Makaveli
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I own a 780 myself and I think you're vastly over-estimating the number of cards that do 1.3ghz. I can more or less assure you that 1.3ghz on a GTX 780 isn't common - but that is okay. Even a meager overclock of mid 1100s will generally have the 780 being in fighting range of the Titan, my own 780 is in the 1100 range.
That said, I agree with a lot of your points. Overclocking can certainly change things, but this does not change my opinion of the 290X price. 700$ is lunacy, period. 600$ is reasonable, with 550$ being a hell of a deal for that level of performance. I just don't think people will buy a 700$ card for the promise of overclocking - web reviews will hit mostly on stock performance and from everything we know, the 290X will be a bit faster than the 780 and trade blows with the Titan. To me that does not quality for a 700$+ price tag, even with overclocking - you could just as easily buy a factory OC'ed 780 to match the Titan's performance anyway for 660$ which would still be cheaper than a theoretical 700$ 290X.
I think RS means the Radeon hitting 1.3Ghz not the 780 if I read that correctly.
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