GTX 970 1440p?

[superZAKTAN]

So, now that it's known that the GTX 970 pretty much only uses 3.5 GB of VRAM(well it can use more, but whatever), I wan't to know if a 970 is still good for 1440p.

[niofalpha]

Yes.

[XTankSlayerX]

Its still good at 1440p...

 

Just look at the benchmarks...

[Vypr]

Yes.

 

Sometimes I wish there was a minimum word count so people would be required to explain their response.

 

But yes OP, you will be fine with any game you play at 1440p. You won't even surpass 3GB. 

[superZAKTAN]

Its still good at 1440p...

 

Just look at the benchmarks...

Yeah, all the benchmarks I see show that it's good for 1440p. I guess I just got a bit mislead by all the people saying the card was shit and that Nvidia is the devil.

[XTankSlayerX]

Yeah, all the benchmarks I see show that it's good for 1440p. I guess I just got a bit mislead by all the people saying the card was shit and that Nvidia is the devil.

 

At the end of the day, its still the best card you can get for the money. A lot of people wont be able to use all the VRAM @ 60FPS anyways so if you will use more than 3.5 GB of VRAM youll be tanking your FPS Anyways becuase your hitting the limit of the chip, not the VRAM.

[manikyath]

i've been playing all my games maxed out at 1440p without any issues... gotta love that 370fps in Gmod

 

from my (rather small, and rather non-tripleA title) game library i dont see any reason the GTX970 wont be capable of 1440p.

 

and one thing the negative nancies seem to forget: the fact theres the 3.5GB "bug" doesnt change any benchmarks already done,

and that last 500mb is probably not being used by the card's target audience either way. (those skyrim 4K textures folks might probably go for a 980 either way)