NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Review Feat. ASUS DirectCU II GTX 770

Updated: May 30, 2013

Gaming Performance: GTX 770 Style

The cards that we were sent were all 2GB versions that NVIDIA clearly states is geared for 1080p gaming and for higher resolutions there is a 4GB model that will be available as well. We still tested and played games at higher resolutions such as 2560X1440 and we were not disappointed in its performance. Currently there is not a game title out there that cannot be played by the GeForce GTX 770 regardless of whether you have a reference or non-reference designed card as its built to shred with all the bells and whistles on at resolutions of 1080p and if you turn the setting down to high 2560X1440 gameplay is also feasible.

Some games are made to play better using NVIDIA’s advanced PhysX and in those games you can see a difference between and AMD based card and an NVIDIA based one. You can always use your CPU to do PhysX, but Advanced PhysX can only by way of an NVIDIA based card. Advanced PhysX adds more real to life object and object movement detail to a scene or scenes during gameplay and when done right adds an additional element to the games visual aspects. Installation of the card was very simple and only required plugging the card into the proper PCIe slot, connecting the 8 and 6-pin power leads, turning the system on and installing the latest drivers from the ASUS FTP site. After a restart I was up and gaming.

Bioshock Infinite

At 1440p the GTX 770 performed about 6 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 10 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670 and at 1080p the GTX 770 performed about 9 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 14 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670.

Battlefield 3

At 1440p the GTX 770 performed about 5 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 8 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670 and at 1080p the GTX 770 performed about 7 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 11 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670.

Crysis 3

At 1440p the GTX 770 performed about 4 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 6 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670 and at 1080p the GTX 770 performed about 5 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 9 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670.

Batman Arkham City – PhysX OFF

Batman Arkham City – PhysX HIGH

At 1440p the GTX 770 performed about 5 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 9 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670 and at 1080p the GTX 770 performed about 4 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 8 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670.

Metro Last Light

At 1440p the GTX 770 performed about 3 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 6 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670 and at 1080p the GTX 770 performed about 4 AVG FPS better than the GTX 680 and about 8 AVG FPS better than the GTX 670.

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Fasio

In the comparison pic, it’s written GTX 670 DCU II, don’t you want to write 770 ?
Luke Duh

fast editing..btw nice review like always!
rawlston clarke

thumbs up all involved.. really great review thanks again
Magnus

Holy Jesus… Nvidia can have my money for one of these this summer. £270 ($410) is practically a steal for the kind of performance you can get from the 770.
- ande
  
  i doubt there going to be £270 in the uk gtx 670 are still 270 up
  - oOInSaNeGaM3ROo
    
    the cheapest non reference gtx 770 i can find in on scan.co.uk for £329.99 for an msi adition, the asus version is £385.99. ridiculous prices if you ask me when compared to america but the increase in price is due to the uk tax system.
    - Jacob Swinton
      
      Sucks major balls. I was going to SLI two of them…might just go with a single 780 now, much cheaper.
      - ThirdLife
        
        But not as performant.
        
        Apples and pears
QueensGambit

So about the same performance as the 7970. Considering this card costs $400 and the 7970 costs about the same and you get a ton of games with it, I’d say the 7970 is an overall better choice.
- Jared
  
  If you were going to buy those games anyways then yes, you should factor that in.
  - Gayge Smith
    
    Even if you weren’t going to buy the games. Free is free. I got Bioshock Infinite. I was never gonna buy it, but I fucking love the game.
    - ThirdLife
      
      Free is free ? Thats an interesting conclusion. I’d rather have features like PhysX and better Drivers alongside the better overall performance.
      
      Since almost all tests conclude the GTX770 is faster than the 7970 and 680 even if just by a small margin, for the same price i would always choose it over the AMD card.
      
      Better for SLI as well -> refering to the drivers again. Oh and did i forget the terrible noise those AMD cards produce (mostly). My colleague at work suffers from that too and he hates it.
      
      Price and performance-wise as well as feature set based no one with a clear head could get a 7970 over the 770. The only reason i could imagine is having a 7970 already and CFing them now.
      
      Everyone else is better off with the 770. Funny to see how nVidia is playing the price/performance competitor for AMD now. Usually AMD cards give a better performance to price ratio.
      
      Good for either AMD Fans and/or owners as prices will likely drop now.
- Wifebeater666
  
  Just too bad AMD drivers are shit and multi GPU isnt working as it should.
  
  Sold my 7970 CF because of massive stuttering and framerunts, went 770 SLI and it works GREAT in all my games.
  
  CF hasnt worked right since Tahiti launch, AMD promises a fix in a month or so, but its just 1 year and 8 months late. And lets see if the fix is working at all… Its a major problem.
  
  On top of that.. My Asus DCII 770 SLI is much quieter under load than my 2x Sapphire 7970 Dual-X cards. Especially after OC…
  
  So free (cheap) games at the cost of load noise, driver issues etc. Nah…
Joseph Panaro

How are people discussing how the 770 rocks, the 7970 gets the job done just as well… but without advanced PhysxX….ok i will shut my mouth.
kojmowrer321

Gonna wait for the 760ti
Ryan Terribile

How impressive, Nvidia is finally catching up with the 7970 Ghz. And the 7970 is still faster in some cases -_-
- Ryan Terribile
  
  To be fair, the 770 is $50 cheaper, but it also depends on where you buy it from. But AMD could easily deal with this problem with a simple price drop, or even phase out the regular 7970 completely. Besides, a regular 7970 can be had for the same price, and overclocked to the same speeds as the Ghz Edition.
  - ThirdLife
    
    It still lacks other basic features. PhysX, Drivers, SLI Issues…
    For a card that fills a spot i think the 770 fares great. Three AAA games are nice, but in the end its just plain useless as most gamers will already have those titles and if they haven’t they probably do not want them.
    
    The real value here is the card, not the bundled games. At least i choose my cards based on featureset, stability, performance and price. Everything else is secondary.
- Jacob Swinton
  
  The only 7970′s that have this card beat cost at least £80 more than it. Such as the Asus Matrix 7970 platinum or the Club3D Royal Ace cards. So it’s actually hit a sweet spot in the market. That said any 7970 will come with at least 3 AAA games where I live…adding around £100 worth of value of the card…
Mateusz Siemienski

>.> ton of game’s meh… Torrentz.eu has ton’s of game’s … 1000x more then amd giving you
Gtxfanboy9000

I cannot believe this is a stock version , guy’s for 10$ u get an insane amount of performance or even 20$ in some case’s! for MUCH beter coolign + SPEED from MSI / asus / evga those card’s are incredibly faster over clocked and without it too! So it beat’s the GTX 7970 IN EVERYTHING! 7970 get’s extremly hot , and overcloking it would be a killer in a short run yet the 770 iS VERY LOW TEMP’s not overclocked and overclocked it’s temps are MUCH LESS then the 7970 , if you buy the ASUS / MSI /EVGA card’s with the custome cooling solution
http://www.youtube.com/user/NorwaysVids Vegard aka NorwaysVids

Gainward has a non-referance design pcb on its Phantom cooler design series. I have their 770 Phantom card and it is pretty amazing.