Upgrade to gtx770 4gb from hd7870 2gb. How much perf increase?

thyroid

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So the gtx770 is out and im seriously debating on grabbing a 4gb version. My questions to you guys are:

1) How much of a bump does the 770 4gb give vs a hd7870.
2) Is the performance bump is worth the cost.

Currently the hd7870 is powering my games at 1440p. It's definitely not doing super high end stuff but I can usually get 30+ frames after some minor tweaks.

Also, are there cards other than the 770 that i should consider? I dont want to spend more than $500 cad.

Finally, ati's ccc and photoshop hate each other and tend to kill my escape key. Has anyone heard of the same problem with nvidia and photoshop?

thanks!

 
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About 40%-50% improvement, particularly since you'll probably get a nice factory overclocked GTX 770. You also won't have to jones on your PhysX games.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_7870_Devil/26.html
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Chaos2Theory

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Nope, nvidia is what you want for photoshop and video editiong and also expect a bucketload of performance enhancements from the 7870