what gtx 970 to go with a stock i5-3570k

[Simon Belmont]

its tards like this what leads to sillyness.lol.

its struggles with modern games lol its the benchmark card for the VR launches . it possible cant handle newer games rofl.




if you want a 970 get a 970. it will run everything at 1080 fine for 2 years yet.what many dont realize or understand is Devs have to make games to run on peoples hardware.guess what is the most common enthusiast new card lol. so a 970 will be good for years yet.

if you dont want a 970 get a 390. they are both the same performance. just dont be trolled by the vram nonsense.especially at 1080.

This^ Well said Dg

 

[syks]

I would personally go with the 970 and I will be buying one myself in a few months as I only play at 1080p

 

[Ian Evey]

I would personally go with the 970 and I will be buying one myself in a few months as I only play at 1080p

In a few months they may well come down in price so might grab yourself a bargain.

Although 390's are a bit faster and a bit cheaper you cant go wrong with either, and to hardstyler no im not dumb

 

[BinnsY]

GTX970 struggles on late games due to the Vram, let alone DX12 which is not that good

Why not considering the AMD alternatives, which at the same price are far superior products?

Would have to disagree with this, I'm on a 970 on a ROG swift and have no issues at all. I've recently played through assassins creed unity, Alien Isolation, GTA V and Arkham Knight with everything on max settings with no issues. I've just started the latest Tomb Raider and again have everything on full with the exception of textures being on high rather than very high.

There's simply no truth that the 970 "struggle" and even on games where VRAM is an issue it's easily solved normally by dropping texture quality a single notch which often doesn't have a huge amount of difference in actual visual quality.

 

[thebennyboy]

Would have to disagree with this, I'm on a 970 on a ROG swift and have no issues at all. I've recently played through assassins creed unity, Alien Isolation, GTA V and Arkham Knight with everything on max settings with no issues. I've just started the latest Tomb Raider and again have everything on full with the exception of textures being on high rather than very high.

There's simply no truth that the 970 "struggle" and even on games where VRAM is an issue it's easily solved normally by dropping texture quality a single notch which often doesn't have a huge amount of difference in actual visual quality.

Rocking the 4GB bandwagon.

I run ROTTR with the same settings too and still don't have any issues with only having 4GB VRAM.

For 1080p you won't have any problems with a 4GB card.

 

[vargojones]

Thanks for all the feedback chaps. Seems I stirred a little hornets nest there!

I think I'm leaning towards the 970 side of things, but have a little while to decide. And the person who suggested i OC'd my CPU, I have now and it's nice and stable at 4ghz.

 

[stulid]

When you sort the 970s by price this one stands out,

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...graphics-card-gv-n970wf3oc-4gd-gx-149-gi.html

Has an excellent cooler and 3yr warranty along with good support.

 

[maonayze]

Vargojones came on here for some help and half the thread has been pure fanboy bickering and of no help at all.

Just give the guy the facts and/or throw a few benchmarks in there too. No need for all this card bashing.

The 390 or the 970 would do just as well with 1080P gaming. The comments about ram and ROG swifts dont mean anything as the ram is not an issue at 1080P and unless he has a ROG Swift then that means nowt either (Just clouds the issue with G-Sync).

Personally I would go for a 390 on the grounds of the extra Vram, the cost and the potential of slightly better performance and longevity for the cash with DX12.

The 970 has Gameworks stuff and is G-Sync compatible if you want to go down the VRR route at a later date (The 390 is Freesync compatible for the same VRR benefits).

 

[owens2000]

I'm thinking of upgrading my GTX 770 to a 970 which I know will play nicely with my 600w PSU.
The higher power requirements of a 390 or 390x might be just a bit too much for it to handle?

 

[maonayze]

I'm thinking of upgrading my GTX 770 to a 970 which I know will play nicely with my 600w PSU.
The higher power requirements of a 390 or 390x might be just a bit too much for it to handle?

LOL I know the 290/390 series was a bit juice hungry but a 600w PSU will be plenty for those cards.

 

[owens2000]

LOL I know the 290/390 series was a bit juice hungry but a 600w PSU will be plenty for those cards.

I've checked the recommended 390 specs on a few manufacturers websites and they consistently state a 750w psu is required.
600w might well be enough and they probably overstate the power requirements to protect themselves, but 150w is a big difference and in my view, not worth the risk.

 

[gooseuk]

I went through the same debate last October. I ended up with the msi 390. Great card never missed a beat.

I dont intend to change it soon so more vram the better i thought.

 

[HardStyler3]

I've checked the recommended 390 specs on a few manufacturers websites and they consistently state a 750w psu is required.
600w might well be enough and they probably overstate the power requirements to protect themselves, but 150w is a big difference and in my view, not worth the risk.

750w if its the cheapest **** one you get

a good 450w can be mroe then enough for this card

 

[vargojones]

I think i should be alright PSU wise as I've got a Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply!

I'm still umming and ahhing about whether to go 970 or 390 (possibly X). My only concern with going the 390 route would be its performance in MS Flight simulator X and in the future Prepar3d. Otherwise i think it would almost be a no brainer to go the 390 route.

Cheers again chaps

 

[Ruprekt79]

Has anyone any benchmarks to say the 390 has a massive edge over the 970? I have watched videos and looked at benchmarks and see almost no difference overall, depending on what game is being tested at 1080p....

Is the 8GB VRAM really something that matters? Is the 390 powerful enough to run textures that demand more than 4GB VRAM?

I said it before, I have had way more AMD cards than vNidia, my last AMD card being a 7870. I had nothing but issues on many games as AMD driver updates were either non-existent or shoddy. Since moving to nVidia I have not had any problems at all.

 

[bimbleuk]

Up to the middle of last year I was using a pair of GTX 970s with an i5 3570K. I simply set the multiplier to 42 on the i5 when I bought it and it was never an issue after that. I played up to 1440p on mostly max settings as you would expect with 2 970s.

Eventually I went with a single 980 Ti which reduced heat, noise and power with an AIO water cooler. Both setups were very similar in performance but the Ti generally was a nicer card to run.