Stick w/ gtx 770 or?

[sirlegitkilla]

I recently posted to help make up my mind to buy a gtx 760 2gb or a r9 270x 4gb was going to head for the 760 but instead ran to the nvidia gtx 770 2gb, its an amazing card I love it but not loving the $414 price I spent on it. I am here not thinking of downgrading to the evga gtx 760 sc and spend the rest on a decent 24" gaming monitor to match my current 24".

What should I do stick with the gtx 770 or downgrade to the gtx 760 and buy another nice monitor with the extra I saved, do note that I like to stream/record at 720p and play in 1080p with dual monitors, kind of put that in the middle of that when answering. Links below to what I'm looking at.

NVIDIA GTX 770
EVGA GTX 760
BENQ 24" Gaming Monitor


Current Rig
CPU: FX-8350 4.0Ghz
RAM: 4gb x2
PSU:rosewill 600w
OLD GPU: Radeon HD 7770 Replaced by gtx 770
Mobo: 970A-G46

 

[Cons29]

while using multi monitor is nice, keep in mind that it will tax your system more. also, personally i don't like downgrading. i'd rather save up and buy what i want next. but that is just me

 

[Rationale]

I'd keep the 770. The 760 is a nice card for gaming at 1080p, but it's not really cut out for dual monitors. If you downgraded you might just find out that you can't effectively use both monitors at once anyway, which would suck more than overspending on a 770 once.

Then again, it also depends on your current monitor. If you have a very bad monitor now, your graphics might actually improve on a 760 + new monitor over a 770 + old monitor, even if you can't hold ultra settings with a 760 outputting to 2 monitors.

 

[leeb2013]

keep the 770 and get 3 cheaper monitors. Not sure how you can game with 2 with the split down the middle.

The 760 will be lacking for multiple monitors.

Once you have 3 monitors, you'll never go back, it gives an awesome gaming experience and completely fills your horizontal field of view.

Personally I got 3 cheap monitors for $65 each and they're brilliant. They do push the R9-290 though in certain games.

 

[Rationale]

keep the 770 and get 3 cheaper monitors. Not sure how you can game with 2 with the split down the middle.

The 760 will be lacking for multiple monitors.

Once you have 3 monitors, you'll never go back, it gives an awesome gaming experience and completely fills your horizontal field of view.

Personally I got 3 cheap monitors for $65 each and they're brilliant. They do push the R9-290 though in certain games.

Ack. $65? The color quality must be pretty terrible unless you're in a different country than me.
Anyway, he never said he was gaming on both monitors. Just that he's going to have 2 monitors connected to his PC. The second one might just be used for multitasking.

 

[sirlegitkilla]

I only game on one monitor which is 1920x1080 and use my 2nd one at 1360x768 for multitasking i.e twitch chat, music etc. The 2nd monitor would be replaced with my current 1080p 24" and the new would be the main gaming/task monitor.

 

[leeb2013]

keep the 770 and get 3 cheaper monitors. Not sure how you can game with 2 with the split down the middle.

The 760 will be lacking for multiple monitors.

Once you have 3 monitors, you'll never go back, it gives an awesome gaming experience and completely fills your horizontal field of view.

Personally I got 3 cheap monitors for $65 each and they're brilliant. They do push the R9-290 though in certain games.

Ack. $65? The color quality must be pretty terrible unless you're in a different country than me.
Anyway, he never said he was gaming on both monitors. Just that he's going to have 2 monitors connected to his PC. The second one might just be used for multitasking.

how do I find out what country you are in? My colour is just fine thanks.

when the OP said; "spend the rest on a decent 24" gaming monitor to match my current 24" and "play in 1080p with dual monitors", I naturally thought gaming, but happy to be proved wrong.

Anyhow, OP, if you're only gaming on one monitor, then the 760 should suffice.

 

[sirlegitkilla]

keep the 770 and get 3 cheaper monitors. Not sure how you can game with 2 with the split down the middle.

The 760 will be lacking for multiple monitors.

Once you have 3 monitors, you'll never go back, it gives an awesome gaming experience and completely fills your horizontal field of view.

Personally I got 3 cheap monitors for $65 each and they're brilliant. They do push the R9-290 though in certain games.

Ack. $65? The color quality must be pretty terrible unless you're in a different country than me.
Anyway, he never said he was gaming on both monitors. Just that he's going to have 2 monitors connected to his PC. The second one might just be used for multitasking.

how do I find out what country you are in? My colour is just fine thanks.

when the OP said; "spend the rest on a decent 24" gaming monitor to match my current 24" and "play in 1080p with dual monitors", I naturally thought gaming, but happy to be proved wrong.

Anyhow, OP, if you're only gaming on one monitor, then the 760 should suffice.

I would be gaming on one monitor multitasking on 2nd, do take into consideration I do stream/record with a 760 still benefit me with good fps while doing so?

 

[Rationale]

keep the 770 and get 3 cheaper monitors. Not sure how you can game with 2 with the split down the middle.

The 760 will be lacking for multiple monitors.

Once you have 3 monitors, you'll never go back, it gives an awesome gaming experience and completely fills your horizontal field of view.

Personally I got 3 cheap monitors for $65 each and they're brilliant. They do push the R9-290 though in certain games.

Ack. $65? The color quality must be pretty terrible unless you're in a different country than me.
Anyway, he never said he was gaming on both monitors. Just that he's going to have 2 monitors connected to his PC. The second one might just be used for multitasking.

how do I find out what country you are in? My colour is just fine thanks.

when the OP said; "spend the rest on a decent 24" gaming monitor to match my current 24" and "play in 1080p with dual monitors", I naturally thought gaming, but happy to be proved wrong.

Anyhow, OP, if you're only gaming on one monitor, then the 760 should suffice.

I'm in the United States. The lowest decent monitors get around here is ~$80, and those still are limited to pretty bad color reproduction. Light black levels, washed colors, and often even the TN panels hit 8ms at that cost. 8ms isn't terrible, but for a TN panel that's pretty high.

Apparently there are some very inexpensive nice VA panels from China, but I've never heard of any getting as low as $65 without the quality getting tossed out the window.

That is, unless your resolution is 4096x768 and not 5760x1080. 768p screens tend to be better at the low price point.