EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked w/ACX Cooler 3GB GDDR5 384bit Dual-Link DVI-I DVI-D HDMI DP SLI Graphics Cards 03G-P4-2884-KR

Let me preface this review by saying I've been building PC's since 1995. I have owned countless video cards over the years from all the big name players including 3DFX, ASUS, MSI, Gainward, Sapphire, ATI/AMD, EVGA, and Gigabyte. More recently I've become a bit of a quiet PC snob. I got the Fractal Design Define R4 case for a silent rig. I don't mind some fan noise while gaming, but when sitting just reading the web I expect silence. Recently I've tried two different 770 cards, and now have tried cards from 3 different 780 Ti cards from the following vendors: MSI, ASUS, and now this EVGA Superclocked 780 Ti w/ACX. With all of that said, here we go...... PACKAGE EVGA really puts together a nice presentation. Everything is well packaged. EVGA has always been a step ahead of their competitors in this regard. Card is snug and secure in a branded static bag. Comes with a driver disc, manual, 2 large EVGA stickers, accessory PCI-E power cables sealed in a static bag (nice touch), and a very classy metal (yes METAL!) case sticker. Very cool. Great presentation. The card itself has a bunch of plastic on it covering the logos and the center of the fans. Be sure to remove all of that! Definitely a premium package compared to what ASUS and MSI give you which is more barebones. The CARD The EVGA 780 Ti SC w/ACX is lighter than both the MSI and ASUS solutions. The ACX cooler is a bit different than the MSI Twin Frozr and the ASUS DirectCU II. Both the MSI and ASUS fans are dominated aesthetically by large heat pipes and their fan solutions extend well beyond the PCB. The EVGA ACX coolor is "form fitting" to the PCB and bit self contained. It fits the PCB perfectly and is a closed off design, mostly dominated by a large heatsink and "EVGA" and " GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti" Branding. Looks GREAT through a case window. What can I say, I am sucker for seeing my hardware looking pretty in my case :) FAN PERFORMANCE Now, I've read the horror stories on the EVGA forums about the ACX fan/cooler. (buzzing, resonating) I've also read the reviews around the net, particularly from TechPowerUp! who were disappointed in the db level of the ACX fan. MSI's Twin Frozr has always excelled in this area having near silent fans under idle. Indeed the MSI 780 Ti GAMING is very quiet. ASUS as well at idle. However I am very pleasantly surprised by the ACX fan! Idle temp as I type this is 29C, with a fan percentage of 29% running at 1179 RPM. Under 100% load, the fans get up to around 55% - 60%. Subjectively, to my surprise, the ACX fans are more quiet than the MSI Twin Frozr and the ASUS under 100% load. You can definitely hear all 3, but the ACX is a more smooth "whirrrring" sound, like a ceiling fan, vs. the slightly higher pitched "tinny" sounds of the MSI and ASUS fans. When I used the MSI Gaming App to enter "OC Mode" it jacks up the fan curve significantly making the fans even louder. ASUS under load is definitely audible. OVERALL PERFORMANCE I don't need to say much here. I mean it's a 780 Ti. You know how it performs if you are going to drop this kind of coin on a GPU. I game on a Dell U2712HM 1440p Monitor. I can max out every game except Assassin's Creed IV, but that's mostly due to the poor optimization of ACIV. Gaming on this card is pure bliss. SUPPORT/COMPANY EVGA is known for their excellent service. Their website is a great resource. Be sure to register your card there. They have 24x7 support, and the Step-Up program. If that sort of thing is important to you then it's another reason to look at EVGA. Being a US based company helps. Like I said I've owned cards from all the big vendors and I never experienced a major issue with support but EVGA has always been very responsive. Last year they replaced a very old 7900GS (lifetime warranty) in my son's rig with a 8800 GT without a hassle. OVERALL Make sure your Power Supply is ready. You'll need 42A on the 12V rail. Uses 1 PCI-E 6-Pin and 1 PCI-E 8-Pin power connector. I am very happy with this card. I know the 800 series is coming later this year, but the 780 Ti will have legs for years to come, and you can always get 2 and SLI them. Highly recommend. My current Rig: Asus P8Z77-V PRO | Core i5-3550 | EVGA GTX 780 Ti SC w/ACX | 16GB Patriot Viper DDR3-1866 | Fractal Define R4 | Corsair RM750 PSU | Dell U2712HM LCD | Win 8.1 64bit

