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I'm looking into upgrading my 660ti to a 770 and was wondering which manufacturer should I go with? I really like the 2gb MSI 770 for $300, but is the another card that would be better at over clocking? I am also wanting to keep the price under $350.

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I'm looking into upgrading my 660ti to a 770 and was wondering which manufacturer should I go with? I really like the 2gb MSI 770 for $300, but is the another card that would be better at over clocking? I am also wanting to keep the price under $350.

the evga 770 is really good 

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ASUS, MSI or EVGA usually deliver. Get the cheapest one of those.

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I'm looking into upgrading my 660ti to a 770 and was wondering which manufacturer should I go with? I really like the 2gb MSI 770 for $300, but is the another card that would be better at over clocking? I am also wanting to keep the price under $350.

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I have this one in my work PC right now. Stays completely silent at all times :)

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I have gigabyte GTX770 and it is deafeningly quite for me 

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Don't bother with a 770, get a r9 280x, you'll really need that extra vRAM (eg you cannot max out watch dogs at ultra @1080p with AA if you have 2GB of vRAM): http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928xoc3gdrev2

I am an Nvidia fan and I really want the features that come with their cards, and a 770 can do just fine maxing out watch dogs go look up benchmarks. Also I'm playing on a single monitor @1080p so the extra VRAM would only be worth it if I was playing at a higher resolution and if games need more VRAM in the future, bf4 calls for 3gb of VRAM and my 2gb 660ti ftw signature 2 can run it at ultra settings with AA at 60fps so I don't think I will be needing to spend the extra $70 for 2gb when I can play games just fine atm.

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I am an Nvidia fan and I really want the features that come with their cards, and a 770 can do just fine maxing out watch dogs go look up benchmarks. Also I'm playing on a single monitor @1080p so the extra VRAM would only be worth it if I was playing at a higher resolution and if games need more VRAM in the future, bf4 calls for 3gb of VRAM and my 2gb 660ti ftw signature 2 can run it at ultra settings with AA at 60fps so I don't think I will be needing to spend the extra $70 for 2gb when I can play games just fine atm.

Why buy a 770 in the first place? You have a card that is basically as fast as a 760. Wait for the 800 series, your card is still very good and the 770 will not be an upgrade woth your money.

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Why buy a 770 in the first place? You have a card that is basically as fast as a 760. Wait for the 800 series, your card is still very good and the 770 will not be an upgrade woth your money.

What if I spent an extra $100 and got a 780? Would that be worth my money?

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What if I spent an extra $100 and got a 780? Would that be worth my money?

You are fine for 1080p with your current cards. I recommend waiting for the 870.

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You are fine for 1080p with your current cards. I recommend waiting for the 870.

I honestly don't want to wait, I have had my 660ti for almost 2 years and want to upgrade soon. The 870 is obviously going to be out of my $350 price range at launch and I don't feel like waiting half a year for prices to go down so I think I'm going to buy the 770. And who knows I might decide to SLI my 770 and get a 1440p or 4k monitor when they come down in price,

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I honestly don't want to wait, I have had my 660ti for almost 2 years and want to upgrade soon. The 870 is obviously going to be out of my $350 price range at launch and I don't feel like waiting half a year for prices to go down so I think I'm going to buy the 770. And who knows I might decide to SLI my 770 and get a 1440p or 4k monitor when they come down in price,

you do know that 1440P Ultra or even 4K is one issue that the GTX770 SLi will have trouble running

 

you will be wasting more money when you find out that the GTX770 cannot max out at 1440P Ultra let alone 4K

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I am an Nvidia fan and I really want the features that come with their cards, and a 770 can do just fine maxing out watch dogs go look up benchmarks. Also I'm playing on a single monitor @1080p so the extra VRAM would only be worth it if I was playing at a higher resolution and if games need more VRAM in the future, bf4 calls for 3gb of VRAM and my 2gb 660ti ftw signature 2 can run it at ultra settings with AA at 60fps so I don't think I will be needing to spend the extra $70 for 2gb when I can play games just fine atm.

 

A Co-worker of mine has an ASUS Direct CUII GTX 770 2GB. It cannot max out Watch Dogs with 2GB of VRAM. He needs to drop the AA and bring some of the game settings down to High -- instead of Ultra.

He is also driving a single 1920x1080 monitor (24" ASUS VG248QE 144Hz monitor + aftermarket NVidia G-Sync module).

 

You are going to need to grab the 4GB variant if you really want to "max out" Watch Dogs. Another alternative would be a R9-280X 3GB ;) .

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The MSI Lighting GTX770 is what I have as this is the most silent one from idle to full load

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watch dogs looks like shit and is poorly optimized,do you really want to play that game so badly that you will get more vram?

i play the latest titles at MAX settings 1080p and im using 1.3gigs of VRAM on my EVGA 770

 

no i do not play watch dogs,it looks boring as hell to me

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Gainward Phantom, (also golden sample version) MSi Gaming, Palit Jetstream and EVGA ACX are my recommendations for 770s. But I think that anyone who's buying a 770 should be looking at an R9 280x instead, especially for resolutions higher than 1200p.

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watch dogs looks like shit and is poorly optimized,do you really want to play that game so badly that you will get more vram?

i play the latest titles at MAX settings 1080p and im using 1.3gigs of VRAM on my EVGA 770

 

no i do not play watch dogs,it looks boring as hell to me

Honestly I really don't want to play it a lot, I really could care less if I have to dial back some settings to high and not have AA.

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If you're looking to play at anything above 1080p, you'll really want to be considering cards with 3GB of VRAM and up, since that's what will make the difference. If you want to keep it under $350, the R9 280X really is the best option for you by a massive margin.

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