replace GTX660ti with GTX970 for GTA V

[Kurgen]

sorry for another GTA V thread

is it worth upgrading from gtx660ti to gtx970 for 1080p wil there be any difference in GTA V and/or will my CPU bottleneck, its currently hitting a max of 70 to 80% on GTA but mostly hovers around the 65% usage, the GPU is hitting 80-99% according to CPU-Z

I Dont wont to upgrade for the sake of it... or to gain 5 or 6fps

current setup (apologies im at work so dont have exact model)

Intel i7 920 2.6ghz overclocked to 3.5ghz
Gigabyte GA-EX58 ..motherboard
12gb Corsair Dominator triple channel 1600
MSI GTX 660ti 2gb
650w PSU

would be thinking of the OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

 

[stulid]

Many sites have done performance reviews with this game now and it seems that a 970 will effectively double/triple your frame rate.

Your CPU is not an issue, if your board has a BIOS update then do that to (this will wipe your overclock mind you).

Also nvidia released new drivers on launch day for this game.

 

[Kurgen]

cheers, BIOS is up-to-date i did this a couple of months back when i overclocked. I did update the driver as well as my game was suffering from "Stripy Face syndrome" in multiplayer.. double or triple frame rate ... its sounding tempting

 

[Ayahuasca]

Your frame rate will improve massively at the same settings but if you get a new card you'll likely crank the settings up so it will look better.

 

[Kurgen]

its in my basket im just about click buy

 

[stulid]

Do it.

 

[Kurgen]

.. just one more thing will post in psu area,, looking for a fully modular 650 - 750 psu that has a decent length on the CPU power connector

 

[Kurgen]

Ordered coming tommorrow thanks for your help

 

[sprite1275]

290x seems a better choice with more vram.

 

[Wah007]

I've ordered a 970 too. Was going to go for the 290 Vapor-X but my 620W PSU power would probably have been maxed out with it.

 

[mururoa]

I've ordered a 970 too. Was going to go for the 290 Vapor-X but my 620W PSU power would probably have been maxed out with it.

Nah. System power draw with an i7 and a 290 would peak at 400W-ish.