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While AMD have been working hard behind the scenes on their next generation of graphics cards Nvidia have been running amok in the mid to high performance gaming sector. Today we look at three custom cooled solutions from Palit – their GTX760, GTX770 and GTX780 Jetstream Editions.
There is no doubt that the GTX760 has taken command of the affordable gaming sector around the £200 mark. We have reviewed a handful of excellent GTX760 solutions recently and it is a zone that AMD will want to be focusing on over the coming months. For the price, there is no better graphics card than the GTX760 right now.
The GTX770 is a very high performance graphics card, retailing between £310-£350 in the United Kingdom. It has been in a head to head price battle against AMD's HD7970 for the last couple of months and seems to be selling well for Nvidia partners. Until AMD get a next generation model in the market we would give our recommendation towards the Nvidia solution.
The GTX780 really stands alone. The prices range between £510 and £599 it has no direct competitor from AMD. That said, AMD have recently been driving home some amazing price reductions on the HD7990, breaking the sub £500 barrier. Technically, this is not really a fair direct comparison as the AMD HD7990 is a dual GPU design, but in regards to value for money, it is a tempting proposition. That said, as a dedicated gaming solution the GTX780 is a phenomenal video card. It is much cheaper than the flagship GTX Titan and makes more sense if all you want to do is play the latest games at high resolution.
Today we test the Palit GTX760, GTX 770 and GTX 780 Jetstream cards with a variety of games (and the latest 326.80 Beta Driver), including the latest titles such as Total War: Rome 2 and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We pair the cards up with a 30 inch Dell 3011 screen at the native resolution of 2560×1600. We know most people buying these cards will be wanting the maximum in game image quality, so today we place a focus on this.
The Palit GTX760 JetStream ships in a large, dark coloured box with an oriental symbol alongside the company logo, JetStream moniker and model number running along the bottom.
The bundle includes a quick start guide, software disc, alongside a Jetstream sticker and several power and video adapters. We do advise that people get the latest drivers direct from the Nvidia website as they can often have incorporated up to the minute bug fixes and performance enhancements.
The Palit GTX760 Jetstream ships with a very bright, attractive looking dual fan cooler. The cooler is constructed from plastic and is a red and cream two tone design. The PCB is black. Each of the fans has 15 blades which are designed to reduce noise and improve airflow.
The card has two DVI ports, a single DisplayPort and a single HDMI port. All outputs can be used simultaneously, so triple monitor gaming is possible with only one card. HDMI is supported by audio, it is HDMI 1.4a compatible.
The GTX760 takes power from two six pin PCIe connectors which are mounted at the end of the PCB, but not at the end of the card. This is because the extended cooler overhangs the PCB by quite a margin.
The GTX760 is SLi capable in 2 and 3 way configurations.
The cooler is constructed around an aluminum heatsink. Three thick copper heatpipes run into two separate racks of fins on either side.
The Palit GTX760 JetStream is overclocked past the reference base clock figures of 980mhz to 1,072mhz. The core boost is subsequently increased from 1,033mhz to 1,137mhz. The memory speed is increased from the reference Nvidia figures of 1,500mhz (6Gbps effective) to 1,550mhz (6.2Gbps effective). The GTX760 is built around the 28nm process, and has 32 ROP's, 96 TMU's and 1,152 Cuda Cores. The 2GB of GDDR5 memory is connected via a 256 bit memory interface.
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The box artwork throughout this range is identical. Palit use dark colours with the product name at the bottom, and an oriental symbol displayed behind the Jetstream product name.
Inside the box is a quick start user guide, software disc, Jetstream sticker and some video and power adapters. Always best getting the latest drivers from the Nvidia website to ensure you get all the current bug fixes and performance enhancements.
The Palit GTX770 is based around a very heavy three fan cooler. The PCB and cooler are black, except for the central fan which has the Geforce GTX770 sticker in the centre and is shrouded with a silver/gold coloured panel. The central fan has 15 blades, and the two fans on the side have 13 blades each.
The card can be used in a 2 or 3 way SLi configuration.
The Palit GTX770 takes power from a 6 pin PCI e connector and an 8 pin PCI e connector.
