Worth it to upgrade from GTX 980 to GTX 1070? :: Hardware and Operating Systems

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Sentinel Mar 22, 2017 @ 9:04pm

Worth it to upgrade from GTX 980 to GTX 1070?

Title says it.

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Arya Mar 22, 2017 @ 9:06pm

Not really, that's really not a big step up in performance. The only upgrades I would consider are the GTX1080 and GTX1080Ti. Anything else would be a minor upgrade at best, and not worth the money.

🦜Cloud Boy🦜 Mar 22, 2017 @ 9:07pm

It will give you around 30% performance boost..see here

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1716?vs=1731

Arya Mar 22, 2017 @ 9:09pm

Originally posted by Touch me and you're Gonna die:
It will give you around 30% performance boost..see here

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1716?vs=1731

And cost $400+ - not really a good price/performance ratio.

I'd just hold off and wait for Nvidia Volta, your 980 should still be running new releases just fine.

upcoast Mar 22, 2017 @ 9:18pm

Not a big enough bump for the money, for 1080p the GTX980 is still fine and about equal to a GTX1060 6GB so you'd only be bumping up one level going to a GTX1070 which is around the gtx980ti.

Frey Mar 23, 2017 @ 5:59am

no, you should upgrade to gtx 1080 or gtx 1080ti

Arya Mar 23, 2017 @ 6:00am

Originally posted by ✪Koly™:
no, you should upgrade to gtx 1080 or gtx 1080ti

^^ anything less wouldn't really be an upgrade, just newer and slightly shinier.

[☥] - CJ - Mar 23, 2017 @ 5:27pm

depends on the rest of your system as well

DaHotFuzz Mar 23, 2017 @ 6:09pm

Definitely not. At 1080p the 980 runs everything I throw at it with almost no sweat. Should be a similar case for you.

Sentinel Mar 23, 2017 @ 8:32pm

Ok, so I'm just going to keep the GTX 980 until I really need an upgrade.

SoldierScar Mar 23, 2017 @ 9:00pm

Not at all, only if you buy gtx 1080 or higher

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Kaihekoa Mar 23, 2017 @ 9:14pm

If you're playing at 1920x1080 resolution, you don't need to upgrade the GPU at all as long as you keep that resolution. The higher resolutions need a GPU better than a 980/1070.

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Frey Mar 23, 2017 @ 9:26pm

Originally posted by Kaihekoa:
If you're playing at 1920x1080 resolution, you don't need to upgrade the GPU at all as long as you keep that resolution. The higher resolutions need a GPU better than a 980/1070.

hummmmmmm, not really true for ULTRA preset like WILDLANDS

Last edited by Frey; Mar 23, 2017 @ 9:26pm

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Revelene Mar 24, 2017 @ 12:41am

Originally posted by ✪Koly™:
Originally posted by Kaihekoa:
If you're playing at 1920x1080 resolution, you don't need to upgrade the GPU at all as long as you keep that resolution. The higher resolutions need a GPU better than a 980/1070.

hummmmmmm, not really true for ULTRA preset like WILDLANDS

Yeah, but no single GPU can run that game on the ultra preset at 1080p without dips. Even the 1080Ti and Titan X drop below the 60 FPS threshold at times.

The only way to not dip below 60 would be to accept that PC games have graphical settings for a reason, or go with SLI and accept the woes that it brings too.

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