Buying a GTX 770

[Khanzi]

So a year ago I built a system and the specs still hold strong. It is a year later and I am making some major upgrades. I want to get a GTX 770 since I prefer green team due to the quality of production and the actual technology that comes along with their GPU's. So for all the dudes rooting for red. I really don't care about the 280x, I'm not gonna buy AMD. The real question I want to ask you guys is..
 
Which after market 770 should I get?
I was looking at this one for it's amazing stock clocks and awesome aesthetics. If any of you beauty builders haven't seen it I highly suggest looking at it.

 

I game at 1080p and only on a single screen with a other screen as a facebook/battlelog/LinusCatTips display.

 

Please tell me which 770 you would buy and why. Also if you think I should get a 4gb card then please clarify why I need 4gb's of vRAM

[Freaky_spider]

just a question, have you ever ownded a AMD GPU? about your question, no need for 4 gigs VRAM if youre only playing 1080p.... id go with an ASUS card, never had a galaxy card before...

[FireFox]

just a question, have you ever ownded a AMD GPU? about your question, no need for 4 gigs VRAM if youre only playing 1080p.... id go with an ASUS card, never had a galaxy card before...

 

I've not come across anything bad about Galaxy (or no more than the other reference makers).

[Coombzy]

I have one thing to say and its the truth

honestly have you ever owned or seen the benchmarks for AMD cards they are pretty damn good or even beat the "green team" and I know I am being hypocritical because of my nvidia gpu's but my last ones were AMD and my next will probably be AMD anyway if you want a 770 really get an asus or MSI card with twin frozr or DCU II

[FellTheSky]

thats an incredible card, absolutly beatifull

[TheSLSAMG]

So a year ago I built a system and the specs still hold strong. It is a year later and I am making some major upgrades. I want to get a GTX 770 since I prefer green team due to the quality of production and the actual technology that comes along with their GPU's. So for all the dudes rooting for red. I really don't care about the 280x, I'm not gonna buy AMD. The real question I want to ask you guys is..

 

Which after market 770 should I get?

I was looking at this one for it's amazing stock clocks and awesome aesthetics. If any of you beauty builders haven't seen it I highly suggest looking at it.

 

I game at 1080p and only on a single screen with a other screen as a facebook/battlelog/LinusCatTips display.

 

Please tell me which 770 you would buy and why. Also if you think I should get a 4gb card then please clarify why I need 4gb's of vRAM

Get an MSI LIGHTNING. It's pretty much the best GTX 770. Or the EVGA Classified. Still, Galaxy makes amazing cards. I have a Gigabyte Windforce X3, and it's nice, but there is no backplate.

[Ryan Leech]

Buy the Galaxy card

[Khanzi]

just a question, have you ever ownded a AMD GPU? about your question, no need for 4 gigs VRAM if youre only playing 1080p.... id go with an ASUS card, never had a galaxy card before...

 

 

I've not come across anything bad about Galaxy (or no more than the other reference makers).

 

 

I have one thing to say and its the truth

honestly have you ever owned or seen the benchmarks for AMD cards they are pretty damn good or even beat the "green team" and I know I am being hypocritical because of my nvidia gpu's but my last ones were AMD and my next will probably be AMD anyway if you want a 770 really get an asus or MSI card with twin frozr or DCU II

 

I even stressed about how I will not buy AMD, yet the fanboy's from red team insist I buy AMD. Listen, I'm not a fanboy of either. I seriously considered buying a 280x over the 770 since it's basically on par and 100 bucks less. But I prefer the technology that comes with nVidia more than that of AMD. AMD is budget gaming brand. High performance at lower prices than their competitor. However they use lower quality parts and are more focused on benchmarks than actual user experience. Ever been to a cheap Chinese take-out? How do you think they afford to give you 2 pounds of chicken for 6 bucks? The reason is because they don't use the same quality ingredients/parts as a higher tier seller.

[Khanzi]

Get an MSI LIGHTNING. It's pretty much the best GTX 770. Or the EVGA Classified. Still, Galaxy makes amazing cards. I have a Gigabyte Windforce X3, and it's nice, but there is no backplate.

Why do you really need a backplate? Besides aethetics? The 770 HOF has a white PCB which looks pretty damn sexy

[TheSLSAMG]

Why do you really need a backplate? Besides aethetics? The 770 HOF has a white PCB which looks pretty damn sexy

It also gives the card more structural rigidity and in some cases, improves temps.

