I would spend $10 more and get a card with a better cooling system. If you read the comments on that card a lot of people complain about the fan on it.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DHW4HS4/?tag=pcpapi-20

Amazon is also offering AC4, and their shipping is free so it's $5 for a much better cooler.

I got AC 4 with my 780. Its decent, its similar to arkham city with pirate ships.

I can vouch for the EVGA ACX cooler cards, my 780 has one and it runs extremely cool and quiet both. Highly recommend.

I also used Amazon for the same reason.

Thanks, guys.

The EVGA and PNY look huge. I am going to do some measuring to see if they will fit.


Also, if (more like when) I get another 760 or 770 to pair with this one, does it double the power, or does it just add a little more performance?

I know my weenie 660 doesn't have dual PCI slots, but eventually I might upgrade with a new case and MB.

Check out this chart here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ew,3107-7.html

Unless the card is three tiers or higher then you won't see too much of a performance increase at all and isn't worth it (unless you're an uber enthusiast with a ton of cash to throw around of course)

As for cases, IMO I always look for sleek, no-nonsense styles. Black interior, bottom mounted PSU, screwless HDD trays and good cable management. I've built a couple Corsair Carbide Series 300R's and it's a great midtower with all of these features.

you will be fine with a good 750 and 2 760s and 770s

Oh, I know my PS is fine, I was wondering what kind of performance increase I would get from dual cards in the future.

SLI you will see major increases. It wont double, but they will be major.

They will be even more noticeable on higher resolutions, like 4k, and even 1440.


We may end up getting lucky with the new mantle API, and see direct X step up there game with a low level api of there own, and see MAJOR increases in effective power, but you will need to be in the new AMD cards, or the gk110 core nvidia cards, so that means 770 and above.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages...li_review.html

Go through their benchmarks.

They have both single and sli benchmarks compared to other cards.

SLI 760's is on par, and sometimes better, than a Titan.

Not to poopoo on your parade, but exactly what game are you pushing and at what resolution that would require you to need SLI? At this point, single mid-range cards can run anything at max settings with a decent frame rate so long as you have a decent CPU behind it. Software has not caught up to hardware performance at all and it isn't even close..

I am looking to the future.

Try running DayZ SA on 1080p at ultra with a single card. I custom overclocked my 780 to levels beyond what magazines did to best Titan scores. This is paired with 16 gigs of nice ram, a huge OCed 3930k, water cooling, game installed on a very fast SSD. etc.

I get 30 fps in cities at 1080p. when I go up to 1440 I know im going to be dissapointed by basically the most powerful card out right now (780TI is marginally faster)

Im just saying, IF you wanted to be that guy. Im answering his hypothetical question, becuase i'm that guy that a single card isnt going to cut it for.

Not to mention, when the time comes and he wants to SLI his single 760 to 770, prices will have already dropped dramatically from where they stand even now.

According to newegg, the EVGA card is only .05" longer than the one you picked out.

ZOTAC: 9.45" x 4.376" x 1.38"

EVGA: 9.5" x 4.376"

Awesome.

I have 10 1/4" to work with from the back of case to the HD cage.

Thanks for the info!

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