970 vs 980?

[jakkuh_t]

I'm a fairly casual gamer. I love to play GTA 5, Minecraft, and the Witcher 3.

 

 

Minecraft is completely playable with my current setup, but GTA 5 is a bit of a struggle and the Witcher 3 is really not even playable.

 

In GTA, I have to play at medium textures due to my current 2gb of VRAM, which to be honest does not look better than next gen consoles, and in Witcher I get like barely 40 FPS on medium.

 

 

 

So here is my question, do you think its worth buying a GTX 980 for my current gaming scenario, or should I stick with purchasing GTX 970 to replace my GTX 760.

[pugnaq]

I'm a fairly casual gamer. I love to play GTA 5, Minecraft, and the Witcher 3.

 

 

Minecraft is completely playable with my current setup, but GTA 5 is a bit of a struggle and the Witcher 3 is really not even playable.

 

In GTA, I have to play at medium texture, which to be honest does not look better than next gen consoles, and in Witcher I get like barely 40 FPS on medium.

 

 

 

So here is my question, do you think its worth buying a GTX 980 for my current gaming scenario, or should I stick with purchasing GTX 970 to replace my GTX 760.

970 Would be plenty (:

[Guest]

970 is enough.

[Tim Drake]

2 x 970 > 980

 

But imo the 970 is a worthy upgrade but if you want more, another 970 would be perfect.

[Sam Z Man]

A single 970 is more than enough.

[Toxicable]

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There is about 12% difference between the cards

Get the 970

[TheKleen]

970 for 1080p. Would only be worth going to 980 for 1440/120+ or 4k

[Columbo]

 Is the 980 worth close to double the price of a a 970? No. To those who want the best, they typically do not let money stand in the way as a cost barrier. 

[N64CUBE]

970 is perfect for what you need. Maybe not even that.

[VagabondWraith]

970 is great for what you need. 980 doesn't really seem to have a market anymore. If you're going to spend $500 on a GPU might as well get a 980 Ti for $150 more. Now if the 980 was say $450 then that might make it a worthy upgrade.

[GrimNeo]

I'm a fairly casual gamer. I love to play GTA 5, Minecraft, and the Witcher 3.

 

 

Minecraft is completely playable with my current setup, but GTA 5 is a bit of a struggle and the Witcher 3 is really not even playable.

 

In GTA, I have to play at medium textures due to my current 2gb of VRAM, which to be honest does not look better than next gen consoles, and in Witcher I get like barely 40 FPS on medium.

 

 

 

So here is my question, do you think its worth buying a GTX 980 for my current gaming scenario, or should I stick with purchasing GTX 970 to replace my GTX 760.

970 out of those two options. It is the best bang for your buck.

 

 

2 x 970 > 980

 

But imo the 970 is a worthy upgrade but if you want more, another 970 would be perfect.

970 SLI > 980 Ti in most games at 1080p and 1440p.

[Midnitewarrior4]

With my 970 and 4690k combo I'm running almost maxed out at a constant 60 fps at 1080p the 970 won't max the game out but you can get pretty close and the game uses only around 3.2-3.3 gb on my current settings

[maizenblue]

I think the gap between the 980 and 970 is downplayed a bit too much.

In benchmarks a stock 980 beats a 970 by about 15 to 20 percent. Yeah you can overclock a 970 to close the gap, but you can also overclock a 980 to maintain the gap. The 980 also has an extra half gig of usable vram.

Sometimes that 15 % can be the difference between maintaining 60 fps and constantly falling below.

right now the gap between the two is 150 dollars, which I agree is substantial, but you are starting to see some 980s fall below 500 usd. If the 980 dropped to 450 I think it would be a little better option. It might happen when the 390/x comes out.