i need help with upgrading to a new video card!

syler1

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hey there! i'm from israel and i'm looking for a new video card.

my current specs are:

my pc specs are
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard
Intel Quad Core I5 2500K Quad Core 3.3GHZ 1155
Lancool Midi Tower PC-K62B Black Window
Seasonic SS-750AT 750W Active PFC 4X PCI-E 62A/12V Single Rail
Corsair 4GB Single Stick Values Select Retail DDR3-1333 x2
Samsung 1TB Sata II 32MB SpinPoint F3
Gigabyte GTX570 1280MB GDDR5 Ultra Durable

i'd like to buy one of those cards, or a better one if you know any.

PowerColor AMD Radeon R9 290 OC 4G GDDR5
MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX970 Gaming 4GB GDDR5
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX770 OC 4GB GDDR5


its super important, well, that the card will fit into the computer and won't cause any problems :)

thanks in advance.
 
Solution
Your Case supports Graphics Cards up to 290mm long.

And here are the lengths of each card

R9 290 - 265mm
GTX 970 - 269mm
GTX 770 - 292mm

So the R9 290 and GTX 970 would definitely fit, but the GTX 770 may not fit.


As for hardware compatibility, I think everything's fine, but you might want to add another stick of RAM to total up to 8GB.

What all these cards need in a motherboard, is simply a single PCIe 3.0 16x slot: which your motherboard has. So don't worry about motherboard


As for power, I think it should be fine. Seasonic is known for it's high quality PSUs. Although I've never heard of your PSU, nor can I find it's product page, it should be alright.

and for performance...


why msi 970? and will it fit my motherboard properly without any problems?
 
Your Case supports Graphics Cards up to 290mm long.

And here are the lengths of each card

R9 290 - 265mm
GTX 970 - 269mm
GTX 770 - 292mm

So the R9 290 and GTX 970 would definitely fit, but the GTX 770 may not fit.


As for hardware compatibility, I think everything's fine, but you might want to add another stick of RAM to total up to 8GB.

What all these cards need in a motherboard, is simply a single PCIe 3.0 16x slot: which your motherboard has. So don't worry about motherboard


As for power, I think it should be fine. Seasonic is known for it's high quality PSUs. Although I've never heard of your PSU, nor can I find it's product page, it should be alright.

and for performance
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So in short, get the GTX 970.
 
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