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  • #9992
    jebidiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭jebidiah


    Any worthwhile upgrade from a GTX 770 for around €200? Mate is convinced he needs and upgrade, wants to get a used GTX970 at around €130. Only really plays Overwatch, but that could change in the future. 970 is grand for everything I play on mine but the VRAM is a problem going forwards, or is it?

    Would a new 1060 6gb or RX 580 8gb be worth stretching to 300 for?


  • #9993
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,026 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    jebidiah wrote: »
    Any worthwhile upgrade from a GTX 770 for around €200? Mate is convinced he needs and upgrade, wants to get a used GTX970 at around €130. Only really plays Overwatch, but that could change in the future. 970 is grand for everything I play on mine but the VRAM is a problem going forwards, or is it?

    Would a new 1060 6gb or RX 580 8gb be worth stretching to 300 for?
    RX 580 8Gb & GTX 1060 6Gb are actually back down to €215-250 range (RX 570/580 4Gb are below 200).

    The slightly better RX 590 is €275-290

    I've also spotted this GTX 1070 for €300
    https://www.caseking.de/inno3d-geforce-gtx-1070-twin-x2-8192-mb-gddr5-gci3-092.html?sPartner=185&utm_source=geizhals&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=geizhals&campaign=psm/geizhals&wt_mc=preisvergleich.geizhals.feed
    which would blow all 3 above out of the water.

    Having said that - for 1080p or even 1440p @60fps in the majority of titles the GTX 970's 3.5Gb VRAM is sufficient for now.
    Just make sure to overclock it *(overclock the core!)

    CES 2019 is 8-12. January & will hopefully have new GPU announcements, too.


  • #9994
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Aaaand the thread has somehow died at the very very end of 2018! And it only had seven hours until retirement...


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