Gtx 780 vs Gtx 770 and SSD?

[Prodigydeadeye]

So i can either afford a GTX 780 and a regular HDD or a GTX 770, SSD, and HDD. Which should I get? I will be playing at 1080p and want best performance in games possible.

[acidydragon]

Best performance will probably come with the 780.

[Prodigydeadeye]

Holy crap that was a fast response. Thank you.

[ShutUpNicotine]

So i can either afford a GTX 780 and a regular HDD or a GTX 770, SSD, and HDD. Which should I get? I will be playing at 1080p and want best performance in games possible

If you want best performance in games get the 780, an SSD as i see it is only something you get after all your other gear is top notch. A luxury item

[Andrew0472]

770 and the ssd but i'd go for the 780 and then an ssd when you can later on

[Prodigydeadeye]

If you want best performance in games get the 780, an SSD as i see it is only something you get after all your other gear is top notch. A luxury item

Gotcha, thanks.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I would say an EVGA ACX 780 though the 770 and SSD is a great way to go.

If you go with the ssd get an EVGA ACX 770 and a Samsung 840 EVO.

 

My vote goes to getting a 780 and then the SSD later on. It makes a HUGE difference for boot times etc, though putting an OS on it after setting up your HDD sucks. I think the 780 would counter that though.

[Hipstair]

Best performance will definitely come from a 780. Its archetechture is a bit more superior, and it will easily give you 15-30 more frames per second in games than the 770. Just be sure when and if you decide to get an ssd in the future, be sure to get one that has some sort of data migration software (like an Intel SSD). It will make it much easer to add the SSD.

[Prodigydeadeye]

If I were to get an SSD later in, would I have to reinstall windows on the SSD or would there be a way to just transfer the OS?

[Prodigydeadeye]

Best performance will definitely come from a 780. Its archetechture is a bit more superior, and it will easily give you 15-30 more frames per second in games than the 770. Just be sure when and if you decide to get an ssd in the future, be sure to get one that has some sort of data migration software (like an Intel SSD). It will make it much easer to add the SSD.

You solved my question just as I was typing it. Thanks.

[Prodigydeadeye]

Intel's website says their Data Migration software is for windows 7, XP, Vista. Will it still work on Windows 8?

[Hipstair]

Intel's website says their Data Migration software is for windows 7, XP, Vista. Will it still work on Windows 8?

I'm pretty sure it will.

[LIGISTX]

Honestly I would get a SSD with a 770. Unless you ONLY play games all day, an ssd really takes your PC to the next level. And for 1080p gaming, a 770 will be pretty sweet anyways. I don't play games as much as I used too, but I still rock a GTX 470 @ 1080p and it does fine, and I am happy I have it and an SSD over a better video card. And I used to be that "YES I CAN PLAY CRYSIS" guy. Lol. I went pretty much all out on a 8800 GTS 640 SC back in the day

[JohnnyChan]

I would go with the 780.

[Uehm]

I would say an EVGA ACX 780 though the 770 and SSD is a great way to go.

If you go with the ssd get an EVGA ACX 770 and a Samsung 840 EVO.

 

My vote goes to getting a 780 and then the SSD later on. It makes a HUGE difference for boot times etc, though putting an OS on it after setting up your HDD sucks. I think the 780 would counter that though.

 

The 840 evo comes with the Data Migration software. You basically click a button and it'll copy over all the files from your old hard drive to your new one.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

The 840 evo comes with the Data Migration software. You basically click a button and it'll copy over all the files from your old hard drive to your new one.

I bought the 840 when that wasn't out yet. Oops.

[TristanK]

So i can either afford a GTX 780 and a regular HDD or a GTX 770, SSD, and HDD. Which should I get? I will be playing at 1080p and want best performance in games possible.

I've got a Zotac gtx 770 4GB and a SanDisk Ultra 250GB SSD and this combination preforms great in gaming. In most of the games I can set the settings to highest possible with AA pretty high too. So if you use your computer for lots of other stuff other than gaming I recommend this setup, because the ssd option really speads up the whole pc. And as for gaming the above card is just amazing. But if you use your pc just or mostly for gaming get a GTX 780.

 

Just for jour imagination:

 - I've played Metro LL on the highest settings (dont remember what AA was set to(from geforce experience)) and the gameplay was smoothe, no glitches.

 - Played Splinter Cell Blacklist also on highest settings (AA on but not sure which setting (from geforce experience)), no glitches

 - Played NFS Rivals also highest settings (AA on but not sure which setting), no glitches

 - Played AC Black Flag also highest settings (AA off), sume glitches, but that is because the game is not optimized well, new nvidia drivers fixed a lot though

 - Played GTA 4 also highest settings (dont remember bout AA) ran perfectly

 - Played Tomb Raider 2013 also highest settings and AA pretty high too and absolutely no glitches

 - Played COD Ghosts aldo highest settings (dont remember AA settings), smooth gameplay

 

There are some other games i dont remember but they all worked great on this card

So you see, no problems with the most demanding games on this GPU

 

P.S. In games I run my card OC

[chicksoup]

well I run a 3770 and a gtx660 and only used to have a hdd, but the SSD make a big difference, the PC is much faster, boots faster and I even get more frames in all of my games, but if you can't dig up the money for a 780 and a ssd right now I would stick with a hdd for now and get a ssd later. I also found it way easier to reinstall a fresh version of the OS, I just had a partition on my HDD for my movies and files and you can simply copy paste most settings files, if you're migrating the OS you might encounter some uncomfortable problems

[Suika]

If I were to get an SSD later in, would I have to reinstall windows on the SSD or would there be a way to just transfer the OS?

Some programs that the manufacturer will include will allow you, but it's never bad to have a clean installation.

 

Though it's much better to transfer if you have modded Skyrim. It was such a headache to fix, but load times are worth it.

[Faceman]

Get the 780, absolutely.  You can always buy an SSD later on.