Would a gtx 770 be a big upgrade from the 760?

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

Makaveli said:
Nice card looks like you will be happy with your purchase!

yeah i think i will be able to get the settings i want with it.
thanks for all the help

toyota · May 30, 2014

PC_gamer5150 said:
My i5 3570K will bottleneck with a 780?
I have it oc'ed to 4.3ghz

yes it will it some cases especially Crysis 3.

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

toyota said:
yes it will it some cases especially Crysis 3.

Wait?

i have a few no it will not and now a yes it will?
Not tryin to be a smart ass or doubt you but
have you actually had it happen to you with a 3570K?

toyota · May 30, 2014

PC_gamer5150 said:
Wait?
i have a few no it will not and now a yes it will?
Not tryin to be a smart ass or doubt you but
have you actually had it happen to you with a 3570K?

your cpu will be fine for for 99% of cases. I was just saying in a game like Crysis 3 yes it will be a limitation at least in some areas. Watch Dogs looks to need more than 4 threads too depending on what review you look at it.

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

toyota said:
your cpu will be fine for for 99% of cases. I was just saying in a game like Crysis 3 yes it will be a limitation at least in some areas. Watch Dogs looks to need more than 4 threads too depending on what review you look at it.

I see

crysis 3 seems to be a problem for a lot of people regardless and watch dogs

is a whole nuther story from what i am reading here and otherplaces.

tg2708 · May 30, 2014

out of curiosity, why didn't you choose a 290? similar or better performance, 3 free games and a much lower price. Sure people will argue that nvidia has better drivers but i do think where exclusivity is out of the question amd has the better offer.

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

tg2708 said:
out of curiosity, why didn't you choose a 290? similar or better performance, 3 free games and a much lower price. Sure people will argue that nvidia has better drivers but i do think where exclusivity is out of the question amd has the better offer.

my friends both had AMD card(7970 matrix and the other had a 290 reference)
and both had so many issues it scared me off from AMD.
Plus i read online a lot of guys also had these same issues.

TeknoBug · May 30, 2014

Nope I have both and the 770 is considerably better (obviously) but not worth upgrading to from a 760.

RaistlinZ · May 30, 2014

Soooo, what are you going to do with your 760, just run it as a PhysX card?

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

TeknoBug said:
Nope I have both and the 770 is considerably better (obviously) but not worth upgrading to from a 760.

good to hear since i wound up ordering a 780 ftw edition
i am pretty sure that was a better upgrade:biggrin:

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

RaistlinZ said:
Soooo, what are you going to do with your 760, just run it as a PhysX card?

back up GPU. you never know right?

even though the 760 is over two years old and never gave me a prob that does not mean the 780 wont.
BTW, what would that do? running it as a PhysX card?

Makaveli · May 30, 2014

PC_gamer5150 said:
back up GPU. you never know right?
even though the 760 is over two years old and never gave me a prob that does not mean the 780 wont.
BTW, what would that do? running it as a PhysX card?

Having PhysX running off a dedicated card and leaving the primary card to just render the game usually gives you a performance boost over letting the primary card render the game + physx on top if you have it enabled on a single gpu system.

toyota · May 30, 2014

I would not keep the 760 just for a back up card. I would just sell it as that is a chunk of money thats just going to sit there.

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

Makaveli said:
Having PhysX running off a dedicated card and leaving the primary card to just render the game usually gives you a performance boost over letting the primary card render the game + physx on top if you have it enabled on a single gpu system.

I will have to look into this,it sound really good and it is better than have the 760 sit in its box.

PC_gamer5150 · May 30, 2014

toyota said:
I would not keep the 760 just for a back up card. I would just sell it as that is a chunk of money thats just going to sit there.

to be honest dont need the cash right now, i feel better having it around just in case?
Believe it or not i dont know what i wound do without my pc to game?
my laptop is only for surfing,it is no where near good enough for the gaming i do.
this way i can put the 760 back IF the 780 failed me at some point and be right back to gaming until i got the 780 up and running or replaced.

toyota · May 30, 2014

PC_gamer5150 said:
to be honest dont need the cash right now, i feel better having it around just in case?
Believe it or not i dont know what i wound do without my pc to game?
my laptop is only for surfing,it is no where near good enough for the gaming i do.
this way i can put the 760 back IF the 780 failed me at some point and be right back to gaming until i got the 780 up and running or replaced.

well its your money. to me its just too nice of a card to have sitting around for what will likely be no reason. I have an old 8600gt in case something happens plus me and you both could use onboard graphics if something goes wrong. in 11 years of gaming I have never had a video card go out on me anyway. might as well have a backup for all of your other components if you are that worried.

Deders · May 31, 2014

PC_gamer5150 said:
i would not really say difficulty running them but trying to max Crysis 3, need for speed- most wanted and Battlefield 4 have a problem with low FPS on a 760 if i set them too high

the 780 should be great for those games, but I was able to run all those games with decent FPS on my old 670, I had to overclock the GPU memory by nearly a gigahertz but they were all very playable.

Crysis 3 is the toughest out of the 3, the other 2 were surprisingly light on my rig.

RaistlinZ · May 31, 2014

I'd sell that 760 for a cool $200 and maybe spend $50.00 on an emergency backup GPU, if you really need one. But sell the 760 while it still has good resale value, IMO.

Deders · May 31, 2014

Definitely once you are confident with the 780, sell the 760 before the value goes down.

PC_gamer5150 · May 31, 2014

you guys must have brought me luck or something?
I was going to hang on to the 760 but i just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is also a big gamer i told him i ordered a 780 and he said he would give me $150 plus his gtx 570 for my 760.
the 570 is only a year old(never been oc or abused) but he really wants a 700 series. the 570 would make a great back up and i get some cash back from the 780 purchase
this was win/win day!

Deders · May 31, 2014

That is a bargain, not too shabby for the 760 on its own.

PC_gamer5150 · May 31, 2014

Deders said:
That is a bargain, not too shabby for the 760 on its own.

I figure his 570 is worth $100 since he never took it out of the cooler case or oc'ed it.

RaistlinZ · May 31, 2014

You have a very nice friend. 570 is a real nice backup card.

Teizo · May 31, 2014

Makaveli said:
Also a good suggestion if he doesn't mind the drawbacks that come with a dual card setups.

I've been running 760 SLI for a while now and still have not noticed what these supposed drawbacks are.

Only ones I can think of would be extra power consumption and heat, but 760 SLI does not use a bunch of power, and while my top card does get in the low 80's that is far from damaging to the card and my cpu/ram are not affected by it one bit.

Would a gtx 770 be a big upgrade from the 760?

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