10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC 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. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 481 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition is running Back 4 Blood and delivering reasonable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 55 frames per second. Comparing this to Resident Evil 8 which is getting playable results, where it averages 34 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Grand Theft Auto VI, which is predicted to run at 28 frames per second.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Back 4 Blood on the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 111FPS, M: 87FPS, H: 59FPS, U: 42FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was Resident Evil 8 which seemed playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 26 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Grand Theft Auto VI where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 21 FPS. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC 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 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 30 Series GeForce RTX 3050 Ti which is 56% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 972 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB which is 48% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 961 games from the most demanding games today.