2015 1080p gpu?

[Guest Console Peasant]

I remember when the 270 held the 1080p throne, good times.

I'm kinda cut because everyone seems to be focusing on 4k and shit and really what % of people are running 4k or even 2k? 1080p is much more common and im not sure what the huge focus is but I know that nvidia and amd just put the lower end shit cards that are 'budget' 1080p cards as that, but what about someone who would like a max settings experience @ 1080p, so far my choice is a 970, but what do you use at 1080p max settings? Also im going to spend like $400AUD on it so I will wait for a price drop

[Swndlr]

My 770 is still holding up and high/max @ 1080p in most things, but really just get a 970, its basically the perfect 1080p card for the time being.

[SeanAngelo]

I remember when the 270 held the 1080p throne, good times.

I'm kinda cut because everyone seems to be focusing on 4k and shit and really what % of people are running 4k or even 2k? 1080p is much more common and im not sure what the huge focus is but I know that nvidia and amd just put the lower end shit cards that are 'budget' 1080p cards as that, but what about someone who would like a max settings experience @ 1080p, so far my choice is a 970, but what do you use at 1080p max settings? Also im going to spend like $400AUD on it so I will wait for a price drop

GTX 970

R9 290/290x

 

two cards i would say are perfect for 1080p

[Guest Console Peasant]

My 770 is still holding up and high/max @ 1080p in most things, but really just get a 970, its basically the perfect 1080p card for the time being.

my thoughts basically. my i might have wanted to go nvidia last gen but nvidia really leaves their old cards in the dust

[Prysin]

for 1080p and nothing BUT 1080p. then Nvidia 970 is the clear winner, the R9 290 Tri-X OC would be the second best choice due to price to performance, however the R9 290, 290x, 390 and 390X is mostly "aimed" at 1440p and higher..

[Swndlr]

my thoughts basically. my i might have wanted to go nvidia last gen but nvidia really leaves their old cards in the dust

Not really, like I said, my 770 is still packing a punch.

[GrimNeo]

I remember when the 270 held the 1080p throne, good times.

I'm kinda cut because everyone seems to be focusing on 4k and shit and really what % of people are running 4k or even 2k? 1080p is much more common and im not sure what the huge focus is but I know that nvidia and amd just put the lower end shit cards that are 'budget' 1080p cards as that, but what about someone who would like a max settings experience @ 1080p, so far my choice is a 970, but what do you use at 1080p max settings? Also im going to spend like $400AUD on it so I will wait for a price drop

I would go with the 970. Also I'm doing a EVGA 970 ssc giveaway on here if you want to check that out. It is free for you to enter.

[Guest Console Peasant]

I would go with the 970. Also I'm doing a EVGA 970 ssc on here if you want to check that out. It is free for you to enter.

dont know what ssc is lol, by the context of your sentence i presume giveaway, ill check your profile :]

[Bananasplit_00]

GTX 970 personal prefrance is the Gigabyte G1

[Guest Console Peasant]

GTX 970 personal prefrance is the Gigabyte G1

same but i want nvidia to make them make a 2 fan version lol....

doesnt need to be so big

[arronleeds]

dont know what ssc is lol, by the context of your sentence i presume giveaway, ill check your profile :]

super super clocked.

[arronleeds]

same but i want nvidia to make them make a 2 fan version lol....

doesnt need to be so big

thats what she said.

[GrimNeo]

dont know what ssc is lol, by the context of your sentence i presume giveaway, ill check your profile :]

super super clocked lol. I forgot the giveaway part lol. I am at work sorry.

[dalomo]

My old 7950 with a moderate OC can still power through most games at 1080p, high-ish settings at 60fps. An r9 290 would be a perfect card if all you want to do is play at 1080p

[SteveGrabowski0]

The 970 is great for 1080p. I get 60 fps ultra on everything but Witcher 3 and of course broken games like AC Unity. It's not powerful enough to run 2xMSAA on everything though unless you're willing to turn down some settings elsewhere; for instance in GTA V I'll drop down to about 51 fps or so with 2xMSAA on if I drive through the forest by Mt Chiliad, whereas it's a pretty stable locked 60 fps with FXAA on instead there (all other settings at max except for grass at Very High and the advanced settings all turned off). This is on my EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 which I run at a 1417 MHz boost clock (it's pretty stable there). Older games you can often downsample from higher resolutions for awesome image quality, like for instance Bioshock Infinite, Far Cry 3, and Skyrim that I run at 1440p using Nvidia's DSR to downsample to 1080p for my monitor. I fired up the original Bioshock last night and was impressed I could run it 4k with only 30%-50% GPU usage with my framerate capped to 60 fps with vsync on, and I think that game still looks amazing seven years later.

