10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

DirectX 11 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition is at running the more popular games of 2022. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. The GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 304 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition is running Battlefield 2042 and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 0 frames per second. Comparing this to Back 4 Blood which is getting reasonable results, where it averages 46 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is FIFA 22, which is running at 71 frames per second.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition by playing Battlefield 2042 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Back 4 Blood and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 35 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was FIFA 22 which gets reasonable results with a 54FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition is a reasonable performance fit for this resolution. Some of the more resource intensive games may well need a few graphical tweak to get the most out of the graphics card at this increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 780 EVGA SC Edition? Then we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, as it can run 725 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 26% increased graphics performance. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 77% better and can meet 960 of their recommended requirements.