Introduction

ASUS GTX 780 Market Segment Analysis GeForce

GTX 670 GeForce

GTX 770 HD 7970

GHz Ed. GeForce

GTX 680 GeForce

GTX 780 ASUS GTX

780 DC II OC GeForce

GTX 590 GeForce

GTX Titan GeForce

GTX 690 HD 7990 Shader Units 1344 1536 2048 1536 2304 2304 2x 512 2688 2x 1536 2x 2048 ROPs 32 32 32 32 48 48 2x 48 48 2x 32 2x 32 Graphics Processor GK104 GK104 Tahiti GK104 GK110 GK110 2x GF110 GK110 2x GK104 2x Tahiti Transistors 3500M 3500M 4310M 3500M 7100M 7100M 2x 3000M 7100M 2x 3500M 2x 4310M Memory Size 2048 MB 2048 MB 3072 MB 2048 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 2x 1536 MB 6144 MB 2x 2048 MB 2x 3072 MB Memory Bus Width 256 bit 256 bit 384 bit 256 bit 384 bit 384 bit 2x 384 bit 384 bit 2x 256 bit 2x 384 bit Core Clock 915 MHz+ 1046 MHz+ 1050 MHz 1006 MHz+ 863 MHz+ 889 MHz+ 607 MHz 837 MHz+ 915 MHz+ 1000 MHz Memory Clock 1502 MHz 1753 MHz 1500 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 855 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1500 MHz Price $370 $400 $450 $430 $650 $699 $750 $1020 $1000 $1050

Last month, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 780 launched with great success. The card uses the same Kepler GK110 GPU we've seen on the GTX Titan, but with fewer shaders. The new GPU and NVIDIA's new Boost 2.0 algorithm allow the card to offer significant performance improvements over the GeForce GTX 680.The ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC introduces a completely new DirectCU heatsink that promises better cooling performance. It also has a revamped PCB design that increases the number of power phases to ten.With 889 MHz, clocks are only increased slightly. Memory clock is unchanged. Exact pricing isn't finalized yet, but ASUS is looking at USD 699 as the most realistic price point.