danteszzz: yes 770 cant compare to 960 in power con savings but still i cant tell anyone to buy a 128bit card in 2015 and keep a str8 face just cant. if it was a 960Ti i would recomm right away but no they didnt make a 960Ti for some reason
T_Snake: You should search an actual benchmark test...
After that take a look at the power loss.
Then ther will be only one logic decision ...
dude if i didnt look for any gpu tests on the internet i dont know who has, i am a hardware buff and am building my own pc's .i think i know a bit or two about the gpus in this case,and sry but u will never make the 960 a logical choice over 770 just because it drains less power. evertyhing else it loses to the 770. im sry u dont agree but facts are there are only a few games in which 960 gets more fps(slightly more ),most otheres its destroyed by the 770 because 960 is basicly 760 with few more % of gpu power. its nothing personal its just the facts. if u like i can spam all the benchmark data here or u can look them up yourself and belive in the truth. just look at this video to see my point its basicly the same gaming wise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVItZDQAV0 ofc gtx 960 is a new card and u would have to find a used gtx 770 but still a used 770 is better
mmarci: True, 970 is the absolute best buy at the moment, too bad it is still 300 quid. It will be some time until we see something noteworthy from AMD anyway, funny how things have changed since the 79xx series.
Lieste: I'm seeing prices from £250 up. (Admittedly not for the MSI that I bought, but for some...)
Known "good" implementations from £270. It is pricey, but good bang for the buck...
If you can wait though, you might be better served with a DX12 hardware device... the "full benefits" of DX12 aren't going to be available on DX11 era cards. No idea how much impact that will have, how long you'd have to wait or what the price premium will be... but it should also serve to force down prices on out-going DX11 devices....
if we apply the same logic to pascal then there is no point in buying maxwell now coz pascal is gona be 2.5 times stronger with HBM and nvlink so buying anyhting less than that is a waste of money