What 780 Ti?

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I am going to be purchasing a 780 ti, but I am not sure which one to choose. I like the looks of the reference card a lot more than the others, but the Asus 780 Ti claims better performance and less heat. Is this true? If it is, is it really noticeable?
Thanks.
 
As long as your case has good airflow, go with a non-reference cooler. The popular choices are EVGA and ASUS. Both perform extremely well, much better then the reference style in terms of temps. Honestly, even if your case doesn't have the greatest airflow I would still go with a non-reference cooler. I have seen quite a few posts lately form people who have a high airflow case, with a reference style GTX, and their GPU temp climbs up to ~82C and stays there (thermal throttling limit). I have an EVGA ACX cooler model, and I have never seen the GPU go above 67C, even when stress testing it.
 
My experience with a EVGA GTX780 superclock has been outstanding.
I hear no noise at all. Even with the stock titan cooler.
I like EVGA as a brand, they have an active USA based support forum.
My take is to spend a bit more for a superclock version. You will get a better binned chip and supported oveclock. These cards are so good that it is just greed or vanity to fiddle with maximum overclocks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487001
 
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gaming/ thats a review of the MSI 780 ti gaming. If you click on reviews at the top and type in 780 ti it will list around 10 780 ti models and you can check out those reviews as well.

I got the MSI 780 ti gaming. Although I do really like the aesthetics of the reference card I went with the MSI gaming one because of performance.
Large factory overclock, whisper quiet even under load and keeps the card very cool. It's also one of the cheaper 780 tis. The EVGA Kingpin is probably the best one but its price is ridiculous. The EVGA classified is also very good and I've seen it at $730.00 on newegg. The Gigabyte GHz edition has a very high overclock and a backplate but I've read it has stability issues because of the overclock although people do overclock these 780 ti cards to over 1300. I'm sure the Asus one is great too but it didn't score as high as some of the others.

I bought this 780 ti when the AMD cards prices were astronomical. Right now you can get an R9 290 for $400.00 and it performs marginally worse than a 290X. You can get 2 R9 290s for $800.00. This would be something I would have definitely considered when I bought my card if the prices were as they are now.