gtx 690

[Janezzz]

Should I get the GTX 970 or GTX 690?

[Bussinateur]

970 all the way

[Thunderjolt]

GTX 970 for sure. There's no point getting the 690 now.

[Enderman]

970

[zappian]

The 960 is only good in one of three situations.

 

1- You want a cheap card to have some OC fun with.

2- Mini ITX builds.

3- Your PSU is crap.

 

Otherwise I would get a 290 or a 970.

[the jolly roger]

r9 290 or 290x

or wait for the 390 or 380x

[the jolly roger]

The 960 is only good in one of three situations.

 

1- You want a cheap card to have some OC fun with.

2- Mini ITX builds.

3- Your PSU is crap.

 

Otherwise I would get a 290 or a 970.

i think he meant the 690, the one that is a dual 680 gpu

[zappian]

i think he meant the 690, the one that is a dual 680 gpu

 

I read 960 Q_Q

Sorry about that.

I am tired.

[the jolly roger]

I read 960 Q_Q

Sorry about that.

I am tired.

[Nikolithebear]

I would say 690 because theyre super sexy and still run pretty well.  But realistically you want to get the 970.  

[VerticalDiscussions]

Unless its the same price and you have a good power supply, i would go for the 690 since it can perform better in some situations.

[TheSLSAMG]

The GTX 690 has the potential to outperform the GTX 970 in some situations, but the GTX 970 consumes less power and performs better with games that need more than 2GB VRAM. Get the GTX 970.

[R_Golden]

I read 960 Q_Q

Sorry about that.

I am tired.

I read 960 too

The 690 is so irrelevant now.

[SteveGrabowski]

The 970. As powerful as the 690 is, I can't imagine buying a 2GB card in 2015, even for 1080p. I play 1080p and it seems like most of my new games use between 2.2GB and 3.0GB of my 970's VRAM, and I don't usually use any MSAA.

[chopdok]

The 970. As powerful as the 690 is, I can't imagine buying a 2GB card in 2015, even for 1080p. I play 1080p and it seems like most of my new games use between 2.2GB and 3.0GB of my 970's VRAM, and I don't usually use any MSAA.

 

I use AA on my 970, and VRAM usage is around 2 and 3.2 GB. The main issue with 690 is not so much its VRAM -  its the fact that its basically SLI on a single board, and for games that don't support it, or have performance scaling issues, you will effectively have one 680.

[Briggsy]

I made a graph recently based on Data from Techpowerup, showing the relative performance of flagship cards in recent years, compared to the 980.

 

Although the 690 is still reasonably powerful, the smaller VRam might pose problems in some newer games, and even more so in the future. Performance wise its still decent, *IF* the game supports SLI.