Which brand on GTX 780?

[Axzevos]

Hello. I'am gonna buy gtx 780 in SLI. Since in Norway, I save 200 dollars if I buy KFA2 instead of any of these others like "Evga, gigabyte, MSI, Asus, etc. But I really got no idea whats the difference between KFA2 gtx 780 and gigabyte gtx 780? I can see the Boost clock and core clock got a pretty big difference... But is that so important?

Anyway, is these cards the same?
http://www.supersmart.no/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:6399410
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

So my question is: Is it worth to pay 200 dollars more for gigabyte, asus, evga, msi etc? And how much difference is it?

 

[babernet_1]

Just go with the $200 in savings. You can overclock your board just like the EVGA's etc. Sure, you may be able to eek out another five to ten percent speed with the best of the best boards, but for an almost unnoticeable difference, are you willing to pay $200?


newegg link didn't work for me.

 

[DjDafiDak]

hello, ur second link dosent work for me but i will assume it is a gigabyte windforce 3x gtx 780.

KFA gtx 780: i dont know that company very well, although i wouldnt worry that the card would be bad, because its the refrence model of the gtx 780 ( same as nvidia built it), i might be concered regarding the customer service etc, if u know that company and had good history with them, disregard them

gigabyte gtx 780 windforce edition: card has much better cooling then the KFA refrence model one, which will increase the life time of the card, and will allow higher overclocking without overheating and will also allow gpu boost 2.0 to let the card run at max frequnency all time, the fact that it has higher clocks then the other one is not what that matters, seeing how u could just set the same clocks on the KFA model. + gigabyte is a very good and reliable company.

the price diffrent for u is very weird, and maybe u r confusing something, diffrence between both models on newegg, tigerdirect, or any other site for that matter, shouldnt be more then 10-30$.
if the price diffrent for u is indeed somehow 200$ ( which makes no sense) then obviously i would go for KFA model, but if it isnt, get the gigabyte version.

Edit: saw ur new link, thats galaxy not gigabyte, and thats the refrence model again, disregard all i said.

 

[Axzevos]

Just go with the $200 in savings. You can overclock your board just like the EVGA's etc. Sure, you may be able to eek out another five to ten percent speed with the best of the best boards, but for an almost unnoticeable difference, are you willing to pay $200?


newegg link didn't work for me.

Heres link to newegg again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162134

Heres the components I've been thinking to buy:

CORSAIR Obsidian 650D
ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4M MATX, Z87, 4xDDR3, LGA1150 (Z87 EXTREME4M)
COOLERMASTER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x KFA2 GTX780 3GB
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB SATA
MICROSOFT Win 8 Pro
NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green
ASUS ASUS DRW-24B5ST, DVD±RW Writer
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB Black
OCZ PC POWER AND COOLING SILENCER MKIII 850W 80PLUS GOLD
INTEL Intel® Core i7-4770K
KINGSTON HyperX 3K 240GB SSD

And would it be safe to overclock my cards to 900 and 950 boost abd core clock with my system? Or will that be suicide?

 

[DjDafiDak]

Would not be suicide and shouldnt be any problem oc them to said clocks, thats a very minor overclock, my gtx 780 is runing at 1200mhz coreclock

even though everycard overclocks diffrently, and with that minor of an overclock, i wouldnt overclock at all, just so u wont risk crashes.

 

[Axzevos]

Would not be suicide and shouldnt be any problem oc them to said clocks, thats a very minor overclock, my gtx 780 is runing at 1200mhz coreclock

even though everycard overclocks diffrently, and with that minor of an overclock, i wouldnt overclock at all, just so u wont risk crashes.

Anyway, I think I won't need to overclock. Why do I even think on overclocking? But since next gen games are optimized for AMD, wouldn't that help AMD? And how much more % will amd 9970 perform better then gtx 780?

 

[DjDafiDak]

Would not be suicide and shouldnt be any problem oc them to said clocks, thats a very minor overclock, my gtx 780 is runing at 1200mhz coreclock

even though everycard overclocks diffrently, and with that minor of an overclock, i wouldnt overclock at all, just so u wont risk crashes.

Anyway, I think I won't need to overclock. Why do I even think on overclocking? But since next gen games are optimized for AMD, wouldn't that help AMD? And how much more % will amd 9970 perform better then gtx 780?

dafuck is a 9970? hasnt been released yet and i wouldnt have a clue.
a single gtx 780 is about 6-7 times as strong as next consoles gpu, you shouldnt worry with 2.

 

[cramved]

Would not be suicide and shouldnt be any problem oc them to said clocks, thats a very minor overclock, my gtx 780 is runing at 1200mhz coreclock

even though everycard overclocks diffrently, and with that minor of an overclock, i wouldnt overclock at all, just so u wont risk crashes.

