GTX 770 4gb vs. GTX 780 3gb

[daily1994]

I am in the market for a new GPU and had a hard time deciding between a GTX 770 4gb and a GTX 780 3gb. It will be a 3 24' monitor setup. I will mostly be playing games on a single monitor, but there will be a few games, such as world of warcraft, that I will use with nvidia surround with. I was wondering which one of these GPU's would give me the best possible performance and if anyone has a suggestion for another gpu that would outperform these that is in the same price range.

Thanks

 

[TechyInAZ]

The GTX 780, it has a far more processing power than gtx 770 and it's desgined for 3GB of vram while the 4GB gtx 770 is a gimmick.

It's been proven that the gk104 chip can't use roughly more than 2GB of vram.

 

[bryjoered]

The GTX 780, it has a far more processing power than gtx 770 and it's desgined for 3GB of vram while the 4GB gtx 770 is a gimmick.

It's been proven that the gk104 chip can't use roughly more than 2GB of vram.

Proven by who exactly? What about real life gaming and personal testing because I have a 770 4gb? I would pick the 770 4gb over the 780 3gb anyday, the 780 6gb is the only one worth anything right now. Why do you think Watch Dogs is a stutter fest on the 780? It's smooth as butter on my 770 4gb and guess how much VRAM is being used: about 3.8 gbs. What about Titanfall, which uses 3.4gb on Insane settings? 3gb of VRAM is a very real limit for current games and will only continue to be an issue since the new consoles can easily utilize 4gb of VRAM.

 

[TechyInAZ]

The GTX 780, it has a far more processing power than gtx 770 and it's desgined for 3GB of vram while the 4GB gtx 770 is a gimmick.

It's been proven that the gk104 chip can't use roughly more than 2GB of vram.

Proven by who exactly? What about real life gaming and personal testing because I have a 770 4gb? I would pick the 770 4gb over the 780 3gb anyday, the 780 6gb is the only one worth anything right now. Why do you think Watch Dogs is a stutter fest on the 780? It's smooth as butter on my 770 4gb and guess how much VRAM is being used: about 3.8 gbs. What about Titanfall, which uses 3.4gb on Insane settings? 3gb of VRAM is a very real limit for current games and will only continue to be an issue since the new consoles can easily utilize 4gb of VRAM.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Performance-2GB-vs-4GB-Memory-154/

Ok I realize that I was slightly wrong about 4GB being a gimmick on gk 104 chips.

3GB is enough for any game of today, I presume that your maxing out the AA which in that case it would stutter.

 

[stokes1790]

I also second the 6GB 780. "3GB is enough for any game today" is not totally accurate. The OP is planning on using a triple monitor set up (so 5700x1080) that is very VRAM intensive. 3GB on a single 1080p is probably fine for ~3years, but at that resolution I would get as much VRAM as I realistically could.

But if its only one of those 2 choices, I'd still get the 780.

 

[TechyInAZ]

oh sorry strokes and bryjoered, I completely spaced out that he was doing triple monitors. Duu sorry.

 

[bryjoered]

Right triple monitor setup just makes the problem even worse. But even now, at 1080p with temporal smaa and maxed settings Watch dogs uses 3.8gbs at times. Titanfall uses 3.4gbs at max settings, insane textures and 4xmsaa at 1080p. The 3gb 780 is just not worth it's cost right now at all. Think about this, when it comes to graphical fidelity I don't think many enthusiasts would argue that resolution is the most important, then texture quality, then antialiasing all 3 which eat up VRAM the MOST!