Upgrade for GTX 670 FTW 4GB?

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ladydedlock

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I built a system last year - late summer/early fall I think it was. Anyway, my specs are:

I7-3770k 3.5
32 GB RAM
800 watt PSU
EVGA GTX 670 FTW 4 GB
2 TB hard drive

I've been thinking about getting a new GPU as my husband's GPU is getting some issues popping up. He offered to swap mine and have me get an upgrade.

I started looking at some cards and I see there are a couple of newer series of GTX's out. However, all of them seem to have only 3 GB memory. If I get say, a 780 TI (was looking at the EVGA Kingpin), are the other improvements to the card worth it with the trade-off in losing 1 GB of video memory? I can't go as high as a Titan, too rich for my blood, but I could afford in the $500-$600 range as I have been putting money aside for this purpose, thinking I would upgrade next year some time. I would like to stick with NVIDIA for now.

Any thoughts on a card and on the 4 GB vs 3 GB conundrum are appreciated. This community helped me choose some of my components for my build and I greatly respect the knowledge you all have.

Edited to add: This PC is used for gaming and as a backup to my husband's system - he is an animator and does a lot of heavy rendering and video editing (hence the 32 GB RAM overkill)
 
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no ma'am
the latest nvidia cards gtx 970 and gtx 980 both come with 4GB of VRAM
well the GTX 970 at 329$ is a more bang for the buck card as compared to the 980
the 970 also beats the 780 in most benchmarks
and consumes much less power (TDP of 145W)
the GTX 980 at 550$ is currently the fastest GPU in the world
but it beats the gtx 780 ti only slightly
but also consumes a lot less power as compared to the 780ti
and not to forget the latest features i.e DSR, VXGI etc... that come with the latest 900 series GPU
the 970 seems like a more intelligent buy for its price performance ratio
but since you are willing to put in 500-600$ you might as well go for the 980
or you could also consider a 970 SLI at about 660$
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GTX 970 seriously is better than 780 or 770 in gaming, and can even counter the 780 Ti, its not just about VRAM, the raw core performance and efficiency itself is so good, I'd recommend 970 over all of the 700 series. No 700 series card can defeat 980 in gaming, which's it's successor. Also, GTX titan looses to 780 in gaming.
3GB VRAM is great for single FHD monitor, 4GB is a plus point, but the price at which its offered by Nvidia, $350 for 970 and $600 for 980, it just ends the compeition. 150W and 170W TDP cards with performance matching 250-300W TDP cards, hats off.
 
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beni_rohit

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no ma'am
the latest nvidia cards gtx 970 and gtx 980 both come with 4GB of VRAM
well the GTX 970 at 329$ is a more bang for the buck card as compared to the 980
the 970 also beats the 780 in most benchmarks
and consumes much less power (TDP of 145W)
the GTX 980 at 550$ is currently the fastest GPU in the world
but it beats the gtx 780 ti only slightly
but also consumes a lot less power as compared to the 780ti
and not to forget the latest features i.e DSR, VXGI etc... that come with the latest 900 series GPU
the 970 seems like a more intelligent buy for its price performance ratio
but since you are willing to put in 500-600$ you might as well go for the 980
or you could also consider a 970 SLI at about 660$
 
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Imran Ilyas

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You should just get Gtx 900 series and i will highly recommend gtx 970 and its also in 4gb vram. but i think you will have to wait for about a month for it as its out of stock right now. I my self am planing to get two 970s when they will arrive in my country but God knows when that will happen.
 
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