Anyway, I think I won't need to overclock. Why do I even think on overclocking? But since next gen games are optimized for AMD, wouldn't that help AMD? And how much more % will amd 9970 perform better then gtx 780?

I would assume similar because if not amd is screwed

 

[DjDafiDak]

Would not be suicide and shouldnt be any problem oc them to said clocks, thats a very minor overclock, my gtx 780 is runing at 1200mhz coreclock

even though everycard overclocks diffrently, and with that minor of an overclock, i wouldnt overclock at all, just so u wont risk crashes.

Anyway, I think I won't need to overclock. Why do I even think on overclocking? But since next gen games are optimized for AMD, wouldn't that help AMD? And how much more % will amd 9970 perform better then gtx 780?

I would assume similar because if not amd is screwed

i would assume like 15-20% better then the 780 acttualy, but really, no point is assuming.

 

[babernet_1]

Heres link to newegg again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162134

Heres the components I've been thinking to buy:

CORSAIR Obsidian 650D
ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4M MATX, Z87, 4xDDR3, LGA1150 (Z87 EXTREME4M)
COOLERMASTER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x KFA2 GTX780 3GB
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB SATA
MICROSOFT Win 8 Pro
NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green
ASUS ASUS DRW-24B5ST, DVD±RW Writer
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB Black
OCZ PC POWER AND COOLING SILENCER MKIII 850W 80PLUS GOLD
INTEL Intel® Core i7-4770K
KINGSTON HyperX 3K 240GB SSD

And would it be safe to overclock my cards to 900 and 950 boost abd core clock with my system? Or will that be suicide?

Very nice build. I'd just recommend looking at the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD. And maybe get the ASRock Extreme 6 since it has a thicker motherboard. Then maybe consider the Noctua NH-D14 or NH-C14 coolers. They will get you more speed out of your CPU.

Two GTX 780's will do fine, just fine.

 

[Axzevos]

Heres link to newegg again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162134

Heres the components I've been thinking to buy:

CORSAIR Obsidian 650D
ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4M MATX, Z87, 4xDDR3, LGA1150 (Z87 EXTREME4M)
COOLERMASTER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x KFA2 GTX780 3GB
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB SATA
MICROSOFT Win 8 Pro
NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green
ASUS ASUS DRW-24B5ST, DVD±RW Writer
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB Black
OCZ PC POWER AND COOLING SILENCER MKIII 850W 80PLUS GOLD
INTEL Intel® Core i7-4770K
KINGSTON HyperX 3K 240GB SSD

And would it be safe to overclock my cards to 900 and 950 boost abd core clock with my system? Or will that be suicide?

Very nice build. I'd just recommend looking at the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD. And maybe get the ASRock Extreme 6 since it has a thicker motherboard. Then maybe consider the Noctua NH-D14 or NH-C14 coolers. They will get you more speed out of your CPU.

Two GTX 780's will do fine, just fine.

How many % do you think AMD 9970 will perform better then GTX 780?

 

[DarkSable]

I've never even heard of KFA2, but here's the deal. That's a reference cooler, so you don't have to worry about a really bad cooler that's going to fail...

So the only thing you need to worry about is the warranty. Don't worry that much about the clocks; you're still going to have 780s in SLI.

 

[cramved]

you might want to get full sized mother board because with the one that you have selected the video cards will be press together choking the top one of air

 

[babernet_1]

Heres link to newegg again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162134

Heres the components I've been thinking to buy:

CORSAIR Obsidian 650D
ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4M MATX, Z87, 4xDDR3, LGA1150 (Z87 EXTREME4M)
COOLERMASTER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
2x KFA2 GTX780 3GB
SEAGATE Barracuda® 1TB SATA
MICROSOFT Win 8 Pro
NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Cable 2M Green
ASUS ASUS DRW-24B5ST, DVD±RW Writer
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB Black
OCZ PC POWER AND COOLING SILENCER MKIII 850W 80PLUS GOLD
INTEL Intel® Core i7-4770K
KINGSTON HyperX 3K 240GB SSD

And would it be safe to overclock my cards to 900 and 950 boost abd core clock with my system? Or will that be suicide?

Very nice build. I'd just recommend looking at the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD. And maybe get the ASRock Extreme 6 since it has a thicker motherboard. Then maybe consider the Noctua NH-D14 or NH-C14 coolers. They will get you more speed out of your CPU.

Two GTX 780's will do fine, just fine.

How many % do you think AMD 9970 will perform better then GTX 780?

No one knows that can say anything. Rumors are that AMD is still using the 28nm TSMC process so there won't be any real breakthroughs. I'd look for the upgraded 7970 to be about the same as the 780. Equal to the Titan at best. But Nvidia has been consistent with better drivers and cooling solutions.