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Hi everyone, I am going to order a Gigabyte G1 gaming 970 and would like to know how much of a difference I will notice coming from a PC using only the Intel HD graphics from the CPU for gaming? I have never owned or used a PC with an actual graphics card....LOL :blink:). Will I notice a huge improvement? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm new to PC gaming.

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You will be like, "How did I live before?" 

 

I had used a GT 610 for a year before getting SLI GTX 760s. The first time I played at 60FPS was amazing. 

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You'll see an insane performance boost in gaming.

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If you had 3 fps before you'll have 100 fps now

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You'll see an insane performance boost in gaming.

 

That ^

 

Will be like going from a 800cc Eco Box of a car to a 2.0L Turbo Sport Car :D

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Will be like going from a 800cc Eco Box of a car to a 2.0L Turbo Sport Car :D

More like a toy car to a real car :)

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More like a toy car to a real car :)

A car with 800cc is a toy car xD IF you drive a car with an 800cc engine then all you are accomplishing is holding the rest of the traffic up xD

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That ^

 

Will be like going from a 800cc Eco Box of a car to a 2.0L Turbo Sport Car :D

More like an 800cc Eco Box to a Nissan GT-R.

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Earlier this year I went from driving a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan to a 2005 Volvo s60, I moved from membrane to mechanical, and I moved from an old 550ti to an R9 290. The biggest difference was moving to the 290, which is about the power of the 970.

 

Basically it will be night and day.

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Hi everyone, I am going to order a Gigabyte G1 gaming 970 and would like to know how much of a difference I will notice coming from a PC using only the Intel HD graphics from the CPU for gaming? I have never owned or used a PC with an actual graphics card....LOL :blink:). Will I notice a huge improvement? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm new to PC gaming.

It will be a HUGE improvement. Right now on my Intel HD 4400, I can run Battlefield 3 at 720p lowest settings with no AA, and get around 20-35 FPS when plugged in, depending on what's going on. A 970 can run it pushing more then 4 times the pixels and maxed out with 4x AA, and get 60+ FPS.

 

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More like an 800cc Eco Box to a Nissan GT-R.

Nah thats more for the 980.

 

Having Three 980s = a Lamborghini Aventador (Must factor in diminishing returns)

 

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Nah thats more for the 980.

 

Having Three 980s = a Lamborghini Aventador (Must factor in diminishing returns)

No Haswell IHD to a 970 would be a GTR. I originally was going to put Aventador actually, but thought that was more for a 980.

 

Keep in mind Haswell IHD runs Far Cry 4 at 800x600 lowest settings, and gets six FPS.

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It will be a HUGE improvement. Any game that you can run right now at 720p low settings and get 30FPS (what I run at on my HD 4400 in newer titles), will run at native res maxed out with 16x AA and get easy 60+ FPS.

HD 4400 and 30fps @ 720P in modern game pff more like 10fps LOL

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I get about 12 fps with Minecraft on lowest settings, and Skyrim.......maybe 5 fps on lowest settings...*cries in a corner*

I swear if I turned the settings up a bit on Skyrim, my PC  would blow up LOL

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HD 4400 and 30fps @ 720P in modern game pff more like 10fps LOL

Nope, Far Cry 3 and BF3 get 25-30FPS at 720p low settings. MW3 can get 30-40FPS at medium settings.

 

Those are the only games I've tried, but I've personally tried them and measured with FRAPS, so I do know that it works. 

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Off topic but I must ask what kinda car has an 800cc motor besides s Steve Urkels http://onscreencars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/urkelcar.jpg

This:

 

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... It looks like shit and drives like shit ... and if you get into a crash with it ... you well ... actually you can't die as you can't get to any sort of speed with it xD 

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It will be a HUGE improvement. Right now on my Intel HD 4400, I can run Battlefield 3 at 720p lowest settings with no AA, and get around 20-35 FPS when plugged in, depending on what's going on. A 970 can run it pushing more then 4 times the pixels and maxed out with 4x AA, and get 60+ FPS.

 

bf3_2560_1600.gif

why has the normal 780 just been forgotten about, come on it's an amazing card..

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why has the normal 780 just been forgotten about, come on it's an amazing card..

Because there's no point, if you don't care about the power and thermal benefits of the 970, might as well save money and get an R9 290.

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So basically, it's a worthwhile investment? And I won't be seeing the light of day again any time soon? xD

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I get about 12 fps with Minecraft on lowest settings, and Skyrim.......maybe 5 fps on lowest settings...*cries in a corner*

I swear if I turned the settings up a bit on Skyrim, my PC  would blow up LOL

then you are about to experience some real PC Master Race euphoria

 

 

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This:

... It looks like shit and drives like shit ... and if you get into a crash with it ... you well ... actually you can't die as you can't get to any sort of speed with it xD 

That thing is so ugly LOL. In North America our Ski Doos come with 1000cc + Turbo motors that put out 300HP+ LOL

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Because there's no point, if you don't care about the power and thermal benefits of the 970, might as well save money and get an R9 290.

yeah but what about us who already own a 780 like me who would love people to actually compare. I would also love this so i know in the future if it worth getting one of them

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More like a toy car to a real car :)

More like a B18C integra to a freaking BMW M5 V10 http://youtu.be/RrT6FmLxNuE?t=12s

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