Nvidia GTX 770 ti Upgrade?

[Jordie1417]

So. I currently have a 750ti superclocked EVGA version, and I recently put in a AMD FX 8350 Black Edition into my computer, you know how I goes, you build a pc, and you always want better parts. Well thats how I am. I have $500 left from my summer job I worked for my dad since I am 15, I can legaly work anywhere else. And I was going to get a power supply that was 850W I found for $99, its on sale for originally $150 so that would power the 770 Superclocked 4GB I was going to get, I don't really follow Graphics Cards. so I want to know would the switch from the 750ti to the 770 leave a huge difference, or should I save up about $150 more and go with the 780 not 780ti? Whats your guys opinion? Here is the Graphics car I have, http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-2758-KR/dp/B00J3ZNB04/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407970982&sr=1-5&keywords=750ti here is the card I want, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130945&cm_re=770-_-14-130-945-_-Product

 

[byza]

The card you have is a 750 non-ti version. Yes there will be a considerable upgrade to the 770. Also you won't need an 850w PSU unless you want to SLI the 770. What PSU do you have at the moment?

 

[ingtar33]

that would be an incredible upgrade... that said you could probably save some $$ and get a r9-280x... heck the r9-290's run for about the price of that 770... way overpriced. (i'm not saying the 280x is a better card... its a CHEAPER card with the similar performance, and the 290 is a superior card with the same price, that's why i'm pointing out those options)

byza makes a good point as well, you dont' need a 800W psu to run a 770 + fx8 core... a 600W would be fine. frankly it would be overkill. You probably could run a r9-290+fx 8core on a 650W psu.

 

[photonboy]

*Wait for the GTX870 or GTX880.

GTX880 estimated at GTX780Ti performance and $500+. GTX870 estimated at GTX780 performance and $400 roughly. Maybe less.

Here's a SUMMARY BENCHMARK to compare card though keep in mind AMD CPU's will bottleneck somewhat depending on the game (BF4 not really a bottleneck; Skyrim about 40% better on good Intel i5):
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_750_Ti_OC/25.html

*So a GTX870 should give you DOUBLE the frame rate (or allow higher quality at the same frame rate).

 

[Jordie1417]

The card you have is a 750 non-ti version. Yes there will be a considerable upgrade to the 770. Also you won't need an 850w PSU unless you want to SLI the 770. What PSU do you have at the moment?

I have 500W, on the website it says it needs a 650w, so I thought I could get 750w at $99 with bronze certified just encase I want to upgrade to something in the future.

 

[Jordie1417]

The card you have is a 750 non-ti version. Yes there will be a considerable upgrade to the 770. Also you won't need an 850w PSU unless you want to SLI the 770. What PSU do you have at the moment?

oops ment to reply not pick as best answer, im new to this site, I have 500w power supply, but i thought why not get a 850w power supply thats $99 incase i want to upgrade later, or not even get a 770 and wait for a better card that is cheap.

 

[Jordie1417]

that would be an incredible upgrade... that said you could probably save some $$ and get a r9-280x... heck the r9-290's run for about the price of that 770... way overpriced. (i'm not saying the 280x is a better card... its a CHEAPER card with the similar performance, and the 290 is a superior card with the same price, that's why i'm pointing out those options)

byza makes a good point as well, you dont' need a 800W psu to run a 770 + fx8 core... a 600W would be fine. frankly it would be overkill. You probably could run a r9-290+fx 8core on a 650W psu.

I've heard bad things about the r9 280x, my friend had one go bad after he first used it, then he got it replaced and had driver issues, is that just bad luck or do they have bad rep?

 

[byza]

that would be an incredible upgrade... that said you could probably save some $$ and get a r9-280x... heck the r9-290's run for about the price of that 770... way overpriced. (i'm not saying the 280x is a better card... its a CHEAPER card with the similar performance, and the 290 is a superior card with the same price, that's why i'm pointing out those options)

byza makes a good point as well, you dont' need a 800W psu to run a 770 + fx8 core... a 600W would be fine. frankly it would be overkill. You probably could run a r9-290+fx 8core on a 650W psu.

