Is this GPU upgrade worth it?

[Wiking]

Hi

Is it worth upgrading from a Asus ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 to ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PhysX CUDA ?

Upgrade reason is to get max out of BF4 :) ?

Other spec is

Win 7 64 bit home
Intel Core i7 Quad Processor i7-950
ASUS P6X58D-E, Socket-1366
Corsair Dominator DHX+ DDR3 1600MHz 6GB
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
Seasonic M12D Powersupply 750W

 

[ShamrockRig]

id recommend an amd r9 280x, only 1 or 2 fps in it but for alot cheaper, also at higher res the amd card pulls ahead!

 

[RoasterMen]

id recommend an amd r9 280x, only 1 or 2 fps in it but for alot cheaper, also at higher res the amd card pulls ahead!

Might be wasting money for a rebranded HD 7970, go for the R9 290X!

 

[paulpicks21]

Lets just slow things down here guys. OP what is your budget for a starter?

Devlin recommends a 280X but infact they are not much cheaper now at all. The 770 just had some big price cuts and is an excellent card.

Rooster, I bought a 290X last week along with a 780, I spend hours testing both out and the 780 won, I would not recommend a 290X right now, mine hit 94C in benchmarks and sounded like a jet plane no joke.

Edit: In answer to the original question, the 770 would be a nice upgrade, I think they were basically rebranded 680s with a few tweaks so it would perform very well in all the latest games.

 

[ShamrockRig]

My brother just bought an r9 280x, he had two HD Radeon 6950's 2gb, there was around a 25% increase, Theres around £60 difference according to the cards they have on SCAN, it also has more ram, performs better at higher resolutions, my brothers runs pretty cool under load, for me id take the r9 280x but if your an nvidia man, then go for that one, both are excellent cards, im just voicing my opinion, these guys on here will be able to tell you alot more than me, just going by my brothers experience and articles ive read, good luck and enjoy your new card when you get it!

 

[N00berG00ber]

i recomended a 280x over the 770. its cheaper. just make sure to get either the Asus or Gigabyte one..... not the MSI one. The MSI ones have major coil whining problems

 

[ShamrockRig]

the gtx 770 is just a rebranded gtx 680 pretty much, 5% performance increase from the 680 to the 770

 

[N00berG00ber]

cards cheapest to most expansive:

R9 280x
gtx 770
7970

cards least powerfull to most powerfull

7970
r9 280x
gtx 770


IMO the r9 280x is the best bang for buck. especially with mantel coming out soon. do note, these cards are all pretty much within 10fps max from each other. depends on game. also you really need more than 2gb of vram. in bf3, skyrim, etc, ive gone over 2gb of vram. the 280x has 3gb.

 

[Boozad]

Hi

Is it worth upgrading from a Asus ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 to ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PhysX CUDA ?

Yes it certainly is, the 770 is a great little card especially now prices have dropped.

Upgrade reason is to get max out of BF4 :) ?

Not quite sure it will max out BF4 (my 780 handles everything on ultra) but you'll definitely get very high performance.

 

[Boozad]

also you really need more than 2gb of vram.

No you don't. If you did then 90% of the GPUs out there wouldn't be playing these games.

 

[N00berG00ber]

I've gone over 2gb on bf3 multiplayer maxed out.

 

[Boozad]

So you're saying a GTX680 2GB won't max out BF3 at 1080p on one monitor?

 

[Wiking]

Hi

Thanks for all your answers.

Maybe I should mention that noise is a very important factor for me, because I play in the living room

My budget is about 320 euro

Is the amount of ram that important? most high end cards have 2 MP it seems.

 

[N00berG00ber]

IdkE=Boozad;2586477]So you're saying a GTX680 2GB won't max out BF3 at 1080. on one monitor?[/QUOTE]

Idk I'm saying that I used more than 2gb of vram playing bf3 multiplayer

 

[ShamrockRig]

the new batman is lucky if it uses 1gb of the 280x ram at max settings on 1080p. 3GB is future proofing, imo id got for either the 280x or the 290x

 

[paulpicks21]

Don't forget the new non X 290 was released today, it's cheaper but is still as hot.

 

[Boozad]

So you're saying a GTX680 2GB won't max out BF3 at 1080p on one monitor?

Idk I'm saying that I used more than 2gb of vram playing bf3 multiplayer

Yes, but you also said

also you really need more than 2gb of vram.

Which is simply not true. Games like Skyrim and BF3 (which you quoted) will run perfectly well at max settings with 2GB VRAM on say, a 680.

 

[Wiking]

Well Ok - maybe I buy ASUS GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA instead.

Is my Seasonic M12D Powersupply 750W enough for that?

 

[Solarstarshines]

Yes it is a 600w PSU needed to power you have more than enough

 

[paulpicks21]

Yes it is a 600w PSU needed to power you have more than enough

That's what I thought Solar until my new Classified 780 took out my Antec truepower 750 yesterday The PSU was approaching 3 years of life though and I believe the classified uses a lot more power than a regular 780.