GTX 960 SLI vs. GTX 970

[SamTheMD]

So I have been wondering this recently. Should I go with 2 GTX 960s or 1 970. I'm looking for a good new rig that will be able to record Minecraft @60fps WHILE recording. Easy. But with mod, shaders, bleh bleh. So yeah. I was just wondering what you guys would prefer.

[SPG]

go with the 390, no point in getting either of those cards at this point. plus java doesnt even support sli, so there would be no point in getting two cards for minecraft

[WaltB]

970 as 960 does not do SLI well.

[AdamH96]

Single fastest card you can buy. Always...

[OAcesync]

960 SLI is a bad choice no point in SLI mid range cards when there's single cards that can out do it stronger single card is always better, just get a 970 but personally I would get a R9 390

[DominicNikon]

So I have been wondering this recently. Should I go with 2 GTX 960s or 1 970. I'm looking for a good new rig that will be able to record Minecraft @60fps WHILE recording. Easy. But with mod, shaders, bleh bleh. So yeah. I was just wondering what you guys would prefer.

970 for 60 fps on minecraft? i have a 760 and record and get 500+fps lol

[rtpb5642]

970 for 60 fps on minecraft? i have a 760 and record and get 500+fps lol

I have a 980ti, i get 250 fps at 32 chunks max settings

If i put it on low i can get like 2000fps ish

 

 

EDIT: thats at 5760x1080

[smeek14]

970 for 60 fps on minecraft? i have a 760 and record and get 500+fps lol

On my 870 I get like 130-250 :D

[EpicAdom]

970

[007agentHP]

I have a 980ti, i get 250 fps at 32 chunks max settings

If i put it on low i can get like 2000fps ish

 

 

EDIT: thats at 5760x1080

put on

shaders

32x MFAA

more anti-aliasing force through nvidia drivers

optifine, so everything should be maxed out

good luck getting 30 FPS

[Muz]

R9 390, currently no reason to buy a 960 or 970 right now.

[CurlyCucumber]

Well, it all depends on your CPU, too. Although a killer GPU will help, Minecraft is also heavily CPU based, due to it being horribly optimized.. ;-;

[CJ Chua]

R9 380 is also a good choice but I prefer the R9 390. GTX 970 is also good but not better than R9 390

[Thony]

970, more vram, cheaper (at least here in UK)

[SxTripxH]

Well, it all depends on your CPU, too. Although a killer GPU will help, Minecraft is also heavily CPU based, due to it being horribly optimized.. ;-;

I don't believe an unoptimized game is directly related to whether it's CPU intensive or not. At least I can't get my head around it. Can you pls quantify ?

Oh, and I would go with the 970 hands down.

[Hieb]

I don't believe an unoptimized game is directly related to whether it's CPU intensive or not. At least I can't get my head around it. Can you pls quantify ?

Oh, and I would go with the 970 hands down.

 

less efficient code = more instructions needed to get stuff down = cpu intensive o_0

[ShardZer0]

970, all day, every day.

 

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2954&cmp[]=2719&cmp[]=3114

[SxTripxH]

less efficient code = more instructions needed to get stuff down = cpu intensive o_0

Again, just because the game you are playing is CPU intensive does not mean that it is poorly optimized. Any game can be made to be CPU intensive by lowering settings to a point that the FPS gets high enough that the CPU has a hard time keeping up. A large part is also the settings and hardware being used. 

 

What you are saying isn't wrong but I was hoping for more than just a generic google translation.

[Zhuocheng]

r9 390

[Hieb]

Again, just because the game you are playing is CPU intensive does not mean that it is poorly optimized. Any game can be made to be CPU intensive by lowering settings to a point that the FPS gets high enough that the CPU has a hard time keeping up. A large part is also the settings and hardware being used. 

 

What you are saying isn't wrong but I was hoping for more than just a generic google translation.

 

Oh I see what you mean yeah. I Mean the better the optimization is the lower CPU usage should be, however just because a game has high CPU usage doesnt mean it is poorly optimized

[1B0Y]

go with the 390, no point in getting either of those cards at this point. plus java doesnt even support sli, so there would be no point in getting two cards for minecraft

 

You wouldn't need a SLI setup for minecraft anyways. My old GTX 650 ran Minecraft well over the 300FPS range.

 

 

So I have been wondering this recently. Should I go with 2 GTX 960s or 1 970. I'm looking for a good new rig that will be able to record Minecraft @60fps WHILE recording. Easy. But with mod, shaders, bleh bleh. So yeah. I was just wondering what you guys would prefer.

 

Think about what games you'll be playing and then compare the performance differences between the two cards. Also the 390 might be a good choice too.

[KSores]

On 9/19/2015 at 6:44 PM, SamTheMD said:

So I have been wondering this recently. Should I go with 2 GTX 960s or 1 970. I'm looking for a good new rig that will be able to record Minecraft @60fps WHILE recording. Easy. But with mod, shaders, bleh bleh. So yeah. I was just wondering what you guys would prefer.

it is all cpu.... gpu matters very little ...... my friend and i have the same gpu (gtx 970) but i have a i7 6700k and he has a fx 8320 (i think) he gets 50 fps on my server with a lot of entities and i get 200 fps... so it is all cpu my friend

 

btw i use shaders and i still get good fps recordin