I've heard bad things about the r9 280x, my friend had one go bad after he first used it, then he got it replaced and had driver issues, is that just bad luck or do they have bad rep?

The quality of cards is more based on brands than specific series in most cases. To my knowledge there is the 280x is no worse than any other card. Drivers are another issue, in the recent past Nvidea has had better driver support, however AMD have improved a lot.

What brand and model is the PSU you have and the one you want to buy. There is a lot of variation in PSU's so you want to make sure you get a good quality one. XFX and SeaSonic generally have good PSU's the higher end Corsairs are really good but all brands have their good and bad models so it's not as simple as wattage.

 

[Jordie1417]

that would be an incredible upgrade... that said you could probably save some $$ and get a r9-280x... heck the r9-290's run for about the price of that 770... way overpriced. (i'm not saying the 280x is a better card... its a CHEAPER card with the similar performance, and the 290 is a superior card with the same price, that's why i'm pointing out those options)

byza makes a good point as well, you dont' need a 800W psu to run a 770 + fx8 core... a 600W would be fine. frankly it would be overkill. You probably could run a r9-290+fx 8core on a 650W psu.

I've heard bad things about the r9 280x, my friend had one go bad after he first used it, then he got it replaced and had driver issues, is that just bad luck or do they have bad rep?

The quality of cards is more based on brands than specific series in most cases. To my knowledge there is the 280x is no worse than any other card. Drivers are another issue, in the recent past Nvidea has had better driver support, however AMD have improved a lot.

What brand and model is the PSU you have and the one you want to buy. There is a lot of variation in PSU's so you want to make sure you get a good quality one. XFX and SeaSonic generally have good PSU's the higher end Corsairs are really good but all brands have their good and bad models so it's not as simple as wattage.

The power supply I was going to get is here, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182072&cm_re=Power_Supply_850w-_-17-182-072-_-Product and the power supply I own now is cheap so it probably is not good, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159124&cm_re=coolmax_500w-_-17-159-124-_-Product

 

[byza]

If you want an 850w under $100 I'd go for either of these.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m

But if you're not going to SLI/Crossfire, you can go for lower wattage.

 

[Jordie1417]

If you want an 850w under $100 I'd go for either of these.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m

But if you're not going to SLI/Crossfire, you can go for lower wattage.

Alright man thanks for the help, I have a question though, what makes you recommend me these in particular? Im curious since I am still kinda new to this. And I still can't decide on the 770, or even if I want to wait and get the 780 non ti? Or the r9 280x or 290x Anyone of these you think would be better preformance money wise, since I only have $500 to work with unless I save it, so that about $400 I can spend on the card itself.

 

[byza]

If you want an 850w under $100 I'd go for either of these.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m

But if you're not going to SLI/Crossfire, you can go for lower wattage.

Alright man thanks for the help, I have a question though, what makes you recommend me these in particular? Im curious since I am still kinda new to this. And I still can't decide on the 770, or even if I want to wait and get the 780 non ti? Or the r9 280x or 290x Anyone of these you think would be better preformance money wise, since I only have $500 to work with unless I save it, so that about $400 I can spend on the card itself.

Well you can use this as a basic guide to PSU's, although some of the PSUs should probably change tiers. Also read reviews from sites like jonnyguru where they open up the PSU's to check out the quality of the internals and test them at various loads.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

The AMD cards are better price/performance.

 

[Jordie1417]

If you want an 850w under $100 I'd go for either of these.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1850snlb9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg850m

But if you're not going to SLI/Crossfire, you can go for lower wattage.

Alright man thanks for the help, I have a question though, what makes you recommend me these in particular? Im curious since I am still kinda new to this. And I still can't decide on the 770, or even if I want to wait and get the 780 non ti? Or the r9 280x or 290x Anyone of these you think would be better preformance money wise, since I only have $500 to work with unless I save it, so that about $400 I can spend on the card itself.

Well you can use this as a basic guide to PSU's, although some of the PSUs should probably change tiers. Also read reviews from sites like jonnyguru where they open up the PSU's to check out the quality of the internals and test them at various loads.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

The AMD cards are better price/performance.

Alright thank you very much!