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So I have a PC I built a while ago and I'm looking to upgrade it. Honestly, if I had the money I would just build a whole new one but sadly that's not an option at the moment. Here is my PC:

 

ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Desktop Processor BX80601960                               clocked at 3.6GHz

 

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-1       x3

 

Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm UFB (Updraft Floating Balance) CPU Cooler0666CL9D-8GBRL

 

Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)       X2 in raid 0

 

MSI N680GTX TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

 

I also have a GTX 470 as a physx card. All in a Cooler Master half X case with a 1200 watt power supply running Windows 8.1 and 3 monitors (5760x1080).

 

 

Right now I am leaning towards getting 2 970s to replace my current cards, but I have also considered getting 1 980 and waiting to get another by xmas or waiting like 4 months and getting new motherboard, processor, and RAM. Just really cant decide what would be the best move. 

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Nothing yet but OC the CPU.

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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I would recommend a single 980 for that resolution, But i would rather recommend to wait for what AMD brings to the table.

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|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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I would recommend a single 980 for that resolution, But i would rather recommend to wait for what AMD brings to the table.

 

I have never gone with AMD. Always thought Nvidia made better cards, not saying its true, just what I think/ heard.

 

Also, why do you believe a single 980 is better for that res over 2 970s?

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I have never gone with AMD. Always thought Nvidia made better cards, not saying its true, just what I think/ heard.

Also, why do you believe a single 980 is better for that res over 2 970s?

More full speed Vram is the main reason(Exept if directx12 really will be able to stack Vram.

And you can also just add another 980 if you want more performance.

For a resolution higher than 1920x1080 the R9 290x is more powerful than the gtx 970

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Moved to new Builds and Planning.

15" MBP TB

AMD 5800X | Gigabyte Aorus Master | EVGA 2060 KO Ultra | Define 7 || Blade Server: Intel 3570k | GD65 | Corsair C70 | 13TB

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