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IRL (In Real Life) => Tech Talk => Topic started by: jomni on January 27, 2014, 01:17:06 AM

Title: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: jomni on January 27, 2014, 01:17:06 AM
I see significant price difference just because of the GPU.

I would like to know if the powerful gtx 780 is worth it.
Or getting a last Gen GTX680 is good enough.

I'm actually used to mid range ones. My current GPU is an old GTX 460. I believe both cards above exceed the performance of my current one. A gtx 760 is less capable than last Gen gtx 680.

Will mostly use for MS FSX and P3D
Title: Re: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: Bison on January 27, 2014, 02:38:16 AM
the gtx 770 is essentially the 680 which is a great card, but I'm pretty sure the 770 is cheaper.
Title: Re: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: jomni on January 27, 2014, 04:47:34 AM
Thanks so u suggest 770.  Will check that out. So depends on which is cheaper.
Title: Re: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: Bison on January 27, 2014, 08:56:56 AM
Here's a good breakdown of graphics cards.  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

I'm sure others will have their own opinions, but I tend to think the additional $ for the top end card doesn't always translate into a noticeable different performance.  And frankly if you are upgrading several generations of cards, which you are, any card designed for gaming performance will be an upgrade.
Title: Re: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: Keunert on January 27, 2014, 01:17:42 PM
like it's 1999?
Title: Re: Buying new Pc. Graphics card question.
Post by: Con on January 27, 2014, 01:59:22 PM
I just recently went through the same pro vs con for graphics cards and the Toms Hardware article convinced me to go with the GTX 770 as the best one for me.

Here is the one I bought from New Egg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130939

Con