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ASUS GTX 760 Striker SLI vs GTX 770 (Any) 2GB SLI vs GTX 780

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July 14, 2014 7:45:11 PM

I'm caught between purchasing a 4GB 760 Striker or a 2GB 770 with the intentions of further upgrading to an SLI solution within a few months or so time. Although a backdrop of getting a single 780 may suffice.

From what I've seen so far, is that Watch Dogs and a few other 'next-gen' titles have been whoring on the VRAM and from what it seems like it's apparent that this trend might continue; therefore leading me on the belief that the 4GB 760 Strikers in SLI will prove to have a bigger impact come the next few years in gaming.

I'm fully aware that the 770 outperforms the 760, and of the previously assumed '2GB is plentiful' statements. But I'd rather have someone with a little more knowledge and experience give me their opinion. Reviews showing that the two ROG Strikers performing exceptionally well within synthetic benchmarks is understandable, and to see those two paired up competing well against overclocked 780 Ti's and such (Via TTL's coverage & input)... Would this not be a bad idea?

What I'm looking for is the best price v. performance for now, and the future 2+ years. With the additional gig of VRAM in the Strikers compared to a single card 780 solution in mind, I could only see this solution being more beneficial regardless.

As SLI is a lot better from what it used to be, especially for the big game titles (Which I'm likely to play the most anyways), Microstuttering and lack of SLI profiles does not seem to be much of a concern for me. I've never had any experience running SLI at all, and others may have in the past, I understand. But with that knowledge, what kind of suggestions would you guys have?

I'd really appreciate the help.


Oh, and two things.
1 - I'm running a 1080p monitor, though Watch Dogs has been known to eat up 3GB+, and BF4 in addition.

2 - Keep in mind I'm also looking for the aesthetics, and the ROG Striker seems to have it for me, compared to anything else out there within this price range (Canadian pricing, heh.) $335, or $670 with the secondary card added. The Asus models for the 770 are still behind with the older, though still appealing DCuII coolers, whereas I'd much prefer seeing the ROG lighting and incredibly extravagant cooler and backplate additions through my window panel.

A 780 Ti equivalent of physically appealing cards running in SLI would likely not need an upgrade in the near future. I'm not the best with holding onto money so now would be the best time to find the most suitable graphics option that will last.

TL;DR
GTX 760 ASUS ROG Striker SLI 4GB (Second cheapest)
GTX 770 (Gigabyte, MSI?) SLI 2GB (Most expensive)
GTX 780 Single 3GB (Cheapest)
GTX 770 Single 2GB With the intentions of upgrading when the 800/900 series are out, though this is my least preferable option at the moment. (Cost? 350-800 in total)

Games seem to be using more and more vram, so I'm just trying to foresee what would be the best choice for the years to come. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



EDIT:
Also to add to this! I'm free to any suggestions regarding new graphics solutions completely, if you have any input at all, I'd be interested into hearing it. Thanks ^__^

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July 14, 2014 8:02:07 PM

Quick response (because it's late where I am)...

770 - 4gb. You can always add another for SLI in a few years to keep your system up and running nice.

780 - 6gb. Same as above, but obviously a much better card.

I'd stay away from the 760s because the other 2 are much much much better. However as you've mentioned about your V-RAM needs... by running only 1 1080 screen, 3gb should be fine - unless you've personally seen otherwise on your system so far.

However, in efforts to not have to buy new cards in the next 2 years, get the better one(s) now, and save yourself the purchase in the somewhat near future.
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July 14, 2014 8:30:36 PM

Sli is not perfect. Unless you plan on playing just the latest games, of course. More than a few older games (last 2-3 years) don't have support for sli as it wasn't needed. Even some newer games like minecraft (please, really? A game?) Don't have sli support so you may find that you actually get worse performance there than with a single gpu. That said, with games that do have sli support, you'll have much better performance than a single gpu.

Yes, 760 sli will give a 780 ti a run for its money, yes 770 sli generally will top that easily, but mostly it boils down to your monitor. At 1080p with a standard 60Hz (60 fps) refresh, most games on ultra beyond a gtx 770 are going to top out at 60 fps. So you can play watchdogs with sli 760, at 60 fps, 770 sli at 60fps, a 780 or 780 ti at 60 fps. My suggestion would be a 6Gb gtx 780. That's more ram than either sli solution, and cheaper than sli 770
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n780tf6g...
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July 26, 2014 7:38:10 PM

I agree with the opinions of those guys above but what I'd say is not to go with the 760s for sure and unless you're doing a multi-monitor setup in the future or now you should go for 2 770 4gb's. But I would recommend the 780 6GB. Trust me, you'll get a ton of fps out of it. Besides, a human cannot see more than 60fps. SLI can generate much problems. Get the 780 6GB and when you get enough money or so, put it in SLI for sure. You'll get like a 4k killer machine.
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July 26, 2014 8:18:26 PM

I'd go with the 780 Striker, plenty of power
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