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Thinking of upgrading.

I think the extra memory won't make much difference unless you're running a very, very high resolution. Even then, despite the extra vram, I feel that overall the processing power of the card won't be adequate to support the additional memory.

If you're prepared to spend that kind of money, then it would make more sense to buy GTX780 for not that much more :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-182-GW&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341


Edit : also, there's the reference R290 cards from AMD for less than the GTX780. Non-reference coolers are pre-order.
 
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I have been told that for what I mainly want it for, X-Plane 10 it will give me about a 50%increase in the performance.

However it will be used for other flight simulators too and not any other games so out and out performance is not needed.
 
If it's a choice between the 4 gb 770 and a 780, then you choose the 780. Even if I have to spend a little bit extra. What resolution are u aiming to play at? Only situation u may even consider buying a 770 4gb over a 780 is at a huge resolution, and even then a single 770 won't be putting out enough grunt to give respectable frame rates.

If VRAM is of a concern, just get a AMD r9 290 for around £350-370. Msi gaming edition or sapphire tri-x, both are currently in stock (Make sure to Not get reference design but aftermarket coolers version). The 290 has 4GB of VRAM. The 290 is on equal ish footing as a 780 (depending on the game in question), and both the 780 and 290 will walk all over the 770.
 
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fowler002 said:
usual out come of this sort of thread:

op listensto advice then decides to completely ignore and go with what they originally wanted(i.e. in this case a £350 or so 770 4gb).
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See this happen on a weekly basis usually for PSUs and GPUs and it makes me die a little inside every time. Many people look at just the price and the number and then click buy. I recall someone choosing the 600w brnz cx psu over a 550w same price golden Superflower with more warranty and more amperage on the 12v rail.

Hope OP takes the advice in this thread rather than just looking at the size of the Vram and clicking buy.
 
bloodhunter said:
I have been told that for what I mainly want it for, X-Plane 10 it will give me about a 50%increase in the performance.

However it will be used for other flight simulators too and not any other games so out and out performance is not needed.
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nVidia are the masters of flight sims. I can't find an up to date bench but here is a rather oldun showing what is best in FSX (couldn't find anything for x-plane 10).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApeEiOXGIvXidG9rNUdkSi13a09fb0JPQU5CektEelE#gid=0

A 780 will be good but sims are very very CPU heavy, so if you want some ultra smooth gaming, I hope you have a decent CPU to go with it. If you do have a decent CPU, take the guys advice here and stay away from the 4GB 770 and grab the 3GB 780. :)
 
Gregster said:
nVidia are the masters of flight sims. I can't find an up to date bench but here is a rather oldun showing what is best in FSX (couldn't find anything for x-plane 10).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApeEiOXGIvXidG9rNUdkSi13a09fb0JPQU5CektEelE#gid=0

A 780 will be good but sims are very very CPU heavy, so if you want some ultra smooth gaming, I hope you have a decent CPU to go with it. If you do have a decent CPU, take the guys advice here and stay away from the 4GB 770 and grab the 3GB 780. :)
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Good advice on the 780 front

http://jetlinesystems.com/performance.php
 
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