Stay With The GTX 970 or Replace With Amd's New R9 300 Series?

[4CE]

I heard that Amd's new R9 300 series release April or June and i have the chance to get my GTX 970 replaced because of the vram issue.

I also saw that the new R9 300 series cards might be better and faster at a lower cost. So should I wait for the new R9's or stay with the GTX 970 get another later for 4k.  

[BurgerBum]

do it if you want to or its a good deal. or both. 

you cant make a descicion now. we dont know how the R9 3xx series will preform. 

[VirtualR3ality]

Personally I would get another 970, I have a 4k setup and currently I can run everything no problem. Of course this will change depending on what you do and what games you play. If you're going to be with 1080p for a while the 970 is 100% fine.

[Memories4K]

We won't know until it comes out but it is extremely likely that it will outperform the 970.

Keep in mind that it will also cost more than a 970 And will not be as energy efficient.

[Goussy]

I'd say stay with the 970. Dont think the new 300's cards are going to provide that miuch improvement if you are going to be replacing the 970, but buying another 970 is a good option,

[4CE]

I am just wondring because i might upgrade to 4k later and i don't want to run into any issues.

[TheKDub]

I heard that Amd's new R9 300 series release April or June and i have the chance to get my GTX 970 replaced because of the vram issue.

I also saw that the new R9 300 series cards might be better and faster at a lower cost. So should I wait for the new R9's or stay with the GTX 970 get another later for 4k.  

 

Stay with the 970.

(Pardon the language in the following, I'm just frustrated with some people's reactions to the whole slower .5GB of vram)

The fucking little .5 GB of VRAM on the GTX 970 is NOT a fucking problem, at the resolutions that more than 3.5GB of the damn VRAM would be used the card either would not perform very well in the first place, or its because AA is enabled, which as the resolution increases, the need for AA decreases, at 4K I'd say 2xAA is the most you could possibly need, and 1440p maybe 4xAA.

The benchmarks that were released DO NOT LIE! The cards that were used in them were not "Special" or some shit like that, they had the same slower .5GB of VRAM as do all of the GTX 970s.

 

I would go for a 2nd 970.

[4CE]

Should I just wait for what AMD has to offer then if there new 300 series don't turn out that well, then go for another GTX 970.