Non Titan 6GB GK110 cards coming - GTX 780 6GB: 549.99$, GTX 780ti 749.99$

[blackened23]

$549.99 780 Reference in April | 780Ti in May/June

http://www.evga.com/articles/00830/

I assume other add in board vendors are following suit. Should be available in the next month, June-ish for the 780ti? Only 50$ above the base 3GB VRAM models.

 

[wand3r3r]

Awesome! Probably slightly overkill (is there such a thing), but drop in a couple in SLI with a 4K screen and enjoy.

 

[Fastx]

This is good news/interesting (& nice pricing) making SLI 780/780ti holding up longer down the road for gaming now, but them again Maxwell is not that far (L-14) off imo. Hopefully 6GB cards will be the norm on a GTX 880 after seeing this. I think I should be able to hold out for Maxwell but if I don't it will be a 780 6GB for sure with possible SLI down the road.

 

[KaRLiToS]

6GB with 384bit bus is not a little overkill? Is that a bus wide enough for 6gb. (Yeah I know the Titan )

 

[blackened23]

I'm gonna go with, no. Kinda surprised that these are only 50$ more than the baseline models.

 

[toyota]

6GB with 384bit bus is not a little overkill? Is that a bus wide enough for 6gb. (Yeah I know the Titan )

vram needs are not directly linked to the bus width. this card is for people wanting to run SLI at high resolutions and cranked settings which can exceed 3gb.

 

[TreVader]

This is something nvidia has sorely needed. 3GB is just not enough for a card like the 780ti.



I didn't think they'd do it, and the prices aren't all that bad either. I'm impressed.

 

[TreVader]

vram needs are not directly linked to the bus width. this card is for people wanting to run SLI at high resolutions and cranked settings which can exceed 3gb.

The bus width is irrelevant because it's clocked 40% higher than the 512bit bus on the 290/x.


It actually ends up having more bandwidth. I think 336GB/s vs only 320GB/s on reference 290x

 

[loccothan]

The New titan black is very poor in 4k
Here is the Test -> http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...it-gtx780-ti-jetstream-oc-1080p-1600p-and-4k/

 

[RaistlinZ]

The 780Ti's performance gain over the 780 certainly isn't worth an extra $200.00.

I expect places like Newegg to grossly inflate the prices well past MSRP.

 

[TreVader]

The New titan black is very poor in 4k
Here is the Test -> http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...it-gtx780-ti-jetstream-oc-1080p-1600p-and-4k/

That compares a highly OC'd aftermarket 780ti to a stock reference titan black. What do they expect?




Easily the most irrelevant review I've ever seen. OC the Titan and then compare.

Also remember that if you run 4x MSAA on the ti it will fall on it's face for vram. Good luck with that.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

That compares a highly OC'd aftermarket 780ti to a stock reference titan black. What do they expect?




Easily the most irrelevant review I've ever seen. OC the Titan and then compare.

Also remember that if you run 4x MSAA on the ti it will fall on it's face for vram. Good luck with that.

Unless they OCed the 780ti further, comparing off the shelf products seems entirely valid.

 

[blackened23]

Unless they OCed the 780ti further, comparing off the shelf products seems entirely valid.

To be fair, the main draw of the Titan/Titan black is for CUDA development with unrestricted DP. Since the 780 and 780ti will have same VRAM levels and hundreds of dollars less, the Titan cards make much less sense for gaming now. (not that they made a ton of sense for gaming to begin with, due to price) So I don't think it's a huge issue if they're slightly slower in gaming - for the people buying them, maybe gaming is sort of an "on the side" thing where the primary use is CUDA development. For that, the 780 6GB will be 1/24th of Titan black performance. That and, Titan/Titan black do not have anything other than ref designs, so i'm sure that plays a role. A lower tier card with higher clocks can easily over-take a higher tier card. There are essentially limitless examples of this. OC 290 vs 290x, 780 OC vs 780ti, etc etc etc.

 

[chimaxi83]

So it's a recycled 780Ti with some bumped VRAM on a 1 year old die.... for $749? Lmao. Well played Nvidia, well played. D:

 

[lavaheadache]

So it's a recycled 780Ti with some bumped VRAM on a 1 year old die.... for $749? Lmao. Well played Nvidia, well played. D:

at this point it's just a ploy to get people to buy the same card yet again.

These are the cards that should have come out first

 

[TreVader]

at this point it's just a ploy to get people to buy the same card yet again.

These are the cards that should have come out first

Well, they bought the wrong card in the beginning. 6GB of vram is going to be par for the course when maxwell hits.



How many people with SLI 580 1.5GB are wishing they had 3GB because they can't push 1440P not because they don't have the power, but because they don't have the frame buffer?

 

[toyota]

So it's a recycled 780Ti with some bumped VRAM on a 1 year old die.... for $749? Lmao. Well played Nvidia, well played. D:

and that really bothers you? this is not some rebadged card and nothing sneaky is going on here. they are simply giving you an option to double the amount of vram for 50 bucks which is actually not bad. its simply another option but I swear some of you will find something to bitch about.

 

[tviceman]

So it's a recycled 780Ti with some bumped VRAM on a 1 year old die.... for $749? Lmaot. Well played Nvidia, well played. D:

Both sides have been rebranding and/or reusing chips for quite some time on this node. Why is this suddenly lmao well played NVIDIA when AMD has been every bit, if not more, guilty of it with their r-series than NVIDIA was with their gtx800 series?

 

[rgallant]

but didn't the gtx770 2gb and 4 gb come out at the same time ?
so why now is it because 4k is showing a need for more than the 3gb a $800 ti has ?

 

[Hdgamer]

Anyone with a 4k monitor even tested the visual difference with AA on or off? I'm betting AA in newer games shouldn't even be needed. Although I can tell a difference with my 1600p monitor, it doesn't make as big of a difference as a 1080p monitor does.

If 4k monitors don't benifit much from AA then what would be the point of all the extra vram? Epeen bragging rights?

 

[toyota]

Anyone with a 4k monitor even tested the visual difference with AA on or off? I'm betting AA in newer games shouldn't even be needed. Although I can tell a difference with my 1600p monitor, it doesn't make as big of a difference as a 1080p monitor does.

If 4k monitors don't benifit much from AA then what would be the point of all the extra vram? Epeen bragging rights?

there is nothing magical about 4k. some games will still have jaggies and some will not be that noticeable. I can run 3200x1800 on my 24 inch screen and clearly see AA is still needed in some games on top of that. plus it does not take much to push past 3gb at 4k and there are people that will be using even higher resolutions with surround.

 

[UaVaj]

vram needs are not directly linked to the bus width. this card is for people wanting to run SLI at high resolutions and cranked settings which can exceed 3gb.

was that close to buying three 290x. not any more.

+1 for nvidia.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Those cards are just as gimmick as the AMD 290x with 8 GB, or the GTX 680 with 4 GB.... or the HD 7970 with 6GB... (unless you need that 2-3% gain compared to the original Vram size)

 

[toyota]

Those cards are just as gimmick as the AMD 290x with 8 GB, or the GTX 680 with 4 GB.... or the HD 7970 with 6GB... (unless you need that 2-3% gain compared to the original Vram size)

I am sorry but that is a short sided if not ignorant comment. it is not that hard to go over 3gb of vram on settings a 780/780ti sli and especially 780/780ti tri sli setup is capable of at high resolutions.

 

[UaVaj]

Those cards are just as gimmick as the AMD 290x with 8 GB, or the GTX 680 with 4 GB.... or the HD 7970 with 6GB... (unless you need that 2-3% gain compared to the original Vram size)

see post #6.