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[+McKay]

YounGMessiah, on 18 March 2013 - 14:06, said:

Well you would have to google more so the games and the gpu for revieiws.

I would suggest getting a GTX 680 or 690

I've tried googling it however it always seems to be with the 1GB model and either never mentions the CPU or it isn't the same CPU as mine.

[YounGMessiah]

Pretend your cpu is something else like the K version or a 3570.

[tsupersonic]

What games are you playing exactly? There are reviews out there with similar systems, it's a good reference point. You should've gone another path if you wanted performance - buying prebuilt isn't the way to go. It's usually more expensive, and you don't get what you want necessarily. Also, you'd see better performance if you weren't pushing 1920x1080, that card wasn't designed to push games at the highest resolution/details at 1080p.

[+McKay]

I've told everyone I didn't buy it to run them all at ultra settings. I said I'm happy with a mixture of medium/high at around 30Fps, games like Sky rim, Borderlands, Mass Effect 3, ARMA 2/3. I didn't buy it for performance, I bought it to be "adequate"my laptops 5650M manages to run these games at 720 on medium settings, some even at 1080 and still maintain 30-40 FPS. I figured a desktop 7770 would spank a mobile 5650 yet from what the impression I'm getting here is it won't even run solitaire.

I can't be bothered to build my own desktop from scratch, I don't have the patience, no matter how many people point out how easy or cheap it is. I have plenty of disposable income and don't mind paying for the convenience. I would compare it so someone saying I'd save money killing and gutting a pig myself, in still just going to buy ready prepared bacon from the butcher.

[YounGMessiah]

Well you've answered all your questions and all supplemental info is on Google.. Just pretend your cpu is something else, I tried to give you ones in the range.

[+PeterUK]

Not all games run fine at 30Fps with the way game engines run a given game but if you don't want high/ultra settings on the really newer gamers then it should be fine for what you want @ 1,920 x 1,080.

[+McKay]

Will it being the 2GB model help much over the 1GB model? 90% of the videos I've found were the 1GB version.

[YounGMessiah]

Your GPU is suffice I looked.

[vcfan]

dude,your GPU is fine. you'll be able to hit 30fps on high in 1080p on most games. Some games you may have to go to medium,but the visual difference is nothing major. Your CPU is also boss. I wouldn't spend money on anything right now.Maybe in the future when games start pushing your card,you'll be able to get like a 7950 for cheap,and even then,that card will play all those newer games no problem.