I'm sorry for the confusion, but EU customers are eligible for the step up program: http://eu.evga.com/support/stepup/

Hi,
 
I currently own an EVGA GTX 780 SC 3GB (03G-P4-2784-KR) for which I have activated the step up and have opted to move up to the GTX 780 SC 6GB (06G-P4-3787-KR).
 
I currently have purchased and installed the EVGA GTX 780 backplate (100-BP-2780-B9) to my current card and as I planned on moving up to SLI, I also have a 2nd spare 100-BP-2780-B9 backplate unopened ready for my 2nd GTX 780 SC 3GB.
 
Now I have activated the step up up I will of course be buying a 2nd GTX 780 SC 6GB in a few months time instead of a 3gb for my SLI setup.
 
This leaves me with 2 100-BP-2780-B9 backplates and eventually, 2 GTX 780 SC 6GB cards. What I am looking to find out is whether the 100-BP-2780-B9 backplates that fitted the EVGA GTX 780 SC 3GB (03G-P4-2784-KR) will fit the new 6GB SC 780 cards (06G-P4-3787-KR)?
 
If not, do EVGA plan to release a backplate for the new 6GB 780's? I would really prefer my cards to have them fitted! If my current ones will fit the new 6GB cards, even better.
 
Many thanks!

elios

Reddawne

elios
so just pulled the trigger on a 780Tiam i screwed on stepping up to 6GB ?

Don't bother stepping up. If you look at reviews of the Titan Black (virtually a 6gb 780ti) vs a 3gb 780ti there is no difference. Even at high resolutions. Even most recent reviews of the new Radeon 295x2 (4gb x 2) vs a Titan or 780ti at high surround resolutions the Nvidia cards are not as good. Keep in mind the Radeon only has 1gb more of ram than your 780ti. Its only at 2560x1440 and under is when Nvidia pulls ahead. So with 3gb or 6gb there will not be much difference as you'll most likely run out of gpu horsepower before you hit the ram cap. This of course excludes modded games like Skyrim, but this goes back you'll almost always run out of gpu hp before running out of gpu memory.

 One word X-Planei do a lot simming and i can max out the ram on the 3GB card with out tryingalso games coming out in next year or 2 will easily use more then 3GB of ram (im looking at you Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk)

sorry.. never played X-Plane.
As for Watcher and Cyberpunk, if they aren't multiplayer games I will never play them on pc. In the next two years ill have upgraded at least once. Again... you'll run out of horsepower before ram -----> if you upgrade once a generation it will not matter.
The 6gb 780 or 6gb 780ti will only benefit those at 4k resolutions, but rght now Nvidia's high end cards do not do as well as the high end Radeon cards with just 1gb more of ram. Many reviews show the ram isnt the issue either. To me... any current gen Nvidia's card being re-released with more ram is Fool's Gold to those who already plopped hard earned $ on 700 series card; this comes from someone who has/had sli Titans.
The 780ti is a monster card and it oc like crazy. Sajin (very cool EVGA forum's member) and many others have also confirmed counterpart cards with the less memory tend to oc better. My friend's 780ti oc to 1255 on air, whereas my Titan only clocked up to 1150. Both are on stock bios, too.

The Quinn-Meister-Generale
This leaves me with 2 100-BP-2780-B9 backplates and eventually, 2 GTX 780 SC 6GB cards. What I am looking to find out is whether the 100-BP-2780-B9 backplates that fitted the EVGA GTX 780 SC 3GB (03G-P4-2784-KR) will fit the new 6GB SC 780 cards (06G-P4-3787-KR)?
 
If not, do EVGA plan to release a backplate for the new 6GB 780's? I would really prefer my cards to have them fitted! If my current ones will fit the new 6GB cards, even better.
 
Many thanks!

Yes, they fit. Physically the card is the same.

hey guys   Just wondering:
 
IS the SC ACX just a factory OC'ed card?
In other words will I be able to achive same clocks if just get the ACX and use precision X?
 
Just wondering if the extra $20 are worth it or not.  IS the only real benefit having a stable OC w/o the need of extra software?
 
 

thekamikazepr
hey guys   Just wondering:
 
IS the SC ACX just a factory OC'ed card?
In other words will I be able to achive same clocks if just get the ACX and use precision X?
 
Just wondering if the extra $20 are worth it or not.  IS the only real benefit having a stable OC w/o the need of extra software?

