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Please keep this discussion for 970 SLI owners and what they plan to do. Any discussion on Nvidia or the 970 memory issue has a thread of it's own.
First of all, a massive thanks to OCUK for their unbelievable customer service in accepting returns on all 970's sold by them until the end of February. I have no plans to boycott Nvidia or Gigabyte for their stance. I simply want the best system I can afford. Rather than boycott, I'm going to focus on rewarding OCUK for their legendary CS with all future purchases, regardless of price (within reason, obviously ) I'll be starting that with an order for a ROG Swift next week.
I'm thinking of returning my 970's in exchange for a single 980 and a credit note for the outstanding balance. I like the Windforce cooler, so it's looking like a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
Total : £477.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).
The big dilemma for me, is should I do it!
I mean, the performance of the 970's in SLI is stunning. However, the 980 will certainly outstrip a single 970 when the SLI isn't playing ball. Also, the 980 should have much better resale value, and I really want to move to a card with more vRam whenever that becomes available.
Will the 980 perform adequately at 1440p with AAA titles?
I'm planning on buying a ROG Swift, so do I keep the 970's or get the 980?
What are you planning to do?
First of all, a massive thanks to OCUK for their unbelievable customer service in accepting returns on all 970's sold by them until the end of February. I have no plans to boycott Nvidia or Gigabyte for their stance. I simply want the best system I can afford. Rather than boycott, I'm going to focus on rewarding OCUK for their legendary CS with all future purchases, regardless of price (within reason, obviously ) I'll be starting that with an order for a ROG Swift next week.
I'm thinking of returning my 970's in exchange for a single 980 and a credit note for the outstanding balance. I like the Windforce cooler, so it's looking like a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
Total : £477.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).
The big dilemma for me, is should I do it!
I mean, the performance of the 970's in SLI is stunning. However, the 980 will certainly outstrip a single 970 when the SLI isn't playing ball. Also, the 980 should have much better resale value, and I really want to move to a card with more vRam whenever that becomes available.
Will the 980 perform adequately at 1440p with AAA titles?
I'm planning on buying a ROG Swift, so do I keep the 970's or get the 980?
What are you planning to do?
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