Upgrading from a GTX 770

[FeaR418]

Hi everyone, 

I am looking to upgrade from my GTX 770 - I have a 1080p 144hz monitor (maybe will upgrade to a 1440p moniter in the future). I'm thinking between a 1070/1080 - I was wondering what would be the best model/make of the 1070/1080 for the price (I would like it factory overclocked at least).

 

Thanks!

 

 

My current system is a

GTX 770 

Maximus VI Gene (z87)

Intel Core i5-4670k OC'd to 4.3Ghz

16g DDR3 G.Skill Ripjawz Memory 1333mhz memory

Corsair 750w Gold cert powersupply.

Samsung 840 Series SSD 250g.

Seagate Barracude 2tb 7200 HDD.

 

[SHOOK_Linus]

I always buy MSI cards, they are factory overclocked, and fit my color scheme as they are red and black, but if that's an issue, you can spray paint them. I heard from some people when I bought my first one, that they were poor quality, but I have been using them for 2 years now and haven't had a single issue, I try to stay away from Zotac because their prices seem to me to be "too low to be true" but I've never head anything bad about them so you might be able to go with them, I don't believe thy are fac OCed though

[Codymm03]

I always go on pcpartpicker and see what I can get on sale. I don't recommend factory Oced because you normally have to spend $30+ for what you can normally do by yourself or go for the next tier like from 1070 to 1080. Right now Gigabyte seems to have some good deals on 1080's and I have used my 970 G1 Gaming from gigabyte since it was released with no issues.

[FeaR418]

Just now, Codymm03 said:

I always go on pcpartpicker and see what I can get on sale. I don't recommend factory Oced because you normally have to spend $30+ for what you can normally do by yourself or go for the next tier like from 1070 to 1080. Right now Gigabyte seems to have some good deals on 1080's and I have used my 970 G1 Gaming from gigabyte since it was released with no issues.

I don't know how to properly OC my card so I would prefer a factory OC or a VERY comprehensive guide lol! Any Links to any of the 1080 cards you talk of (im in Canada btw)

[D13H4RD]

Many graphics cards from the big-name OEMs like ASUS, MSI and EVGA tend to be good and I’ve heard great things on EVGA’s RMA policy back in the day. Not sure how it is now.

 

Make sure you check prices and also reviews to see if a specific card has any issues you should take note of. It’s also worth checking each OEM’s respective RMA policy.

 

Either way you go (GTX 1070 vs GTX 1080), you’ll be getting a very significant boost in performance. The jump from Big Kepler to Pascal is big.

[FeaR418]

1 minute ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Many graphics cards from the big-name OEMs like ASUS, MSI and EVGA tend to be good and I’ve heard great things on EVGA’s RMA policy back in the day. Not sure how it is now.

 

Make sure you check prices and also reviews to see if a specific card has any issues you should take note of. It’s also worth checking each OEM’s respective RMA policy.

 

Either way you go (GTX 1070 vs GTX 1080), you’ll be getting a very significant boost in performance. The jump from Big Kepler to Pascal is big.

What do you guys think of https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487244

[D13H4RD]

3 minutes ago, FeaR418 said:

What do you guys think of https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487244

Seems like a solid card. EVGA is like Sapphire in that they only make cards with NVIDIA GPUs, much like how Sapphire only makes cards with AMD GPUs.

 

Though wouldn’t it be better to get a standard one and then OC it in software? It’s not too hard to do these days.

[FeaR418]

Just now, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Seems like a solid card. EVGA is like Sapphire in that they only make cards with NVIDIA GPUs, much like how Sapphire only makes cards with AMD GPUs.

 

Though wouldn’t it be better to get a standard one and then OC it in software? It’s not too hard to do these days.

See above post on the OCing thing - Its also one of the cheapest 1080s i could find (Unless you can find a cheaper one for $CAD)

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, FeaR418 said:

See above post on the OCing thing - Its also one of the cheapest 1080s i could find (Unless you can find a cheaper one for $CAD)

In that case, I’d consider it.

 

Add 2 or 3 more to your wishlist first though just for comparison’s sake. Check out offerings from ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte just to be absolutely sure.

[Damascus]

19 minutes ago, FeaR418 said:

I don't know how to properly OC my card so I would prefer a factory OC or a VERY comprehensive guide lol! Any Links to any of the 1080 cards you talk of (im in Canada btw)

Get the cheapest 1080, they all auto OC themselves with no tuning.

[D13H4RD]

12 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Get the cheapest 1080, they all auto OC themselves with no tuning.

^ This 

 

The NVIDIA GPUs can dynamically overclock themselves based on thermal and power headroom. 

[DocSwag]

37 minutes ago, FeaR418 said:

I don't know how to properly OC my card so I would prefer a factory OC or a VERY comprehensive guide lol! Any Links to any of the 1080 cards you talk of (im in Canada btw)

Nvidia cards pretty much auto of themselves so the factory ocs barely do anything.

 

Ocing isn't hard anyhow, really it's just "if it's stable push the frequency, if it's not stable push the voltage unless temps are high." That's it. On Pascal it's even easier since Nvidia doesn't allow voltage control so really it's just increase the frequency until you get crashes or artifacts.