Gigabyte GTX 780 GHz Edition 3GB Graphics Card Review

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.