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6770 1gb upgrade

seanyc5

seanyc5

seanyc5

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Hi,

I currently have a 6770 1gb while it plays the latest games on medium its starting to struggle.
Id like to be able to play the new splinter cell and batman at decent levels with 40+fps

I just happened to spot the advert at the top giving splinter cell away with the new cards.

I don't really know what im looking at though, this caught my eye

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ktdetailseite&emcs2=GX-290-AS&emcs3=GX-299-AS

Then I seen this for an extra £30!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-290-AS

What do you think?

I hadn't planned on upgrading until the ps4/xbox hit.

Thanks,
Sean
 
HankScorpio said:
Waste of £30 when they're both the same card.

Also I would rather have a 670 in my PC than a new console.

Go for it. Anything higher and you might need a better cpu to get the most out of it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

this might be slightly better, being new tech and all.
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The £30 more one has 4gb though.
Looking at the 760 it looks almost identical to the 670, does it just run with less power/heat than the 670?

Thanks
 
4GB will be pretty much redundant to be honest unless you game at a very high resolution, in which case a single 670 will struggle to fill it with high detail. 2gb is enough for these level of cards. And yes, the 760 should be slightly more efficient.

MSI is also a better brand/cooler I find.
 
HankScorpio said:
4GB will be pretty much redundant to be honest unless you game at a very high resolution, in which case a single 670 will struggle to fill it with high detail. 2gb is enough for these level of cards. And yes, the 760 should be slightly more efficient.

MSI is also a better brand/cooler I find.
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Yeah thought as much just wanted to check, went with your suggestion on the Oc'd 760! Thanks. Too late for net day delivery though so not coming till monday!
 
Glad I helped :)

My friend just took delivery of that same card and is currently singing its praises, which is why I thought of it over the older generation 670.

Enjoy it man!
 
No, no, no and no.

The 760 draws more power, is less efficient and performs worse. The 670's cheap due to stock clearance.
 
the 760 is a lesser card. just look at the benchmarks ffs

So much crap in this thread.

The 760 is a reworked 670 that has less processing cores and is therefore the slower card while not being anymore efficient or quieter.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/830?vs=854

HankScorpio said:
760 is more efficient and will clock higher. 670 is cheaper for this reason

760 less heat and noise too.
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So wrong! the 670 is cheaper because it is the previous gen card. It performs better than the 760 and will clock to just as high levels.
 
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The 670 even at stock outperforms the 760 -- and since the 760 has already had a higher clock shoved on it to make up for the inadequacies, the 670 has more potential.

That's not to say the 760 is a load of rubbish, just that at the current prices the 670 is by far the better deal in every way.
 
I see benches that show 670 beating the 760 and vice versa. Look pretty similar to me. I'd rather have the newer tech.

The GTX 760 is different beast entirely - it punches above its weight in the price/performance departments, effectively offering a GTX 670 experience for GTX 660 Ti money.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-nvidia-geforce-gtx-760-review

at 1080p the stock 760 wins 3 benches and the 670 wins 3 benches. How is the 670 a better card?

My friend says when you overclock both cards the 760 overclocked is less power and noise than an overclocked 670.
 
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It's *not* newer tech. The 760 is the same GPU as the 670 with bits disabled and a higher clock speed. Anywhere it performs better is because of the boost clock. At the same clock speed the 670 will always perform better.
 
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teppic said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-299-AS

This was £189 the other day but it's still great value. They sold about 150 of them in one day :)
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I think that was the one i originally looked at.

In all fairness though benchmarks aside you wouldnt tell the difference right? I mean for the same price if i can swap i may aswell right?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-170-MS&campaign=social/forum/banner

Would that not be better for £10 more? core is 40mhz faster out the box
 
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You can cancel the order as it hasn't been dispatched.

The 670 there already has a factory OC and a boost clock that will go to about 1150MHz (before any manual OC) - that puts it way ahead of a stock 760, not just in benchmarks. With an overclock you will be able to play more games at 60fps, essentially.

As for the MSI card, it has an advertised boost clock of 1097MHz, the Asus 1085MHz. But what you get will be higher anyway. Mine gives me 1175 or something without any OC.
 
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