Upgrade from GTX 670 FTW to GTX 970 worth it?

[Altered_Reality]

I am considering an video card upgrade for Christmas and I would like to know several things:

1) Is an upgrade from a GTX 670 FTW to GTX 970 worth it? My last upgrade was from a GTX 560 Ti to GTX 670 FTW, so will it be a similar (or better) upgrade? Please explain.

2) Has anyone heard anything more about the possible release of an 8GB GTX 970? I would hate to get a 970 4GB just to have an 8GB come out at the same time... I'm just trying to future-proof a little bit because of all these crazy Vram requirements lately.

3) If I upgrade to a 970, what brand is best for the 970 (specifically)? I've always had EVGA and have been very happy with them, but I've heard that other brands might be better for the 970.

Here are my current specs:
GPU: EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB
CPU: i7-4770k @ 3.5 Ghz
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance
MOBO: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H

Games like AC: Unity, CoD: Ghosts, and CoD: Adv. Warfare are having texture issues (not rendering to full texture, especially distant objects) on my current setup (probably because of Vram).

Thanks!

[KillStealKing82]

Not sure about that, i played the new tomb raider game on 2x 760 sli (1 card is comparable to a 670) with everything max @ 1080p ( except AA set to fxaa and using tressfx too) and they struggled to keep a smooth 60 fps, had dips all over the place unless i used adaptive v-sync. Went to a 780gtx and performance was amazingly better.

[KuuKuu]

its worth it IMO

But you don't have to take our word for it, do some research. google some GTX970 reviews (any brand) and more likely than not, part of the review will be benchmarks (comparing performance of GTX970 against other cards

IIRC, GTX970 performs just slightly better than GTX780TI, but with far less power consumption due to maxwell architecture

as for brands, i don't think it really matters, as performance doen't really differ that much (boils down to which brand has better cooling option). I got the Zotac GTX 970 Omega AMP! 4GB and it works great. If i had more budget, i'd gone for the MSI GTX970 gaming 4GB though, but thats just because the MSI card looks cool

[Terminus]

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its worth it IMO

But you don't have to take our word for it, do some research. google some GTX970 reviews (any brand) and more likely than not, part of the review will be benchmarks (comparing performance of GTX970 against other cards

IIRC, GTX970 performs just slightly better than GTX780TI, but with far less power consumption due to maxwell architecture

as for brands, i don't think it really matters, as performance doen't really differ that much (boils down to which brand has better cooling option). I got the Zotac GTX 970 Omega AMP! 4GB and it works great. If i had more budget, i'd gone for the MSI GTX970 gaming 4GB though, but thats just because the MSI card looks cool

I looked at benchmarks and reviews and the consensus does seem to be that the 970 is like a quarter-notch better than a 780TI at a far more reasonable price. I'm wondering more from the perspective of what's sometimes referred to as "butt dyno" in the context of car tuning; benchmarks are one thing, but that doesn't always capture the "feel" of the card's performance. IOW it might benchmark higher but the differences might not be that noticeable during actual gameplay.

[Axikor]

OP. Your GPU is the bottleneck here. Overclock cpu to 4.0 and get gtx 970 Superclocked, super super clocked or FTW gpu. You can further overclock it

[Altered_Reality]

Thanks so much guys for posting your feedback. I've decided to go with the EVGA GTX 970 FTW, as it blows pretty much every other 970 out of the water. It even beats the stock 980 at clock speed, lol.

[ScootInBoots]

You'll need it for all the buggy unoptimized console ports we'll be showered with. Look at TEW, according to reports a GTX 980 can just achieve constant 60fps to 75fps @ max settings when the game should run far better.

I have games that look just as good or better and perform better. That GTX 970 or 980 will help alleviate the increased overhead running recent games because lazy devs didn't care enough to optimize or support multi-gpu and PC centric features.