[DarkSmith2]

I just bought a Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming combined with a LG24GM77-B two month ago. Some part of me is regretting this decision.

One GTX970 isnt enough to reach 144fps in any Single player Game with good Graphics on Ultra. And 144hz is just so much nicer....

 

If i could turn back time i would probably save the Money for a GTX980ti even for 1080p. 

 

After you buy a GTX970 you want a second to go SLI. And a Single 980ti is just more user friendly then SLI... less power, you can still upgrade to sli / better in drivers and so on... so i would suggest you to buy a gtx980ti instead unless you plan to play on 60fps which is definetly not the best gaming experience.

 

For Multiplayer Games the 970 is fine so far.

[Guest Console Peasant]

I just bought a Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming combined with a LG24GM77-B two month ago. Some part of me is regretting this decision.

One GTX970 isnt enough to reach 144fps in any Single player Game with good Graphics on Ultra. And 144hz is just so much nicer....

 

If i could turn back time i would probably save the Money for a GTX980ti even for 1080p. 

 

After you buy a GTX970 you want a second to go SLI. And a Single 980ti is just more user friendly then SLI... less power, you can still upgrade to sli / better in drivers and so on... so i would suggest you to buy a gtx980ti instead unless you plan to play on 60fps which is definetly not the best gaming experience.

 

For Multiplayer Games the 970 is fine so far.

i was considering 144hz but it requires alot more money

[DarkSmith2]

i was considering 144hz but it requires alot more money

Well it has to be considered as "maximum gaming experience" at 1080p

the card i have upgraded from was a gtx460.. but still the144hz monitor feels like the stronger upgrade, especially in those Multiplayer games with sick framerates.

 

For the best gaming experience on 1080p you also need expansive stuff same as playing on a higher resolution. 

You don't need the expansive stuff to get a pretty "well" gaming experience, playing on 60fps with some lowered shadows or other tweaks is still fine.

 

But my thoughts are, if i play on 1080p (or 1440p) and i want maximum settings/premium quality gaming it should be close to 120hz/144hz, and this just doesnt work with a single GTX970 or GTX980 both cards perform way too bad. Playing below 60fps no matter what resolution is a complete no go for me, then i just could buy a damn Playstation not a PC. 

 

The Budget was the reason to go with 1080p because i couldnt afford a 700euro 1440p/gsync/144Hz Monitor. I thought the GTX970 would be more then enough to play "premium style" but it isnt, in most graphic intense singleplayer games you have to tweak settings here and there to get the 60fps. The 144hz kicks in so much smoother pictures and thats why i want to play all my games with it now. 

 

So my plan is to either buy a second gtx970 for SLI + Upgrade to a 1440p/gsync/144Hz monitor when its affordable (i will use that one i just bought as second Screen)

OR buying a complete new PC with a bigger graphics card and use my i7-2600k/GTX970 rig as streaming platform/guest gaming pc.

[Guest Console Peasant]

 

Well it has to be considered as "maximum gaming experience" at 1080p

the card i have upgraded from was a gtx460.. but still the144hz monitor feels like the stronger upgrade, especially in those Multiplayer games with sick framerates.

 

For the best gaming experience on 1080p you also need expansive stuff same as playing on a higher resolution. 

You don't need the expansive stuff to get a pretty "well" gaming experience, playing on 60fps with some lowered shadows or other tweaks is still fine.

 

But my thoughts are, if i play on 1080p (or 1440p) and i want maximum settings/premium quality gaming it should be close to 120hz/144hz, and this just doesnt work with a single GTX970 or GTX980 both cards perform way too bad. Playing below 60fps no matter what resolution is a complete no go for me, then i just could buy a damn Playstation not a PC. 

 

The Budget was the reason to go with 1080p because i couldnt afford a 700euro 1440p/gsync/144Hz Monitor. I thought the GTX970 would be more then enough to play "premium style" but it isnt, in most graphic intense singleplayer games you have to tweak settings here and there to get the 60fps. The 144hz kicks in so much smoother pictures and thats why i want to play all my games with it now. 

 

So my plan is to either buy a second gtx970 for SLI + Upgrade to a 1440p/gsync/144Hz monitor when its affordable (i will use that one i just bought as second Screen)

OR buying a complete new PC with a bigger graphics card and use my i7-2600k/GTX970 rig as streaming platform/guest gaming pc.

 

Thats interesting I thought that 1080/144 would be more budget then 1440p which it is but by not that much which is retarded because these good 144hz monitors are still like $500 for only 1080p even without gsync/freesync.

