I have an EVGA GTX 770 SC ACX and am thinking of selling it to buy a Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC.
Tigerdirect has a killer deal right now for $380 - it actually comes with a 750W PSU which I will not be using so I can sell that as well to recoup some money.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9105928&CatId=7387
Anyway, I have checked several benchmarks and it seems to be that the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X outperforms my current card. However, I have also read that the increase in performance will not be noticeable with single monitor 1080p gaming.
My question comes down to this - I will likely make around $270-$300 on eBay for the GTX 770 (which would be around a $100 or less loss for what I paid for the GTX 770) so I will be paying around $80-$100 for the new R9 290 tri-x. After selling the PSU for around $50-$60 I will end up coming out relatively even. I can also sell the 3 games that come with the GPU so it may end up costing me nothing. So, after all of this is said and done, is the upgrade worth it for single monitor 1080p gaming? I plan on buying a 4k monitor within the next year and eventually doing crossfire with two R9 290's in two years time.
I have one more miscellaneous question - will my current PSU power the R9-290 sufficiently?
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone650
Tigerdirect has a killer deal right now for $380 - it actually comes with a 750W PSU which I will not be using so I can sell that as well to recoup some money.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9105928&CatId=7387
Anyway, I have checked several benchmarks and it seems to be that the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X outperforms my current card. However, I have also read that the increase in performance will not be noticeable with single monitor 1080p gaming.
My question comes down to this - I will likely make around $270-$300 on eBay for the GTX 770 (which would be around a $100 or less loss for what I paid for the GTX 770) so I will be paying around $80-$100 for the new R9 290 tri-x. After selling the PSU for around $50-$60 I will end up coming out relatively even. I can also sell the 3 games that come with the GPU so it may end up costing me nothing. So, after all of this is said and done, is the upgrade worth it for single monitor 1080p gaming? I plan on buying a 4k monitor within the next year and eventually doing crossfire with two R9 290's in two years time.
I have one more miscellaneous question - will my current PSU power the R9-290 sufficiently?
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone650
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