At least TEW now has 60fps for anyone that can run it @ 60fps and run it without drops and stutter. I could get 60fps too but then the game would look like an N64 game lol. I think I may be putting aside cash for a 970 or sli'd 970's. For the price of one GTX 980 I could get to GTX 970's, overclock and use them in sli for far superior performance than a single GTX 980. That's the way to go I guess with games like Dead Rising 3, Asassins Creed Unity and TEW that drop the ball on performance and are loaded with technical issues the devs likely won't care to ever resolve.

[Guydodge]

i was also thinking about getting the GTX 980.i already have a GTX780s.c. 3gb was going to install both is this going to run ok anyone thxs p.s. i know its overkill but to much is better than not enough.

[Henry]

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i was also thinking about getting the GTX 980.i already have a GTX780s.c. 3gb was going to install both is this going to run ok anyone thxs p.s. i know its overkill but to much is better than not enough.

I think GTX 780 is enough to run modern games on high. I don't think you need to upgrade.

[MMB]

I made the same upgrade from a gtx 670 to a gtx 970 and all I can say is that the 970 blows the 670 away.The graphic detail with the 970 is amazing and considerably more so than the 670.

[Altered_Reality]

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I made the same upgrade from a gtx 670 to a gtx 970 and all I can say is that the 970 blows the 670 away.The graphic detail with the 970 is amazing and considerably more so than the 670.

Awesome! That's what I want to hear :D

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You'll need it for all the buggy unoptimized console ports we'll be showered with. Look at TEW, according to reports a GTX 980 can just achieve constant 60fps to 75fps @ max settings when the game should run far better.

I have games that look just as good or better and perform better. That GTX 970 or 980 will help alleviate the increased overhead running recent games because lazy devs didn't care enough to optimize or support multi-gpu and PC centric features.

At least TEW now has 60fps for anyone that can run it @ 60fps and run it without drops and stutter. I could get 60fps too but then the game would look like an N64 game lol. I think I may be putting aside cash for a 970 or sli'd 970's. For the price of one GTX 980 I could get to GTX 970's, overclock and use them in sli for far superior performance than a single GTX 980. That's the way to go I guess with games like Dead Rising 3, Asassins Creed Unity and TEW that drop the ball on performance and are loaded with technical issues the devs likely won't care to ever resolve.

I agree, devs are definitely getting lazy. And, the laziness only really affects the PC community. IMO, devs are trying to cater a lot more to the console community and trying to get people to switch to it from PC, which is awful, as PC wins in every category (except price maybe :D). It getting very irritating. Games that have always been my favorite (i.e. COD and Assassin's Creed) are starting to go "downhill" because of things like crazy large textures that most people can't load, which results in these "next-gen" new games looking like COD 1, lol.

[['w']]

I had to install a new Bios, upgrading my Asus gtx 670 to an EVGA gtx 970. Now I can play Skyrim with enb and texture mods with 60fps instead of constant stuttering. Dragon Age Inquisition nearly on best settings.

[FsGoD]

LOL at tech data. GOOGLE IT.

Short answer: Yes.
GTX980 User.

[cwt.rick]

Just saw this post but even at 2015 I would not recommend you to upgrade it from 670 to 970. I myself are using GTX 670 with a i5 CPU and 8 GB ram running it at a duo monitors where 1 of it is a old 1200p 25.5" and the other is a new 1440p 27". I ran GTA5 at pretty much max setting at the 1440p monitor without a single problem. I would consider to upgrade for the next release or two. Well.

When I was buying GTX670 I was expecting it to run for at least 4-5 years. It's still a great card for now.

[['w']]

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Just saw this post but even at 2015 I would not recommend you to upgrade it from 670 to 970. I myself are using GTX 670 with a i5 CPU and 8 GB ram running it at a duo monitors where 1 of it is a old 1200p 25.5" and the other is a new 1440p 27". I ran GTA5 at pretty much max setting at the 1440p monitor without a single problem. I would consider to upgrade for the next release or two. Well.

When I was buying GTX670 I was expecting it to run for at least 4-5 years. It's still a great card for now.

sold mine, bought the 970. in skyrim (fully modded) i had sometimes 5 frames :P with the 970 it runs at least fluid

[Mr. Cobb]

Get the 970 it has good performance and a decent price point. Avoid AMD.