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Was it stupid for me to buy a 970>390?

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I'm mainly worried because of the VRAM. I want to play gta 5, fallout 4, csgo, rocket league, etc. at 1080p 60fps. If it's fine, how long will my 970 last me.

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your fine

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But at what settings sir, I'm going to assume high.

A 970 should be good for a year or two, maybe 3.

My 780 can still run AAA games at 60fps ultra 1080p. And 780=~=970. So you should be fine

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

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It's fine but you won't be able to max out all game as even now there are game that go past 3.5 GB of VRAM (Shadow of mordor, GTA V, Battlefield and etc)

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

just no.

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

no. just no.

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

*facepalm*

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4GBs cough, of VRAM should be fine, I can play most recent titles just fine on my 970 in 1080p

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

I have two important things to tell you

 

1. Stop screaming, it's rude.

2. The 970 has 4GB of VRAM.

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What?

ignore the post we quoted.

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OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. AT 1080P, 3.5 GB OF VRAM DOESNT EVEN AFFECT ANYTHING. PLUS, THE GTX 970 IS BETTER THAN THE 390. I AM NOT A FANBOY.

I giggled at 970 is better than the 390

 

 

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It's fine but you won't be able to max out all game as even now there are game that go past 3.5 GB of VRAM (Shadow of mordor, GTA V, Battlefield and etc)

Are you stupid? My GTX 970 maxed out on battlefield gets 70 fps average. stick with your r9 280 my friend.

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4GBs cough, of VRAM should be fine, I can play most recent titles just fine on my 970 in 1080p

Try Shadow of Mordor ultra or Battlefield (not sure which one was the VRAM hog)

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Are you stupid? My GTX 970 maxed out gets 70 fps average. stick with your r9 280 my peasant friend.

yes i too get 300 fps on an unnamed game max settings with my intel hd 4000

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Are you stupid? My GTX 970 maxed out gets 70 fps average. stick with your r9 280 my peasant friend.

My friend, I regret to inform you you payed double for a card broken by design. Enjoy broken hair physics :P

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Nope. Unless you're modding Skyrim. 

Totally fine choice to go with the 970.

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There are things the 900 series have over the R9 300 series and Fury, like hardware HEVC Encoding.

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yes i too get 300 fps on an unnamed game max settings with my intel hd 4000

i meant battlefield sorry...

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4GBs cough, of VRAM should be fine, I can play most recent titles just fine on my 970 in 1080p

How well does gta v run?

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My friend, I regret to inform you you payed double for a card broken by design. Enjoy broken hair physics :P

I was exploiting the fact that you are wrong sir and enjoy your console fps with your 280. :P

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i meant battlefield sorry...

It's not about fps, it's about frame time and stuttering and if you were to actually max the game out then I am sure you are having that.

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Nope. Unless you're modding Skyrim. 

Totally fine choice to go with the 970.

What would happen if I did mod sky Rim? Crash?
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It's not about fps, it's about frame time and stuttering and if you were to actually max the game out then I am sure you are having that.

Nope, no stuttering, it's perfectly fine. I'm sure your AMD card has issues with temps and only a few games being optimized for it.

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