Need advice on GPU upgrade

[darthvadar]

Hi,

 

I currently have crossfired HD 7770's which have performed really well up until now but i am getting fed up with the games that just don't want to run properly because for crossfire bugs, it's just too unreliable for me.

 

Having just have my birthday, christmas and a lot of temporary work i have saved up a fair bit i can spare on a new GPU but i don't know which one will be the best for my needs.

 

I currently use a 21.5" 1080p monitor and don't plan on upgrading that for a while, so i dont really care about 2k or 4k performance, i just really need to know what will get me the most reliable/consistent high to ultra settings on games such as BF4, AC4 and next years releases.

 

My budget is about £400 so i can afford a GTX 780 (EVGA SC ACX) but i'd like to know if its worth getting a GTX 770 for about £280 and also getting a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD? which will give me the smoothest fps in 1080p. I would just like to reiterate how important it is to me that it performs well as consistently as possible, i want to be able to buy a game and play it, not buy it and find out that it just doesn't want to work.

 

As an additional note i have sidelined looking at AMD cards because i don't know what kind of impact MANTLE will actually have, people say it will be great but that could be hype since i haven't actually seen any proof yet (please link if you can find some), if it is released soon i will consider the r9 290 or the r9 280x + the samsung SSD but at the moment the NVidia cards + those 3 games looks like a better deal.

 

Please correct anything i have said, and any information+advice you can give to make this decision easier would be great. please dont say that because i can i should just buy a GTX 780 because if it wont help much for 1080p i can spend it elsewhere.

 

thanks in advance

 

p.s. i have added a poll to make it easier to see the overall opinions but please do explain your votes, thanks 

[Mindtrickz]

You should probably just get a 780 or 290. The 780 is king at 1080p and 1600p while the 290 slightly pulls ahead on 4K. The SSD will not offer anything significant gaming wise.

 

You can see for yourself: The Sapphire R9 290 benchmark. MSI 780 Lightning is in there too.  http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-r9-290-tri-x-oc-review-1600p-ultra-hd-4k/

[darthvadar]

Thanks for the additional info, however i did say i don't mind about 4k performance, i can't find much data relating to 1080p fps on that link.

[N3D9ed]

GTX 780 is the best at 1080p among the other options. As Mindtrickz said, SSD will give no performance increase in gaming, just shorter loading times.

[darthvadar]

cool, yea the SSD would be nice for the load times so i'll probably get one at some point.

 

So for the 780, i like the look of the EVGA SC ACX, is that a good choice in terms of reliability,cooling, performance. i do plan to use gpu boost on it. 

 

Also i know this is in the GPu section but i may as well ask whilst im here, i will overclock my i5 2500k when i get the new gpu because its currently at stock, i have a CM hyper 212 Evo, is it safe to use the gpu OC software that came with the gigabyte mobo?(easytune)

 

thanks for everything so far

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@darthvadar

then you better spcify price is amatter in the post, sinc eoyu ain't a millionaire.

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f: The Sapphire R9 290 benchmark. MSI 780 Lightning is in there too. 

wowowo! It's a MSI lightning! unfair.

[darthvadar]

I said my budget in my 1st post about £400