In August the supply of this variant of the 780 dried up and it was even listed as discontinued at places like Newegg while they were restocking. It is available now.

My question is: would it be smarter to go with with one of these cards that were floating around before all the major retailers were restocked or to go with one that is in stock now and presumably made recently.

There are other companies than have actually changed the memory to a cheaper option in their cards between production runs on their 780.

I could do either of these options for the same price.

Thanks 😄