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Need help picking Radeon or EVGA video card

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May 23, 2014 6:39:23 AM

I'm buying a new PC. It's a Dell XPS 8700 with a 4th Gen Intel Core i7-4770 processor, 1TB Hard drive (7200), and I'm going to put 32GB of Corsair - Vengeance Pro Series 8GB DDR3 DRAM . It comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 graphics 1 GB card, but i want to switch it out for switch it out. Would I be better to going with the (XFX - Radeon R9 290 Graphic Card - 947 MHz Core - 4 GB DDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16) or the( EVGA - GeForce GTX 770 Graphic Card - 1046 MHz Core - 4 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16)?
The PC will be used for gaming and drafting.

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a b U Graphics card
May 23, 2014 6:47:35 AM

What do u mean by pair it? you would pair the gt635 and a 290/770? That cannot be done.
The 290 betas the 770 by a huge gap and even the 780, so the 290 is a much more stronger card.Get it.
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a b U Graphics card
May 23, 2014 7:04:01 AM

Dell is notorious for putting minimal PSUs in their PCs. They often have little to no headroom for upgrades. And the R9 290 draws a LOT of power. What is your PSU rating?
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a b U Graphics card
May 23, 2014 7:15:00 AM

Yeah maddogfargo is right (how did i forgot to mention that). The r9 290 draws a lot of power and acc. to ur system specs you would need a good 600-650W psu(for extra headroom).
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May 23, 2014 7:58:50 AM

I think its running 460w PSU. I was thinking about buying XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply. Unless your have any better or cheaper suggestions? If you guys have any other suggestions. I would be glad to hear them. I been out of touch with PCs for a little while so, I'm trying to play catch up on tech info.
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May 23, 2014 9:03:38 AM

maddogfargo said:
Dell is notorious for putting minimal PSUs in their PCs. They often have little to no headroom for upgrades. And the R9 290 draws a LOT of power. What is your PSU rating?


I think its running 460w PSU. I was thinking about buying XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply. Unless your have any better or cheaper suggestions? If you guys have any other suggestions. I would be glad to hear them. I been out of touch with PCs for a little while so, I'm trying to play catch up on tech info.
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a b U Graphics card
May 23, 2014 9:15:29 AM

http://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/...

Is a good list to read through if you can find any in there.
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