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Nvidia GTX 470 just died - What card to replace it with?

silvagti

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After several system crashes over the last few weeks my PC is now displaying odd graphical glitches at the BIOS screen and won't boot to windows with my GTX470 video card fitted. It's looking like it's finally shuffled off this mortal coil and ascended to silicon heaven (where the calculators go!) after 4 years of service.

The question is what card should I buy to replace it? I currently have a stock i7-920 and, being a bit of an Nvidia fanboy, was contemplating either a new GTX 770 (£230) or pushing the boat out and going for a GTX 780 (£360).

Is it worth going for the 780 or would it be bottlenecked by my CPU? Anything other cards worth considering for that price. Price-wise I definitely don't want to spend more than the cost of the 780 and would prefer not to think about changing my mobo/CPU unless it's seriously going to hold back the video card!

Would be especially interested to hear feedback from other first gen i7 folks who have upgraded to more recent video cards?
 
Running a Gainward GTX 770 and have no issues at 1080. I prefer it over my R9 290 system as it is a lot quieter.
 
Thanks for the advice. Personally I've found ATI/AMD drivers slightly erratic which is why I tend to err on the Nvidia side of the fence!

I have a spare old Nvidia 8800GT but it's a bit long in the tooth and isn't really capable of running any modern games so I think I'll push the order button on a GTX770 tomorrow.

In some ways I'm not too bothered it's failed as I was contemplating replacing it anyway!
 
770 will be a nice upgrade from a 470, though I have absolutely no regrets opting for a 780 over anything else :D (I did manage to snag a GHZ edition at rather nice price though).
 
Rroff said:
770 will be a nice upgrade from a 470, though I have absolutely no regrets opting for a 780 over anything else :D (I did manage to snag a GHZ edition at rather nice price though).
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No doubt the 780 is my favourite card of the moment and if I were buying a whole new rig I'd definitely go for one but when I'm upgrading/repairing a 4 year old PC it feels like overkill and is probably worth more than the rest of my PC on its' own :D
 
780ti obvs!! ...jk :p

if you can get a 2nd hand 670/680 assuming you want to stay nvidia or a 7950/70 for amd side that would be a very good option. otherwise if your buying new a 770 or the 280x (or 290, dont know not to hot on AMD cards) would do you fine.
 
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