System setup and notes
GeForce GTX 780 3GB specs |
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GPU Comparisons |
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| Graphics Card | GPU Clock (MHz) |
Stream Processors |
Shader Clock (MHz) |
Memory Clock (MHz) |
Memory Bus (bits) |
Graphics Driver | Approx Price | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan 6GB | 837 (876) | 2,688 | 837 (876) | 6,008 | 384 | GeForce 320.14 | £850 | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB | 863 (902) | 2,304 | 863 (902) | 6,008 | 384 | GeForce 320.18 | £550 | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB | 1,006 (1,058) | 1,536 | 1,006 (1,058) | 6,008 | 256 | GeForce 320.14 | £360 | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB | 772 | 512 | 1,544 | 4,008 | 256 | GeForce 320.14 | NA | |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz 3GB | 1,000 (1,050) | 2,048 | 1,000 (1,050) | 6,000 | 384 | Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 | £325 | |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB | 925 | 2,048 | 925 | 5,500 | 384 | Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 | £275 | |
| AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB | 850 | 1,792 | 850 | 5,000 | 384 | Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 | £225 | |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB | 850 | 1,600 | 800 | 4,800 | 256 | Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 | NA | |
HEXUS High-End Test Bench |
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| Processor | Intel Core i7-3770K (3.50GHz, 8MB cache, quad-core) | |||||||||||
| CPU Cooler | Intel reference E97378-001 | |||||||||||
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH | |||||||||||
| Memory | 8GB G.Skill RipJaws (2x4GB) DDR3 @ 1,600MHz | |||||||||||
| Power Supply | Corsair AX750W | |||||||||||
| Storage Device | Samsung 830 Series 256GB SSD | |||||||||||
| Optical Drive | Generic 24x DVD-RW | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Corsair Graphite Series 600T | |||||||||||
| Monitor | Dell 3007WFP | |||||||||||
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit, SP1) | |||||||||||
Testing notes
We've tested from the grounds-up for this card, and the drivers are the very latest from both companies. We've seen fit to add the GTX 580 so that you can compare against three top-line Nvidia GPUs of their generation. It's only fair to include the three best single-GPU Radeons, as well, while throwing a joker in the mix and showing you just how performance has improved from the first DX11 card released well over three years ago, the Radeon HD 5870 1GB has been benchmarked.
We're going to focus on the GTX 780, GTX 680, and HD 7970 GHz in the per-second frame-rate graphs. Nvidia's latest card should be better, but you'll have to read on to see by how much.
