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July 30, 2014 10:24:24 AM

Right, at the moment I am struggling to decide whether to buy a new monitor, mouse and keyboard and wait for the 800 series of nvidia gpu's or buy a gtx 770 now and buy peripherals later.

I mainly play Assassin's Creed games, and action games like Just Cause 2, GTA V (when it comes out) and Borderlands 2/The Pre Sequel (when it comes out).

At the moment I am using a really old bad keyboard which works fine, but is a bit old and clunky. I am also using a £5 mouse off amazon and a 19 inch 720p tv.

My Rig:
Spoiler
Motherboard: Asus z78-a
Ram: 8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k
GPU: EVGA GTX 650 1gb
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
HDD: 750gb Seagate Momentus XT


I was thinking of getting:

Monitor: AOC i2367Fm
Mouse: Corsair Vengenace m65 or Mad Catz R.A.T 7/TE
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K50


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July 30, 2014 10:29:18 AM

Modricagon said:
Right, at the moment I am struggling to decide whether to buy a new monitor, mouse and keyboard and wait for the 800 series of nvidia gpu's or buy a gtx 770 now and buy peripherals later.

I mainly play Assassin's Creed games, and action games like Just Cause 2, GTA V (when it comes out) and Borderlands 2/The Pre Sequel (when it comes out).

At the moment I am using a really old bad keyboard which works fine, but is a bit old and clunky. I am also using a £5 mouse off amazon and a 19 inch 720p tv.

My Rig:
Spoiler
Motherboard: Asus z78-a
Ram: 8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k
GPU: EVGA GTX 650 1gb
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
HDD: 750gb Seagate Momentus XT


I was thinking of getting:

Monitor: AOC i2367Fm
Mouse: Corsair Vengenace m65 or Mad Catz R.A.T 7/TE
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K50




I vote for waiting on the card. You could overclock your current card a bit for now (MSI Afterburner, and assuming it's got a decent [edit:] non-reference cooler) as you don't plan on it being used for a lengthy use of time (As OCing wears cards out a bit faster). That'll hold you up until the series comes out, though the newer cards will be quite pricey.
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July 30, 2014 10:29:33 AM

I would get the 770 first, just because with a 1080p monitor, you wouldn't be getting great performance with a gtx 650.
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July 30, 2014 2:01:21 PM

Ytyoussef said:
I would get the 770 first, just because with a 1080p monitor, you wouldn't be getting great performance with a gtx 650.


800 series?
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July 30, 2014 2:04:07 PM

KyleADunn said:
Modricagon said:
Right, at the moment I am struggling to decide whether to buy a new monitor, mouse and keyboard and wait for the 800 series of nvidia gpu's or buy a gtx 770 now and buy peripherals later.

I mainly play Assassin's Creed games, and action games like Just Cause 2, GTA V (when it comes out) and Borderlands 2/The Pre Sequel (when it comes out).

At the moment I am using a really old bad keyboard which works fine, but is a bit old and clunky. I am also using a £5 mouse off amazon and a 19 inch 720p tv.

My Rig:
Spoiler
Motherboard: Asus z78-a
Ram: 8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k
GPU: EVGA GTX 650 1gb
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
HDD: 750gb Seagate Momentus XT


I was thinking of getting:

Monitor: AOC i2367Fm
Mouse: Corsair Vengenace m65 or Mad Catz R.A.T 7/TE
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K50




I vote for waiting on the card. You could overclock your current card a bit for now (MSI Afterburner, and assuming it's got a decent [edit:] non-reference cooler) as you don't plan on it being used for a lengthy use of time (As OCing wears cards out a bit faster). That'll hold you up until the series comes out, though the newer cards will be quite pricey.


This is the cooler I have: http://www.evga.com/articles/00701/images/hero/650.png

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July 30, 2014 2:04:25 PM

Modricagon said:
Ytyoussef said:
I would get the 770 first, just because with a 1080p monitor, you wouldn't be getting great performance with a gtx 650.


800 series?


You could wait, but you will have to lower the settings on games at 1080p for now.
And yeah you can probably overclock that card, just increase the clocks with msi afterburner (or another program) and monitor the temps closely, while stress testing your card.
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