Best budget GPU for heavily modded Skyrim?

Billspear

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Assuming my CPU won't be bottlenecked, which graphics card will be best for Skyrim ENB and SweetFX mods among others? I'd like to stay around $300 and prefer NVIDIA. I have no interest in buying an AMD even though you can get a little more bang for your buck.

Will a GTX 770 2GB be sufficient? Or should I spend more and find a decently priced 780? I'd really like a 770 since I have found some priced around $250. I'm just worried that it won't be powerful enough.
 
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I'd go for at least 3gb for 1080p modded skyrim. The 770 is probably OK but those enbs are killer for performance.

My old 7970 would barely run sharpshooter's enb.