[FernandoTeixeira]

I even stressed about how I will not buy AMD, yet the fanboy's from red team insist I buy AMD. Listen, I'm not a fanboy of either. I seriously considered buying a 280x over the 770 since it's basically on par and 100 bucks less. But I prefer the technology that comes with nVidia more than that of AMD. AMD is budget gaming brand. High performance at lower prices than their competitor. However they use lower quality parts and are more focused on benchmarks than actual user experience. Ever been to a cheap Chinese take-out? How do you think they afford to give you 2 pounds of chicken for 6 bucks? The reason is because they don't use the same quality ingredients/parts as a higher tier seller.

 

loling hard... well yeah... expensive stuff is always the best. go for it man. always.

[Guest]

If you still want to go for a 770, then take a look at this one:

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-02G-P4-2773-KR-Graphics/dp/B00CZIQZ40/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1382803658&sr=1-6&keywords=770+evga

 

You really don't need 4GB of VRAM if you're gaming on a single 1080p monitor.

[TechFan@ic]

Buying a 770 now is a really bad idea, a 4GB R9 290 will cost the same as a 4GB 770 and will perform like a GTX 780.
Prices on the 770 & 780 WILL come down, right now is the worst time to buy a 780 or a 770, wait for the price drops.

2GB of VRAM is NOT enough for 1080p in BF4 or even Bioshock Infinite, those are current titles, next-gen titles will require even more video memory.
A 2GB card will not even last you a year before games start to experience lag spikes due to running out of memory.
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/64476-hardocp-r9-280x-provides-a-better-gaming-experience-than-gtx-770-in-bf4/
http://youtu.be/_sl__2PEHRI?t=22m40s

[Khanzi]

Buying a 770 now is a really bad idea, a 4GB R9 290 will cost the same as a 4GB 770 and will perform like a GTX 780.

Prices on the 770 & 780 WILL come down, right now is the worst time to buy a 780 or a 770, wait for the price drops.

2GB of VRAM is NOT enough for 1080p in BF4 or even Bioshock Infinite, those are current titles, next-gen titles will require even more video memory.

A 2GB card will not even last you a year before games start to experience lag spikes due to running out of memory.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/64476-hardocp-r9-280x-provides-a-better-gaming-experience-than-gtx-770-in-bf4/

http://youtu.be/_sl__2PEHRI?t=22m40s

Are you freaking kidding me dude? Didn't you like read anything that I said? Like really?

[GIJew]

I bought a GTX770 but let me say that if I lived in the US where the 7970Ghz/280x is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper, I would've bought one of those.

 

Both of them were $400 in my country so I went with the 770 only because its slightly newer tech.

[Khanzi]

@Linus Insight?

[Freaky_spider]

I even stressed about how I will not buy AMD, yet the fanboy's from red team insist I buy AMD. Listen, I'm not a fanboy of either. I seriously considered buying a 280x over the 770 since it's basically on par and 100 bucks less. But I prefer the technology that comes with nVidia more than that of AMD. AMD is budget gaming brand. High performance at lower prices than their competitor. However they use lower quality parts and are more focused on benchmarks than actual user experience. Ever been to a cheap Chinese take-out? How do you think they afford to give you 2 pounds of chicken for 6 bucks? The reason is because they don't use the same quality ingredients/parts as a higher tier seller.

AMD doenst use cheaper stuff, price margins on NVIDIA are just much higher, they didnt have any competition from AMD, so buying NVIDIA now is just plain stupid, also, what features does NVIDIA have that AMD doesnt have that arent shadowplay wich isnt even out yet or G-SYNC.... amd has mantle , and as you said youre gonna play BF4 wich uses mantle

id suggest you wait and for prices to drops

[FernandoTeixeira]

already used 2.3gb playing far cry 3 in 1x 1080p monitor 

 

also since expensive thing is always the best, why don't you just go for the most expensive 770 or the most expensive titan... ?

[J0ey]

I went with the Gigabyte GTX 770 2GB because it has great cooling and noise levels, and it was cheaper then most manufacturers when I bought it. 

 

About the 2/4GB, I'm using a 1080p monitor, with that resolution 2GB is enough in my experience. For higher resolution gaming the GTX 770 is not powerful enough anyway from what I've seen in benchmarks.

[TechFan@ic]

Are you freaking kidding me dude? Didn't you like read anything that I said? Like really?

Wow is that how you take advice ? I read everything you wrote, whatever man, I apologize for taking the time to respond to your thread, go ahead buy a 770 now and kick yourself next month when it's $100 cheaper.

