GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 or GTX 760 4 GB GDDR5

[russell morris]

So im looking to start my first build and i have two cards im looking at.

GigaByte GTX 770

GTX 760


Im stretching my budget as it is , i orginally planned on getting the R9 270 but $50-100 on such a big investment isnt much when the performance jump is huge. Is the extra Vram and lower price worth going with the 760? or should i just suck it up and get the 770? Just wondering how big the performance gap would be.

 

[DryCreamer]

well that's the fudge. the 4GB GTX 760 will allow you to pack more textures in, like let's say high AA or higher resolution (more than 1080p) so if you want those things go with that.

It seems silly that a GTX 770 would only have 2GB of memory but you will get higher frame rates if you are running 1080P .

I have a GTX 670 4GB EVGA FTW (same GK107 as the GTX760) and its GREAT at 1080 with x2 AA, I get 60 FPS in everything.

For 1080 gaming, get the 760.

Dry

 

[Sharphawk1234]

If you are playing at 1080p, anything over 2gb vram has almost no impact. So I would go with the 770 2gb because its an extra $40 or so but about 15% or so boost over the 760 4gb. If you wanted to save the money though just go for a 2gb 760 assuming you will be playing at 1080p it will cost about $250.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1847383/gtx-760-gtx-770-terms-price-performance.html
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/73670-gtx-770-vs-gtx-760-how-big-is-the-difference-really/

2 vs 4 GB of VRAM will not affect you unless you plan on running triple 1080p or dual 1440p or even higher res set up.

 

[DryCreamer]

4GB of RAM will matter if you want to run something like x4 AA and 16xAF, IF you have a GPU that can keep up with that stuff, and the 760 is RIGHT on that edge, I think you will be happy with it.

Besides, if I'm correct, the only company that puts 4GB on a 760 (670) is EVGA, excellent company and warranty system. They basically do that for people who want to run SLI, that way you can run 2 760's AND get 4GB of video ram to run stupid high resolutions.

Dry

 

[STACKS ON DECK]

more vrm means more graphic texture handling ... if you are planing to go multi monitor setup so go for 4gb otherwise 2gb can handle higher resolutions and AA levels on single display setup . . . 760 of asus should be better choice .. despite of that 4gb variant

 

[photonboy]

*I have a GTX680 that is identical to an overclocked GTX770 and have specifically tested Video RAM usage (I'm also an electronics technician with a lot of testing with gaming PC data).

Guess HOW MANY games I tested out of 200 used my full 2048MB (2GB) of VRAM?
None.

**Get the GTX770 (recommend the Asus model).

Longer story:
There are scenarios where you "can" use more than 2GB with a GTX760 but these involved things like HD Texture Packs or really high settings in certain games (BF4). However these settings ALSO bring down the frame rate to a point I wouldn't want to play the game at.

Game developers are even saying they are looking at ways to REDUCE the amount of Video RAM so it's unclear what the "need" will be. Microsoft is also looking at streaming from System RAM to VRAM (Shared Tiles). All this research tends to take a few YEARS anyway so by the time you "need" more than 2GB with a GPU of the 760's performance level you'd be getting a new card.

GTX770 2GB.

 

[russell morris]

well that's the fudge. the 4GB GTX 760 will allow you to pack more textures in, like let's say high AA or higher resolution (more than 1080p) so if you want those things go with that.

It seems silly that a GTX 770 would only have 2GB of memory but you will get higher frame rates if you are running 1080P .

I have a GTX 670 4GB EVGA FTW (same GK107 as the GTX760) and its GREAT at 1080 with x2 AA, I get 60 FPS in everything.

For 1080 gaming, get the 760.

Dry

Yeah im upgrading for games like the witcher 3 etc. But im sticking with 1080p for the foreseeable future. Whichever card i get i plan to buy a 2nd one for SLI at the end of 2015.

 

[photonboy]

Witcher 3:
There's no solid data on how this game manages memory, however in my opinion the GPU performance will be more important than the amount of VRAM.

Again, don't forget that the VRAM tends to scale up as the GPU performance increases mainly because the GPU can only process so quickly.

We do NOT know if the Witcher 3 will "need" more than 2GB, but we DO know that it will benefit from the GTX770's GPU over the 760's.

The devs for the game have already briefly discussed that it will be truly open-world and make as much use as possible of the memory the next-gen consoles (i.e. at least 4GB of the Shared Memory that the CPU and GPU use) so that we won't see many, if any, loading scenes when entering buildings etc.

On PC it's uncertain how this translates, though probably heavy System RAM (DDR3) usage and an efficient method of quickly swapping data from System to Video RAM but that's unclear. I'm NOT talking about Shared Tiles yet though.

One example might be when you approach a town on horse-back, the game detects where you are and swaps data into Video RAM prior to you arriving. That's a little oversimplified but the point is much of the swapping will hopefully be done in the background eliminating any stutter that insufficient VRAM would cause.

So I think the GTX770 2GB will give a better experience in W3 than a GTX760 4GB card. And again, that's been the case with every game to date.