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Review: Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC

by Tarinder Sandhu on 15 July 2013, 16:00

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Testing methodology

ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCUII OC 3GB

GPU Comparisons
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 320.18 £790
ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 3GB 889 (941) 2,304 889 (941) 6,008 384 GeForce 320.18 £600
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX 3GB 967 (1,020) 2,304 967 (1,020) 6,008 384 GeForce 320.18 £555
Palit GeForce GTX 780 Super JetStream 3GB 980 (1,033) 2,304 980 (1,033) 6,200 384 GeForce 320.18 £545

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3X 3GB

 954 (1,006) 2,304 954 (1,006) 6,008 389 GeForce 320.18 £550
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB 863 (902) 2,304 863 (902) 6,008 384 GeForce 320.18 £515
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB 1,046 (1,085) 1,536 1,046 (1,085) 7,008 256 GeForce 320.18 £310
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB 980 (1,033) 1,152 980 (1,033) 6,008 256 GeForce 320.39 £200
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB 1,006 (1,058) 1,536 1,006 (1,058) 6,008 256 GeForce 320.18 £350
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB 915 (980) 1,344 915 (980) 6,008 256 GeForce 320.18 £280
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 950 (1,013) 1,344 950 (1,013) 6,008 192 GeForce 320.18 £220
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB 772 512 1,544 4,008 256 GeForce 320.18 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 £320
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB 925 2,048 925 5,500 384 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 £280
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB 850 1,792 850 5,000 384 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 £215
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB 1,000 1,280 1,000 4,800 256 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 £170
AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB 850 1,600 800 4,800 256 Catalyst 13.5 beta 2 NA

HEXUS High-End Test Bench
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 3007FPW
Operating system Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit, SP1)

HEXUS High-End Benchmarking Suite
GPU Benchmarks Mode and Resolutions Quality Settings
3DMark DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme
BioShock Infinite DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 Ultra + DOF
Call of Duty: Black Ops II DX9 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 8xMSAA, High/Extra Preset
Crysis 3 DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 4xMSAA, High Preset
DiRT Showdown DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 4xMSAA, Ultra Preset
Far Cry 3 DX11 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 2xMSAA, Ultra Preset
Just Cause 2 DX10 at 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,600 8xMSAA, High Preset
General Benchmarks Description
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record mains power draw both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and while playing Far Cry 3
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Far Cry 3

Notes

It's worth measuring the in-game frequency across our six games, especially as the card ships with a mediocre core clock. Investigating GPU Boost frequency while running through the benchmarks, here how the Asus compares against the previously tested GTX 780 competition:

GTX 780 OC card
Asus
Palit
EVGA
Gigabyte
Average GPU Boost clock
1,019MHz
1,124MHz
1,124MHz
1,046MHz

In our test system, the Asus card boosts, on average, 130MHz higher than the default 889MHz. Trouble is, the other GTX 780s aren't shy in running way, way past their shipping frequencies, either.


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