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Gigabyte G1 GTX 980 vs 970

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Looking at the option of either cards.

 I'm in Canada, Is the 980Worth the extra money for the amount of performance? I'm kind of new to overclocking so it would only be something mild and stable if I were to get the 970.  Any input would be fantastic!

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970 is best value

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Price to performance wise 970 is the best 

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The 970 will be enough unless youre planning on running 4k

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The 970 will be enough unless youre planning on running 4k

Definitely don't plan on running 4K.I think my best optionWould be running it in SLI Down the road. Thanks!

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Definitely don't plan on running 4K.I think my best optionWould be running it in SLI Down the road. Thanks!

I also think that 2x 970 is a lot better option than 1x 980. The performance increase of 980 over 970 is not really worth the money unless you are 1%.

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unless you want the very best performance you can get use sli 980 but if you are the average consumer 2 GTX 970's should be more than enough.

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Get the 970 and OC that motherf*cker.

 

I have a G1 Gaming 970, OCed to 1550/7800, and i'm getting higher score than a G1 Gaming 980 according to this site http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1441&page=5

 

My GTX 970 is getting 2057 of Score in Heaven, the G1 980 got 1955.

 

Proof: http://i59.tinypic.com/i2vthz.png

 

Yes, that G1 980 is at stock, but for a lot less the 970 can perform almost the same as a 980 if Oced.

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