AWSOME scores!!!!!!  I was going to step up also but I am glad I didn't cause I won the silicon lottery!!  I got some help on another forum and just reached a stable overclock on my 780ti classifieds in SLI of 1390MHZ. That's right , you heard it, 1390MHZ and max temps are 83 Celsius(only on top card and only in stress testing) bottom card is always under 71 cecluis.  Stress tested with unigene valley(5701 Score)  and metro last light and 2033 redux  in gameplay never goes below 100fps EVER!!!!! for hours and hours of gameplay even in battle scenes at ULTRA with an ROG swift 2540 x 1440p with max tesleation and 2xmsaa...I had the cards over 1490 mhz but heat becomes an issuue quickly at 1.218vv 115% power target and PEXVDD voltage 1.242v. and I am sure I would have to pump more voltage in to get it 100% stable... but I am limited by the LN2 bios and cooling>>>
 
If I had custom water cooling and a custom bios , I know I could hit 1500mhz... I guess  I got lucky...
 
I would love to see some  comparisons of 2 780ti classifieds in SLI at 1390mhz. I have searched and found nothing to compare my overclocked cards to similarly overclocked 980's....

My Unigine Valley benchmark:
EVGA 980 ACX 2.0 in SLI
FPS: 141.5
Score: 5921
Min: 46.4
Max: 229.7
Core Clock 1451
Memory Clock 1943
 
Ultra Preset @ 1080
 
 
My cards were sitting at an average of 70c give or take a few but I have a decent airflow setup in my computer. 

Nice... thank you for sharing those results you got me beat by like 200 points and a few FPS.

Gotta love it... playing games with these frame rates is awesome. Cant wait to see new video cards and 4k come into play.....

ablangc
I almost stuck with my 780 Ti's but I figured, what the hell, an extra gig of VRAM and a much quieter setup

you never know what other game is going to come and swallow vram next I mean ac unity vram is nearly maxed out on the 780 ti looking at videos. There was people complaining about ryse having the textures setting locked at ultra because he couldn't run the game max with his 780 ti due to the lack of vram.
 
I think 4gb is okay for now but I reckon the 8gb is the safe spot. I was going to step up for a 970/980 but it feels like it's a step backwards since I have 6gb 780 not performance wise but vram. kinda on edge incase another dev decides to make a rubbish port for it to swallow the vram. Cod aw and shadow of mordor nearly max out 6gbs where as far cry 4 and ac unity only use around 2.4/3gb so all these games vairy whether some of them make use of the ect vram I don't know but it looks like it imo.

No, Unigine Valley was set to Extreme HD with 8xAA.  My CPU is also overclocked to 4.8 GHz on my 4790k
 
 
As for Ubisoft.......well I play a lot of FC4.  I am now running stock settings with my CPU and GPU just to make it stable for an hour or two.  Crashing has got so bad with the game that I am forced to run it on Medium to Ultra instead of Custom with all settings on Max (NVidia settings) just to play certain parts of the game so it does not crash.  This is the only game I have this problem with; however, all the other games I have no issues even with my overclock settings. 

Quite difference then. 
With AA enabled...


FPS: 125.8
Score: 5266
Min FPS: 32.5
Max FPS: 227.4


Edit: Pulled a better score than my original post, although still quite a difference. My avg fps is always good until near the end of scene 9, and then it just dives off a cliff into the abyss... About 20fps, and it never really recovers.

Should I jump the gun and step up to a 980 from a 780 Ti? For gaming no, for benching yes.
 

 

 
http://www.guru3d.com/art..._980_sli_review,1.html
 
 

Sajin
Should I jump the gun and step up to a 980 from a 780 Ti? For gaming no, for benching yes.

You say NO while posting numbers that show the 980 beats the 780 Ti...
I don't see the logic there.

I notice easily that 2 780 Ti Classifieds couldn't run Watch Dogs on ultra at 60FPS, but a single 980 can.
Will I notice 5 to 7fps, if that 5 to 7 fps causes stutter? Absolutely. Does 7 fps make a difference between playing at game at 24fps and 17fps... YEAH. Does it make a difference when talking about 100 vs 107, no, you partially win the argument there. If you're satisfied playing games on medium or high settings, your argument is partially valid there too. I personally play on PC for those ultra settings with full AA, etc. Otherwise, I'd be just as happy playing on my XB1 or PS4.

