Any chance a Gigabyte 970 G1 will drop in price during the holidays?

[jonyman23]

I am going to be getting a G1 970 but I am trying to figure out if it will go on sale for maybe black friday or cyber monday

[aidenrelkoff]

it came out like 2 months ago, it MIGHT have a $20 MIR

[jonyman23]

it came out like 2 months ago, it MIGHT have a $20 MIR

I figured it wouldn't but I am just going to have to stalk newegg and other places on sunday night into cyber monday

[jaggysnake57]

yeah i just got one as i knew it wasnt gonna drop by much and didnt want to risk not getting b4 xmas (its a "present"  :rolleyes: ) its stayed @ roughly the same price for ages

[Crion]

Probably not since they just came out and Nvidia is doing that free game promotion this month. 

[jonyman23]

yeah i just got one as i knew it wasnt gonna drop by much and didnt want to risk not getting b4 xmas (its a "present"  :rolleyes: ) its stayed @ roughly the same price for ages

you got a G1, what resolution/monitor are you running it with? I am really stuck, thinking if I should get a QNIX qx2710 for christmas(not knowing for sure if the 770 will run well) and get a 970 G1 down the line, or get a 970 G1 now and a Qnix down the line

[Doughnutnator]

I don't think so. Well, maybe $20, but right now the 970 is dominating the market because it offers a good price/performance ratio. AMD cut prices of 290-290X but a lot of people is still buying the new Maxwell cards, so Nvidia is taking advantage of that, they're not stupid.

If you're smart and if you don't mind some isues with AMD cards with the games that are being released get a R9 290 (if it's less than a 970 of course).

[jonyman23]

I don't think so. Well, maybe $20, but right now the 970 is dominating the market because it offers a good price/performance ratio. AMD cut prices of 290-290X but a lot of people is still buying the new Maxwell cards, so Nvidia is taking advantage of that, they're not stupid.

If you're smart and if you don't mind some isues with AMD cards with the games that are being released get a R9 290 (if it's less than a 970 of course).

before when I was building my first rig, I was mainly looking at the 280x and was and still am a strong supporter for the AMD. Anyway I had gotten alittle more cash so I went for the 770, which is better if you can  afford it. But I'd rather a 970 than a 290 anyday

[BaSkA]

It's out for $370 on Amazon right now... I don't think it'll get cheaper than that for at least 6 months.

[MountainDrew]

you got a G1, what resolution/monitor are you running it with? I am really stuck, thinking if I should get a QNIX qx2710 for christmas(not knowing for sure if the 770 will run well) and get a 970 G1 down the line, or get a 970 G1 now and a Qnix down the line

The new 900 series cards offer DSR.  Which means that you can run at different resolutions no matter what monitor you have.

 

For example, I run Far Cry 3 on ultra at a 4k resolution with my dual 970 G1 Gaming cards. 

[jaggysnake57]

you got a G1, what resolution/monitor are you running it with? I am really stuck, thinking if I should get a QNIX qx2710 for christmas(not knowing for sure if the 770 will run well) and get a 970 G1 down the line, or get a 970 G1 now and a Qnix down the line

 

like i said its an xmas present so not had a chance to play with it properly but the 970 should run 1440.....just you may need to mess with some of the settings the 770 on the other hand will not without some serious sacrifice

 

The new 900 series cards offer DSR.  Which means that you can run at different resolutions no matter what monitor you have.

 

For example, I run Far Cry 3 on ultra at a 4k resolution with my dual 970 G1 Gaming cards. 

 

thats not how it works.....it will render it a 4k but will only display at 1080 or what ever res your monitor is.  its basically super sampling the whole scene 

[EzioSan]

here in germany its  always sold out so i guess no...

[MountainDrew]

like i said its an xmas present so not had a chance to play with it properly but the 970 should run 1440.....just you may need to mess with some of the settings the 770 on the other hand will not without some serious sacrifice

 

 

thats not how it works.....it will render it a 4k but will only display at 1080 or what ever res your monitor is.  its basically super sampling the whole scene 

Is that so?  I haven't bothered to research it that thoroughly, but rendering a game at 4k certainly has a massive impact on my machine.

[Porter_]

i'm considering getting the Gigabyte G1 or the MSI Gaming 970 so i've been keeping an eye on prices.  i don't expect them to drop in price over black friday/cyber monday, but i keep checking websites like a hopeful buffoon. as if a $20 mail in rebate will change my wife from "you've been spending a lot of money lately" to "you should buy two of them!". 

[jonyman23]

i'm considering getting the Gigabyte G1 or the MSI Gaming 970 so i've been keeping an eye on prices.  i don't expect them to drop in price over black friday/cyber monday, but i keep checking websites like a hopeful buffoon. as if a $20 mail in rebate will change my wife from "you've been spending a lot of money lately" to "you should buy two of them!". 

I have a gigabyte windforce 770 and I personally think it's the best cooler on the market, I plan on getting a 970 G1 all the way with their improvements they made on the windforce. I am building a build for my friend so I gave him 2 MSI 970's because he had a more red/black type build, so it's mostly personal preference but it isn't like their THAT different from eachother.