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GPU: What constitutes if one is "better" than the other? GTX680 mac edition vs 780?

Korican100

Korican100

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I have the GTX 680 Mac Edition 2gb. Im looking to get into 4k video. And I want to up the annie so to speak. I am looking at the GTX 780 and it has similar specs, however, it has a lower Base/Boost Clock speed than the GTX680. So What kind of increases can I expect upgrading to a GTX780?
(the gtx780 flashed from MacVidCards for bootscreen and no external power supply)

Here are the specs. Will it be a big jump, or negligible?

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition 2GB
Performance

NVIDIA GTX 680 MAC
1536 CUDA Cores
1006 MHz Base Clock
1058 MHz Boost Clock
128.8GT/s Texture Fill Rate
Memory

2048 MB, 256 bit GDDR5
6008 MHz (effective)
192.26 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Interface

PCI-E 2.0 16x
DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI
Resolution & Refresh

240Hz Max Refresh Rate
Max Analog : 2048x1536
Max Digital : 2560x1600 (Dual Link DVI Only)

GTX 780 3/gb or 6/gb
Performance

NVIDIA GTX 780
2304 CUDA Cores
967 MHz Base Clock
1020 MHz Boost Clock
185.6GT/s Texture Fill Rate
Memory

6144 MB, 384 bit GDDR5
6008 MHz (effective)
288.38 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Interface

PCI-E 3.0 16x
DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI
Resolution & Refresh

240Hz Max Refresh Rate
Max Analog : 2048x1536
Max Digital : 4096x2160
 
Better performance in what? It depends upon what you are doing.

But, in very generic terms, performance should be about 20%-40% better for software taking advantage of its hardware acceleration.
 
ActionableMango said:
Better performance in what? It depends upon what you are doing.

But, in very generic terms, performance should be about 20%-40% better for software taking advantage of its hardware acceleration.
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I mainly do video editing. But I will use for some gaming also. Mainly 4k/RAW video editing though.
 
What are you editing in? Research what GPU acceleration your program uses and make a decision then. You could be better off ditching the 680 and running dual ATI/AMD cards for instance.

Check out www.barefeats.com for some benchmarks that may be relevant to you.
 
Hi Korican. You may have seen the Barefeats test on the Nvidia 680GTX compared to other cards, http://www.barefeats.com/gpu680v.html Though it did not include the 780GTX Though it will all depend on the software to be used and how it interacts with the GPU. There will be medium heavy tasks that you won't see a noticeable difference between the 680GTX or 780GTX. From the user's reviews, the performance of the 680GTX was satisfactory in general but the 780GTX I think is also good.
 
^^^^There is a newer comparison here:

http://www.barefeats.com/gputitan.html

that does include the GTX 780 as well as two versions of the GTX 680, the Mac Version and a 4GB version flashed by MVC. IMHO, the comparison of the two cards is akin to comparing the C6 and C7 Vette. Both are good, one is a later design and faster.

Lou
 
For a VERY basic/naive comparison. multiply the core count by the clock. 780 easily wins.
 
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