Help upgrading card

[RChud]

Until now removing parts from my PC has been a phobia so I'm pretty new to this. After looking at a few videos It turns out its very easy. I'm going to be upgrading my graphics card in the next few months.
But will I have to do anything with the overclock on my current card. My PC is a pre-built system from OCUK. I was thinking the overclock would carry over to the new card and break it or something (I may be talking rubbish, forgive me)

Thanks for your help guys

 

[Doomedspeed]

Hi and welcome.

No worry about the over clock. You will be fine swapping the GPU. Just ensure (if switching from nvidia to AMD, or vice-versa) to run driver sweeper, as the different drivers may cause issues.

You need any advice on what card to get?

 

[RChud]

I want something no more than £300. I was going to go for a GTX 780. The only thing that worries me is if my power supply is enough.

 

[cjbagnall]

What power supply have you got?

 

[Doomedspeed]

780 is a bit outdated now also. The 970 beats it for performance and power consumption (lower).

As above, what PSU do you have?

 

[RChud]

Corsair CS650M. I have a i7 2700k processor but I think it's my current GTX670 is doing more damage to my fps or am I wrong? What card would you guys recommend? (GTX 970 is looking like a winner atm)

 

[sprite1275]

A 290x would run on that power supply I would have thought. 970s run about 60/70 watts lower than a 290x. My system pulls between 300/400 watts when gaming.

So comes down to 970, little lower watts, temps with gimped vram or 290x, same power as 970 @ 1080p but more powerful the higher the res, Full 4gb vram