 
Yes, the SC is a factory-overclocked card. There is no guarantee that you will be able to achieve the same clocks with a standard card (there never is when you OC anything), but yes, you can OC it until you reach whatever its ceiling is.

Reddawne

elios

Reddawne

elios
so just pulled the trigger on a 780Tiam i screwed on stepping up to 6GB ?

Don't bother stepping up. If you look at reviews of the Titan Black (virtually a 6gb 780ti) vs a 3gb 780ti there is no difference. Even at high resolutions. Even most recent reviews of the new Radeon 295x2 (4gb x 2) vs a Titan or 780ti at high surround resolutions the Nvidia cards are not as good. Keep in mind the Radeon only has 1gb more of ram than your 780ti. Its only at 2560x1440 and under is when Nvidia pulls ahead. So with 3gb or 6gb there will not be much difference as you'll most likely run out of gpu horsepower before you hit the ram cap. This of course excludes modded games like Skyrim, but this goes back you'll almost always run out of gpu hp before running out of gpu memory.

 One word X-Planei do a lot simming and i can max out the ram on the 3GB card with out tryingalso games coming out in next year or 2 will easily use more then 3GB of ram (im looking at you Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk)

sorry.. never played X-Plane.
As for Watcher and Cyberpunk, if they aren't multiplayer games I will never play them on pc. In the next two years ill have upgraded at least once. Again... you'll run out of horsepower before ram -----> if you upgrade once a generation it will not matter.
The 6gb 780 or 6gb 780ti will only benefit those at 4k resolutions, but rght now Nvidia's high end cards do not do as well as the high end Radeon cards with just 1gb more of ram. Many reviews show the ram isnt the issue either. To me... any current gen Nvidia's card being re-released with more ram is Fool's Gold to those who already plopped hard earned $ on 700 series card; this comes from someone who has/had sli Titans.
The 780ti is a monster card and it oc like crazy. Sajin (very cool EVGA forum's member) and many others have also confirmed counterpart cards with the less memory tend to oc better. My friend's 780ti oc to 1255 on air, whereas my Titan only clocked up to 1150. Both are on stock bios, too.

Witcher 3 doesnt come out till next year and if Witcher 2 is any thing to go by IT WILL use that much ram
Titan Fall already can use 4GB
X-Plane and other flight sims can use 6GB of vram with out blinking
mine is running 1200 on just its own boost with out any help from me and settles in around 1150 Mhz  i did nudge the base up to 1Ghz for the heck of it

but for my needs i want more ram even if it costs some speed

thekamikazepr
hey guys   Just wondering:
 
IS the SC ACX just a factory OC'ed card?
In other words will I be able to achive same clocks if just get the ACX and use precision X?
 
Just wondering if the extra $20 are worth it or not.  IS the only real benefit having a stable OC w/o the need of extra software?

I find that the SC ver tend to be better binned to start with they also used to have the lifetime warranties

I just received an email from the evga step-up que saying that the promotion has now started.  I have a EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC 3GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler. SC version.
I followed instructions to get to my product and when I click on "details" it still says that my product is not available to step-up.
 I also looked on the step-up list and it has been updated but I guess it still appears there is no existing upgrade with my "version" of my card to the 6GB.

 Can someone from EVGA help me out here?
 Since the GTX 780 SC is not on the list, as I suspected, can I just step up to the regular GTX 780 6GB and pay the difference?  Like this one:

• EVGA GeForce GTX 780 6GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler - (06G-P4-3785-KR)

Thanks.

ghettotronix
I just received an email from the evga step-up que saying that the promotion has now started.  I have a EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC 3GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler. SC version.
I followed instructions to get to my product and when I click on "details" it still says that my product is not available to step-up.
I also looked on the step-up list and it has been updated but I guess it still appears there is no existing upgrade with my "version" of my card to the 6GB.

Can someone from EVGA help me out here?
Since the GTX 780 SC is not on the list, as I suspected, can I just step up to the regular GTX 780 6GB and pay the difference?  Like this one:

• EVGA GeForce GTX 780 6GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler - (06G-P4-3785-KR)

Thanks.

Once you agree to start the Step-Up with the base 6GB 780, the next page in the process will offer you the chance to upgrade to the 6GB SC version. Don't worry that it's not listed!