GTX 970

[iTzCharizardi]

is the 970 good enough to run a 1080p monitor to multi task and game on a 1440p monitor? 

[TheKDub]

Yes, though a 980 would be optimal.

[Thecrazyswede]

Yup, same with a 290x, on 1440p highest settings you might need a bit more powah

[Sauron]

Yes, though a 980 would be optimal.

 

No, it would be a waste of money.

 

is the 970 good enough to run a 1080p monitor to multi task and game on a 1440p monitor? 

 

Yes, having secondary monitors does not impact gaming performance. Depending on what the prices are where you live consider getting an R9 290x instead, it's usually significantly cheaper and performs pretty much the same at 1440p.

[TheKDub]

No, it would be a waste of money.

 

the 980's vram is all one speed unlike the 970s slower last .5GB, so for higher resolutions that extra, fast .5GB can help, along with the increased performance of the card overall.

[Senzelian]

No, it would be a waste of money.

 

That depends on the person. It was definitly not a waste of money in my case to buy a 980.

Someone else might think playing videogames is a waste of money in general. 

[BarisERY]

I think you should wait for the upcoming AMD cards they should be right around the corner 

[Sauron]

the 980's vram is all one speed unlike the 970s slower last .5GB, so for higher resolutions that extra, fast .5GB can help, along with the increased performance of the card overall.

 

Except you can get 2 R9 290Xs for less money. Those have 4 full gb of perfectly functional and even higher bandwidth vram as well as wiping the floor with a 980 in terms of performance when crossfired. If he really must spend 500$ in graphics cards for 1440p (which I don't recommend anyway) that would be a far better choice. Besides for 1440p 3gb are still perfectly fine. And by the time he'll need more he'll have upgraded already.

[TheKDub]

Except you can get 2 R9 290Xs for less money. Those have 4 full gb of perfectly functional and even higher bandwidth vram as well as wiping the floor with a 980 in terms of performance when crossfired. If he really must spend 500$ in graphics cards for 1440p (which I don't recommend anyway) that would be a far better choice. Besides for 1440p 3gb are still perfectly fine. And by the time he'll need more he'll have upgraded already.

 

It would only offer better performance for games that support crossfire, and there are some games that are quite VRAM hungry and can easily eat up 3+GB even at 1080p.

[Sauron]

That depends on the person. It was definitly not a waste of money in my case to buy a 980.

Someone else might think playing videogames is a waste of money in general. 

 

Why was it a good decision in your case when you could have spent the same money on 2 290Xs and resulted in 70% more performance? This is not a subjective matter, performance numbers and price tell you all you need to know. The 980 is terrible value for the price, as is usually the case with the highest end solution in GPU lineups. The 780, 780ti and 290x had the same problem when they were launched. There are very few scenarios where a 980 makes a little bit of sense, but it's almost never the case. If form factor is a problem there's the 295x2, which is priced very close. Especially considering you'll need to upgrade just as soon as you would have with a 970. Power consumption is also irrelevant at that price point because the power savings are in quarters.

[Sauron]

It would only offer better performance for games that support crossfire, and there are some games that are quite VRAM hungry and can easily eat up 3+GB even at 1080p.

 

There are no games that require more than single 290x performance at 1440p and don't support crossfire, except some which are so poorly optimized that even a 980 will struggle heavily. And the benefit of a higher resolution is that you don't have to waste vram in AA and DSR trying to achieve fake resolution, which are the only reason some games take more than 3gb at 1080p. You can ask @othertomperson (sorry to keep bothering you for this ) who's running 4k perfectly fine with two 970s.

[Senzelian]

Why was it a good decision in your case when you could have spent the same money on 2 290Xs and resulted in 70% more performance? This is not a subjective matter, performance numbers and price tell you all you need to know. The 980 is terrible value for the price, as is usually the case with the highest end solution in GPU lineups. The 780, 780ti and 290x had the same problem when they were launched. There are very few scenarios where a 980 makes a little bit of sense, but it's almost never the case. If form factor is a problem there's the 295x2, which is priced very close. Especially considering you'll need to upgrade just as soon as you would have with a 970. Power consumption is also irrelevant at that price point because the power savings are in quarters.

Simple answer: Only the 980 and 970 have the new Gigabyte Windforce cooler right now. So AMD wasn't an option. And the 980 has a bit more power than the 970. So the 970 was also not an option. 

So it is a subjective matter, cause I don't give a fuck about that extra 70% of performance.

[Sauron]

Simple answer: Only the 980 and 970 have the new Gigabyte Windforce cooler right now. So AMD wasn't an option. And the 980 has a bit more power than the 970. So the 970 was also not an option. 

So it is a subjective matter, cause I don't give a fuck about that extra 70% of performance.

 

Give me one reason the windforce cooler matters except for aesthetics. And the 970 would still have been a much better choice. 10% more performance does not justify paying 200$ more. So no, it was not a "good" decision. If aesthetics are more important to you than performance or money, it was a reasoned tradeoff. Not something you can recommend to other people.

[IP man]

is the 970 good enough to run a 1080p monitor to multi task and game on a 1440p monitor? 

i game with a 970 on 1440p and its no problem. just dont expect everything to be 60fps if you crank the settings all the way up.

[Senzelian]

Give me one reason the windforce cooler matters except for aesthetics. And the 970 would still have been a much better choice. 10% more performance does not justify paying 200$ more. So no, it was not a "good" decision. If aesthetics are more important to you than performance or money, it was a reasoned tradeoff. Not something you can recommend to other people.

I didn't recommend it to anyone. And even if I would, I would always mention the high price someone has to pay for the card.

But like I said, it was a good decision to buy a 980. I've everything I wanted now and money was never something I would've cared about.

[Sauron]

money was never something I would care about.

 

There are people that die because they don't have enough. There are better ways to get rid of money if you don't care.

[Senzelian]

There are people that die because they don't have enough. There are better ways to get rid of money if you don't care.

But then there wouldn't sit a 980 in my case. 

[Sauron]

But then there wouldn't sit a 980 in my case. 

 

I'm sure the kids who can't buy stuff to eat would understand.

[iTzCharizardi]

thanks alot guys this helped

[othertomperson]

I'm sure the kids who can't buy stuff to eat would understand.

 

Hey, employees of AMD and Nvidia need to eat, too

[Senzelian]

I'm sure the kids who can't buy stuff to eat would understand.

Thanks for opening my eyes. I'll sell my computer now and safe the world. You should do the same.

[Sauron]

Hey, employees of AMD and Nvidia need to eat, too

 

I'm sure they're not risking to die, especially at nvidia but I probably shouldn't have gone down that tangent, it's not really relevant to the question at hand.

[Sauron]

thanks alot guys this helped

 

You can mark a post as "best answer" to close a topic that way people won't think you're still looking for an answer. It can even be your own post.

[othertomperson]

I'm sure they're not risking to die, especially at nvidia but I probably shouldn't have gone down that tangent, it's not really relevant to the question at hand.

 

You think every employee at Nvidia is paid well above minimum wage, then? Unlike literally every other tech employer?

[Sauron]

You think every employee at Nvidia is paid well above minimum wage, then? Unlike literally every other tech employer?

 

They still get to eat don't they? ^^ and I doubt selling a few more 980s will make any difference in their salary