Question 1

Hey guys, could I run this card with this psu? Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply

Accepted Answer

On a bronze rated power supply my recommendation is to never exceed 70% consistent usage as this will mean your power supply will be running at pretty close to its highest possible efficiency. (85-87% I believe on a bronze) With the 770 you will likely be running only about 40 to 50% of its maximum output. nVidia cards are incredibly power efficient ever since the Kepler architecture. Bottom line is that you probably be able to run these cards in SLI! however you wouldn't have wiggle room for overclocking of the cards or your CPU at that point. I have had several friends and many of my clients use this card I highly recommended it (especially the EVGA one) HAVE FUN!

PS
Ran your scenario threw my favorite power supply calculator (assuming an i5 overclocked and in SLI) and it recommended 600 watts so 630W is actually "overkill" which is not a bad thing.

Question 2

Does this specific graphics card require extra power from the power source or can I just plug it into the motherboard and be good to go? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

It will most likely "work" without the extra power but if you try to play a game or do anything more graphics-intense than a document, it will start to suck more power than the motherboard can provide.  Results at that point vary.  My computer senses the overload and just reboots in the middle of whatever I was doing (it has happened a couple of times when the power cable got loose).  Bottom line: it really does need the extra power.

Question 3

whats the difference between this card and the other EVGA 770 which costs 25$ more ?

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Question 4

motherboard compatability?

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It should be compatible with all motherboards that have PCI express slots with the slot below it open (this is a dual slot card). All PCI express slots are backwards compatible (3.0, 2.0, 1.0) and As long as the motherboard slot is the length of a standard 16x, it is also compatible with 8x and 4x slots as well.

Question 5

I am going to upgrade my MOBO and CPU eventually.  However, I want to know if the EVGA GeForce GTX 770 PCI 3.0 card will work with my existing  Gigabyte P35C-DS3R PCI 1.0 motherboard?

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Right off-hand I do not know if you can put that card in that board. That said I personally would upgrade my PS to at least a 650 or higher if you hadn't already then go for a MOBO and CPU upgrade. IMO getting a card before doing any of the others first is kind of putting the cart before the horse. If you already have a good PS then find a good MOBO and matching CPU with decent integrated graphics in it to hold you over untill you can get the card that best matches your build and needs. This https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=23024052 was my first build tbh and it started with the tower and PS and parts scavenged from my old acer aspire. I did almost a year or so of research before I started buying. Good luck and I hope this helps.

Question 6

What is the difference between the DUAL superclocked card and the regular superclocked card? They seem the same, but one is dual and more expensive. If someone could help on this that would be great!

Accepted Answer

The only difference with the DUAL card is that it comes with 2 bootable BIOS's instead of 1. This is only ideal if you want to play with overclocking settings on one BIOS, and switch easily to revert back to factory Superclocked settings.

If you are looking to overclock an already overclocked card, this is a great card for you as it allows revert back settings in case things stop working or if you want to squeeze every last bit of performance.

If this isn't you, then you may just want the cheaper single bios card. Both are same hardware and can be overclocked, but this is more overclock enthusiast card.

Question 7

Did anyone's card come with a EVGA metal badge to stick on your case? cause mine didn't.

Accepted Answer

No mine did not and I do not think it was supposed to. I got 2 peal&stick EVGA flaming wrench's with the words ENTHUSIAST BUILT underneath that I put on one on top of the case just above my metal badges and stickers for my other components and the other on the side of my case that faces the room.

Question 8

Can I run two of these in SLI and have headroom to overclock CPU, RAM, etc? My power supply is Corsair AX 860i Platinum.

My RIG:

SLI GTX 770's
Gigabyte UD4H Z87 MB
Intel 4770k
Corsair H105 Water Coole
16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1600MHz Ram (4x4 Sticks)
4 Corsair Fans
2 SSDS

Accepted Answer

It would be pushing it but possible depending on your CPU overclock. I would recoment getting 4gb cards if you are going to sli. Most games use close to 2gb and with Ali cards you will have more performance but you will run out of vram. 4gb cards are more expensive though really just getting a 780 with 3gb of ram would make the most sense. You wouldnt have to worry about running low on watts and have more ram with steller performance

Question 9

What does the double bios do, i switched it and noticed nothing?

Accepted Answer

Alot of video cards allow you to overclock them but up to a point, to go futher you need to take the lock off of the video card bios itself. 
So with double bios instead of possible flashing and bricking your video card, if one does fail, you can still use the other one as backup / recovery. Also it would allow you to have a stock bios and a custom/unlocked voltage bios if you wanted to.

Question 10

How many monitors can each card handle? 2 or 4?

Accepted Answer

You can connect up to four monitors! I even tried the surround mode connecting 3 24" monitors, unfortunately i din't have any compatible games but it worked just fine.

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