EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Video Card Review

Overclocking is a big part of the enthusiast community so we tend to look for special products designed to help us reach our goals without having to resort to extensive board modifications.  The EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified is clearly a video card designed for hardware enthusiasts looking to get the most from their system and delivers on that promise.

When comparing the 780 Ti Classified to the other EVGA video cards you may wonder exactly what the difference is and why you would purchase one card over another.  The answer is in the hardware.  SuperClocked edition cards are factory overclocked and deliver amazing performance but are designed for gamers who may never tweak anything beyond the factory settings.  These reference cards also come with arbitrary limits that the 780 Ti Classified is designed to surpass.  This is one reason why it comes with dual BIOS chips, a 14-phase VRM and larger ACX cooling solution.

During our testing the card ran extremely well and posted some impressive benchmark scores that were not unexpected given the hot-clocked nature of this video card.  In stock format the card is amazing and could easily reside in any high-end gaming rig.  What really impressed us was the level of overclocking performance we got from simply adjusting clock frequencies using EVGA PrecisionX.  The average OC using the included BIOS was around 1240Mhz and didn’t require any voltage changes.  This overclock was what we deemed stable in our benchmarking suite and was also pushing the limit of the 115% power target.  Of course we wanted more so after flashing a custom BIOS image and pushed the card a little future.

The ending overclock was 1358Mhz on the core with a memory speed of 1950Mhz.  This is over 340Mhz above the factory overclock and virtually unheard of without special cooling provisions.  Keep in mind the 1358Mhz core frequency is actually the calculated Boost clock frequency and the prize for an excellent aircooler.

Large 14-phase PWM
Great Looking ACX Cooler
GPU Boost 2.0
Quiet Operation
Excellent Overclocking (1358Mhz/1950Mhz on Air)
Dual BIOS
Extensive Voltage Control
Community Support

Test leads not included
Extreme BIOS not all that extreme