what is the best geforce gtx 770?

[craqerjaq]

There are so many brands and variations...and opinions. So what is the best 770?

 

[azzazel_99]

Evga classified edition.

 

[jay2tall]

Any of them really. I tend to watch prices and get something that isn't carrying a premium price. I'd personally pay about $20 for a better than stock cooler on a card, but that is about it. MSI and ASUS usually are top picks of mine because they've lately stuck a good cooler on for not much of a price increase.

 

[craqerjaq]

How does someone without a clue determine what makes for a good cooler? Without going into a water cooling system I want to get the best I can so that SLI won't cause overheating issues. Two cards in my motherboard only give about a 1/4" space between cards and I ran into issues trying to run two radeon 7870s

 

[jay2tall]

I ran into issues with 2 4870s back in the day. If you don't have an extra slot between cards, I really would keep away from SLI unless you have Extremely good airflow in your case. A side fan blowing between the cards is almost needed.

With that said, I tend to like stock exhaust coolers for SLI setups since they blow the hot air out the back rather than circulating it. Again, if you have VERY good airflow that shouldn't be a concern.

 

[azzazel_99]

if you have good air flow in your case a regular aftermarker cooler will so fine. The evga models with the acx coolers are nice or the asus DC models