780 Ti suggestions
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Dicehunter
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In my honest opinion just get a reference 780 Ti, Awesome cooling, Great overclocking *Brilliant overclocking if you win the silicon lottery* and they look amazing
Dicehunter
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No problem bud
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From my experience with the 700 series the reference cards are the way to go, They look great, Overclock very well, All the hot air gets blown outside your case instead of circulating inside like with the non reference ones and they perform exactly the same and sometimes better depending on clocks etc...
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From my experience with the 700 series the reference cards are the way to go, They look great, Overclock very well, All the hot air gets blown outside your case instead of circulating inside like with the non reference ones and they perform exactly the same and sometimes better depending on clocks etc...
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DarthDudo
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If it was my money I would choose the MSI Gaming version by all accounts cooler and quieter than reference which will give you more overclocking headroom obviously depending on the silicone lottery mentioned above 
Its also $709.99 on newegg so cheaper than what you want to spend which is also nice (maybe it can be found cheaper I have no idea as I live in the EU), either way you go 780 ti is a beastly card so you cant really go wrong, enjoy!
Its also $709.99 on newegg so cheaper than what you want to spend which is also nice (maybe it can be found cheaper I have no idea as I live in the EU), either way you go 780 ti is a beastly card so you cant really go wrong, enjoy!
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Dicehunter
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As DarthDudo420 said pretty much, Get the cheapest 780 Ti you can find, I only prefer the reference cards as they don't dump all the heat inside of your system and raise temps on your CPU, HDD etc...
But all 780 Ti's overclock roughly the same, I've had an MSI Gaming that overclocked a lot less than a reference.
My reference 780 Ti for example overclocks to 1300 on the core and is stable but the Gaming edition only got to 1180, Not a shoddy number by any means but you see what I mean, Silicon lottery
As DarthDudo420 said pretty much, Get the cheapest 780 Ti you can find, I only prefer the reference cards as they don't dump all the heat inside of your system and raise temps on your CPU, HDD etc...
But all 780 Ti's overclock roughly the same, I've had an MSI Gaming that overclocked a lot less than a reference.
My reference 780 Ti for example overclocks to 1300 on the core and is stable but the Gaming edition only got to 1180, Not a shoddy number by any means but you see what I mean, Silicon lottery
DarthDudo
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My reference 780 Ti for example overclocks to 1300 on the core and is stable but the Gaming edition only got to 1180, Not a shoddy number by any means but you see what I mean, Silicon lottery
Dicehunter, How would compare the noise of the Asus card vs the MSI Gaming?Just curious as I have read the Asus card is noisier how have would you compare the two?
Dicehunter
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The reference is very quiet as is the Gaming Edition so to be honest I can't really tell the difference, My case fans are louder than both cards and they aren't loud ^_^
The reference might be a bit louder but that is to be expected seeing as it's a blower style design but still very quiet
DarthDudo
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The reference is very quiet as is the Gaming Edition so to be honest I can't really tell the difference, My case fans are louder than both cards and they aren't loud ^_^
The reference might be a bit louder but that is to be expected seeing as it's a blower style design but still very quiet
Cheers dude I think I mistakenly believed the Asus card you had was the DCUII version, thanks for the info
Dicehunter
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Yes but the Gaming edition refused to be stable at anything over 1180.
Ran both cards at their max of 1.21v and no matter what I did the Gaming Edition just said "No you can't make me, Go away !" ^_^
No probs bud, Yeah I'm not to keen on the cards that dump hot air into the system, Heats everything else up, Hence why I always try and go for blower style design
Puck
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Cool man, thanks for the help! It basically comes down to two choice for me. Try my luck with a reference card at 875 MHz Core and hope it overclocks well, or a non reference card that is guaranteed to run at ~1020 MHz, with the possibility to overclock some more.
Man... That's a tough decision for me haha.
Man... That's a tough decision for me haha.
Dicehunter
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I've never seen a reference 780 Ti that doesn't get at least 1100 easily.
But again it's your money and it's totally up to you.
Dicehunter
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As odd as it sounds out of all of them I've had the best luck with Inno3D, The card I have now is actually from Inno3D, Need to change my sig ^_^
I tried around 3 cards from Asus, 3 from Inno3D and 3 from EVGA, All reference 780 Ti's *Not my cards, At a rig building shop* and Inno3D seemed to be the ones most likely to overclock well, Weather this was just good luck I do not know.
agent_x007
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As far as I'm aware, all stock GTX 780 Ti's go up to 1020 MHz Core Clock.
No OC is required, since all is done automatically by GPU Boost 2.0.
GPU-z "Boost clock" is nowhere near max. GPU Core Clock U get in benches/games.
Dicehunter
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They can do if you get the ones made out of metal, Then they will act as a sort of passive heatsink helping with temps by maybe 1-2'c in the best case scenario.
I got a black one made from plexi with a 2-3mm gap between it and the card so it doesn't impede heat or act as a sort of passive heatsink as it's not metal but looks damn sexy ^_^
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