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Your best bet is an HD 7970. The 770 will be released next week you can wait & see how it performs or if it will have an effect on AMD's pricing.
I personally predict that if the 770 is indeed a re-branded 680 then a 7970 would remain the better choice for a number of reasons.

Including more memory, better Anti Aliasing performance & the game bundle.
 

 

Would anyone suggest a Dual-SLI configuration?

No I would not.

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Hello, 

 

I am upgrading my rig soon, and I am thinking of graphics cards. I will be running a 1920x1080 and a 1366x768 monitor. My budget for graphics cards is about $400 dollars, so no Titans. What would you guys suggest?

 

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System: CPU: 4670k | Mobo: Gigabyte Z87MX D3H | RAM: 8gb 1600Mhz | Case:Corsair 350D | PSU: Corsair CX430, to be upgraded soon | GPU: HD4600, to be upgraded soon

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What are your current system specs, and what games do you play often?

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It'll be a whole new rig. My specs will be:

Note: This rig is the current idea, and is based upon the Haswell chip. It could change.

 

Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H

CPU: Intel 4670k

Cooler: Corsair H80i

RAM: Corsair Dominator 16GB 4x4

SSD: Adata SP600

HDD: WD Blue

PSU: Corsair HX750 or 850

 

I play lots of FPS (BF3) and any other random games(Minecraft, AoE)

System: CPU: 4670k | Mobo: Gigabyte Z87MX D3H | RAM: 8gb 1600Mhz | Case:Corsair 350D | PSU: Corsair CX430, to be upgraded soon | GPU: HD4600, to be upgraded soon

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Would anyone suggest a Dual-SLI configuration?

System: CPU: 4670k | Mobo: Gigabyte Z87MX D3H | RAM: 8gb 1600Mhz | Case:Corsair 350D | PSU: Corsair CX430, to be upgraded soon | GPU: HD4600, to be upgraded soon

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Your best bet is an HD 7970. The 770 will be released next week you can wait & see how it performs or if it will have an effect on AMD's pricing.
I personally predict that if the 770 is indeed a re-branded 680 then a 7970 would remain the better choice for a number of reasons.

Including more memory, better Anti Aliasing performance & the game bundle.
 

 

Would anyone suggest a Dual-SLI configuration?

No I would not.

My build : Glamor Shot.  Intel & AMD, Architectural Discussion.

 

 

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Alright, well I'm not 100% sure when more new Nvidia cards will be released, it could be very soon, and that could very well change some things. So it would possibly be in your best interest to wait and see how the market looks when you actually get all the parts. If I were to give you a recommendation as is, I'd say go with a 7950. Best price to performance ratio for the most part right now.

Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.6GHz | 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133MHz | Tt Water 2.0 Extreme w/ 2x NF-F12s | ASUS Maximus VII Formula | EVGA GTX 780 Ti 2 way SLI @ 1241MHz/7.85GHz | Intel 730 240GB | 2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | 2TB WD Green | EVGA SuperNova 1000 P2 | Phanteks Enthoo Primo

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Would the 4670k bottleneck any of your great suggestions?  :)

System: CPU: 4670k | Mobo: Gigabyte Z87MX D3H | RAM: 8gb 1600Mhz | Case:Corsair 350D | PSU: Corsair CX430, to be upgraded soon | GPU: HD4600, to be upgraded soon

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Why the duck would you need 16gb of ram? take 100$ from the ram so you only have 8gb and spend it on a gpu. also, look out for the gtx770 next week

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R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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