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Should I sell my Asus GTX 970 and Asus 750TI and get another 970/390, the makers for the 970 I'd get are: EVGA or MSI This Card: (http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID=); the 390: probably Sapphire or XFX

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What is wrong with your current 970?

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Selling a 970 to get a 970? There's not really any point, as the performance gains will be small. You'd be better off selling the 750Ti and saving the money for something else.

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No, just overclock your 970 if you want a little more performance.

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No, just overclock your 970 if you want a little more performance.

 

Overclocking the 970 Strix? TDP throttle is real.

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Selling a 970 to get a 970? There's not really any point, as the performance gains will be small. You'd be better off selling the 750Ti and saving the money for something else.

You misread it, he wants 390

 

 

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You misread it, he wants 390

He also said another 970, so there's really no point in selling a 970 for another 970.

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You misread it, he wants 390

it still doesn't really make practical sense as they still trade blows.

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In this case there is a reason to get a different one, as my current is terribly loud, and 67% Asic quality is kinda a pain, as well as running out of Vram is a thing, so I think a 390 might be good? idk?

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Overclocking the 970 Strix? TDP throttle is real.

Thats why I said, a different 970, Asic quality of 67% isn't that pretty.

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it still doesn't really make practical sense as they still trade blows.

I run out of Vram actually, I've had to turn down settings due to only have 4Gb (3.5+.5 So good)

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He also said another 970, so there's really no point in selling a 970 for another 970.

Asus is terrible, I also said or 390.

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Selling a 970 to get a 970? There's not really any point, as the performance gains will be small. You'd be better off selling the 750Ti and saving the money for something else.

And saving for what? I have no source of income.

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What is wrong with your current 970?

It's super hot, loud, can't oc 50Mhz without Artifacting, running out of Vram at 1080p (I cri evry tim) Or there is always waiting for Pascal.

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I run out of Vram actually, I've had to turn down settings due to only have 4Gb (3.5+.5 So good)

well, meh, your hardware, your choice, just know you aren't frankly going to get a lot, if anything out of it aside from a new driver interface (and the lack nVidia gameworks perks/quirks).

 

and actually, if you can bear it, waiting for Pascal and/or Arctic Islands probably isn't a bad idea.

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It's super hot, loud, can't oc 50Mhz without Artifacting, running out of Vram at 1080p (I cri evry tim) Or there is always waiting for Pascal.

 

Really? I dont run out of VRAM playing at 1440p on my 780ti with 3GB, I dont OC, and I run almost every game at 1440p 60fps, heck I have the witcher on high/ultra and it rarely dips below 55fps, Dunno why your 970 would have issues at 1080p

 

 

What games are you playing that you are running into VRAM issues? 

 

Hot and loud? That is a fair point, but honestly I dont think any other brand card is going to be THAT much better unless that specific card has serious issues

 

Which Asus card is it?

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Asus is terrible, I also said or 390.

I know. At this point, you would rather get a 390 as it is about the same price as the 970 but generally has better performance. Or you could wait for Nvidia Pascal or the AMD Rx 400 series.

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Really? I dont run out of VRAM playing at 1440p on my 780ti with 3GB, I dont OC, and I run almost every game at 1440p 60fps, heck I have the witcher on high/ultra and it rarely dips below 55fps, Dunno why your 970 would have issues at 1080p

 

 

What games are you playing that you are running into VRAM issues? 

 

Hot and loud? That is a fair point, but honestly I dont think any other brand card is going to be THAT much better unless that specific card has serious issues

 

Which Asus card is it?

Strix, but GTA 5 is one of them, I hit 4096 easily, and I forgot some others, but unity is one of them as well, Ill wait for pascal because, the GTX 1080 has such a dumb name, it will be fun.

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Strix, but GTA 5 is one of them, I hit 4096 easily, and I forgot some others, but unity is one of them as well, Ill wait for pascal because, the GTX 1080 has such a dumb name, it will be fun.

 

Really? hmm i will have to check my VRAM usage, I had that game basically maxed out running fine at 1440p 60...hmmm didnt think it would really effect you at 1080p

 

yeah if you can hold on I would! I doubt they will call it the 1080, they normally change the naming convention, wonder what they will do this time!!!

 

Maybe your card is faulty? - like most reviews give it good scores for its temps etc and managed to overclock it a bit

 

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I run out of Vram actually, I've had to turn down settings due to only have 4Gb (3.5+.5 So good)

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Used VRAM does not imply required VRAM *makes a parrot gawk*

 

Yes your 4GB will fill up. So will 6GB. Or 12GB, if you give the game ample time, it will just continue to dump data on that memory (it's just simple memory heuristics). GTA 5 does not require >3.5GB of VRAM for the settings the 970 can run the game at.

 

The Strix 970 is a pretty lacklustre card though, I didn't keep it for much longer than a week (and two of them died on me withing a week).

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Overclocking the 970 Strix? TDP throttle is real.

 

Not sure what the strix hate is about, with a custom fan curve it's more than capable of handling decent ocs

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Not sure what the strix hate is about, with a custom fan curve it's more than capable of handling decent ocs

 

No because it's power target throttled. It's not "hate", just that the card is pretty terrible at overclocking on average. And not the most stable card, for whatever reason.

 

My 970's GPU was stable up to 1530mhz on the core (so it wasn't a turd), but once you started putting some heavy load on the card (Crysis 3, Firesstrike) it started throttling, lowering the voltage, artifacting and crashing.

 

Then there is the fact that ASUS is terrible with warranty on GPU's and you shouldn't buy them regardless.

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You misread it, he wants 390

He said 970 or 390, link is for a 970. Either way, the performance gains from a 390 are pretty small and not worth it.

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