Going to purchase MSI Lightning GTX770 since my AMD HD 5870 recently gone haywire

Reasons for the transition:
- Top best cooling system thanks to TwinFroz IV cooling fans. The ~60 celcius temp even on full LOAD is really tempting
- CUDA! This is one of the main reason I'm transitioning from the red to the green camp since I'm going to run AviSynth that utilize the CUDA technology.
- Better drivers for most games, especially Metro series.

I wonder how much performance boost will I be getting

Thanks for the benchmark result. It's good to hear that! Just wondering whether 2GB is sufficient enough for 1600p gaming. Some said 4GB to be more 'future-proof'. I'm not going for dual or triple monitor setup any time soon, just a pretty good Dell U3011 for many years to come.

Sadly, I still couldn't find the reason for the decomission of my HD 5870.

Yea so far everything is running butterly smooth, a very huge leap from HD 5870. Disabled SMAA in Metro LL makes everything playable even on 1600p.

Finding it hard to maintain consistent 60 FPS in Tomb Raider (2013) on Maximum settings. But still it is very playable!

It would be better if you have at least a decent PSU with 80 Silver or more with 750W. GTX 770 consumed around 350 - 400W on full load.

Just to share the performance of MSI Lightning GTX 770 after playing a few games since my purchase. Some latest games such as Tomb Raider and Metro Last Light require SSAA to be turned off to get 60 FPS.

* All games are tested and played on 1600p resolution.

Sorted alphabetically:

ANNO 2070 - All settings maxed.

Bioshock Infinite - All settings maxed.

Dead Island: Riptide - All settings maxed.

Dead Pool - All settings maxed.

Dead Space 3 - All settings maxed. V-Sync turned off.
For somewhat strange reason I also have poor performance when turning on V-Sync in Dead Space series. Turning it off makes this game reached 60 FPS all the time. Turning it on would make the frame rate suffer. Though it doesn't result in noticable screen tearing.

* Turning on V-Sync will lock the FPS to 30 due to the glitch inherited from Dead Space 2. It is probably due to console port.

Reference: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/672894-dead-space-3/65370737

Metro Last Light - All setting maxed except SSAA.
Again, FPS 60 without SSAA

Remember Me - All settings maxed except SSAA.

Resident Evil - Revelations - All settings maxed.

Resident Evil 6 - All settings maxed.

Tomb Raider - All setting maxed except setting Anti-Aliasing to FXAA instead of SSAA.
I must say that the graphic quality is simply stunning! Setting it to use FXAA makes the game reach FPS 60 almost all the time.

To sum it all up, this card really is worth the money for the performance that you can get. However you may noticed that SSAA is not really recommended when running a single card solution. To be frank, you wouldn't really noticed the difference much when gaming on 1600p or above even with or without SSAA.

Some information about SSAA:


Reference: http://www.dahlsys.com/misc/antialias/

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Aug 4 2013, 01:54 AM

Personally, gaming on 1600p is good for action/adventure/FPS type games and making you immerse in it. However it is not so good for strategy games like ANNO series. The text is just way too small and your eyes will just wandering off the screen all the time just to navigate.

Oh just to add on, the reason that turning on V-Sync on Dead Space 3 result in a locked 30 FPS is due to the glitch inherited from Dead Space 2 (bad console port perhaps).