OCC: The performance metrics show that running head to head against the R9 290X, the GTX 780 Ti comes out on top in most of the tests run. When run hot, the margin gets even larger. Sure the R9 290X wins some, but the vast majority see the latest from the green team coming out on top. We could see the writing on the wall with the launch of the GTX 780 - seeing how well it performed in relation to NVIDIA's GTX Titan and being truly stunned at what it had to offer. I have that same feeling now after testing the GTX 780 Ti, fully proving that the addition of the additional CUDA cores and high speed memory makes this the pinnacle of NVIDIA single-GPU gaming. If you need more gaming power for a 4K display, you have the option of adding in another card (or cards) in an SLI configuration to get to that next FPS plateau. GeForce Experience was launched with the GTX 780 as a way to take all the performance settings data that NVIDIA has put together to deliver the best possible gaming experience by optimizing the in- game settings for your GPU. We all struggle at one time or another to reach that perfect combination of settings. Using GeForce Experience, it's now done for you if you choose to use the tool. Another part of GeForce Experience is ShadowPlay, which launched with the GTX 780 Ti and is a way to record 1080p gameplay at 60 FPS without a significant performance hit thanks to the H.264 video encoder built into the Kepler architecture. There's no doubt the GTX 780 Ti is fast and delivers smooth-as-silk gameplay. At $699, it is taking over the price point of the GTX 780 and is still $300 less than the GTX Titan. To make this price point more attractive, NVIDIA is sweetening the pot from October 28 through December 31 if you buy a GTX 780 Ti. A trio of AAA game will be included from e-tailers, including Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Batman: Arkham Origins, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist; all topped off with a voucher for $100 off an NVIDIA SHIELD. If you are looking for the next best thing, it's here and it's called the GTX 780 Ti.

PCPer: The new GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB takes back the crown and title of the fastest single GPU graphics card on the market.  It does this with a full GK110 powering it, 2,880 CUDA cores running at a base clock higher than the original GTX 780 AND has a GDDR5 memory bus running at 7.0 Gbps.  All of this adds up to performance that is beating out the GTX 780 (non-Ti), the GTX TITAN and the Radeon R9 290X. The reign of the R9 290X at the top of the mountain was rather short lived, but in reality we expected a quick reaction from NVIDIA.  AMD's Hawaii GPU surprised us all with its ability to outpace the GTX 780 (at the time $100 more expensive) as well as the GTX TITAN (at the time $450 more!).  But NVIDIA was willing to sacrifice the GTX TITAN as the flagship gaming option in order to produce a card that could perform better than the 290X, while being reasonably close in cost. In my testing, the GTX 780 Ti was able to maintain a 10-15% performance advantage over the R9 290X in our most demanding games at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160.  Results at 1920x1080 were much closer though if you are gaming on a graphics card like this on a standard 1080p panel, you are doing it wrong quite frankly.  Sorry.  A couple of games, like Bioshock Infinite and GRID 2, showed reasonably close performance between the AMD and NVIDIA flaghips however, so the win wasn't a total slam dunk for the 780 Ti.

HotHardware: The GeForce GTX 780 Ti's performance was excellent across the board. Its beefier GPU and higher memory clock allowed it to overtake the mighty GeForce GTX Titan and original GeForce GTX 780. And in the majority of our tests, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti was also able to outpace the Radeon R9 290X. The GeForce GTX 780 Ti also split with the R9 290X when tested at a 4K resolution, the GeForce offered more consistent frame times than CrossFired Radeons when running in a dual-GPU SLI configuration, and they ran cooler and quieter too. While the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is quieter and faster than the Radeon R9 290X overall, it's arriving at $699, a price roughly 20% higher than the Radeon's. That's justifiable in light of the card's performance, bundle, and other desirable characteristics, but the game may change when AMD's partners ready custom versions of the 290X with higher clocks, and quieter, more capable coolers, and the Radeons' larger 4GB frame buffer may pay dividends as 4K monitors become more prevalent--time will tell.

LegitReviews: Compared to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti has had 3 extra SMX units enabled inside the NVIDIA GK110 Kepler GPU.  This means that all 15 the SMX units in the 5 graphics processing clusters are now fully enabled and that the GK110 is running all out (unless there is a sixth cluster). The GK110 block diagram above shows all 15 SMX units on the GK110 Kepler GPU.  Each SMX unit has 192 CUDA cores, so the GeForce GTX 780 has 2304 CUDA cores and the GeForce GTX 780 Ti has a whopping 2880! This is a 25% increase in just the number of cores and that is before NVIDIA bumped up the clock speeds! NVIDIA just didn't enable more cores though and walk away. They also increased the GPU clock speeds on the GeForce GTX 780 Ti to 875MHz base and 928MHz boost from 863MHz base and 902MHz boost on the GeForce GTX 780.  This is a subtle 1.4% increase on the base clock and 2.9% on the boost clocks, but remember that the GeForce GTX 780 Ti has 25% more cores as well.  NVIDIA gave the memory a major 16.5% speed increase, so the 3GB of GDDR5 memory running on the 384-bit bus has increased from 6008MHz (effective) to 7000MHz (effective). This frequency increase has caused the memory bandwidth to go from 288.4 GB/s all the way up to 336.0 GB/s, so a 16.5% clock increase yields exactly that when it comes to memory bandwidth!