[MetroP]

Are you freaking kidding me dude? Didn't you like read anything that I said? Like really?

That was nasty dude, you put down the person that gave you the most sound advice, gave you proof to back it up and skimmed all the bulls***.

I have a 2GB GTX 770, upgraded from a 3GB 580 and I do notice the things Tech is talking about, BF4 definitely lags on my 770 when the action gets going and doesn't do so on my 3GB 580.

I constantly run out of memory in Hitman, Bioshock Infinite and modded Skyrim.

The 770 is not worth it, save for a 780 and grab one when Nvidia slashes the prices or just get a 4GB GTX 760 then add another in SLI later on.

[J0ey]

That was nasty dude, you put down the person that gave you the most sound advice, gave you proof to back it up and skimmed all the bulls***.

I have a 2GB GTX 770, upgraded from a 3GB 580 and I do notice the things Tech is talking about, BF4 definitely lags on my 770 when the action gets going and doesn't do so on my 3GB 580.

I constantly run out of memory in Hitman, Bioshock Infinite and modded Skyrim.

The 770 is not worth it, save for a 780 and grab one when Nvidia slashes the prices or just get a 4GB GTX 760 then add another in SLI later on.

 

Unless you're playing on a high resolution like 1440p I can understand why that's happening, but with 1080p I doubt the card is the only problem here. 

 

Battlefield 4 Beta wasn't well optimzed at all. I heared much reports that even with 780's the frames weren't good at all. It ran smooth (mostly 60FPS) with my GTX770 2GB after the second update.

 

About the other games, they seem fine here:

 

Bioshock: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/05/31/nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-review/4

Hitman: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6994/nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-review/6

[Khanzi]

That was nasty dude, you put down the person that gave you the most sound advice, gave you proof to back it up and skimmed all the bulls***.

I have a 2GB GTX 770, upgraded from a 3GB 580 and I do notice the things Tech is talking about, BF4 definitely lags on my 770 when the action gets going and doesn't do so on my 3GB 580.

I constantly run out of memory in Hitman, Bioshock Infinite and modded Skyrim.

The 770 is not worth it, save for a 780 and grab one when Nvidia slashes the prices or just get a 4GB GTX 760 then add another in SLI later on.

 

 

Wow is that how you take advice ? I read everything you wrote, whatever man, I apologize for taking the time to respond to your thread, go ahead buy a 770 now and kick yourself next month when it's $100 cheaper.

 

 

AMD doenst use cheaper stuff, price margins on NVIDIA are just much higher, they didnt have any competition from AMD, so buying NVIDIA now is just plain stupid, also, what features does NVIDIA have that AMD doesnt have that arent shadowplay wich isnt even out yet or G-SYNC.... amd has mantle , and as you said youre gonna play BF4 wich uses mantle

id suggest you wait and for prices to drops

 

I exclusively asked that nobody try to convince me to buy AMD. Like twice. I'm buying my 770 in a month or two. I'm still on the fence whether to buy the EVGA 4gb version of just the HOF edition. That was the entire purpose of this post. Not a nVidia vs. AMD. Sorry if that sounded mean, but everybody is screaming AMD when I specifically stated I prefer the technology that comes with nVidia. Specifically Shield, Geforce Experience, PhysX, DirectX11, and soon ShadowPlay and G-Sync. 

[AMD_Nemesis]

Ok heres the deal 280x is better for the money literally 1-5 frame(s) behind and ahead 770 is good if you like high res the 280x is also pretty good but gets a tiny bit behind at crazy resolutions. The 4 gig 770 is also good at running a bunch of mods and with shadowplay record alot of gameplay, if i didnt have a 770 and needed a good card I would get the 280x for sure. But dont get me wrong I love my 770 and when shadowplay comes im going to use it so much but in all honesty the 280x is the way to go. EVGA Zotac and MSI are good with the 770, if your really set on this

[AMD_Nemesis]

I exclusively asked that nobody try to convince me to buy AMD. Like twice. I'm buying my 770 in a month or two. I'm still on the fence whether to buy the EVGA 4gb version of just the HOF edition. That was the entire purpose of this post. Not a nVidia vs. AMD. Sorry if that sounded mean, but everybody is screaming AMD when I specifically stated I prefer the technology that comes with nVidia. Specifically Shield, Geforce Experience, PhysX, DirectX11, and soon ShadowPlay and G-Sync. 

3 of those features are irrelevant.