GTX 780 Non-Reference Card Brand.

[Zalkard]

Hi,

I was looking for a good graphics card to upgrade to and the GTX 780 looked pretty attractive to me. Now I'm wondering which one would be the best one to get, the EVGA SC ACX or the Asus DirectCU2. Which one would provide me the best quality, temperatures, overclockablility and noise levels?
Thank you for reading.

PS: The Asus card has a backplate + is a little bit cheaper.

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

The asus one is slightly better temps and overclocks like a beast.
the evga one is slightly faster at stock, but will overclock to almost identicle levels as the asus one

since the asus one is cheaper, it is your best bet. If they were the same price, even then it would be down to a matter of looks.

they are both pretty much inaudibly (silent) and the asus one is slightly cooler.

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

The asus one also has a completely custom pcb which is renowned for it's stability and longevity. The backplate also adds much needed rigidity to the card, as they are both fairly large and heavy

 

[Shneiky]

Asus will provide you with better quality, noise and overclockability. The Asus is running at 863 Mhz while the EVGA is running at a higher 967. Of course, you understand that the EVGA is factory overclocked, and already spend. You can achieve greater results with the Asus board. While this is subjective, some of my Asus boards have gone up to 20~23% OC on top of the stock. Also the EVGA cooler has a higher pitch frequency, that I don't particularly like. I prefer the lower freq. Asus cooler. Just doesn't bother me that much. This is more of a personal preference.

 

[Zalkard]

The asus one also has a completely custom pcb which is renowned for it's stability and longevity. The backplate also adds much needed rigidity to the card, as they are both fairly large and heavy

Thanks for your reply
I will go for the Asus card as it runs cooler; better overclockability, aswell as the backplate and the fully custom PCB.

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

I have been able to overclock mine (asus direct cuii 780) to 1254mhz on the core clock and +600 on the memory (i got lucky and got samsung memory, so don't be surprised if you won't be able to overclock your memory any further than 100mhz)

 

[Zalkard]

Asus will provide you with better quality, noise and overclockability. The Asus is running at 863 Mhz while the EVGA is running at a higher 967. Of course, you understand that the EVGA is factory overclocked, and already spend. You can achieve greater results with the Asus board. While this is subjective, some of my Asus boards have gone up to 20~23% OC on top of the stock. Also the EVGA cooler has a higher pitch frequency, that I don't particularly like. I prefer the lower freq. Asus cooler. Just doesn't bother me that much. This is more of a personal preference.

Due to the better cooling on the card and thus lower temperatures, will I be able to overclock this asus card as high as a fully overclocked 780 from EVGA, if running at 1.1Ghz, and maintain a better temperature than while having this clock speed this high on the EVGA card, with the Asus card? (Sorry for extreme crypticness).

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

refer to my last post on what i have gotten my asus direct cuii 780 up to.