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Gtx 970 - 1070 worth it?

  • 12-07-2018 9:37am
    #1
    jebidiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭


    Would it be worth it for the additional 50% power and VRAM of the 1070?

    Could probably still sell my 970 for ~180/200 and put another ~150 into a second hand 1070.

    Would it be worth it? Should I wait for next gen etc? 970 is still doing fine I guess but I'd like to have soemthing a tad more future proof.

    Pity the Vega cards are so expensive as I've a decent 144hz 1080p freesync monitor. Would consider a straight swap for an 8gb 580 but that wouldn't be an upgrade as such...


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  • #2
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I've an R9 390 and am going to wait to see what the Red and Green teams bring out next before deciding what to do
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  • #3
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    A R9 Fury X is a good card if you can pick one up cheap but the 4GB of VRAM is the let down but that shouldn't be much of a problem at 1080p.


  • #4
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Going to an RX580 not so much, but a GTX1070 is a massive upgrade on a GTX970.

    You can get a new GTX1070 at this stage for £329, people barely even sell them 2nd hand for less than that so I wouldn't bother.

    But at this point, wouldn't hurt to wait either as the 970 is still very decent.


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,824 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Upgrade if you've a monitor that does more than 60Hz; otherwise the 970 does perfectly fine at 1080p or even 1440p.


  • #6
    jebidiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭jebidiah


    Main reason to buy now is the 970 still holds a bit of value in this market. I suppose of 770's are still selling then my 970 will sell next year/later in the year when the new cards are out.

    I might even nab a 1080 at that time on the cheap


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  • #7
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    I did this very upgrade, and it was great. Something like a 50% bump in performance, if memory servers.
    But this was well over a year ago, when the upgrade made more sense. Now, I'd probably just wait the month for the 11 series.


  • #8
    jebidiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭jebidiah


    Serephucus wrote: »
    I did this very upgrade, and it was great. Something like a 50% bump in performance, if memory servers.
    But this was well over a year ago, when the upgrade made more sense. Now, I'd probably just wait the month for the 11 series.

    Month?


  • #9
    L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭L


    jebidiah wrote: »
    Month?

    Yep. Current rumours are back to pointing to next month. Weird given their CEO said "not soon" but we'll see.


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