10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. The GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 242 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition can run Forza Horizon 5 at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 18 FPS, Medium: 15 FPS, High: 10 FPS and Ultra: 7 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Days Gone returns a playable 29 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Forza Horizon 5 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 14 FPS, Medium: 11 FPS, High: 7 FPS and Ultra: 5 FPS. We then checked the performance on Days Gone to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 22 FPS at Ultra 1440p. In summary we feel the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition running at 1440p is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 770 Gainward Phantom Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 47% better and can meet 716 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 106% better and can meet 956 of their recommended requirements.