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Will a GTX 970 be enough?

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That's for the replies all, lots taken on board.

I'd actually happily snap up a 290X, but from what I've read AMD and Project Cars do not go well together... yet. So this is the single reason I'm swaying to the green side.

The MSI 970's in B-Grade looks a great deal, I wonder what's wrong for them to have 10+ of them?

I have considered 1x 970 now and perhaps another a few months down the line, in SLI it should definitely run 1440p, but this is in an ideal world where I end up buying.

I think the best advice given is to buy something cheap as a stop gap to the next gen cards.
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To be honest, you'd be better off buying a single card cheap, using it as long as possible and switching to more powerful solutions when they become available. If you really intend to SLI in a couple of months, I'd go the whole hog and get a 980Ti. It should perform around 2x970 with no scaling issues and it's not that much more expensive than a pair of b-grade 970s.

EDIT: Plus it's probably the only card that makes SLI a viable option since it's actually powerful enough to make use of its vram, unlike the 390;p
 
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Ive got a 970 and although ive left Nvidia experience to dictate what my settings are I have lovely looking graphics on all my games with good fps, GTA V is included in that list.
 
Hey man!

I'm on 1440 with a 970 and have had no problems, I've played both PC and GTA and the FPS is well above 60 on both, (60-80 on GTA with most of settings maxed).

I know everyone berates the 970 on 1440p, but I haven't had a problem with any game so far, been playing Squad this weekend for example and was getting decent FPS (60fps on max settings, apart from shadows). You might not be able to max every game, but you can still get it looking more than good.

Saying that, if I were to get a card now i'd try and save for a 980ti, although I can't justify it atm as its fine for everything I use it for (mainly csgo/fifa).

For PCARs it will be fine mate, it runs really well for me.
 
My 7950 is still scraping by at 1440p. A 970 would be a decent step up.

It's probably fine. If you can stretch to a 980 you'd get some comfort room. A 980ti would be the solution to not have to worry at all - but obviously comes at a price.

I'm thinking upgrading soon and will be putting a 980ti in. The 7950 has served me well I'd like to get a similar amount of time from it's replacement so worth spending to future proof.
 
The difference between actually maxing something and just having it look 95% as good can be dramatic in the GPU grunt required.

And then you get into people they can't 'max' at 1920x1080 because they're using 4xSSAA...

Not all of the 'max' settings have the same impact on performance at all., that's why I like those Nvidia guides that go through each setting and show/tell you the sweetspot for performance trade-offs. Good stuff.
 
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The difference between actually maxing something and just having it look 95% as good can be dramatic in the GPU grunt required.

And then you get into people they can't 'max' at 1920x1080 because they're using 4xSSAA...

Not all of the 'max' settings have the same impact on performance at all., that's why I like those Nvidia guides that go through each setting and show/tell you the sweetspot for performance trade-offs. Good stuff.
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Where do those guides live? I haven't seen those?
 
I think you need more than a single 970 if you want 1440p. Single 970 is fine for 1080p gaming with high settings though.
 
This is interesting (ignore the green on the FuryX, was just a review I found these graphs on):

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Apparently this is with "tested with the game running at its highest settings", so a 980 is only giving 6fps more than the 970 at 1440p. Not really worth the extra £150+

In GTA V it's a little more disappointing, but everything at v.high with MSAA off:

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Again, 980 not much better.

Yes I agree with all above, the 980ti is the stuff of dreams, but at this time it's way out of my budget, sadly.

Going by the above figures, I wonder if I try and OC the 970 I'll get something quite respectful?
 
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