CGPU - Unlocked or Super-clocked better?

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I'd advise waiting for 800 series at this point. The 700 series is a year old. It was also just a rehash of the 600 series. AMD is a generation ahead of NVIDIA at the moment, and you can get significantly more performance to cost ratio from AMD for the time being.

What I did when I was undecided on what GPU I'd get is I bought the GTX 670 for $200 on ebay, it was brand new. Granted, the warranty did not transfer, so I was kind of on my own with the buy, but that was only because I bought EVGA. You can get one where the warranty transfers with owners. I'd advise this if you need one NOW...
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Superclocked ones are ones that have a slight OC over stock done by the manufacturer. The only thing is, GPUs all have their own personality, some don't like to be clocked very high, some at all, and some can be clocked fairly high.

The advantage of superclocked is that you're getting the OC without worrying about overclocking it yourself. The risk you run when you want to overclock it yourself is likely A) warranty void and B) you might get a not-so-great overclocker, and while you still might be able to overclock up to the "superclocked" product's speeds, you might have quite a bit of trouble doing so; you also might have trouble with *some cards* getting passed the superclocked speeds. Then again, you might have some luck on your side and be able to achieve quite a bit higher than superclocked.

I'd like to redirect you here for overclocking a superclocked GPU:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1828594/overclock-gpu-gtx-660-superclocked.html

You can further overclock superclocked, but it will void warranty with some manufacturers. If you want reliability with some OC go for the superclocked. If you know how to do it or want to learn go with the base model.
 
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I'd advise waiting for 800 series at this point. The 700 series is a year old. It was also just a rehash of the 600 series. AMD is a generation ahead of NVIDIA at the moment, and you can get significantly more performance to cost ratio from AMD for the time being.

What I did when I was undecided on what GPU I'd get is I bought the GTX 670 for $200 on ebay, it was brand new. Granted, the warranty did not transfer, so I was kind of on my own with the buy, but that was only because I bought EVGA. You can get one where the warranty transfers with owners. I'd advise this if you need one NOW but want to wait for next gen NVIDIA.
 
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Reread my last post, I updated it. I would go with MSI personally though if you're going to buy it one of these. Would like to add with the new R9 series from AMD you're kind of throwing money away. It's next gen.
 
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Good point. If I do wait, how much would it be though? Wouldn't it be crazy expensive?
 
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The 800 series is aiming to be *cheaper* than the 700 series was with significantly better performance.
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/38469/geforce-gtx-800-series-gpus-to-be-cheaper-faster-than-700-series/index.html

If anything, the price to performance will still be MUCH better than the 770.
 
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Yeah, that looks great. When would it be coming out though?
 
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Well it was expected Q4 2014, but it seems they're pushing it into 2015 now.

I will say, the 770 is not a bad card by any means, but the tech is already a year old. You can always do what I did and pick up a decent 600 series card from eBay (that has a mfg warranty on it), and wait for the 800 series to sell it. What do you lose? $20 overall? Not too bad. Just look for the good deal.

Or you could pick up one of the R9 cards. Not a big fan of AMD, but it's definitely, in this case, much more cost to performance than NVIDIA at the moment.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

Noticeable difference? Realistically none. But there's the $80 price tag difference. FPS differences are a few in favor of either card depending on the game, each handles certain games better. The 770 is slightly better.
 
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OK thanks for the replies everyone. I weighed in all the factors everyone mentioned and I will probably just stick to the 770 EVG. I don't think I can wait for the 800 series and there seems to be no guarantee they will be cheaper or even by much. Regardless, I will keep the 770 for a while so I won't lose out too much. I could go AMD because it is much cheaper, but the card doesn't seem to be as reliable (from reviews) as NVIDIA so I wouldn't mind putting a few more bucks in.
 
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