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Get a Sapphire R9 390 Nitro unless you need CUDA.  

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at Christmas im upgrading to a GTX 970 and getting a i7 4790k later. what model of the 970 should i get? evga gigabyte? also can the 970 run battlefield 3/4 battlefront fallout 4 and minecraft? and is the 3.5hb vram an issue if im on 1080p 60hz?

i like msi 4g gaming. gigabyte g1 gaming if your ocing (can draw more power at stock)

avoid asus..

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1080p, and a 970 is good.

 

But get a R9 390, It's better. More VRAM. Slightly better performance.

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What is your current processor by the way?

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cuda for premier pro and after effects

Yeah makes since more to get the 970, but what is your current CPU?

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You've been on the forums for long enough to know that the 390 is a better GPU, including at 1080p. Do you need CUDA?? 

 

EVGA has stellar customer support, MSI makes great coolers. 

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i5 4670k+GTX 760

Even for video editing the i5 is pretty good, the i7 might still help though.

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at Christmas im upgrading to a GTX 970 and getting a i7 4790k later. what model of the 970 should i get? evga gigabyte? also can the 970 run battlefield 3/4 battlefront fallout 4 and minecraft? and is the 3.5hb vram an issue if im on 1080p 60hz?

EVGA or Gigabyte

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yes i need CUDA 

EVGA or MSI, Gigabyte is good, too. ASUS 970 sucks. 

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | CachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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what model like ftw ssc hybrid g1 gaming?

LTT did a video on factory overclocks (with the 980, though) and they found the EVGA FTW was the best for your money (for the 980 it was $20 more.) Hybrid is a waste, and G1 gaming would be okay, too. But, FTW is probably the best value. 

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | CachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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LTT did a video on factory overclocks (with the 980, though) and they found the EVGA FTW was the best for your money (for the 980 it was $20 more.) Hybrid is a waste, and G1 gaming would be okay, too. But, FTW is probably the best value. 

ftw acx or ftw acx+

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In CPU demanding games the 4690k falls short, I know this because I own a 4690k and I'm upgrading to a 4790k myself.

you are upgrading to older, and slightly shittier overall performing cpu? that makes a lot of sense. also 4690k "spreads" the heat more efficiently. i think that is a stupid downgrade that costs you money.

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you are upgrading to older, and slightly shittier overall performing cpu? that makes a lot of sense. also 4690k "spreads" the heat more efficiently. i think that is a stupid downgrade that costs you money.

The 4790k is way better than the 4690k.

 

ftw acx or ftw acx+

I dunno. ACX+? 

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | CachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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you are upgrading to older, and slightly shittier overall performing cpu? that makes a lot of sense. also 4690k "spreads" the heat more efficiently. i think that is a stupid downgrade that costs you money.

What LOL!?!? I think you're confused lol. But it happens to the best of us so no worries:)

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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