The card has two DVI ports, a single DisplayPort and a single HDMI port. All outputs can be used simultaneously, so triple monitor gaming is possible with only one card. HDMI is supported by audio, it is HDMI 1.4a compatible.
The cooler itself directly cools the core, GDDR5 and VRM's. There are four copper heatpipes which run into the aluminum cooler.
The Palit GTX770 is not overclocked. The core clock speed is 1,046mhz, with a core boost speed of 1,085mhz. The memory runs at 1,753mhz, or 7Gbps effective. The GK104 GPU is built on the 28 nm process. There are 32 ROPs, 128 TMU's and 1,536 CUDA cores. The 4GB of GDDR5 memory is connected via a 256 bit memory interface.
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The Palit GTX780 ships in an identical box to the other cards. Although there is a ‘Super' sticker above the Jetstream logo in the middle of the box.
The bundle includes a quick start guide, software disc and some power and video adapters along with a Jetstream sticker.
The Palit GTX780 is a similar design to the GTX770. Same two tone black and silver/gold cooler, built on a dark PCB. Looks almost like the Palit GTX770 after a few months in the gym.
The Palit GTX780 Super Jetsteam takes power from a 6 pin and an 8 pin PCIe connector.
The GTX780 is SLi capable in 2 and 3 way configurations.
The card has two DVI ports, a single DisplayPort and a single HDMI port. All outputs can be used simultaneously, so triple monitor gaming is possible with only one card. HDMI is supported by audio, it is HDMI 1.4a compatible.
The cooler has a copper base and several areas to cool the GDDR5 memory and VRM's.
The Palit GTX780 Super Jetstream has been subjected to a very large core clock increase from 863mhz to 980mhz. The boost clock speed has subsequently been increased from 900mhz to 1,033mhz. The memory speed has been increased from 1,500mhz (6Gbps effective) to 1,550mhz (6.2Gbps effective). The 3GB of GDDR5 memory is connected via a 384 bit memory interface. The GTX780 has 48 ROP's, 192 TMU's and 2,304 CUDA cores.
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For our review today we are using the latest Nvidia Forceware 326.80 Beta driver. This has the latest fixes for titles such as Splinter Cell Blacklist and is available as an official download from the Nvidia website.
This is the last graphics card review to feature our overclocked Core i7 3960x system. We will be detailing an all new Haswell 4770k build in the coming week which will be adopted in all our upcoming graphics card reviews. More information on this soon.
Test System
Processor: Core i7 3960 X Extreme Edition @ 4.4ghz
Graphics Card: Palit GTX760, GTX770 and GTX780 Super JetSteam
Cooler: Antec 920 H20
Memory: 16GB G.Skill 2,400mhz @ 10-11-10-30
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 1250W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li PC-A77FR Aluminium Red Full Tower Case
Boot Drive: Patriot WildFire 120GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB Samsung
Monitors: Dell U3011
Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark
Games:
Sleeping Dogs
Max Payne 3
Total War: Rome 2
Dirt Showdown
Tomb Raider
Metro Last Light
GRID 2
Alien V Predator
Splinter Cell Blacklist
All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.
Unigine provides an interesting way to test hardware. It can be easily adapted to various projects due to its elaborated software design and flexible toolset.
A lot of their customers claim that they have never seen such extremely-effective code, which is so easy to understand.
Heaven Benchmark is a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine engine from Unigine Corp. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. Interactive mode provides emerging experience of exploring the intricate world of steampunk.
Efficient and well-architected framework makes Unigine highly scalable:
- Multiple API (DirectX 9 / DirectX 10 / DirectX 11 / OpenGL) render
- Cross-platform: MS Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) / Linux
- Full support of 32bit and 64bit systems
- Multicore CPU support
- Little / big endian support (ready for game consoles)
- Powerful C++ API
- Comprehensive performance profiling system
- Flexible XML-based data structures
We use the following settings: 1920×1080 resolution. Anti Aliasing off. Anisotrophy 4, Tessellation normal. Shaders High. Stereo 3D disabled. API: Direct X 11.
