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Hello, right i need some insight in upgrading my card.....currently have a EVGA GTX550ti 2Gb, now before everyone starts arguing Nividia vs AMD, i am going for Nividia cards.....currently looking at the GTX670, GTX680 and the GTX770 if i feel i can stretch to it, i currently use my pc for occasional gaming (only single player atm, plus ones i can mod), but use it for 3D work, UDK etc, so i was thinking maybe the power and extra cuda cores on the 680 and 770 may be beneficial, currently hooked up to 37inch plasma @ 720p native (i.e desktop etc, and Sims 3) 1080p on other games, so what one may be best for my needs, btw will also be getting next gen games, GTA5, Watchdogs etc! BTW im in the UK, so some brands not available here!
 
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I would go with a 770, may i suggest this model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130919.

but since the 770 is basically an overclocked 680 with better tdp and cooling, if you wanna save some money you can just buy a 680 and OC it.
 
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I don't think the GTX680 is worthy of consideration, with the faster 770 available.
Be sure your PSU is up to the task. You will want at least 550W for one of these high-end cards, more likely a little more.
If money is an issue, take a look at the Graphics Card hierarchy chart; you'll see that you don't need to go all the way up to a GTX770 to be much better than your 550Ti. It might be worth waiting for some of the other 700-series cards, but a GTX660Ti would be a pretty hefty boost from what you have now, and will run on a solid 500W PSU.
 
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sorry forgot to put down my psu got a corsair hx 850w, money not an issue just cant really go above the 770 price tag, but can see wht ppl are saying about the 680 not worth considering!
 
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In my mind the GTX 770 is the best option.

The GTX 670 is $350-$400
The GTX 770 is $400-$420
The GTX 680 is $420-$530

And the 770 is the fastest. At this point the GTX 670 and GTX 680 are pointless options in my mind. Unless someone already has one and needs a second for SLI. For the guy looking to buy a new card at this point the GTX 770 trumps both 670 and 680. It's too close in price to the 670. And cheaper than and faster than the 680.

I completely agree on the recommendation above for the EVGA GTX 770 with the ACX cooler.
 
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The GTX 770 is clearly the best option of that group. It's has quite significantly the highest performance level while sitting right in between the 670 and 680 in terms of price.

The only other consideration I would throw into the mix is to perhaps wait until June 25th when the GTX 760 is released. It should outperform a GTX 670 for about $300. It may also have an impact on the pricing of the other cards.
 
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yh i do like EVGA they are a good company, i only built my rig last year so the 550ti was a good starter as i got it on sale, will probs leave it in their when i get the new one dont know what for yet tho lol, plus plan to upgrade my case fans at some point this year and some dust proofing on the massive mesh grill on the side of my case (cooler master storm trooper)
 
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If you put in a GTX 770 the only thing you can use the GTX 550Ti for would be PhysX. Certain game titles use PhysX. So you'd only have performance gains with those specific games. And you'd have to make sure you designate the second card as the dedicated PhysX processor in the nVidia Control Panel.
 
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For the UK. WAE+ and dinopc are decent prices, but dont garuntee which maker you get. Otherwise amazon and Novatech are ok pricing, but you can pick which maker and cooler i.e if you order the MSI twin frozr OC thats what your going to get.
 
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i ordered some of my rigs parts from them, were ok then my mouse broke within the year warranty n was aslo discontinued so chose replacment mouse and said i would pay the £5 difference, not gonna go on, but had not so pleasant experience with their customer services team, until i spoke to the manager n he sorted it straight away! ( just put this out there for UK peeps)
 
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What about the CPU? Pairing a ragingly fast GPU with a slow CPU is just throwing money away.
Check with your software vendor/s to see if what you are using will benefit from Cuda acceleration, support varies according to package and release version.
Top of the pile is obviously the GTX770, but the GTX670 is also a powerful gaming card, and significantly cheaper.
 
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My CPU is a FX-8120 Black, on Asus 990FX........n yes people i know not PCIe 3....but but the threads i read on here and on other forums, very marginal performance gains
 
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I actually "imported" a rare video card from OverclockersUK, shipped from England to California. No problems at all. I'd go with them again if I ever lost my mind like that a second time.
 
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The GTX 670 is about 10% slower (not much really), but at that point you'd kick yourself to get one only to find out next week that the GTX 760 outperforms it for less money.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_770_Lightning/26.html
 
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deffo gonna wait til the 760 comes out, as u said might affect the others prices, i really want to get the best i can and the one that will last me for a good few years, maybe even get two eventually and SLI them!

 
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Probs will be doing that, will also come in handy when doing i get round to doing physx in stuff like UDK, Softimage, Blender etc


 
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