Where you completely fall flat on your face is...
http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/ is basically completely FREE with the exception of shipping, unless you got your card on sale at some really low price. I paid $1300 for the 2 780 Ti Classifieds. Yes, seems wrong trading them for 2 cards that are $550 each... But... Is it a better card? Yes. Slightly in some cases (Tomb Raider and Metro), superior in others (Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity). But the upgrade is FREE. The 980 uses less watts, runs cooler, has 1gb more of VRAM. If it's free, why say NO?
If the question was "I own a 780 Ti, should I buy a 980?" then yeah. NO makes sense. Not when it's free though. I jumped the gun after seeing benchmark scores were only a little higher and a quite a bit of skepticism. Especially with people like yourself saying "Don't do it!" I'm glad I didn't listen to people saying not to, and decided that even at a few fps higher it was worth paying shipping. Because technology changes rapidly, and even if it only future-proofs me for 6 months to a year longer, it's still longer than I had.

Sajin
Lol, 17 fps vs 24 fps... like that's even playable. 
 
Why say no? A dollar saved is a dollar earned. 

$20 total per card in shipping. $10 to send, $10 to receive... That's the cost of 2 movie tickets, or 2 meals at McDonalds. $20 that will save you from upgrading a video card by at least a year is my guess. Uses less electricity in the meantime. Will it make up $20 in years you use it? Who knows. Depends on how often you use it. It won't be instant, but not everything is about instant gratification. As you say, a dollar saved is a dollar earned.

edit note: btw, thanks for indulging me with your reasoning, even if I don't agree :)


and not playable?!? Haha, I agree I've been spoiled the last few years by 60fps, but I have a 10+ year old dell (P4 3.8ghz) that I have setup for family when they visit. I stuck a GTX 430 in it, which I know, makes no sense! But it does manage to play Batman Arkham Asylum, Dead Island, and some other stuff it shouldn't even be able to touch with a 10ft pole. Runs them around 21~24fps. I wouldn't want to play on it, but everything installed on it I tested to make sure it was doable, even if the settings were low. Funny though that some games with lower requirements than Batman or Dead Island can't even hope to work. It was kind of entertaining to see it do things it supposedly couldn't. 

Calm down guys.....Everybody has there own opinion. I like my 780ti classifieds cause i am enjoying the overclocking potential. Mine are at 1390mhz on air and my scores are great. Other people have different reasons for stepping up or not. I enjoy the whole processes of overclocking,gaming,compararing, and discussing these things with you guys. WE ALL HAVE AWESOME HARDWARE LETS ENJOY IT......

Zapix
I notice easily that 2 780 Ti Classifieds couldn't run Watch Dogs on ultra at 60FPS, but a single 980 can.
Will I notice 5 to 7fps, if that 5 to 7 fps causes stutter? Absolutely. Does 7 fps make a difference between playing at game at 24fps and 17fps... YEAH. Does it make a difference when talking about 100 vs 107, no, you partially win the argument there. If you're satisfied playing games on medium or high settings, your argument is partially valid there too. I personally play on PC for those ultra settings with full AA, etc. Otherwise, I'd be just as happy playing on my XB1 or PS4.

Where you completely fall flat on your face is...
http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/ is basically completely FREE with the exception of shipping, unless you got your card on sale at some really low price. I paid $1300 for the 2 780 Ti Classifieds. Yes, seems wrong trading them for 2 cards that are $550 each... But... Is it a better card? Yes. Slightly in some cases (Tomb Raider and Metro), superior in others (Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity). But the upgrade is FREE. The 980 uses less watts, runs cooler, has 1gb more of VRAM. If it's free, why say NO?
If the question was "I own a 780 Ti, should I buy a 980?" then yeah. NO makes sense. Not when it's free though. I jumped the gun after seeing benchmark scores were only a little higher and a quite a bit of skepticism. Especially with people like yourself saying "Don't do it!" I'm glad I didn't listen to people saying not to, and decided that even at a few fps higher it was worth paying shipping. Because technology changes rapidly, and even if it only future-proofs me for 6 months to a year longer, it's still longer than I had.

I have no problem playing Watch Dogs with my two 780 Ti Classifieds on ultra settings at 2560X1600 on my Dell U3011. Using FRAPS I was hovering in the 90's for FPS and dipping down into the 60's while in playing in an action scene. Completely playable on my rig.

Though this is well past the oringinal posters need to make his decision within 20 day; thought it might help others.
 
980 Classified ACX 2.0, uses a Max of 165 watts, is DirectX 12 compliant (Any games even exist that are D-X 12?)  [When there are D-X 12 games this will seem like old technology; IMO!]
 
