770 or 7970GHz for ~£350

ross_mitchell · Jun 16, 2013

Ok, I am looking for an overclocked 7970 or 770 for around £350 ±£20. I am hoping to avoid an Asus matrix 7970 (the one I got a while back showed severe artifacts after about half an hour of gaming) or the gigabyte windforce 7970 (a friend has one and it turns out that the voltages were locked and his wasn't stable at stock speed). I am hopping to use the card with a QNIX 1440p monitor with a DVI-D duel link cable.

So far I am interested in the Asus DirectCuII overclocked 770

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asus-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-770-2GB-Direct-CU-II-Edition-Boost-Graphics-Card-/111096854423?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item19dde37797

and am unsure as to what overclocked 7970 would be a good buy.

What would you recomend?

thasan1 · Jun 16, 2013

yeah go with 770. with the price and performance of 770 i think the 7970 and 7970Ghz are irrelevant imo.

ross_mitchell · Jun 16, 2013

thasan1 :

Yeah but which 770? There are many different models.

sophiebeth100 · Jun 16, 2013

ross_mitchell :

If it were me:
http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-770-1111mhz-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-superclocked-8QLS.html?q=evga%20770&src=16

EVGA is one of the most trusted brands for Nvidia cards. The cooling solution is excellent and very quiet, customer services are highly rated and the card looks the part too! Can't go wrong.

EDIT: Link wasn't working.

thasan1 · Jun 16, 2013

you can go with the EVGA one :http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-770-1111mhz-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-superclocked-8QLS.html?utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=AW00&awc=3044_1371389666_3c3cf2a750bcb675040b0d212e46e73c for about £350

or MSI twin frozr editon for £330 at http://www.dabs.com/products/msi-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-twin-frozr-oc-8QLT.html?utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=AW00&awc=3044_1371389724_58bdfd6e9aa80de41585722b7b7c12a0

GMPoisoN · Jun 16, 2013

Sapphire 7970 Vapor X GHz Edition. 4 free games compared to Nvidias 1, and there are many games where the 7970 still beats the 770. AMD released an article a few months back staying they will always be one step ahead of Nvidea. Take the 770 for example, a rebranded 680.

endeavour37a · Jun 16, 2013

+1 an any EVGA card, the DCII cooler is most likely better but not by much, customer service means a lot in the long run.

ross_mitchell · Jun 16, 2013

sophiebeth100 :

ross_mitchell :

If it were me:
http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-770-1111mhz-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-superclocked-8QLS.html?q=evga%20770&src=16

EVGA is one of the most trusted brands for Nvidia cards. The cooling solution is excellent and very quiet, customer services are highly rated and the card looks the part too! Can't go wrong.

EDIT: Link wasn't working.

Thank you, i will be getting the EVGA card.

JackNaylorPE · Jun 16, 2013

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-770-gk104-review,3519.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_770_WindForce_OC/27.html
Performance summary shows tweaked Ghz edition 11% behind factory OC'd tweaked 770

And I wouldn't go near any EVGA version except the Classified because of the historically weak weak VRMs. I had a factory OC'd FTW that would not run at advertised factory overclock ..... took 20 support calls, 18 months and 5 RMAs to resolve .... never did give me one that met the advertised speed, but replaced it with stock next generation card after 20 months of hassling.

Asus DCII, Gigabyte Windforce or MSI PE would be my choice

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770 or 7970GHz for ~£350

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