At 1920×1080 all cards can maintain perfectly smooth frame rates in this benchmark. At 2560×1600 the additional shader power of the GTX780 becomes apparent, averaging over 61 frames per second.
Valley Benchmark is a new GPU stress-testing tool from the developers of the very popular and highly acclaimed Heaven Benchmark. The forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains amazes with its scale from a bird’s-eye view and is extremely detailed down to every leaf and flower petal. This non-synthetic benchmark powered by the state-of-the art UNIGINE Engine showcases a comprehensive set of cutting-edge graphics technologies with a dynamic environment and fully interactive modes available to the end user.
Again all the cards handle 1920×1080 easily enough, maintaining smooth frame rates throughout. The very powerful GTX780 jumps way out in front at 2560×1600.
Futuremark released 3DMark Vantage, on April 28, 2008. It is a benchmark based upon DirectX 10, and therefore will only run under Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 is stated as a requirement) and Windows 7. This is the first edition where the feature-restricted, free of charge version could not be used any number of times. 1280×1024 resolution was used with performance settings.
The Palit GTX760 and GTX770 score very highly, indicating good performance with older Direct X 10 titles. The Palit GTX780 Super Jetstream however is some distance ahead, scoring just under 47,000 points.
3DMark 11 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance.
Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.If you want to learn more about this benchmark, or to buy it yourself, head over to this page.
Great results for all cards, leading their respective price sectors. The Palit GTX780 Super Jetstream scores a whopping 14,178 points in the graphics test.
3DMark is an essential tool used by millions of gamers, hundreds of hardware review sites and many of the world’s leading manufacturers to measure PC gaming performance.
Futuremark say “Use it to test your PC’s limits and measure the impact of overclocking and tweaking your system. Search our massive results database and see how your PC compares or just admire the graphics and wonder why all PC games don’t look this good.
To get more out of your PC, put 3DMark in your PC.”
The latest Direct X 11 benchmark from Futuremark shows solid performance from the full range of 7 series graphics cards. The GTX780 puts in a formidable performance in this benchmark, scoring 10,482 points.
Aliens V Predator has proved to be a big seller since the release and Sega have taken the franchise into new territory after taking it from Sierra. AVP is a Direct X 11 supported title and delivers not only advanced shadow rendering but high quality tessellation for the cards on test today.
To test the cards we used a 1920×1080 resolution with DX11, Texture Quality Very High, MSAA Samples 1, 16 af, ambient occulsion on, shadow complexity high, motion blur on.
This game may be older than many we are testing today, but it is still a demanding title, especially at 2560×1600. All cards deliver good results, but both the GTX760 and GTX770 drop below 30 frames per second in some of the more graphically intensive areas of the environment. The GTX780 on the other hand maintains frame rates close to, or above 50 frames per second at all times.
Sleeping Dogs started development as an original title, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime: Hong Kong, the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series. As a result of the game’s high development budget and delays, it was canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011. Six months later, it was announced that Square Enix had picked up the publishing rights to the game, but the game was renamed Sleeping Dogs in 2012 since Square Enix did not purchase the True
Crime name rights.
We test this Direct X 11 title with all the settings on maximum and at 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 resolutions.
At 1920×1080 all GTX solutions maintain playable frame rates, just above the 25 frames per second sweetspot.
At 2560×1600 this game becomes particularly demanding, even causing a single frame drop below 25 fps for the GTX780. The GTX770 and GTX760 both struggle to maintain a perfectly smooth experience. A couple of the image quality settings would need to be reduced to smooth out the frame rates.
Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. Max Payne 3 features a similar over-the-shoulder camera as its predecessors, with the addition of a cover mechanic, while also retaining much of the same run-and-gun style of gameplay. Max Payne 3 also marks the return of bullet-time in action sequences, for which the franchise is notable.
In bullet-time it is possible to see every bullet strike an enemy in detail. New to the series is a “Last Stand” mechanic, which gives the player a grace period after losing all health during which time the player may kill the enemy that wounded them in order to continue playing, however this mechanic is only usable if the player has one or more bottles of painkillers in their possession.
