Thinking of Upgrading GPU, Geforce GTX 960 or 970 for W3?

[Dreadroute]

Considering buying a new graphics card with the release of Witcher 3, I currently only have a AMD HD7870 2GB graphics card so I highly doubt my rig is going to manage playing anymore than medium with that GPU, just wondering what would be the best option for a new GPU between the Geforce GTX 960 vs 970, would like to play on Ultra settings if possible but I can't see a major difference between high settings and Ultra so can settle for that as long as I can maintain a steady playable FPS rating.
The 970 is obviously more expensive but if I can manage to play on High-Ultra smooth enough on a 960 then that would be great, thanks all!

[suh dude]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Monkee:

No sense in arguing with them if they don't know how to optimize/tweak their settings. For those of you that own a gtx 970, go to Google and look for the 970 optimization guide that Nvidia posted on their forums, do some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work, and then come back and complain if you can't get good results.

Im honestly just curious, but can you please link me this magical guide that can get me a 10-15 fps boost in all my games? If it really exists, I'm quite interested.

[ejandelange]

Diposting pertama kali oleh LeadStarDude:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Sajius:

GTX 980 here. 60fps/1080p everything maxed on Ultra with hair-works and motion blur off (I hate motion blur, no clue if it makes a performance difference). Only dipping into the mid 50's in extremely dense foliage areas during combat.

CPU is a 3770k and I have 16GB of RAM.

Anyone saying that they get solid/constant 60fps/1080p with a 970 with everything maxed and hair-works completely on are lying, or have 970s SL'd.

Yeah with a 980, but these other guys claiming to do the same with a 970 are out of their d@mn minds. :D:

EVGA GTX 980 SC 2.0 here.
All is maxed out and I get between 41 and 60 fps (my monior has a 60 mhz refresh rate) so my average fps are like 51.
According to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ benchmarks, it is on the norm. In extremely dense foliage I get 45 fps;
so everyone is lying.

[gamertaboo]

Diposting pertama kali oleh |Pipe Dreams| #BASED:

960 is for plebs. Get the 970. Everything max + Geralt hairworks = Solid 60FPS, only drops on large amounts of enemies on screen.

BS

[Matt]

Diposting pertama kali oleh |Pipe Dreams| #BASED:

960 is for plebs. Get the 970. Everything max + Geralt hairworks = Solid 60FPS, only drops on large amounts of enemies on screen.

What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ liar.

[suh dude]

Diposting pertama kali oleh ejandelange:

Diposting pertama kali oleh LeadStarDude:

Yeah with a 980, but these other guys claiming to do the same with a 970 are out of their d@mn minds. :D:

EVGA GTX 980 SC 2.0 here.
All is maxed out and I get between 41 and 60 fps (my monior has a 60 mhz refresh rate) so my average fps are like 51.
According to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ benchmarks, it is on the norm. In extremely dense foliage I get 45 fps;
so everyone is lying.

thank you. apparently it's cool to lie and parade your fake benchmark results for a video game now?

[Monkee]

Diposting pertama kali oleh @Johnny_Drama:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Monkee:

No sense in arguing with them if they don't know how to optimize/tweak their settings. For those of you that own a gtx 970, go to Google and look for the 970 optimization guide that Nvidia posted on their forums, do some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work, and then come back and complain if you can't get good results.

Im honestly just curious, but can you please link me this magical guide that can get me a 10-15 fps boost in all my games? If it really exists, I'm quite interested.

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36088-A-compendium-of-tweaks-and-fixes-for-the-PC-version?p=1658887#post1658887

Ignore the section about sweetfx, it's an optional thing unrelated to fps. That guide is money otherwise though, good luck :)

And not for all games ,applicable for witcher 3 only.

[Brett]

Yep.someone telling big fibs ..i5-3570k oc'd to 4.2ghz: 16gb ram: GTX970 EVGA ..everything ultra, hairworks off.. and im getting 50-60fps avg ,but at times it has dipped to 40fps and has even gone lower.Running 1080p 24' Benq monitor.

[󠀡󠀡]

the best way to prove something is by uploading a video, which isnt so difficult, you only need a youtube account and shadowplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL24v7nFqUA

[hyperion]

970. Nuff said.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh hyperion:

970. Nuff said.

if he has the money, he should defiently get a gtx 970

[=EGC= Kalell4]

Maxwell is going to revolutionize gaming. The TDP threshold is getting so much cooler - the cases will be smaller. 970 is the starting point - at least get one for the step up plan.

[The Walking Derp]

Diposting pertama kali oleh =EGC= Kalell4:

Maxwell is going to revolutionize gaming. The TDP threshold is getting so much cooler - the cases will be smaller. 970 is the starting point - at least get one for the step up plan.

You mean Pascal right? Maxwell isn't going to do anything, there's one known upcoming Maxwell card.

[=EGC= Kalell4]

It was the changing of the Cuda cores to a more streamlined approach - New Term Here. The architecture of the card. ATM I am too engrossed in the Witcher to check my statement. I do know there is a whole new wave of cards with completely new tech hitting the market.

[hyperion]

Diposting pertama kali oleh nosuchname:

Diposting pertama kali oleh hyperion:

970. Nuff said.

if he has the money, he should defiently get a gtx 970

Well, that's what I meant. If money is not a constraint.

I'm getting ready to order the MSI GTX 970 GAMING 100 Million Edition OC 4GB. I wish I could still find the gold edition, but there doesn't seem to be any available. Oh well, the green looks good enough.

[Monkee]

For the trolls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQKQuboFBhs

Again: Single GTX 970, i7 920 @ 4ghz (MUCH older than what some of you posted), 6GB of ram, Hairworks on full, 1080p ultra EXCEPT foliage and shadows (set to high because honestly you will never see the difference).

Someone is going to complain, but thus is the world. If you want to know my ini settings, I will be happy to share.

As an aside, I sincerely apologize for the giant reflection in the middle of the screen, it's sunny out =)