10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast 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 2022. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 228 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

The GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition graphics card is returning a weak performance on Resident Evil 8 at 1080p of 3 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Forza Horizon 5 which we saw got weak frame rates of 3 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI, which is predicted to get 0 FPS under tests.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Resident Evil 8 where it was weak. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 5 FPS, Medium: 4 FPS, High: 3 FPS and Ultra: 2 FPS. We added Forza Horizon 5 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 2 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then researched Grand Theft Auto VI leading us to predict 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition PC gaming is going to struggle at this higher gaming resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 770 PNY XLR8 Enthusiast Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 54% better and can run 725 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, as it can run 304 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 23% increased graphics performance.