

So I set the voltage offset to +38 mV which makes the card boost to 1175 MHz (1200 mV) on the core being 24/7 stable. GPU Boost 2.0 clocked the card up to 1150 MHz/mV on the core not being stable. With just a few tweaks I could set a core offset of 160 MHz and a memory offset of 500 MHz, while setting temperature and power target to max. But as the Corsair CX500 PSU just could not deliver enough consistent power, I decided to go with my main rig (specs above). Overclocking: Initially, I wanted to use the i5 test rig also the 6 were tested on (also in the GPU OC DB). I am still waiting for shadow play to be released, as this is a very big feature that also convinced me as a Let's Player / montageist to get a 780. But after Linus did his Benchmarking Videos showing that the 3 GB of memory do not hold the card back even at greater than 1080p resolutions, I decided to go with it. As I am running at 1440p resolution which just murders GPUs with not enough VRAM, this was a big concern for me. I was quite disappointed when it turned out that reference 780s only come with 3 GB of RAM as opposed to the rumored 5 GB. OC results for 780s on air and watercooled hopefully coming soon. I plan on upgrading to watercooled dual 780 quite soon. Currently it is using the reference cooler with a Gigabyte Sticker on the side. History of the card: This card was ordered on the release day of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 graphics card as a direct replacement of the Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU2 4GB. Storage: 2 x Corsair Force GT 120 GB (RAID 0) RAM: 4 x 4 GB G.Skill RipjawsZ 1600MHz 9-9-9-24Ĭooler: custom watercooling loop (EK Supremacy) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3 GB reference card OVERCLOCK Finally, I found some time to do all the in depth testing for this card.
