Buying a new GPU, do you recommend your card?

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Hey!

I’m going to buy a new GPU for cycles and PC gaming in general. Currently I have 650ti 1GB and it’s good, gaming wise but it doesn’t cut butter in terms of rendering. The main problem is the VRAM I can’t even render basic architectural scenes with it due to the memory limitations.

So I am wendering (c wat i did der), do you recommend your current GPU? What do you think would be best for my system and my needs?:

I7 3770k normal clock w/ h60 closed loop water cooler (@100% doesn’t go above 68 degrees Celsius)
Sabertooth Z77 mobo
8GB (2x4gb) 1600mhz RAM
ASUS 650ti 1GB With about 50mm-70mm overhanging heatsink, doesn’t touch 60 deg

I have about $800AUD+/- to a spend (approx $630USD). But I wan’t to get an SSD so let’s say $700AUD

I wan’t at-least 3-4gb VRAM and it has to be NVIDIA (for CUDA, unless???)

In most case I’ll leave my monitors plugged into my 650ti and render on my new GPU so I can still use my computer smoothly, but sometime I’ll want to play metro or arma 3 with with better settings and higher framerates.

I have thought about render farms, but I think not, as internet bandwidth may be an issue for me in the future.

Thank you

(sorry if this kind of question is common / in the wrong section)

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What are the different models for? I.e., what do you get? I only want it for blender, not for games or video or anything like that. On Amazon there is the GTX 970: US$ 329.99, GTX 970 ACX 2.0: US$ 329.99, GTX 970 ACX 2.0 FTW: US$ 369.99, and several others (8 different EVGA GTX 970 models on Amazon). What do all those acronyms mean?

Edit: Found some explanations on Amazon in their Q&A section; the questions change depending on which model you’ve selected. The ACX 2.0 seems like what I’d want; better cooling and it’s the same price as the vanilla plain jane GTX 970.

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what you want if you plan to add two or more cards in your sistem and render on GPU is prefer reference design coolers

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Ok, thanks for the confirmation. That’s what I was guessing.