Nvidia GTX 780 or 970?

[vincentbruno]

I was looking at GPU's on Newegg and I saw that the gtx 700 series graphic cards when down in price because of the release of the 900 series. I wasn't looking to spend more then $350 on a new GPU. I went to look at the 780 to look at how much it dropped in price and I saw that the MSI Gaming 780 3GB was on sale for $340 including shipping and it came with a free game code for the new Borderlands game. I decided to purchase the MSI 780 to replace my MSI 660 ti which I bought when it was first released in Aug 2012. Do you think it was a good choice to buy the 780 which is a tad bit faster and a year older then the 970 or do you think it was a better choice to buy the gtx 970 which is a bit more power efficient and newer. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks for your time! 😀

 

[MeteorsRaining]

GTX 970 is indeed faster than 780, more power efficient, more VRAM, newer features, I see no reason to go with 780, unless its (very) cheaper than 970. Have a look at some benchmarks, 970 simply is better than 780 raw performance wise.

 

[Sub-Human]

I don't have any on-hand experience with the cards, but benchmarks suggest the 970 is more powerful than the 780. You also have more overclocking potential and VRAM... I'd definitely go with the 970.

 

[bignastyid]

Go for the 970.

 

[Xibyth]

Only reason to buy a 780 over the 970 is if you already have one and put them in SLi...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

GTX 970!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!