upgrading from GTX 570 to GTX970

[qwertywarrior]

hi guys

i was holding out to buy a ultra high end pascal GPU coming next year

but i just need something right now

To put it in perspective my ASUS GTX 570 DCUII is almost exactly as fast as a  GTX 750Ti

 

frame dips are getting frustrating in Heroes&Generals each time i zoom

 

 

 

My question is that i always buy a high quality over built GPU variant because i use them for a very long time   since stock cards dont last as long

 

im going for a Asus GTX 970 Strix its the only bang for the buck with a non reference PCB

 

do you recommend this card or should a spent more on a higher end variant

 

thanks

[werto165]

Apparently the 390 is the better option from what I've seen from Jays video: 

Depending on the price ofc. 

[PineappleHolidays]

Non reference pcb isn't necessary,

 

I would get a R9 390.

[Zayzo]

hi guys

i was holding out to buy a ultra high end pascal GPU coming next year

but i just need something right now

To put it in perspective my ASUS GTX 570 DCUII is almost exactly as fast as a  GTX 750Ti

 

frame dips are getting frustrating in Heroes&Generals each time i zoom

 

 

 

My question is that i always buy a high quality over built GPU variant because i use them for a very long time   since stock cards dont last as long

 

im going for a Asus GTX 970 Strix its the only bang for the buck with a non reference PCB

 

do you recommend this card or should a spent more on a higher end variant

 

thanks

If you care about it lasting get a 390x or 980 or fury. Whatever you feel like paying. And the non reference pcb thing i don't understand tbh it doesn't matter with maxwell unless its power limit is limited on the board. I think the best model of 970 to get would be the gigiabyte one or msi

[iTuAnh]

Apparently the 390 is the better option from what I've seen from Jays video: 

Depending on the price ofc. 

yeah and it will be a lots hotter

[Guest]

970 on OC - better for 1080p

390- better for higher resolutions

[Zayzo]

yeah and it will be a lots hotter

nope.

[Guest]

yeah and it will be a lots hotter

You must be stuck at 2013 m8

They are a whole lot efficient and cooler now

 

coming from an Nvidia fanboy

[werto165]

yeah and it will be a lots hotter

I would still go for the card with the more VRAM, yes I know the 3.5 GB is not really that big of a deal but games can utilize that amount of vram(very rare cases but when it does you'll notice it), the only thing that really puts me off AMD is the drivers with so many games being gameworks titles its not great. Many big releases this year have been poop on AMD, pcars, batman(runs crap on a lot tho), witcher 3. Sure the drivers were sorta there a couple of weeks down the road but I often want to play games straight away. The big titles for the remainder of the year, MGS, battlefront either will run fine on AMD / not nvidia game works titles. 

[CostcoSamples]

The 970 Strix is a very good value.  I love mine.  The 390 is equally good, possibly better.

 

If you are set on getting a Pascal card, perhaps you could find another used 570 for $50 and go SLI until next year?  Not ideal, but the jump to HBM2 cards with 16 nm (both Nvidia and AMD) is going to be huge.

[Zayzo]

I would still go for the card with the more VRAM, yes I know the 3.5 GB is not really that big of a deal but games can utilize that amount of vram(very rare cases but when it does you'll notice it), the only thing that really puts me off AMD is the drivers with so many games being gameworks titles its not great. Many big releases this year have been poop on AMD, pcars, batman(runs crap on a lot tho), witcher 3. Sure the drivers were sorta there a couple of weeks down the road but I often want to play games straight away. The big titles for the remainder of the year, MGS, battlefront either will run fine on AMD / not nvidia game works titles. 

Gamesworks has done little to impress. With the recent batman fiasco i seriously doubt nvidia didn't already know the game was a piece of shit.

[Zayzo]

The 970 Strix is a very good value.  I love mine.  The 390 is equally good, possibly better.

 

If you are set on getting a Pascal card, perhaps you could find another used 570 for $50 and go SLI until next year?  Not ideal, but the jump to HBM2 cards with 16 nm (both Nvidia and AMD) is going to be huge.

sli 570s use a shit ton of power... don't know what psu the op has but i doubt he'd have enough power for another 570

[qwertywarrior]

The 970 Strix is a very good value.  I love mine.  The 390 is equally good, possibly better.

 

If you are set on getting a Pascal card, perhaps you could find another used 570 for $50 and go SLI until next year?  Not ideal, but the jump to HBM2 cards with 16 nm (both Nvidia and AMD) is going to be huge.

thats actually not a bad idea they are really cheap

i have a 1200 watt psu i bought when i was stupid so its fine

[Zayzo]

thats actually not a bad idea they are really cheap

i have a 1200 watt psu i bought when i was stupid so its fine

then do that if you can actually find a 570

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Some overbuilt cards would be the Gigabyte 970 G1, Zotac 970 AMP Extreme, Galax 970 HOF, Powercolor 390 PCS+, Msi 390 Gaming 8G.

[othertomperson]

You must be stuck at 2013 m8

They are a whole lot efficient and cooler now

 

coming from an Nvidia fanboy

 

It's literally the same GPU as the 290. If anyone's stuck in 2013 it would seem to be AMD.

 

If you're going to overclock get the 970, if you're going to rely on stock clock speeds the 390's factory overclock puts it slightly ahead of the 970.

[Zayzo]

It's literally the same GPU as the 290. If anyone's stuck in 2013 it would seem to be AMD.

 

If you're going to overclock get the 970, if you're going to rely on stock clock speeds the 390's factory overclock puts it slightly ahead of the 970.

Yeah most 970s get 1500+ on the core and i haven't seen a 970 not get 2k on the mem. My 1600/2100 970 rivals stock 980s.

[qwertywarrior]

then do that if you can actually find a 570

yeah ill just buy it used i found one for like 100$

[CostcoSamples]

thats actually not a bad idea they are really cheap

i have a 1200 watt psu i bought when i was stupid so its fine

Oh yeah you are good to go then.  Post a wanted ad on your local classifieds site (Craigslist, Kijiji, facebook swap and buy groups etc).  You can sometimes find good deals on used GPUs on ebay as well.  

[othertomperson]

Yeah most 970s get 1500+ on the core and i haven't seen a 970 not get 2k on the mem. My 1600/2100 970 rivals stock 980s.

 

Reference memory speed is 3.5GHz (7GHz effective). It's not that hard to overclock most 970s to match the stock 980.