We test the game today at 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 resolutions. At our chosen graphics settings, the game demands 1270MB (1920) and 1848MB (2560) of memory.
This is another demanding Direct X 11 title. All cards keep the engine running smoothly throughout.
At 2560×1600 the demands on the video card become more intensive. The GTX760 holds the frame rate above the sweet spot of 25 at all times, but it is borderline. The GTX770 smooths the experience out a little better, holding close to 30 frames per second at all times. As expected, the GTX780 is the best of all at these settings, holding the frame rate above 40 at all times.
Total War ROME 2 is the eighth stand alone game in the Total War series, it is the successor to the successful Rome: Total War title. The Warscape Engine powers the visuals of the game and the new unit cameras will allow players to focus on individual soldiers on the battlefield, which in itself may contain thousands of combatants at a time.
Creative Assembly has stated that they wish to bring out the more human side of war this way, with soldiers reacting with horror as their comrades get killed around them and officers inspiring their men with heroic speeches before siege towers hit the walls of the enemy city. This will be realised using facial animations for individual units, adding a feel of horror and realism to the battles.
To test the cards today, we use the ULTRA settings above at both 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 resolutions.
This game plays very well on all three cards at 1920×1080, holding a frame rate above 30 at all times. In real world terms, this means the game runs smoothly all the time.
At 2560×1600 the Palit GTX760 Jetstream drops a couple of times below the sweet spot of 25 frames per second – meaning we would need to lower the image quality a little. The GTX770 Jetstream may only perform a little better with this engine, but it is enough to smooth out the judders during our tests. The GTX780 Super Jetstream is at the top of the pile with a totally smooth experience which feels identical to our tests at the lower resolution.
Dirt Showdown is the latest title in the franchise from Codemasters, based around the famous Colin McRae racing game series, although it no longer uses his name, since he passed away in 2007.
We configured the game with the ULTRA preset and set the anti aliasing setting to the maximum 16 QCSAA
This engine doesn't pose a problem at 1080p, even with the image quality settings at their maximum.
At 2560×1600 the frame rate drops substantially, although all cards maintain smooth frame rates. The GTX780 performs at a different level, holding a minimum frame rate higher than the average of the GTX770.
After a delayed release from late 2012 to March 2013, the game received much anticipation and hype. Tomb Raider received much acclaim from critics, who praised the graphics, the gameplay and Camilla Luddington’s performance as Lara with many critics agreeing that the game is a solid and much needed reboot of the franchise. Much criticism went to the addition of the multiplayer which many felt was unnecessary. Tomb Raider went on to sell one million copies in forty-eight hours of its release, and has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide so far.
We set the game up at the ULTIMATE graphics settings, and tested at both 1920×1080 and 2560×1600.
No problems for any of the hardware on test. Smooth frame rates throughout.
At 2560×1600 the demands increase considerably and the frame rate on the GTX760 drops to just above 20 frames per second. This has a negative effect throughout the experience and the engine judders noticeably. The GTX770 performs better and never drops below 25 frames per second. The GTX780 is the ideal card to play this game at 2560×1600 however especially with the image quality settings at the maximum.
Metro: Last Light takes place one year after the events of Metro 2033, proceeding from the ending where Artyom chose to call down the missile strike on the Dark Ones. The Rangers have since occupied the D6 military facility, with Artyom having become an official member of the group. Khan, the nomad mystic, arrives at D6 to inform Artyom and the Rangers that a single Dark One survived the missile strike.
4A Games’ proprietary 4A Engine is capable of rendering breathtaking vistas, such as those showing the ruined remnants of Moscow, as well as immersive indoor areas that play with light and shadow, creating hauntingly beautiful scenes akin to those from modern-day photos of Pripyat’s abandoned factories and schools.
We normally test this game under real world conditions, but decided today to try the built in benchmark, with the settings above at both 1920×1080 and 2560×1600.
An incredibly demanding engine at these very high image quality settings. Both GTX770 and GTX780 hold the frame rate above 25 however the GTX760 struggles.
At 2560×1600 with the ultra high image quality settings, the GTX780 is the only card able to maintain smooth frame rates throughout. Both GTX760 and GTX770 would need the image quality settings reduced to smooth out the frame rate.
