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Possible GTX 770 Upgrade?

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So with the holidays coming up we have some new consoles coming out, and since I am a Developer I spend so much time on the computer I thought of putting my PC to rest and get a console. But I have seen the pricing of a GTX 770, and I am now considering of getting one than a console and stay on the PC. BUT, I am worried that my system won't be able to keep up with the card. I can get a OC of 3.4GHz with the MSI onboard OC tool, but will that be enough? I say that because I am no over clocker. I am also worried that since my H50 is two years old, that one day it may die soon. I don't want to spend $500 for a new round of parts just to play the games I want to this holiday season. I will mainly be playing Battlefield 4, possibly Ghosts, and a couple others and I would like to play them at 1080p with some good textures and some AA. I just want the games to run smoothly, and still enjoy the way it looks. And I don't get that with the 5770 I currently have, I could even barely run the BF4 on low settings, and I know it was a beta...
 
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Castiel said:
So with the holidays coming up we have some new consoles coming out, and since I am a Developer I spend so much time on the computer I thought of putting my PC to rest and get a console. But I have seen the pricing of a GTX 770, and I am now considering of getting one than a console and stay on the PC. BUT, I am worried that my system won't be able to keep up with the card. I can get a OC of 3.4GHz with the MSI onboard OC tool, but will that be enough? I say that because I am no over clocker. I am also worried that since my H50 is two years old, that one day it may die soon. I don't want to spend $500 for a new round of parts just to play the games I want to this holiday season. I will mainly be playing Battlefield 4, possibly Ghosts, and a couple others and I would like to play them at 1080p with some good textures and some AA. I just want the games to run smoothly, and still enjoy the way it looks. And I don't get that with the 5770 I currently have, I could even barely run the BF4 on low settings, and I know it was a beta...
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New GTX 770 Cost around 350$

R9-290 non X cost 400$ and got much more better performance + it's AMD new gen
 
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I understand that it has better performance, but that is $50 I could use for something else like BF4 Premium...
 
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Pick up a 7970/R 280X- you can get them for a good price (new or used) and use the extra bucks for even more games or other extra christmas presents.

Performance on your current rig @ 1080p vs a 5770 will be more than enough imho
 
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