Graphics Card Upgrade Options

yodogs5

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I've been feeling the need to upgrade my gtx 470 lately but haven't been able to decide exactly what to do, so I was hoping I could get some help.

I've been looking into the gtx 760, gtx 770, and the 7970. The gtx 770 being my top choice. And while the gtx 760 seems to have a pretty good price would it be enough of an upgrade?

I've also considered possibly just buying another used gtx 470 and SLI to hold me over until the new generation of cards come out but I know the card is pretty power hungry, would a Corsair tx750 power supply handle it? Heat is also a bit of a concern.

If I go the Nvidia route I think I'd rather go with the 4gb versions as 2gb seems to little which I know is going to cost me a little more.

I have looked at some of the 7970's on sale such as this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008

but I plan on water cooling in the future and there doesn't seem to be any blocks for this 7970 or any others until ~$400 which puts it in the same price range as the GTX 770.

Right now the two options I'm most considering are the GTX 770 and the SLI GTX 470, but I want to know if my PSU will handle it.

I know its I'm asking a lot but any help would be appreciated!
 

yodogs5

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I set CPU utilization to 90%, system load to 100%, and capacitor aging to 25% and I come up with 816 watt recommended, and 766 watt minimum. So I suppose that option seems to be out.