gtx 770 vs 7970 ghz

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I'm so confused about which one to get, because I don't want to upgrade for about 2-4,
which one should I go for, also will more games in the future support physx, so will it matter more in the future, also will the games soon require more than 2gb of vram

also which model of the should I get
ex. sapphire vapor-x 7970 ghz
 
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In terms of generations the GTX770 is obviously newer if that at all sways your decision.
I'd go on your current games and say that, if you already own a lot of games that use PhysX then sure, get the Nvidia card if you can't possibly live without PhysX, but that's down to personal preference.
I think 2GB of Vram is fine at the moment, but who knows what sort of requirements may be needed in the future, again, if this is of concern get the card which has more Vram.
Heres a bench of the two cards (at stock): http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/829?vs=768
 
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From what I've seen, for now, a GTX 770 is the better option for current gaming. How ever, when games need more than 2gb of vram, you will lose performance. IMO, if you want to run PhysX with a AMD GPU you could just run a Hybrid driver and run PhysX on the CPU. And with AMD, you get TessFX which you can bet you'll see more of.

I'd say that the HD 7970 is the cheaper and better option here.
 
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the difference between 7970 and the 770 is unnoticeable check out tom's own review of gtx 770 and u will see what am talking about but the price there is a huge difference get this 7970 from sapphire its the better choice and the 2 gb vs 4 gb thing u only need 4gb if u game at or higher than 2560*1440 so the 7970 3gb of vram is more than enough for u

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
 
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Well actually I don't have a gaming pc yet, but these are the two graphics cards that I'm looking, what I am asking is, what is more of a future-proover, extra gig of ram or physx (will more games in the future use physx)
 
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The 770 does just fine at 1600p

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If you want phyx just go with the 770 that pretty simiple since the 7970 doesn't have it (nivida solution). However the 7970 has more RAM so it *could* be consider more "future" proof (if there was such a thing). If you don't have a PC yet then just ask again around the time you plan on building one, if AMD get's there xfire drivers strait (or get rid of most of the mirco studder) then baring phyx I would go with the 7970.
 
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It's simple. the extra Gb of VRAM will help with future proofing and like I said, PhysX can be ran on your CPU. You don't need Nvidia for PhysX.

The HD 7970 is more future Proof in the long run.

 
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thanks for the help, so how well does the i5-4670 run physx,
also which factor oc 7970ghz would you recommend (providing that I won't overclock it myself).
 
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PhysX on a CPU? Sure.. it CAN be done... horribly. PhysX runs much better on a GPU where there are a bunch of little cores running it versus 4 heavy cores running it.

If PhysX is a deciding factor buy an nVidia card, period. If you start running PhysX on your CPU and tying up it's work cycles your game play will suffer. The Video card will end up waiting on the CPU to provide data and your Frame Rate will suffer (stuttering, etc).

If you don't care about PhysX the 7970 GHz Edition and GTX 770 are fairly comparable cards. Each wins out depending on what game you're playing. Some games favor nVidia GPUs, other games favor AMD. Personally, I've been a hard core nVidia fan as their cards have just treated me better from a driver support stand point.

I got the GTX 770. However, NewEgg had a Sapphire 7970 GHz Edition for $349 with 4 free games recently. I told my brother to buy that card instead of the $400 GTX 770. In his case he didn't have 3 of the 4 games, and the $50 discount on top of that was butter.

Depends on what you're going to play and the deal on the card.

So far as the 2GB vs 3GB memory issue: Who cares? Unless you're already playing at higher than 1080p anything more than 2GB is worthless. I play Skyrim with a ton of graphic texture modes and it runs fine on my 2GB GTX 770 (granted it uses all 2GB). But nothing else maxes out the video RAM.
 
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do you know a good gtx 770 then

 
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Yes, It will run just fine. In fact, here is a video for you (or the skeptics that think it'll run horribly)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzEVixM-L4s

And The ASUS Matrix Edition 7970 is probably the fastest HD 7970, but the Vapor-X is really good too. My friend owns one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001
 
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This is the 7970 GHz Edition I referred to earlier that my brother bought. Same one griptwister linked to.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001

So far as GTX 770's go there aren't really bad ones. Get either the EVGA GTX 770 with their ACX cooler, the Gigabyte Windforce, the Asus DirectCu, or the MSI Twin Frozr. All those are good coolers for the GTX 770. I own the EVGA Superclock with ACX cooler. I've never hit 70C or higher on this thing and I don't have A/C in my house (Montana doesn't normally hit the 90F temps we're having right now).
 
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Something not being mentioned is noise and temperature. From customer reviews I've seen, and what swayed my own decision, was the fact that MOST reviews mentioned that once the 7970 ramps up it is noisy. Few, if anyone, said the 770 was noisy, in fact most said it was pretty quiet.

I've found that my 770 is quiet even when playing Skyrim at 1080P with hi-res mods.
 
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Which is better gpu for gamming
1Asus matrix 7970 3gb ghz
2Gigabyte GTX 770 4gb windforce
With i5 4670k
 
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Two Gigabyte GTX 770 4Gbs in SLI with a i5 4670K is better for gaming :)
 
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