GPU Reccomendation

[The Man Who Sold the World]

I'm looking at the GTX 970 by Nvidia and I'm interested in buying it. How does it compare to high price GPU's like the 780ti and GTX 690?

[PLANTROON]

GTX 970 is more powerful than GTX 690 and less powerful than GTX 780 Ti.

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The 970 is probably the sweet spot regarding price and performance. It is slower than a 780ti by anywhere from 4%-29% (from the vids I've just seen) and the 780ti is slower than 690 at 1080p by about 10% too.

Had a hands on look at a Strix the other day - was fantastic. Gigabyte one is apparently very good too.

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PLANTROON の投稿を引用：

GTX 970 is more powerful than GTX 690 and less powerful than GTX 780 Ti.

That's just not true - look at this:

{リンクが削除されました}http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-geforce-gtx-970-strix-review,17.html

[The Man Who Sold the World]

Sweet, I'll be getting it then

[Chocolate]

970.

[ecznos]

Just wait for 1000 series, don't buy it yet. The nex gen nvidia cards will be much powerful than GTX 900 series.

Don't waste your money.

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edox® の投稿を引用：

Just wait for 1000 series, don't buy it yet. The nex gen nvidia cards will be much powerful than GTX 900 series.

Don't waste your money.

You should wait for quantum computing and holographic technology while you're at it.

[ecznos]

The new series will be released early 2015 (or end of not sure) so why should you buy 900 series now?

I have a GTX 580, and i can play everthing well on my pc. There isn't a big difference if you don't play games @ 2K/4K resolution.

You just waste your whole money.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Level 30 Grand Weeaboo Wizard の投稿を引用：

edox® の投稿を引用：

Just wait for 1000 series, don't buy it yet. The nex gen nvidia cards will be much powerful than GTX 900 series.

Don't waste your money.

You should wait for quantum computing and holographic technology while you're at it.

Yup. Don't buy the iPhone 6. Wait for the 7. Don't buy the 7, wait for the 8.

Well, I guess I'm never buying a phone eh?

[ecznos]

Who cares iphone?

[100% Recycled Awesome]

edox® の投稿を引用：

Who cares iphone?

Your advice to wait for the next release ensures that people will never buy anything until the last model released by a company that's headed to liquidation.

If we always wait for the next release, we'll *always be waiting.

*Assuming company doesn't go to chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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100% Recycled Awesome の投稿を引用：

edox® の投稿を引用：

Who cares iphone?

Your advice to wait for the next release ensures that people will never buy anything until the last model released by a company that's headed to liquidation.

If we always wait for the next release, we'll *always be waiting.

*Assuming company doesn't go to chapter 7 bankruptcy.

i have to agree with 100% awesome's advice.

[ecznos]

I've mentioned the reason why he shouldn't buy 900 series.

Why the hell would you waste money for 970/80 if you can buy new series after few months? Cmon man.. that doesn't makes a sense for me.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

edox® の投稿を引用：

I've mentioned the reason why he shouldn't buy 900 series.

And that reason will be just as valid for why you should avoid the 1000 series because the 1100 series will be more powerful. Every new release should be in some ways better than the old one and if we hold out on such a premise, we will never buy anything until the company stops releasing product.

Why the hell would you waste money for 970/80 if you can buy new series after few months? Cmon man.. that doesn't makes a sense for me.

Why the hell would you waste money for 1070/1080 if you can buy new series after few months? Cmon man.. that doesn't makes a sense for me.

See my point?

IMO, if someone is on a budget, buy a used GTX 770. Those are going to fall below $250 on eBay in mass soon and the GTX 770 is still very powerful card.

Personally, I'm weighing the benefits on a GTX 970 on its additional cost over a used GTX770. I'm in a similar position to you where my current GPU can easily handle what I need, it's old, but I'm getting 250+ FPS in TF2 on 1080p on medium high. Do I need a new card to replace my GTX 560? Nope. But it would be nice.

[ecznos]

I call this "selective buying". I don't throw my money out of the window.

The GTX 770 is still powerful you're right. There isn't a big difference to 970/980 if you play games @ 1080p.