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I would personally go for the 970.

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GTX 970 is enough. Assuming no bottleneck at all you got about 90fps average on ultra in BF4. Only crysis 3/Metro: Last light and the likes will push it too hard for 60fps

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GTX 970 is enough. Assuming no bottleneck at all you got about 90fps average on ultra in BF4. Only crysis 3/Metro: Last light and the likes will push it too hard for 60fps

Until you overclock.

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The 980 would be more future proof for your standard, though the 970 is cheaper and can be overclocked to be close to a stock 980.

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Until you overclock.

Probably yeah. I with this OC I get that about 90 fps average by the way, not with stock

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970 for gaming @1080p.980 for higher resolutions greater than 1080P.

 

I agree. For 1080P gaming a GTX 970 is enough. It should run all the current and upcoming games just fine, especially if you overclock it.

If you want to be a little bit more future proof and maybe play on higher resolutions i would go for the GTX 980.

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