As the title suggests, I'm looking to upgrade my 660ti as its, after a remarkably good innings, starting to show its age a bit. My upper limit is around £250 and I'm looking for a card to last until I retire the cpu etc in a couple years time. Prior experience and gut instinct tells me to go for the newer card, but I just wanted to check in with you guys to see if that's still the case.
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1060 or 970
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I'd say it's a no-brainer, Get the 1060.
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970 is a decent upgrade over 660 TI, which is what I did. That was in December 2014 though.
At this point in time I would not buy a 970. You could get one of the cheaper 1060 for not much more money. Current tech, more memory, price just a bit more than 970.
At this point in time I would not buy a 970. You could get one of the cheaper 1060 for not much more money. Current tech, more memory, price just a bit more than 970.
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1060, 3.5GB vram just does not cut it these days.
So I bought the 1060 and have installed it today (as well as giving my pc a thorough going over with some compressed air) and it is working perfectly! I can't believe it's possible to max out GTA V for this kind of price, I can tell I'm going to be enjoying myself.
Cheers for the help guys.
Cheers for the help guys.
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glad you're happy man. enjoy your new card!
oh don't forget to run benchmarks and stuff, you know we like that kind of stuff, right?
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Just don't let yourself upgrade to a higher res monitor 
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1060. No debate.
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Another 1060 vote here 
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I wouldn't even consider the 970. The 1060 is just plain better.
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guys, he already bought the card