Which GTX 770 for under £350?

RipGroove

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After a lengthy discussion in my other thread I've decided on a GTX770, so now the question is, which one and why?

Drawing the line at £350 and using Ebuyer for price references (as they seem to be as good as any)

Don't care about looks, not into overclocking manually (not knowledgeable enough and don't want the hassel of watching temps and messing with cooling etc). Just want a card thats quiet when not in use and not blisteringly loud when gaming. Want to see 80+ fps maxed out on BF3/BF4 without overheating.

Current spec for reference:

MSI 990FXA-GB80 Mobo
AMD8350 4.4GHz (8-Core)
16GB Corsair 1600MHz RAM
Gigabyte GTX650Ti (2GB)
Samsung SSD 128GB
700w PSU

1. Palit GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 Dual-DVI DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card - £299.99

2. MSI GTX 770 Gaming 2GB GDDR5 Dual-DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £306.03

3. EVGA GTX 770 SC 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Displayport PCI-E Graphics Card - £307.00

4. Gainward Geforce Gtx 770 2gb Graphics Card Pci-e Dvi Hdmi Displayport - £315.18

5. Gigabyte GTX 770 OC 2GB GDDR5 7000MHz Dual-DVI HDMI Displayport PCI-E - £319.98

6. Zotac GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 7010MHz DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £319.98

7. EVGA GTX 770 Superclocked with ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 7010MHz Dual-DVI - £321.00

8. PNY GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £326.03

9. Asus GTX 770 Direct CU II 2GB GDDR5 HDMI DVI DisplayPort PCI-E Grpahics - £326.28

10. Gainward GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 Dual-DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £328.90

11. MSI GTX 770 Lightning 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics - £329.99

12. Palit GTX 770 Jetstream 2GB GDDR5 Dual-DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics - £330.00

13. Msi Nvidia Geforce Gtx770 Lightning Graphics Card 2048gb Gddr5 1150mhz Dvi - £345.50

14. Zotac GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card - £350.50
 

juanrdp

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Im currently using a Gigabyte PCX GV-N770OC-2GD and it works wonderfully and it's very, vaery quiet. Most of the time it tops at the 60º mark with the fans spinning enought to keep 60-65º at load (and its normally in the 25-40% fan rpm) even in graphic intensive games.

 

Joshua Brumpton

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Best price for value there i would say is the EVGA . I have a gigabyte as that was all i could chosoe fom, but EVGA is best value for money, with a great reputation for its cooling and reliability in GPU's.
 

RipGroove

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I take it then that no single card jumps out over the others in the list? If I'm spending upwards of £300 on a card obviously I want to get it right and don't want to find out afterwards I should have gone for a different one!
 

RipGroove

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That does sound good.
 

jpoos

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It's all subjective as far as speed (not overclocked) goes - if you have no gripes about noise, no temp issues due to constrained space, ect, then just go with whichever provides best value. I'd be looking @ which company offers best warranty & customer support in your region. Where the differences between the cards become important will be in any special requirements. ITX + overclocking is what i wanted, so the asus fit the bill.
 

RipGroove

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Ok that makes sense, so what about the Superclocked and OC versions listed above, they any better than the others?

 

jpoos

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They are faster, and will come warranty backed for the overclock, so in that regard yes - but personally i'm not a fan of them. Most companies will offer a version of the card with a milder/no oc but featuring the same cooler they use on the "TOP" (asus) version that will very easily achieve the same overclocks as the more expensive version. They're the ones i tend to go for.