780Ti can use a whopping 450 watts (more power) and are only DX 11; not sure if that limits any current games.  Also not sure if you will ever see 450 watts used; depends on your setup.
 
However the type of 4K monitor or 4K TV setup you want to use - AH there the difference becomes VAST! 
Most but not all 4K TVs only work with a PC input on the HDMI port.  As of the ongoing search in this post http://forums.evga.com/780ti-sc-SLI-How-to-get-UHD-60Hz-please-Apparently-DP12-to-HDMI-20-but-how-pls-m2272354.aspx DisplayPort to HDMI cable solution has eluded being discovered and captured.  So "4k" on a TV or Monitor that does not have DisplayPort is still in search of a solution.
 
980s can do "4K" (3480X2160 @60Hz) through the HDMI port and the DisplayPort 
780s can only do "4K through the one DisplayPort. 
 
Point being made the number of displays being used and their resolution is an important difference.
 
So as always, your "NEEDS" may dictate the solution you choose; but your "WANTS" well just remember to leave enough $$ in your wallet to be able to eat enough that you have the energy to game and your family does not have to go without.
 
I always enjoy learning from and helping my fellow EVGA community members.

saifrehman23

Cool GTX
Though this is well past the oringinal posters need to make his decision within 20 day; thought it might help others.
 
980 Classified ACX 2.0, uses a Max of 165 watts, is DirectX 12 compliant (Any games even exist that are D-X 12?)  [When there are D-X 12 games this will seem like old technology; IMO!]
 
780Ti can use a whopping 450 watts (more power) and are only DX 11; not sure if that limits any current games.  Also not sure if you will ever see 450 watts used; depends on your setup.
 
However the type of 4K monitor or 4K TV setup you want to use - AH there the difference becomes VAST! 
 
Most but not all 4K TVs only work with a PC input on the HDMI port.  As of the ongoing search in this post (http://forums.evga.com/780ti-sc-SLI-How-to-get-UHD-60Hz-please-Apparently-DP12-to-HDMI-20-but-how-pls-m2272354.aspx ) DisplayPort to HDMI cable solution has eluded being discovered and captured.  So "4k" on a TV or Monitor that does not have DisplayPort is still in search of a solution.
 
980s can do "4K" (3480X2160 @60Hz) through the HDMI port and the DisplayPort 
780s can only do "4K through the one DisplayPort. 
 
Point being made the number of displays being used and their resolution is an important difference.
 
So as always, your "NEEDS" may dictate the solution you choose; but your "WANTS" well just remember to leave enough $$ in your wallet to be able to eat enough that you have the energy to game and your family does not have to go without.
 
I always enjoy learning from and helping my fellow EVGA community members.

Show me proof that the 780 Ti will NOT support DX 12. 
 
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/730945/directx-12-on-780ti/?offset=13
 
"NVIDIA will partially support the DX12 API on all the DX11-class GPUs it has shipped; these belong to the Fermi, Kepler and Maxwell architectural families."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_700_series
 

OK, seems I am able to check off the goal: upset someone today! (no not really; but, you do seem kind of cranked-up in your response)
 
 
I gathered my (reckless) information about (780Ti and DX12) from no other than; a QUOTE from EVGA's specification sheet!
http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/03G-P4-3888.pdf
 
I was trying to help fellow members by highlighting the differences as given by the manufacture's own specifications.  If the potential of the hardware has actually grown to exceed the original manufacturer's original claims; then so be it.
 
The bigger point in my original post about DX 11 or 12:
I am not aware of any game that is unplayable solely because the video card does not support those standards. 
Further if it takes 12 to 24 months for a new game to be launched that will ONLY work with DX12 or above; would you be likely to be using your current enthusiast card? 
 

Cool GTX
 
 
OK, seems I am able to check off the goal: upset someone today! (no not really; but, you do seem kind of cranked-up in your response)
 
 
I gathered my (reckless) information about (780Ti and DX12) from no other than; a QUOTE from EVGA's specification sheet!
http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/03G-P4-3888.pdf
 
I was trying to help fellow members by highlighting the differences as given by the manufacture's own specifications.  If the potential of the hardware has actually grown to exceed the original manufacturer's original claims; then so be it.
 
The bigger point in my original post about DX 11 or 12:
I am not aware of any game that is unplayable solely because the video card does not support those standards. 
Further if it takes 12 to 24 months for a new game to be launched that will ONLY work with DX12 or above; would you be likely to be using your current enthusiast card? 
 

I can't seem to find the line where it says DX12 is not supported.