The card is the strongest single-GPU adapter and will sell for $699 / €699

Nov 4, 2013 08:45 GMT  ·  By

After weeks of sporadic leaks, overeager rumors and embellished claims that proved to be less embellished than people surmised, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti graphics card has been fully detailed.

And we have to say that the new high-end video board from NVIDIA is definitely the strongest video card around. At least as far as single-GPU models go.

Certain games may still run better on AMD cards, because they are optimized for GCN architecture, like Battlefield 4 who even used AMD Mantle instead of DirectX.

But NVIDIA has its own share of GeForce-optimized games, so even if its free game bundles aren't on par with AMD Never Settle, they are still there, so this point mostly balances itself out.

So, with benchmarks showing the GTX 780 Ti superior to both AMD Radeon R9 290X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan, only the spec sheet was left. And now, we have it, thanks to the folks at VideoCardz.

First off, GTX 780 Ti has a 28nm GK110 GPU with 2,880 CUDA Cores, 25% more than on the GTX 780.

Secondly, it boasts 240 TMUs (texture mapping units), 48 ROPs (raster operating units), 3 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, a 384-bit memory interface, the GPU boost 2.0 Technology (875 MHz / 928 MHz base/boost GPU clocks) and a new technology called Power Balancing.

This feature balances the energy drawn from the PCI Express interface, 6-pin power port and 8-pin power port, improving overclocking stability.

Add to that the 7 GHz frequency of the memory and the bandwidth of 336 GB/s and you have a winner. In fact, given that GTX Titan has 6 GB GDDR5 VRAM, it's quite impressive that GTX 780 Ti manages to outdo it with half that amount, clock difference or no (Titan has 6008 MHz VRAM clock).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti has a TDP (thermal design power) of 250W and a price of $699 / €699. The sum has been confirmed, as well as any price can be considered ”confirmed” before the product actually gets released.