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Howdy great peeps,

Been meaning to ask, is it worth upgrading the:
"GTX 660 TI 2GB (Asus)" to a "GTX 770 4GB"?

Namely, this one: "MSI GeForce GTX 770 GAMING (4GB)" (€358,00 Total)
(Or any graphics card ranging from €300-€350 & for BlackBird, should he read this, £255)
- I DO NOT want Radeon

Would want to get the GTX 780, but the €100 difference, is just TOO much ATM.

The point is, I WANT to get a new GPU, ASAP! :ange:
(Can always get the GTX 780 later on)

Link GPU:
http://shop.egcomputerspecialisten.nl/msi/videokaarten/n770-tf-4gd5-oc/geforce-gtx-770-gaming/?pk_campaign=tweakers.net&pk_kwd=1527

Current PC Specs:
FX-6300 OCed from 3.5Ghz -> 4.8GHz
8GB RAM
Asus GTX 660 TI

Thanks in advance,
Mike
 
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The gtx 770 it could, but the 290 without a strong 12v rail you might run into some issues since you have an overclocked processor. So without the overclock and as long as your power supply is 80+ and has 48+ amps on the 12v rail you should be fine if not Get something like you could do something like http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9 if you plan on doing crossfire later. So you would need to run the processor and video card at stock until you upgrade the power supply
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Well, I can always get it later on in about 3 months.
Have about €600 to spend freely every month, but I just need a new GPU now lol..

These 2 coming months my budget is much more tight, so the GTX 770 would be the only choice..
 
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So the GTX 770 would be the best thing to get, for my CPU?
And if I want the 780, I'd need to get a new CPU?

Can do this all in about 4 months.
 
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Funny thing is, I just recently 3-4 months upgraded the PC, well.. completely builded a new one.
The GPU is a lot older now. So REALLY not keep on re-doing it again :??:

Just wanting to replace the GPU instead of the other hardware again.
A completely new build I can do within a time frame of 5-6 months.
 
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Well the card that would best fit your system is the 770, I know that you said no amd but the r9 290 is about 40 dollars more, but it competes with the 780 in benchmarks of games. Also if you play a game say that supports mantle, your system will perform just as good as say an i5
 
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Nice name BTW :p

Anways, so my other option is the R9 290? And it will not bottleneck with the OCed FX-6300?
Always been a Nvidia fanboy, but might reconsider.

Indeed, the price difference is $30:
http://shop.egcomputerspecialisten.nl/msi/videokaarten/n770-tf-4gd5-oc/geforce-gtx-770-gaming/?pk_campaign=tweakers.net&pk_kwd=1527
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http://shop.egcomputerspecialisten.nl/msi/videokaarten/r9-290-gaming-4g/r9-290-gaming-4g/

Is my PSU of 630W (Thermaltake Berlin) sufficient, to run any of those 2 cards?
 
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The gtx 770 it could, but the 290 without a strong 12v rail you might run into some issues since you have an overclocked processor. So without the overclock and as long as your power supply is 80+ and has 48+ amps on the 12v rail you should be fine if not Get something like you could do something like http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9 if you plan on doing crossfire later. So you would need to run the processor and video card at stock until you upgrade the power supply
 
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Thanks for all your help man.

Well.. it seems for now the GTX 770 is the only viable choice then ATM.
My mobo can't support 2 GPUs unfortunately, so Crossfire is not an option too.

Seems I will have to re-create my entire PC again in a while..

Anyways, thanks a lot, again!

One last thing, what would you say about this GPU:
http://shop.egcomputerspecialisten.nl/msi/videokaarten/n770-tf-4gd5-oc/geforce-gtx-770-gaming/?pk_campaign=tweakers.net&pk_kwd=1527 (It is the 4GB one)

Or should I go with a different brand?
 
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I use msi and gigabyte cards normally. I use asus and evga if I'm going to be water blocking a card. I would recommend getting the 4 gig version if you plan on doing sli so when you decide to upgrade to a 1440p monitor your can sli them together.
 
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Well it says "4096 MB" in the description, so it should be the 4GB version?
 
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