Is gigabyte GTX 780Ti good?

[demha1]

Basically what the title says. Are Gigabyte graphic cards quality good? Specifically Gtx 780 Ti

 

[M0j0jojo]

Yes they are good, Since they provide great cooling you can overclock a bit more than the Superclocked version of EVGA GTX 780 Tis

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

Yes they are amazing. Although I would go with an Asus 780ti as the quality is much better on those. But, if you are looking for superior coolin, go for the MSI version.

 

[photonboy]

http://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti-video-card-roundup_137646/13

"The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz Edition video card was hands down the winner when it came to benchmarks thanks to the rather high base clock of 1085MHz and 1150MHz boost clock. This ~75MHz advantage gave it significant performance boost over the other two cards. The only real downside to this particular model is that Gigabyte had to increase the GPU core voltage in order to run these speeds and that means more noise and heat. The Gigabyte WINDFORCE 3X 450W GPU cooler looks good, but this card ran the hottest and the loudest of the three. "

I recommend the MSI GAMING version: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx780tigaming

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

Yeah, and if you have the money, you may want to invest in a custom water cooling loop

 

[photonboy]

Yeah, and if you have the money, you may want to invest in a custom water cooling loop

I think liquid coolers are poor value. For example, the EVGA version is $900. A base model is $700 but that doesn't mean the cooler is $200 because the card has better components to handle a higher overclock (including a binned GPU).

So you can't just get the cheapest card and get an after-market mod and expect to hit 1300Mhz. So in that context I think $900 makes sense.

So it will cost $200 more, plus the radiator/pump (another $100 likely). So now we've spent at least $1000.

For $1000 you can get two GTX780 cards that would outperform the GTX780Ti easily. I just don't see the value prospect here.

(As to NOISE, that's difficult to say. I'm not sure but I guess the Corsair H105 would work well and be reasonably quiet. My only reason to use liquid cooling would be for noise as I can't justify the cost in terms of value.)

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

No I meant water cooling by yourself. Not buying an already water cooled card

 

[BlankInsanity]

It's still very very impractical. Customer water loops are for hardcore overclockers but for the average gamer it's just plain dumb. Put it this way, he's buy a GTX 780ti cha ching $700-ish dollars. Now he has to go find a waterblock for it, he's found it cha ching another $150. Now he has to go through the hassle of removing the cooler from the card, this risks the warranty on the card and the physical PCB itself as one slip-up could break it. Now he's gotta buy tubing, coolant, a pump and fittings.He's got all that another $200-300. We're already at $1050 or so. Now he's gotta build the loop and be careful he's done everything otherwise one leak could fry his system, okay great! he's done it. Now comes a week and a half of overclocking and stresstesting for stability. Photonboy is right you can buy 2x 780s by the time your done with this. Now 2-3 years later you want the newest Geforce 800s series. You gotta wait for waterblocks to release and buy the new card and the waterblock, drain your current loop and take our your od GPU and put in the new one.

In short custom water loops are for people looking to overclock to the next level and it's only not worth the time for an avid gamer. Time, patience and lots of money need to be invested in custom water loops