. evga sells 40% of all nvidia cards, msi sells 20%, gigabyte sells 20%. the other 20% is from all the other brands you see.

id go evga for their legendary warranty and customer service, but msi and gigabyte are very good as well.

i have an evga classified 780 but it has slightly larger acx fans than the other evga models. even at 1.3ghz@1.212v on the core, its not that loud. but with the skynet bios i have disabling boost and locking 1111mhz@1.16v on the core during gaming, its very quiet.

 

[17seconds]

The MSI and Gigabyte cards use all custom upgraded PCB components. The EVGA is all reference under that ACX shroud.

 

[nikoli707]

msi and gigabyte use the ncp4208 voltage controller which is an 8 phase while the evga uses the reference ncp4206 6 phase. though both voltage controllers allow about the same level of overclocking especially on the stock bios as your always limited to the 110% power level. the gigabyte probably has a very slight edge in the overclocking. msi as far as i know is still using elpida memory while evga and gigabye use hynix memory which overclocks better. given your links and their pricing, you cant really go wrong with any of them because like you said, their so close in clock speed and you will get that back later. just spring for the gigabyte since its £25-30 cheaper than the msi and evga.

 

[17seconds]

MSI is using Hynix memory.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gaming/4.html

Here are three reviews for a side-by-side comparison:

MSI
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_780_ti_gaming_review,1.html

EVGA
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_780_ti_sc_acx_superclock_review,1.html

Gigabyte
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_780_ti_windforce_3x_review,1.html

 

[zqa20]

Yeah, thanks for the advise again nik. i already have the 780ti msi but its rattling+hissing BAD when the fans go up to like 50% so I'm sending it back and I have the option for a refund/replacement so just looking at my options. I might go for EVGA as they seem to get great feedback. Can you tell me the temps i should expect to have at around 100% load @stock settings. + is there much difference in the fans between the classified and standard acx coolers in terms of cooling/noise?

I do plan to SLI down the road maybe in a years+ time so what would be the best option out of the 3 then?

 

[nikoli707]

the classified is on a monster pcb which is nearly 6" wide and as such the fans are bigger so their going to cool better along with the larger fin array. one thing about evga, especially the classified, you can flash the bios and put a water block without voiding your warranty. the classified has a bios switch which allows the ln2 setting to raise the power target up to 115%. most people flash that bios with a custom bios, i have a skynet bios on mine, which among a few other tweaks along with disabling boost 2.0 altogether to allow better stability, allows for up to a 200% power target. for most gk110's, the limited voltage and power target settings become bottlenecks for the core speeds. if you want to truly overclock, get a classified.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63051-evga-gtx-780-classified-review-8.html

as far as noise, most tests can be misleading as the cards are tested at different stock clock speeds and voltages which create more heat and cause the fans to spin faster. all the tests "should" test the cards at a predetermined exact voltage tested with a multimeter and a simple clock speed, say 1.0ghz, and then check temps and noise levels.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/63051-evga-gtx-780-classified-review-7.html

i stand corrected by 17seconds above, it seems its only the msi lightning model that is using the elpida memory, though elpida does have tighter timings than hynix and the coveted samsung memory, it just doesn't overclock as well.