Need advice on whether to upgrade gpu to beat ps4/next gen graphics capabilities

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So I'm wondering whether or not I should upgrade my rig to a heftier GPU.
I've been pretty happy with it (built it last year) up until now. But I noticed that im not getting the fps that I want when I have games like Titanfall maxed out.

So, here's my rig:

AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core CPU @ 4.0ghz (stock speeds, not interested in OC)
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 mobo
16gb (4x4gb) 1866mhz G. Skill Ripjaws RAM
WD 7200 RPM HDD 3TB (1TB main, 2TB secondary)
MSI GTX 760 GPU (N760)
735w Full-Mod PSU (forget the brand, I think It's raidmax thunder or something)
Rosewill Challenger Mid-ATX Tower
24" Full 1080p 1ms ASUS monitor

This is what I'm thinking of upgrading to:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121893&cm_re=asus_rog-_-14-121-893-_-Product

My question(s): Will it be worth it? Will this trump next-gen (PS4 quality) graphics capabilities? And if I make this upgrade, will I need a new power supply?

Thanks!
 
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Well first you could try lowering the settings before you go out and decide to upgrade. I'm not talking about the major graphical effects but the other stuff such as antialiasing and volumetric fog. For my 7970 common settings I use are:

- 4X or 2X MSAA / 8X FXAA

- SSAO instead of HDAO

- Max GPU buffered frames to 2 or 1

- If you can't keep a steady 60fps then turn v-sync off

- check to see if nvidia hasn't released any new driver updates which could improve performance for you

Now as for trumping the PS4, it has one big advantage that we don't: optimization. It won't be until about 3 years until you can build a lower end-ish PC that will be able to one-up the still lower cost consoles. I wouldn't worry about them. Just focus on...
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Well first you could try lowering the settings before you go out and decide to upgrade. I'm not talking about the major graphical effects but the other stuff such as antialiasing and volumetric fog. For my 7970 common settings I use are:

- 4X or 2X MSAA / 8X FXAA

- SSAO instead of HDAO

- Max GPU buffered frames to 2 or 1

- If you can't keep a steady 60fps then turn v-sync off

- check to see if nvidia hasn't released any new driver updates which could improve performance for you

Now as for trumping the PS4, it has one big advantage that we don't: optimization. It won't be until about 3 years until you can build a lower end-ish PC that will be able to one-up the still lower cost consoles. I wouldn't worry about them. Just focus on your needs and don't try to compare them. They may be on a similar architecture which makes development and ports easier but a closed hardware set is still closed. They still have a certain degree of custom hardware that differentiates them from your average PC.
 
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It's always debatable as to whether you'll see better graphical quality than a console on a PC.

You will certainly see much better resolutions on a PC.

Your PC is also numerically already more powerful than any console on the market.

However, keep in mind consoles are still where all the money's at, as far as gaming's concerned. That means game developers work harder, longer at optimising their games to run on a console's hardware. If they port that same game to the PC they don't spend as much time optimising.

Also, PCs have variable hardware - the developer doesn't know what hardware their game is going to be running on, so it makes it essentially impossible to optimise their games to the absolute bleeding edge of what their target hardware is capable of.

The 780Ti wants about a 650w PSU. You should be ok with your present PSU. Your rig, with a 780 Ti will be considerably more powerful than any current consoles. However, if you're running anything at greater than 1080p resolution you're spending some of that hardware on a resolution increase. If you're running background tasks as well (and everyone is, if they're using Windows) then some of that hardware goes there also. Consoles don't experience this. The game developer can perform all kinds of tricks with a console's hardware specifically because they know exactly what's in the box.
 
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What I really want to know I guess.... Is upgrading to the 780ti going to make my gaming look as smooth and detailed as what next gen systems (ps4 xb1) are offering? and if I do upgrade to the 780ti, should I get a 1440p monitor?

I forgot to mention.... I already plan on getting a 480gb SSD with the GPU (or without the GPU to be completely honest). I just didnt have the cash for ssd at the time of build.

ALSO.... I havent gamed on a console in a LONG time. Years. I dont want to go back. at all. I just want my pc to surpass the next gen consoles so that when a game auto-detects, it says, WOW, THIS IS BARELY GOING TO EFFECT YOUR PC.
 
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