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Is GTX 970 still worth it with the 3.5 Vram issue?

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Yes.

The 3.5GB of vram "issue" is not that big of a deal, people just took the little mole hill and turned it into something larger than mt. Everest.

 

I have the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming, at 1080p it is amazing, I have had 0 problems with the VRAM issue, even when playing skyrim with 80+ mods, most of which are purely graphical.

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Is GTX 970 still worth it with the 3.5 Vram issue?

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Yes, the issue does not matter unless you on like 5k

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Yes, the issue does not matter unless you on like 5k

Or 4k with high settings while using SLI

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Yes absolutely, provided that you don't think that you will go over the 3.5gb frame buffer. However if you plan to do 1080p gaming on high/ultra settings this will not be an issue.

Disclaimer : I might be wrong.

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Yes, the issue does not matter unless you on like 5k

or 1440p occasionally

 

 

i would suggest a 290x jut becasue its both cheaper and has better opencl while performing the same in gaming

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Yes, it's negligible unless you're on 4K. That's when you start experiencing some downfalls.

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Yes.

The 3.5GB of vram "issue" is not that big of a deal, people just took the little mole hill and turned it into something larger than mt. Everest.

 

I have the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming, at 1080p it is amazing, I have had 0 problems with the VRAM issue, even when playing skyrim with 80+ mods, most of which are purely graphical.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Well, as I just learned, you better not be hoping to play GTA V smoothly.

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Well, as I just learned, you better not be hoping to play GTA V smoothly.

Luke's benchmarks on his latest video (vessel) beg to differ.

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It's a great 1080p card, yes. However, personally at 1440p and above I'd look at the 290X. However, at 1440p the 970 is still no slouch

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