Overclocking
Given how much the Gigabyte GTX 780 GHz Edition already comes overclocked out of the box it was surprising we could even overclock it further at all. In fact 980-1050MHz seems to be the zone at which most GTX 780’s stop overclocking any further. Unsurprisingly ours was pretty similar and could only manage an additional 40MHz stable on the core but an additional 350MHz actual (1.4GHz effective) on the memory was possible which is impressive. Overvolting was supported but only an additional 60mv, aka 0.06v, and that didn’t allow us to go any higher.
When Overclocked the GTX 780 GHz Edition is essentially on par with an overclocked R9 290 that isn’t being throttled by poor cooling. Of course non-reference versions of the R9 290 aren’t available right now so the GTX 780 GHz Edition still looks like an attractive option. If you absolutely have to stay Nvidia, for whatever reason, then the GTX 780 GHz Edition from Gigabyte is most definitely a better value option than a GTX 780 Ti or GTX Titan and is worth considering. Of course you could buy a “normal” GTX 780 for less money and overclock it yourself, but there’s no guarantee it will even reach the factory speeds the Gigabyte GTX 780 GHz Edition ships with.
Nice review 🙂 I’ve just bought this card and i’m quite glad it’s only a few Fps slower than a 780Ti but with a 100 quid difference. Typical Nvidia. Ha!
unigine only dx 11 ultra, no tessellation…it’s true?
Compare it with zotac 780 amp!
I purchased this card just the other day (should be here 23DEC13) and I was curious as to how the results were done for 5760x1080p? Were they done in SLI? I just find it hard to believe that one card can do that well in Metro Last Light and still get 32fps average with triple monitor. Not saying the card isn’t capable of it, but compared to my 7950 Crossfire, this card seems to be doing exceptionally well in that resolution with one card.
Hi there,
Sure well there isn’t much to explain other than we run the integrated Metro last Light benchmark at 5760 x 1080 resolution on Very High (not ultra) with AAA and 4 X AF. We of course have quite a high end system (3960X, 16GB of RAM, etc) which prevents bottlenecking. I’d say the results are difficult to predict especially as CrossFire often has driver issues and whatnot but in theory a pair of HD 7950s should be better!
Awesome, thanks for the info! It’s understandable for results to vary of course. I plan on buying another at some point. Went for this card and the Nvidia Shield for personal reasons so it will work out better for me in the long run than the 7950’s. Thank you for doing the great in depth review! Helped me a lot with my purchasing decision.
By the way, just tested BF4 in Triple monitor (no vsync) with ultra graphics and got an average of 50 fps! Could only do high with no AA on my 7950’s. Thank you again Ryan!
Did you have to overvolt the card to achieve the overclocking or did you leave it at stock voltage to obtain 40 core and 350 memeory?
Stock voltage and stock power limit. Overvolting made no difference
Why would some people consider a 3 year warranty not long enough?
ryan does the card come with any accesories??if not then how did u work it ?