 

So I was kinda left thinking hmm.. maybe i'll just get 60fps with gsync, but its just as expensive :\ how can I win? My next gpu will be a gtx 970, if i can find a cheaper 144hz i might get it to pair with the card

[DarkSmith2]

Thats interesting I thought that 1080/144 would be more budget then 1440p which it is but by not that much which is retarded because these good 144hz monitors are still like $500 for only 1080p even without gsync/freesync.

 

So I was kinda left thinking hmm.. maybe i'll just get 60fps with gsync, but its just as expensive :\ how can I win? My next gpu will be a gtx 970, if i can find a cheaper 144hz i might get it to pair with the card

How much is the LG 24gm77-b where you live? It doesnt have Gsync.

[Cobus]

 

Well it has to be considered as "maximum gaming experience" at 1080p

the card i have upgraded from was a gtx460.. but still the144hz monitor feels like the stronger upgrade, especially in those Multiplayer games with sick framerates.

 

For the best gaming experience on 1080p you also need expansive stuff same as playing on a higher resolution. 

You don't need the expansive stuff to get a pretty "well" gaming experience, playing on 60fps with some lowered shadows or other tweaks is still fine.

 

But my thoughts are, if i play on 1080p (or 1440p) and i want maximum settings/premium quality gaming it should be close to 120hz/144hz, and this just doesnt work with a single GTX970 or GTX980 both cards perform way too bad. Playing below 60fps no matter what resolution is a complete no go for me, then i just could buy a damn Playstation not a PC. 

 

The Budget was the reason to go with 1080p because i couldnt afford a 700euro 1440p/gsync/144Hz Monitor. I thought the GTX970 would be more then enough to play "premium style" but it isnt, in most graphic intense singleplayer games you have to tweak settings here and there to get the 60fps. The 144hz kicks in so much smoother pictures and thats why i want to play all my games with it now. 

 

So my plan is to either buy a second gtx970 for SLI + Upgrade to a 1440p/gsync/144Hz monitor when its affordable (i will use that one i just bought as second Screen)

OR buying a complete new PC with a bigger graphics card and use my i7-2600k/GTX970 rig as streaming platform/guest gaming pc.

 

 

Yea the 970 SLI scales really well at 1080p, it has performance equal or greater the Titan X at 1080p as well as 4k so gaming at 144Hz 1080p would be no problem. SLI config is cool and all but the driver issues and stability can be so frustrating sometimes

[DarkSmith2]

Yea the 970 SLI scales really well at 1080p, it has performance equal or greater the Titan X at 1080p as well as 4k so gaming at 144Hz 1080p would be no problem. SLI config is cool and all but the driver issues and stability can be so frustrating sometimes

yea drivers. Well one more thing is when i go SLI i want my rig to be watercooled.. i hate big numbers in temperature on my rig. So it would be getting expansive for two cards. If you consider everything together a SLI GTX970 setup is much more expansive then buying a Single GTX980Ti which i think is close enough to the SLI performance of the GTX970's.

 

Even having one GTX970, buying a GTX980Ti would be more wisely i think. I would have to buy the EK waterblocks GPU cooler for Gigabyte G1's its about 100euro each. so combined with a second GTX970 we are talking about 550-600euro's + i would have to buy a new PSU i think atleast a good 850w+ when i want to overclock. This stuff would exeed the price of a GTX980Ti. I dont even calculate the rest of the custom loop because its not only for the cards and i could Overclock my CPU without having bad feelings (im one of the paranoid overclockers lol)

[Cobus]

yea drivers. Well one more thing is when i go SLI i want my rig to be watercooled.. i hate big numbers in temperature on my rig. So it would be getting expansive for two cards. If you consider everything together a SLI GTX970 setup is much more expansive then buying a Single GTX980Ti which i think is close enough to the SLI performance of the GTX970's.

 

Even having one GTX970, buying a GTX980Ti would be more wisely i think. I would have to buy the EK waterblocks GPU cooler for Gigabyte G1's its about 100euro each. so combined with a second GTX970 we are talking about 550-600euro's + i would have to buy a new PSU i think atleast a good 850w+ when i want to overclock. This stuff would exeed the price of a GTX980Ti. I dont even calculate the rest of the custom loop because its not only for the cards and i could Overclock my CPU without having bad feelings (im one of the paranoid overclockers lol)

 

Yes I would definitely get a single card over a SLI config, it's sooo much better when you consider all the other factors as you have mentioned. 

But I if you have a lower budget and cannot afford the single top-tier card right now, upgrading to a SLI config sometime in the future would be an good option.

 

That being said, if you have the money definitely go for the single card setup 

[Wellington the Skellington]

GTX 970 

[calieburger]

Is amd really that bad to not be considered?