What gtx 970 is the best for me?
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Anonymouselite5
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Do you mean what model? Most of them are pretty good, the MSI and Gigabyte ones look pretty good and come with nice backplates. Heck most of the 970's are amazing cards, just choose the one that looks the coolest to you.
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Thing is I got confused with http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2392526/gtx-970-power-cables.html
thread what does he mean? I have a HD 7770 currently so upgrading to a GTX 970 will just be unplugging PCIE and plugging in gtx 970 correct?
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It will be as simple as your un-plugging your 7770, and plugging in the 970 and installing the Nvidia graphics drivers.
Also plugging in the 2 pci power plugs from your psu.
Also the guy on the other thread is talking about custom modular cables he wants to buy for his power supply. It's purely a look thing. You're psu should easily support the 970, just plug in the 2 pci cables from the psu into the end of the card.
Well most modern mid-higher end GPUs have power cables connecting directly from the PSU to the GPU itself (the power provided by the PCI-E slot isn't enough), so if there already power cables connected to your 7770, disconnect those from the 7770 and connect it to your 970.
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The 7770 should have (1) 6 pin PCI-E cable plugged into it. You would remove that and remove the card. Then install the 970 into the same slot on the motherboard. However, a stock 970 requires (2) 6 pin PCI-E power connectors. Some require a 6 pin and an 8 pin. According to your power supply specs it should have (2) 6 pins and (1) 8 pin coming out of the power supply. So you should be ok with power connectors. The 970 draws more juice than the 7770 does.
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The two above just explained it.
Like we said, just pull out the 7770 (make sure to undo the pci clip first on the right side of the slot, don't snap it like my friend did)
push in firmly the 970 and push the clip back, and plug the 2 power connectors from your psu to the card.
From there your card is now almost fully operational, now you'll have to go the Nvidia website and download the gtx 970 drivers so that your gpu can be utilised by programs such as games, also you may want to also remove the AMD driver (although not necessary).
if you need more help on psu power connectors look here:
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html
At the top of the page it shows images, that may help you more.
Anything else you're unsure of?
-good luck
Like we said, just pull out the 7770 (make sure to undo the pci clip first on the right side of the slot, don't snap it like my friend did)
push in firmly the 970 and push the clip back, and plug the 2 power connectors from your psu to the card.
From there your card is now almost fully operational, now you'll have to go the Nvidia website and download the gtx 970 drivers so that your gpu can be utilised by programs such as games, also you may want to also remove the AMD driver (although not necessary).
if you need more help on psu power connectors look here:
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html
At the top of the page it shows images, that may help you more.
Anything else you're unsure of?
-good luck
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