What should I get GTX 760 (and new motherboard) or just the GTX 660 Ti?

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Okay, so I have been touching this topic here and there with my friends. They strongly suggest the GeForce GTX 760 and think that'll come in handy for future gaming titles. I have no obligation against this accept for the fact that it isn't compatible with my current Motherboard. Meaning I'd have to buy the 760 AND a new motherboard. All costing me around $350. Now this is pretty cheap, but me being a teenager, it's hard for me to earn money efficiently. So basically, it'd take about half a year for me to save up for $350, and that's saying that I get $140 for getting all A's on my final report card. On the other hand, I wanted to get the GeForce GTX 660 Ti. This is indeed compatible with my Motherboard from what I gathered, and will only cost me $210. That's a greatly reduced price, for somewhat similar performance, right? I've done research on the 660, and from what I've gathered, It's not the best GPU on the market, but it's pretty good! If you have any other suggestions for a GPU that I could get for a similar price, that performs decent, then by all means please tell me!

My current Motherboard: MSI MS-7778 (JasmineR)

My source for compatible GPU's: http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/Pegatron_Corporation/Pegatron_MSI_MS-7778_(Jasmine)/1381/Compatible_GPUs
 
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your ram is good

apu's typically arent good with dedicated cards a 260x or 750 ti would be good and shouldnt see too much of a bottle neck
if you want to push it i wouldnt go higher than a 270x or 760

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Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($167.27 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $197.26
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all pcie 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with pcie 2.0 or 1.0. your psu however is a different story.
could you list your current specs please including power suppy?

EDIT: your motherboard is compatible

One PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0)

the performance difference from 2.0 to 3.0 is only around 3% so not worth a upgrade

your psu you will probably need to upgrade because this is most likely in a oem factory build and is most likely a 300 or 350w psu
 
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By the looks of your board I would pinch your pennies and get a new gtx 760 and motherboard. I'm recommending this because your jamine board is only compatible with one graphics card. And you could go SLI with another gtx 760 to get better frames. But if you don't want to SLI you can just get the 660ti is just fine. Good Luck with what you pick but i would get the 760 and motherboard.
 
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I have a 300w Power Supply
 
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if it is a oem psu it has 16a on 12v rail or less. you will need to upgrade your power supply.
you have a a75 chipset so if you have a dual core apu i would highly recommend you dont get anything bigger than a 750ti.
since you have a apu most likely if you are running 1 stick of ram you are bottlenecking your processor because it thrives on high speed dual channel memory setup.

can you please list your ram and cpu to suggest a proper upgrade path
 
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My RAM is 8gb DDR3-1600, and my CPU is AMD Elite Quad Core A8-6500 Accelerated Processor
 
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your ram is good

apu's typically arent good with dedicated cards a 260x or 750 ti would be good and shouldnt see too much of a bottle neck
if you want to push it i wouldnt go higher than a 270x or 760

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e2PX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e2PX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e2PX/benchmarks/

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($167.27 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $197.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 23:20 EDT-0400)

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/22GUb
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/22GUb/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/22GUb/benchmarks/

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $274.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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if you want to go with 270x/760 route you should be fine then just save your money for new cpu/mobo/case down the road. this would be the best option i would suggest
 
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Thank you so much!
 
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Had the same problem with Windows 7 on the Cupertino2 mobo and GTX 760.

Fond a solution by accident. I dont know whether step 1 or 2 are essintial, but since I had performed them before they are included here:

1: Upgrade the HP bios from v7.14 to v7.16. I have done it with no GPU in the PCIe slot. Used the mobos VGA connector for the screen.
2: Delete all Nvidia files and drivers incl. registry.
3: Build in the GTX760. Make sure both the 8 and the 6 connectors cable from the PSU (600W) is connected to the graphic card.
4: Switch on the PC. As soon as the Bios screen is coming up press F12
5: New black screen with white letters and some information on configuration. At the lower right side it should show "Network Boot".
6: Wait 1 minute. There come 2 beeps with about 1/2 minutes interval.
7: Some 15 seconds after the second beep press "ESC" and keep on pressing. After some seconds some rapid cracking sound from the PC. Dont let it disturb you. Keep on pressing "ESC".
8: After the third beep the screen gets black and a white cursor blinking on the upper left. But: Keep on pressing "ESC" with no interruption.
9: After some seconds again a new screen appears with some information in DOS style. Here you can stop pressing "ESC".
10: Again black screen a few seconds, and then: Voila! Windows 7 is starting.

I dont know why its working, but it does for me. No new mobo needed :)
 
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