Like many others, I want to upgrade to the 9 series

[Synthetic-Pulse]

I have a EVGA GTX 780. It's the base model not a sc or anything. I play in 1080p but mod most my games to extremes. I can sell my 780 for $300 to a friend then pay the difference for a gigabyte g1 gaming GTX 970 (which I will over clock)

Do you think the $80 is worth the upgrade?

[FatalityDiablo]

Depends on how good your OC turns out to be, also you might save some money on electricity if you're looking on it for long term.

[JoaoPRSousa]

You will only get like 2 FPSs more, and 2C less...

[Synthetic-Pulse]

Most games it's much larger then "2 fps" it can be upwards of 15 plus (example below)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/7

Also the temps would be much lower then a 2c difference

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15 not to mention MFAA

[Briggsy]

it ain't worth it at this point. The colour compression of Maxwell helps for some games, but crumbles in others.

 

In 2-3 years when DX12 games start to come out it would be worth it... but a 970 might be old tech by then. The Oculus would benefit, but that might still be a year or two away until consumer launch.

[Synthetic-Pulse]

It has a average fps of 20 more in some games then the 780. It also has MFAA which will give it a even larger lead in average fps. Take into account I'm running over 100 mods in skyrim and fps gain is important for me.

[Face2Face]

Why won't you overclock the GTX 780? Try that first, performance wise it's pretty much a side-grade, but if you want the extra features that Maxwell provides, then it may be worth it for you. Are you playing with an ENB in Skyrim?

[Synthetic-Pulse]

Why won't you overclock the GTX 780? Try that first, performance wise it's pretty much a side-grade, but if you want the extra features that Maxwell provides, then it may be worth it for you. Are you playing with an ENB in Skyrim?

I do use a enb with many other mods. I don't see how a average of 15 fps more per game with out mfaa even turned on is a side grade though.

[Leonard]

I have a EVGA GTX 780. It's the base model not a sc or anything. I play in 1080p but mod most my games to extremes. I can sell my 780 for $300 to a friend then pay the difference for a gigabyte g1 gaming GTX 970 (which I will over clock)

Do you think the $80 is worth the upgrade?

from a 780, not really.

[Face2Face]

I do use a enb with many other mods. I don't see how a average of 15 fps more per game with out mfaa even turned on is a side grade though.

You're comparing a GTX 780 with a actual boost clock of 1006MHz to a GTX 970 with a actual boost clock into the 1300MHz range. Most reference GTX 780's will hit 1150MHz on the core, and in doing so will result in a boost of up 11 fps at 1080p, as I've shown in my testing - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2354937

 

That's why I said, try to overclock your GTX 780 some.

 

I run an ENB @ 1440p with my GTX 780 @ 1306/1656 and it' does alright -

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xfa52K4oAA&list=UU7iyaZobI_lUDJGnh60jt5g

 

 

I'm not saying the GTX 970 isn't faster, but it's not going to be that noticeable if you OC your GTX 780.

[Stoggy26]

id wait til the 20nm chips make there way to card in like 4 or 5 months