Grid 2 is the sequel to the racing video game Race Driver: Grid. It was developed and published by Codemasters. The game includes numerous real world locations such as Paris, numerous United States locations, and many more, and also includes motor vehicles spanning four decades. In addition, it includes a new handling system that developer Codemasters has dubbed ‘TrueFeel’, which aims to hit a sweet spot between realism and accessibility.
We use the ULTRA preset and set the anti aliasing to 16 QCSAA for maximum quality. We only test this game at 2560×1600 because it isn't as demanding as many of the other titles we test today.
All of the hardware on test today is able to maintain smooth frame rates at 2560×1600.
Splinter Cell Blacklist is the sixth installment in the series.
The game begins with Sam Fisher and his old friend Victor Coste who are about to depart from Andersen AFB in Guam when an unknown enemy force destroys the entire base. Assisted by hacker specialist Charlie Cole, Sam and Vic manage to escape, although Vic is injured after protecting Sam from a grenade. Soon after, a terrorist group calling itself “The Engineers” assumes responsibility for the attack and announce that it was the first of a deadly countdown of escalating attacks (called “The Blacklist”) on United States assets, declaring that they will halt the attacks only after the U.S. government accomplish the demand of calling back all American troops deployed abroad.
Blacklist had some performance issues until Nvidia released the 326.80 beta driver, which we are using today.
We used the Direct X 11 image quality settings highlighted above and tested at 2560×1600.
All of the cards maintain smooth frames at 2560×1600. The GTX780 is way out in front thanks to the powerful architecture.
The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 24c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes.Load measurements were acquired by playing Crysis Warhead for 30 minutes and measuring the peak temperature.
We also have included Furmark results, recording maximum temperatures throughout a 30 minute stress test. All fan settings were left on automatic.
All three coolers are capable, although the best is clearly the bigger three fan model used on the GTX780. Load temperatures of 67c when gaming is exceptionally good for an overclocked GTX780.
We have built a system inside a Lian Li chassis with no case fans and have used a fanless cooler on our CPU. The motherboard is also passively cooled. This gives us a build with almost completely passive cooling and it means we can measure noise of just the graphics card inside the system when we run looped 3dMark tests.
We measure from a distance of around 1 meter from the closed chassis and 4 foot from the ground to mirror a real world situation. Ambient noise in the room measures close to the limits of our sound meter at 28dBa.
Why do this? Well this means we can eliminate secondary noise pollution in the test room and concentrate on only the video card. It also brings us slightly closer to industry standards, such as DIN 45635.
KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refridgerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum
The Jetstream cooler delivers excellent results when left on the automatic fan profiling system. The GTX780 rates the loudest, although within a good chassis it will be virtually inaudible above several case fans.
To test power consumption today we are using a Keithley Integra unit and we measure power consumption from the VGA card inputs, not the system wide drain. We measure results while gaming in Crysis Warhead and the synthetic stress test Furmark and record both results.
The Palit GTX760 Jetstream demands around 140 watts power when gaming, the GTX770 Jetstream takes around 30 watts more under load, and the GTX780 takes around 210 watts under gaming load.
For our overclocking tests today we used the latest version of MSI Afterburner, which is based around Rivatuner.
All three of the cards exhibit some headroom, generally between 4% and 10%. The GTX780 actually overclocked the best for us, up to 1,076mhz core.
The 3DMark 11 scores increase as we would expect. 15,265 points for the GTX780 Super JetStream is an extremely impressive score – higher than the GTX Titan at reference clocks.
If you are buying a performance graphics card today to play the latest Direct X 11 games, then Nvidia have a solution to suit. It has been interesting this week to analyse the range of Jetstream cards from Palit.
The Palit GTX760 Jetstream will suit the widest audience. It is currently available in the United Kingdom for around the £210 inc vat mark. As our testing has highlighted today, this solution is very capable and will power the latest games at 1920×1080 with high image quality settings without any trouble.
