Your thoughts on gtx970

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hi,
8Pack what are your thoughts on th gtx970. I'm looking to get the gigabyte g1 version and may try my hand at over clocking it a little.
 
I just bought a G1 gaming Danny and you wont regret it; it's fantastic and a very impressive overclocker. Mine was running 1404Mhz out of the box; with an OC with no additional voltage she's sitting at 1575Mhz with the stock cooler.
 
i have tried manual overclocking on the ocuk gtx970 witch is based on a zotac. so far benchmarking has been low compared to others. will keep trying. its all new to me as use to using old cards and old processors. do you recommend a particular overclocking tool. i am currently trying msi afterburner.
 
Samantha1968 said:
i have tried manual overclocking on the ocuk gtx970 witch is based on a zotac. so far benchmarking has been low compared to others. will keep trying. its all new to me as use to using old cards and old processors. do you recommend a particular overclocking tool. i am currently trying msi afterburner.
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http://www.zotac.com/z-zone/zotac-firestorm.html

I just googled for you, I don't know if its more effective than MSI afterburner (which is a slick piece of software).
 
It will probably be good for a lot longer than three years at 1080p. You have to remember that games are designed too run on fairly low end hardware so having a card which is very good and high end ish and then not pushing it in terms or resolution will mean it could last for a very long time. The question is though will you still be happy playing at 1080p in a few uears time by which 4k will probably be the excepted standard.
 
EdgeDs said:
It will probably be good for a lot longer than three years at 1080p. You have to remember that games are designed too run on fairly low end hardware so having a card which is very good and high end ish and then not pushing it in terms or resolution will mean it could last for a very long time. The question is though will you still be happy playing at 1080p in a few uears time by which 4k will probably be the excepted standard.
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I happy gaming at 1080p for now and for next 3 years. I am going to wait a little longer for price to come down on 4K.

I will be hopefully be at the stage to get a whole new system soon and now that the 980ti is out I may got for the now slightly cheaper 980 instead of the 970, little bit more futue proof.
 
I just bought an Asus DCU II, since I read a lot of good reviews about this card.
It is bigger than my old 780!!!
Cooling looks solid and the card have backplate.
My friend have one too and he claims his FPS never drops below 60 (with a 4690k at 4.6 Ghz).
 
By the time DX12 is in mainstream use, all current cards will be obsolete. Games will get more demanding so therefore older cards will end up lagging behind.
 
Evening Folks,

If a card was lacking in performance after a few years (ie 970), would it be worth getting another card and running it in SLi?

The reason I ask is, I play at 1080 on an old 330m graphics card currently. I was adviced to base my new build around the most expensive gfx card I could afford (980ti). I originally looked at the 970 as it seemed a mid-ranged card, not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. I liked the ability to add another card later down the line should I need to that in theory might be better then one 980ti for around the same cost.

It is late and I hope the above makes sense.

As always I appreciate the advice and feedback.

Kind regards,

Andy.
 
Until DX12 becomes relatively mainstream multi-GPU are not worth it to be honest.

Every game (in SLI at least) needs its own game profile to work, better off just having one fast card and replacing it every 2-3 years.
 
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