GTX 770 vs GTX 970

Spencervde

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I have purchased a MSI GTX 770 2gb from Newegg last week for my first custom pc build. Recently the GTX 970 4gb was released, I was wondering if I should return my 770 and buy the newly released 970 for the upgraded memory and performance. The benchmarks on videocardbenchmark.net show that it performs better than the GTX 780 ti and a little bit less than the GTX 980.

Note: I have already redeemed the Borderlands game code that came with my GTX 770

Computer specs:
NZXT H440
MSI Z97
i5-4690K
8gb Hyper X
MSI GTX 770 TF
 
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Did you mean better than a 780 and less than the 980?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-16.html

Honestly, if NewEgg will give you back what you paid for the 770, or even most of it, without much hassle, I'd say go for it! They can be friendly like that. The price is almost the same between what the 770 was selling for and the current 970!

Otherwise, your build should last you for a while as is, and don't sweat it. Especially if you're gaming at 1080p, you probably would max the settings out in most current games with either card. :)

Rapajez

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Did you mean better than a 780 and less than the 980?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-16.html

Honestly, if NewEgg will give you back what you paid for the 770, or even most of it, without much hassle, I'd say go for it! They can be friendly like that. The price is almost the same between what the 770 was selling for and the current 970!

Otherwise, your build should last you for a while as is, and don't sweat it. Especially if you're gaming at 1080p, you probably would max the settings out in most current games with either card. :)

 
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jasonite

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+1 to Rapajez. If you are still eligible for a refund or an exchange then get the 970, it's a beast of a card. If you can't don't sweat it. I have an MSI GTX 770 2gb Twin Frozr card (along with your same CPU) and I can run BF4 on Ultra, Metro Last Light on Ultra, Watch Dogs, you name it.

J