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July 2, 2013 7:48:57 PM

Hey everyone! I'm building a new gaming rig and am looking for a good card. My budget is around $400, though I could go up to $450 if it will make a big difference.

I'm currently looking at the MSI GTX 770 but have noticed that folks around here seem to be favoring the EVGA GTX 770. Do you think the extra $20 is well spent or will the results be pretty much identical? Any other cards I should be considering (type of card doesn't matter to me, though it should be SLI or Crossfire capable for future use)?

Info from the sticky:
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week
BUDGET RANGE: $400-450
USAGE: Gaming [Crysis or Metro 2033 at full settings]
POWER SUPPLY: 750W
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
CPU: i5 4670k
MoBo: ASRock Z87 Extreme6
Memory: 8GB
Case: Probably the NZXT Phantom 630, but I'm looking at the Rosewill Throne as well.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Any
OVERCLOCKING: Yes
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Capability Preferred
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (Dual 23" Screens, but only game on one)

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a b 4 Gaming
July 2, 2013 7:56:59 PM

The brand of the PSU is important as well. Anyway, the EVGA has an ACX cooler IIRC, so it might give better cooling than stock. Personally, I'd grab the DirectCUII from Asus or the MSI Lightning edition of the card.
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a c 250 4 Gaming
July 2, 2013 8:26:20 PM

If ya do little research of the last two generations (5xx and 6xx) you will see that the VRM's on the EVGA SC series always have less phases than the competition from Asus, MSI and Gigabyte ..... I can't find beans on the EVGA SC cards in the 700 series in this regard.

For 5xx and 6xxx, the Asus DCII was the champ but Im not seeing that from them this time around. So I been doing the MSI and Gigabyte Windforce

Gigabyte has the fastest factory OC at 1137 outta the $400 cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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a b 4 Gaming
July 2, 2013 8:30:18 PM

Get a 750W PSU, but yourself a cooler.(Light OC-Hyper Evo 212. Heavy-Go for AIO Water Cooler). The difference is marginal at best but the EVGA seems to have good reviews so as other brand, but I prefer EVGA due to their better customer services.
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a b 4 Gaming
July 2, 2013 8:31:13 PM

BTW don't get your hopes too high, you won't be able to play Crysis 3 max settings @ 1080p.
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