This Palit version builds upon Nvidia's reference design adding a custom two fan cooling system. This helps to reduce noise levels and enhance cooling performance. The cooler is actually very quiet and even though Palit have boosted the core speed from 980mhz to 1,072mhz there is still a little headroom available if you need to push an extra couple of frames per second in a demanding title.
The GTX760 Jetstream does struggle a little to power some of the latest DX 11 games at 2560×1600, especially if you want to maximise the image quality settings as we have in this review today. There is also a serious challenge in the shape of the last generation GTX670. Several models have dropped well below the £200 mark in the last week – this overclocked Zotac GTX670 for instance is available for £179.60 inc vat from Scan. I don't think I have seen a better deal in the last couple of months.
The Palit GTX770 Jetstream is the direct replacement for the GTX670 and has recently seen some price cuts in the United Kingdom. It is available right now from Amazon for £309.99 inc vat, which is a competitive price especially when factoring in the fantastic three fan high end cooling solution incorporated. I was a little disappointed to see that Palit had not applied a core overclock on this card. We noticed there was a moderate level of headroom after tweaking in MSI Afterburner and we could increase from the default clock speed of 1,046mhz to around 1,122mhz. Even when factoring in that every card will overclock differently, we would say that a 40-50mhz ‘out of the box' core clock increase would be safe enough.
Even in a default clock state the Palit GTX770 Jetstream exhibits excellent performance at both 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 resolutions. When the GTX760 starts to struggle at 2560×1600 with higher image quality settings, the GTX770 can power ahead enough to smooth out the frame rates. This was particularly noticeable with Tomb Raider and Total War Rome 2.
The custom cooler on this card is excellent, holding load temperatures at around the mid 70's celcius mark under gaming load. The fans don't have to work too hard either, meaning noise pollution is very acceptable.
The star of the show for us today is the Palit GTX780 Super Jetstream. The company have incorporated a very heavy three fan cooling system which is able to maintain a very impressive load threshold around 67c when gaming. The fan profile has been tweaked to offered a balanced dynamic between low noise emissions and excellent cooling performance.
For the audience who want to game at 2560×1600 with ultimate image quality settings, this card is certainly the best choice. This was particularly evident in our intensive Metro Last Light test when the other cards on test struggled to cope with the increased shader demands.
Impressively the GTX780 Super Jetstream has plenty of additional headroom on the core. A reference GTX780 is clocked at 863mhz and Palit are shipping this Super Jetsteam model overclocked to 980mhz. By the time we had finished we had a stable overclock of 1,076mhz, putting it ahead of the flagship GTX Titan in regards to pure Direct X 11 game frame rate performance. When factoring in the low noise levels, refined thermal curve and performance at ultra high resolutions this is one of the most impressive video cards we have tested to date.
At £559.98 inc vat it certainly isn't a spur of the moment purchase, however if you are chasing the best Direct X 11 frame rates and have the cash, then we feel it is a great purchase. It certainly ranks as one of the finest high performance video cards we have ever tested.
You can also buy all of the video cards on test to day from the ebuyer page here.
All of these cards are deserving of our highest accolade – the MUST HAVE award.
Pros:
- All solutions are top of their respective fields.
- low noise emissions.
- some additional OC headroom on all cards.
- strong thermal performance.
Cons:
- GTX670 prices right now mean the GTX760 and GTX770 look expensive, if you can manage to snag a GTX670 deal before they sell out.
Kitguru says: The current Palit GTX7 series is extremely impressive. We await the new cards from AMD – can they mount a serious challenge?
that 780 looks like gigabyte windforce card you reviewed last week? – looks good mind you. but a rip off?
I have a Palit GTX650Ti, I personally would go with them again.
Great review. And finally, a review that actually turns TressFX on even when using Nvidia GPUs. I wish all reviews did this. Good job Kitguru.
I’ve noticed the 4GB variant of the Palit GTX 770 Jetstream performs worse compared to their GTX 780 and GTX 760 in terms of cooling. I think it’s mainly because of the fins, they’re running the length of the card while using 3 fans. There’s probably some turbulence going on there which lessens the effectiveness of the cooler to expel heat. However, their 2GB GTX 770 Jetstream has the same cooler design of this GTX 780 right here so it’s gonna perform marginally better.