This card was perfectly quiet until it started doing 3d rendering. I ran a couple of programs to test it out, first was Nvidia's lifelike human face demo and then 3dmark 11. The coil whine was so loud i could hear it through the case, over the fans, and cutting into the silence of the room like nails on a chalkboard. I checked on a few forums to see if others were having this issue and sure enough, there's a ton of EVGA brand 780 ti's doing this. In the forum a couple guys RMA'd their card and received a second or a third also with the whine. Luckily Amazon has a return policy, so i sent it back to them for a full refund. On the plus side, this card is no joke. Total beast of a card. Even with the defect on this card, i was sad to send it back.

Came in exactly as stated, pristine and untouched, exactly what I paid for. Can't really say much else; runs this-gen games like a charm. A note to potential buyers, however: BE WARNED, THIS CARD IS SUPERCLOCKED AND COMES WITH GPU BOOST TECHNOLOGY. Superclocked means that the card comes with a factory overclock, which is nice enough in itself. It also comes with GPU Boost 2.0, which essentially overclocks the card on its own when the unit is under high load, which is also fine and dandy. However, what's not often mentioned is that sometimes, the factory overclock can be a bit too much. Case in point, I tried to play Bioshock Infinite (at max settings, of course) and everything worked fine, framerate was high and such, for the first few minutes. However, in approximately ten minutes, my screen blacked out to desktop and my PC reported that the GPU drivers had crashed. With a little bit of research, I figured out that it was the card itself causing this problem: The peak memory clock for this card is 1400 MHz, and the whole factory overclock/GPU Boost issue had kicked it up, under heavy load, to 1700 MHz. Thus, it shot my card up so much that it killed itself. It's a simple issue to take care of, though: Just download MSI Afterburner or Precision X from Nvidia and underclock the thing (I backed my card's memory down to approximately 1500 MHz). I suppose I could return the device for one that was hopefully not overclocked as high, but it's really not an issue for people who know what they're doing, and it's not that hard to learn, either. Note: As for the issue above, you could also use MSI Afterburner or Precision X to create a custom fan curve for the GPU, but I found it easier just to underclock. Take your pick, whichever works best for you. All in all: This card is worth it if you have the money, and it doesn't have any real issues I can find right now. Just be forewarned, there might be some work to be done on your end to get this thing optimized, but if you want to get your PC to its maximum potential with the components it has, you've got to get down and dirty.

I got a good deal and I picked up a second one from Amazon. The performance is phenomenal and I'm planning to get an Asus ROG Swift PG278 (2560x1440 144hz GSync monitor). I need both GPUs to keep games in triple digit framerates. I have had no problems with this and its a great and silent design

Great card, runs everything great with my PC at 1080p and is fairly quiet although not as quiet as I would like. I wasn't able to OC as much as I would have hoped, only getting 1200 on the core, but I guess not every sample can be golden. This card runs really cool, mine hasn't peaked over 67 under full load as of yet. I would recommend this card. I haven't dealt with EVGA customer support yet but from what I hear they are about the best you can get. It doesn't come with the Nvidia game bundles from what I can tell, but I don't really care since Watch Dogs is a disgrace to PC gaming anyway so I don't really care but if you were getting this card over AMD because of Watch Dogs maybe look at another retailer. Pros: Stupid fast for 1080p and 1440p Runs cool Relatively quiet Great customer support Overclocks fairly well, but that changes from a card to card basis Looks aesthetically pleasing, but that is personal preference Cons: 3GB frame buffer holds it back at 4k Beat by R9 290x at 4k Really expensive Doesn't include game bundles Could be quieter

Installation was as easy as any other video card I have installed and I can throw pretty much anything at it and haven't seen the slightest stutter. Worth every penny. If you are on the fence, just buy this one. I wish it came with the watch dogs promo but you can't win em all.

Got two of these for SLI and they run any and every game like butter. Temperature stays nice and low too which is a plus.

A++ Will do business again. A generation of graphics cards behind and still running all my games at max.