Conclusion

Building on the excellent GeForce GTX 780 foundation, EVGA has added an impressive ACX cooler, applied a healthy dose of GPU Boost to an already-overclocked core, and delivered superlative single-GPU performance for £625.

Developing a taste for PC gaming? Then you needn't break the bank. The GeForce GTX 660 (Tarinder's pick) and Radeon HD 7850 (Parm's pick) are readily available for under £150 and offer a good full-HD gameplay experience - not to mention a couple of free games.

Common sense out the way, EVGA's GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked ACX is aimed at those who are inclined to spend top dollar in order to obtain maximum performance and ultimate bragging rights.

Building on the excellent GeForce GTX 780 foundation, EVGA has added an impressive ACX cooler, applied a healthy dose of GPU Boost to an already-overclocked core, and delivered superlative single-GPU performance for £625. That remains a hefty price to pay, particularly when no top games are included as part of the bundle, but with no real competition in terms of framerate performance, don't expect to see any GTX 780 bargains anytime soon.

Bottom line: Willing to spend around £600 on a single graphics card? Look no further than EVGA's GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked ACX, it is quite simply an enthusiast's delight.

The Good

Can be as fast, if not faster, than a Titan
ACX cooler is excellent
Keeps quiet under load
Can drive four displays
Overclocks even further

The Bad

£625 for a single GPU
Stock-clocked memory
No bundled games

HEXUS Awards

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked ACX

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There is no way that power consumption reading is correct. It contradicts the other 2 reviews of this card and it just doesn't make sense. Yes the core clock is higher but not 62 watts worth.

Substantially increasing the core clock also automatically incurs extra voltage, per NVIDIA's GPU Boost specification. A GTX 780 consistently running at 1,100MHz-plus is burning through more voltage compared to the reference card that boosts to only 900MHz or so. But the cooler is up to the task of ameliorating the power-related disadvantages such high frequencies impose.

A very highly clocked GTX 680 can pull up to 300W of (system-wide) juice.

Tarinder
Substantially increasing the core clock also automatically incurs extra voltage, per NVIDIA's GPU Boost specification. A GTX 780 consistently running at 1,100MHz-plus is burning through more voltage compared to the reference card that boosts to only 900MHz or so. But the cooler is up to the task of ameliorating the power-related disadvantages such high frequencies impose.

A very highly clocked GTX 680 can pull up to 300W of (system-wide) juice.

Why do the other 2 reviews of this exact card show it only consuming 10w more than the reference? Was going to buy this card now I'm not sure as I want a power efficient system.

I'm suspecting hexus may have increased the power target in their ‘stock’ speed benchmarks?

EDIT - Your review actually shows it using 80w more than reference, not 60. Was comparing it to Titan by mistake.

compute performance on par with a GTX 480….. so no folding

This makes TITAN look bad value for money, basically your paying for the extra Vram on a TITAN… I can see this will drive the price down on them ?