What graphics card to buy?

FriendlyMelon

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Hey,

I currently have an I5-4440 @3.10GHz (socket LGA 1150),
8GB of RAM (2x4GB, don't have any spare slots),
I have a standard motherboard (MS-7848, made by MEDION)
and my current graphics card is a Nvidia geforce gtx770 2GB and I currently have Colugar Power 700 power supply (Total max output power = 700W)

EDIT: I also use two 1920x1080 monitors.

And I was wondering what graphics card I should buy and/or if I need any other upgrades (if really necessary)

Thanks in advance.
 
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You can use one of the cards for PhysX if i am correct. This is a technology from nvidia which i guess is used to make games more realistic. You can use one card for the game and one for PhysX but i don't know how much you will actually gain from it.

If you can afford it i would definitely go for the GTX980 ti. I would prefer an Asus edition, but MSI and EVGA are also great brands.
Well if I were to get the 980 l, should I go for 980 Ti or just the 980 ? Also wich 'brand' ? MSI, ASUS,..?
And can you 'combine' the 2 graphics cards (770 & 980), for example use one of them for monitors other one for the games or is this not possible (Yes I'm such a noob in these things)
 
You can use one of the cards for PhysX if i am correct. This is a technology from nvidia which i guess is used to make games more realistic. You can use one card for the game and one for PhysX but i don't know how much you will actually gain from it.

If you can afford it i would definitely go for the GTX980 ti. I would prefer an Asus edition, but MSI and EVGA are also great brands.
 
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Well let' say that my absolute max budget is 500$ but mind that I live in Belgium and prices for pc parts are sometimes higher then skyscrapers. Why is Asus better then MSI and Evga ? Just personal preference or price or performace (dunno) also I've seen that there are a lot of different asus gtx980 TI so which one do you recommend?
 
The prices are very similar, but Asus products have really great reliability. (Never had problems with my motherboard, GPU, laptop.)

I don't know the prices in belgium, but aren't the prices there similar to the prices in the Netherlands (im from the Netherlands)?
 


Yes they are similar, a little bit higher tho, but I can just buy them from online stores in Netherlands and pay a little bit more on sending costs.