The 780 is the best choice. A fantastic choice in fact. It is the 2nd fastest single gpu card on the market.
Second to the nvidia titan. But a 780 is a just titan with less cuda cores and 3 gb less gddr5. But most people will never use 6 gb anyways.
The 6 gb is for high resolutions like 5760x1200 with 3d vision. And the 780 still has over 2100 cuda cores. This card will be all you need for the next couple of years.
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