gtx 970 vs gtx 770

[Ghost]

can someone tell me which one I should get.. I am getting a new graphics card tomorrow morning.. the gtx 770 2gb is $299 and the gtx 970 4gb is around $360..

[CursedPanther]

Keep in mind, SoM's ultra-texture pack is designed for 4K display units with a lot of uncompressed details, you'd expect it to drain as much VRAM as it can. Like gamertaboo says, as long as 1080p remains to be the mainstream(many are still playing on 1366x768 for cryin out loud), 4GB should be good for at least another couple of years.

[GumbyDemon]

引用自 The Real Stin：

引用自 CooliSushi：

I'm already spending around $400 on the 4gb model, if I were to go $100 more I might as well get the 980, I think I'll just stick with 4gigs, I've had 2gbs of vram and its been enough for me for 2 years. I should be fine.

Yes, you do not need 8 lol. 4 is still overkill for most games.

4gb is now becoming the standard for gaming in a year from now 2 gbs will not even suffice on any AAA title.

[gamertaboo]

That GPU should have never came with anything less than 4gb, it is ridiculous especially since the 780ti came out after AMD's 4gb 290x.

[Ludde]

引用自 CooliSushi：

I'm about to purchase a gtx 970 I would really like to know which brand I should go with. The 970 is difinitely what you should go for.

Honestly, unless you are getting some special version of a GPU (Devil 13, Mars, etc), the aftermarket cooler designs have a pretty low standard deviation in effectiveness.

First, decide on whether you want an open cooler design that exhaust air freely in to your case, or if you want a rear exhaust cooler design. If your CPU is air cooled, I would suggest the rear exhaust. If it is liquid cooled, then I would go for the open cooling design. The bigger your case, and the better your air flow, the less it matters which cooling design you choose.

After you have decided and narrowed down the options accordingly, pick a card based on its price and looks. Yes, looks.

PS: Don't buy a card just because it has a slightly higher factory overclock. It doesn't really mean a whole lot as a just a number.

[gamertaboo]

Nope, EVGA, nothing else matters.... :D

I'm not really that closed minded, but I have had issues and read of other people's issues with almost every other brand, aside from maybe Asus.

[Ludde]

引用自 Kablam0：

引用自 The Real Stin：

Yes, you do not need 8 lol. 4 is still overkill for most games.

Not necessarily. Shadow of Mordor will eat up 5.8 gigs of vram with ultra textures enabled at 1080p.

Usually, nearly all available vram will be allocated to something. Unless, the game in question does not require that much, or if there are no free blocks of addresses.

[Ludde]

引用自 gamertaboo：

Nope, EVGA, nothing else matters.... :D

I'm not really that closed minded, but I have had issues and read of other people's issues with almost every other brand, aside from maybe Asus.

EVGA, hands down, have the best customer service/support imo.

[gamertaboo]

引用自 Kablam0：

引用自 gamertaboo：

That GPU should have never came with anything less than 4gb, it is ridiculous especially since the 780ti came out after AMD's 4gb 290x.

Yeah, especially if you paid $700.00 for the 780ti (ouch). I paid $380.00 for my 780 and at this point I would consider the card obsolete (in the sense that the 4 gig 970 is faster and cheaper).

I can't even imagine how much that hurts. Well I kind of do, I bought my GTX 770 4gb from EVGA, and I ended up being 3 days late to be able to use their Step-Up program to get the GTX 970 for almost nothing, maybe shipping. It wasn't that big of a deal.....*holds back tears*

[Phi11]

Get a Gigabyte 970G1, I own one, it kills everything, it was more than worth it, I upgrade every two years or so, and this is going to last me a while. Also has the ability to turn into a killer SLI setup. Gigabyte has 2 cards, I would go with the faster one, it is the fastest 970 that you can buy.

[Stin]

引用自 Kablam0：

引用自 The Real Stin：

Yes, you do not need 8 lol. 4 is still overkill for most games.

Not necessarily. Shadow of Mordor will eat up 5.8 gigs of vram with ultra textures enabled at 1080p.

Like I said, MOST games it is overkill. You mentioned 1 game lol

[gamertaboo]

Ya, technically I can't say anything about the 970s and 980s, because we haven't seen too many issues on the Geforce.com forums yet.

There are some though, and they are worth a read. I should inform you that the EVGA GTX 970 may have a design flaw making it pretty noisey. I totally forgot about that until just now. Google it though.

[Phi11]

I have heard that Mordor ultra textures are not really that great anyway? Like you really cant see much of a difference from what I have read...

[Phi11]

Also if you get a G1, its 12.2 inches long...I had to cut some of my tower out to make it fit...nothing tin snips cant fix.

[Stin]

引用自 gamertaboo：

Ya, technically I can't say anything about the 970s and 980s, because we haven't seen too many issues on the Geforce.com forums yet.

There are some though, they are worth a read. I should inform you that the EVGA GTX 970 may have a design flaw making it pretty noisey. I totally forgot about that until just now. Google it though.

All 970 models are having a problem with coil whine. Mine does it, but not too bad thankfully.

[Ludde]

引用自 arado333：

Get a Gigabyte 970G1, I own one, it kills everything, it was more than worth it, I upgrade every two years or so, and this is going to last me a while. Also has the ability to turn into a killer SLI setup. Gigabyte has 2 cards, I would go with the faster one, it is the fastest 970 that you can buy.

The Gigabyte 970G1 has a whooping 0.008% higher Firestrike Extreme GPU score than the MSI Gaming 970. Sure, it's just a benchmark. I just wouldn't go as far as saying it kills everything.