Replacing Zotac gtx 670 amp! Edition

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Hey guys,
im Using a Zotac GTX 670 AMP! Edition 2gb Graphics card with a pretty good factory over clock, or so the reviews say. I'm using it with i5 3570k at stock clock. I ran the 3d mark 11 and got a score of around 9.5k, i expected more.
I dont know if my card is under performing or not, what i do know is that i want to get a new one, tho i ve only had it for a couple of months, i wanna sell it now.
Im looking at the GTX 770s, which one would you recommend?
Is there a major performance boost when compared to my current gfx card?
Please help, Thanks.:)
 
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You can compare any cards you want at Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829

The 770 and 7970 trade blows depending on the game. Some games favor AMD's architecture and some like Nvidia's. With the game bundle the 7970 is still a great value. AMD has had problems with the 7xxx series and micro stuttering and frame latency especially when you Crossfire them. They are supposed to fix that with a driver update at the end of next month but the issue has been known for about a year and they have tried to fix it a few times already. So I will believe it when I see it. My choice would be the 770 but I have always liked Nvidia's drivers better. The 7970 would still be a very good choice.
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Yeah any overclock will increase performance. How much depends on how much it overclocks and the game.
 
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When I said the 670 and 770 overclock similarly I don't mean to the same level of performance. I mean the 670 will generally give you a 10% overclock and so will the 770. So add 10% to the comparison chart to account for overclocked cards.
 
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You can compare any cards you want at Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829

The 770 and 7970 trade blows depending on the game. Some games favor AMD's architecture and some like Nvidia's. With the game bundle the 7970 is still a great value. AMD has had problems with the 7xxx series and micro stuttering and frame latency especially when you Crossfire them. They are supposed to fix that with a driver update at the end of next month but the issue has been known for about a year and they have tried to fix it a few times already. So I will believe it when I see it. My choice would be the 770 but I have always liked Nvidia's drivers better. The 7970 would still be a very good choice.
 
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Didn't even mention this but the 670 has dropped in price with the 7xx series release. You could always add a second GTX 670. GTX 670 Sli is not listed for some reason but should be about 8-10% slower than 680 Sli. Maybe less with overclocked 670s.

Pretty sweet performance. Faster than a $1050 GTX Titan.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/766?vs=764
 
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Or find a different brand factory overclocked card that will match what you have now. What are the rest of your specs? You need a motherboard that will support it as well.
 
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You are good except the power supply. I'm guessing you are in India? The Corsair VS is only sold where 220 VAC is common and while decent is a budget power supply. You would want to upgrade to a better model as well as a unit with 750 watts. The PSU you have would be fine with a single 770 though.

So power supply and add another 670 or a 770. The 2 x 670s are way more powerful. Nvidia cards do not suffer from the same micro stuttering and frame latency issues that the AMD 7xxx series do. However when running dual cards there can always be stuttering and not all games support dual cards.

You still would not have to, but dual cards would perform better with a CPU overclock. Even with a cheap cooler you should be able to get 4.2Ghz easily with no or almost no voltage change.

Personally I would overclock the CPU, get a good 750w power supply and add another 670. At least considering prices here in the US. If 670s are still very expensive for you then you might get by with just adding a 770 and selling what you have. I know quality power supplies are expensive there. 2 x 670s would allow you to max pretty much any game for the next few years. Then upgrade again when there is a new series of cards to consider.
 
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I also have a CM Hyper Evo 212, is 4.2 a good oc for my 3570k?
Yes im in India and availability is kinda a bitch here, just found a dealer who can get me a Corsair GS 800 delivered. Would it be enough if i add another zotac 670 amp! or something like a gigabyte 670?
 
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The Zotac should be fine as long as it works. Another brand is not going to give you better performance unless it has higher clocks. Zotac is not a bad brand in fact in the last few years they have shown that they are pretty good.

The Corsair HX is an excellent power supply. It's expensive here in the US so I hate to think what it costs there.

Really anywhere between 4Ghz and 4.4Ghz should be easy with a Hyper 212 Evo. Usually you can do 4.2Ghz or really close with no voltage increase. You can probably get 4.4Ghz with the Evo or maybe even a bit higher if you have a good chip. Anything over 4Ghz would be fine for dual 670s.
 
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You edited while I was typing. :)

The Corsair GS 800 is also a very good PSU and plenty of power. The HX is a better unit though if it's the same price.
 
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Hey sorry about that, its just that the GS 800 is almost half the price of HX 850 so.... :p
All i do with my comp is game and edit movies a bit, is GS 800 sufficient? I have 2 fans running in push/pull config with my evo 212, All the stock Corsair carbide 500R fans ( two 120mm in the front and 200mm at the side) and an additional 120mm 1200rpm corsair fan at the bottom of the case.
The max i can get outa my cpu is 4.3 ghz :(
 
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The GS 800 is fine. 4.3Ghz is not a bad overclock for an Ivy Bridge CPU. They get hot quick. There is no way you know if it's stable without 10-12 hours of Prime 95 and 4 or 5 passes of Intel Burn test though.
 
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