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GTX 970 vs GTX 770

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September 24, 2014 10:33:03 AM

Hello, so my question is, is the GTX 970 really that much of an upgrade compared to the 770? I currently have a 770 installed in my rig and was wondering if selling the card and upgrading to the GTX 970 is worth the extra money I will be playing? I don't plan on over-clocking the card myself nor have I over clocked my GTX 770 from the original MSI setting. Thanks for reading!

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September 24, 2014 10:39:23 AM

It depends on how happy you are with your 770. If you're gaming at 1080p and have no trouble with good detail settings and framerates in most games (as I'd expect for a 770) then you really don't need to worry about it for awhile. The 770 should have a few more years left in it, and by that point something even better than the 970 will be available.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-...
If you want to see the performance difference, though, Tom's found it to average 23% faster than the 770, which places it just slightly north of an R9 290X. Stunning for a $330 card.
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September 24, 2014 10:41:36 AM

No one can give you the answer if the upgrade is worth for you or not but yourself. Does upgrading GTX 770 to GTX 780 Ti makes sense? The answer would be the same for 970 as its performance is more or less the same as 780 Ti but uses 100W less power and is supposed to support DX12 (which is currently unreleased). Is it worth for you? Well that's for you to decide.
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September 24, 2014 10:45:11 AM

Everything I have seen so far indicates it is about 25% faster than the 770 in most applications at 1080p. The biggest change is that it uses less power, therefore generating less heat. This could be a big help in SLI configurations or if you don't have a huge PSU. The 970 is a 4gb card, so if you do higher resolutions it should handle that better than a 2gb 770. With the other features it adds and at a comparable price it is an easy choice over a 770, but as a replacement it comes down to if a 25% gain is worth $330. For about the same price you can get another 770 and go SLI and see bigger gains, but will be lacking the new features added in teh 9xx series. Tough choice, and one I am mulling over too.
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September 24, 2014 10:46:30 AM

No, it's not. Unless you're already having issues, in which case I'd rather recommend another 770 than an upgrade to 970. If you've just got some spare cash and are wondering where to spend it: SSD/RAM.
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September 24, 2014 10:50:27 AM

GTX 770 is still a very good card you no need to worry about it. you can wait for another 3 years. or at least around 2 years.
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October 2, 2014 2:23:27 PM

is the gtx 760 going to last as long as that 2-3 years? ^
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October 3, 2014 1:35:12 AM

my neighbor said:
is the gtx 760 going to last as long as that 2-3 years? ^


Sure it will.. but it depends on games and screen resolutions that you are playing. GTX 760 is also a very good card.
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October 3, 2014 6:15:31 AM

my neighbor said:
is the gtx 760 going to last as long as that 2-3 years? ^


This is probably an annoying thing to point out, but any card will last as long as you're happy with the performance its giving you. You may not be playing at max details at 1080p with a 760 in two years, but sure, it will probably hold up well enough.
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October 3, 2014 12:36:25 PM

Alright cool, i am going to buy a 760 i think, but didn't know it was worth it to get it now that it's over 1+ year old.
Also, is it smart to wait for a GTX 960? Would it proabably be a lot better than the 760 and close to the same price?

This is the 760 i'm lookin at :p  : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42765k...
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