gtx 1070 or 970?

[Chewique]

So i bought all the parts for my pc apart from the gpu! Im not sure what one to get...

I play games at 1080p but might try 1440p when i have saved more money.

I need it to be powerful enough to play rocket league minecraft and just cause 3.

You may be wandering why i am even considering this, but my thinking is that if i where to buy a 970 i could send back the 6600k and get a i7 6700k or even a i7 5820k. If i got a 5820k i would send back the mobo so it would be a bit of effort!

there is also the option of getting a 1440p monitor with a 970 and a 6600k. 

What do you think? do i go newer 1070 and no fancy extras or a 970 and some fancy stuff?

 

[ZetZet]

1070 is literally 2 times faster

[EvilNeo]

how about Radeon RX480?

[positivePXL]

6600k is more than enough, don't even sweat it. Get the 1070 now and upgrade later, you'll thank yourself :3

[Shoob]

There's no point of getting a GTX 970 now. If you can wait a month and the new RX 480 doesn't disappoint, it's the obvious alternative. 

If you can afford a GTX 1070 without sacrificing anything from your build, it's a decent choice.

[Tedol]

RX480

[Telebubbies]

GTX 1070 will come out on the 10th this month. It is a WHOLE lot better than the GTX 970. But it will have the same issue that the GTX 1080 is having. It is extremely expensive, but soon it will be a couple hundred bucks cheaper. 

[Chewique]

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[Chewique]

5 minutes ago, EvilNeo said:

how about Radeon RX480?

 

3 minutes ago, Tedol said:

RX480

 

4 minutes ago, Pandalf said:

There's no point of getting a GTX 970 now. If you can wait a month and the new RX 480 doesn't disappoint, it's the obvious alternative. 

If you can afford a GTX 1070 without sacrificing anything from your build, it's a decent choice.

Im a self confessed fanboy! im happy to get one if it is worth it though! 

Why is everyone fussing about it anyway? Is it from that graph? the 2way crossfire vs 1080?

[Fulgrim]

Wait for independent reviews of the RX 480, and compare them to the GTX 1070. Then go for what you can afford.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Chewique said:

 

 

Im a self confessed fanboy! im happy to get one if it is worth it though! 

Why is everyone fussing about it anyway? Is it from that graph? the 2way crossfire vs 1080?

The huge price/performance value of the RX 480. ($229 for 390X/Fury performance with 8GB VRAM)

[DarkBlade2117]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

The huge price/performance value of the RX 480. ($229 for 390X/Fury performance with 8GB VRAM)

Isn't it $199?

[Chewique]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

The huge price/performance value of the RX 480. ($229 for 390X/Fury performance with 8GB VRAM)

Im a fps whore. i would rather get amazing FPS and a more powerful card for more money that a cheaper one with less fps but good value

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, Chewique said:

 

 

Im a self confessed fanboy! im happy to get one if it is worth it though! 

Why is everyone fussing about it anyway? Is it from that graph? the 2way crossfire vs 1080?

Fanboyism is a horrible thing and should not even be talked about. Buying something because you like the company is never good and you lose out, I would wait just a little bit and see what happens.

[Telebubbies]

You will need the i7 6700k. Send back the i5 6600k. 

Bottlenecking my friend. 

 

And make sure that your PSU has enough power.

[typographie]

12 minutes ago, Chewique said:

there is also the option of getting a 1440p monitor with a 970 and a 6600k. 

What do you think? do i go newer 1070 and no fancy extras or a 970 and some fancy stuff?

I say keep the 6600K and get the GTX 1070, or wait and see how AMD does with the RX 480 or 490. Your 6600K is already as powerful as any game is likely to need for quite a while.

 

A GTX 970 would be a bit inconsistent at 1440p. Rocket League and Minecraft could probably run very nicely, but probably not something new and higher-fidelity like Just Cause 3 unless you make some visual quality sacrifices.

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Isn't it $199?

$199 for the 4GB variant, $229 for the 8GB variant.

[Enderman]

1070 obviously, much faster than a 970 or 480x

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, Chewique said:

Im a fps whore. i would rather get amazing FPS and a more powerful card for more money that a cheaper one with less fps but good value

*cough* crossfire for under $400 with 2 6 pins in total..

[positivePXL]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

You will need the i7 6700k. Send back the i5 6600k. 

Bottlenecking my friend. 

 

And make sure that your PSU has enough power.

Just. No.

 

To OP: 

I love these guys, just a month ago we were telling people who were buying 980(ti)'s to wait for the Pascal release, and now that the 1080 and 1070 are coming and that we now have benchmarks for them, we are telling people to wait for the Polaris cards and benchmarks. As soon as those come out, we're gunna start telling people to wait for the 1080ti ! Dood, just buy the goddamn GTX 1070! It's really all you need! REALLY!

[ivan134]

970 is clearly the best option here. Nvidia really does get rich of dumbasses. 

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, positivePXL said:

Just. No.

 

To OP: 

I love these guys, just a month ago we were telling people who were buying 980(ti)'s to wait for the Pascal release, and now that the 1080 and 1070 are coming and that we now have benchmarks for them, we are telling people to wait for the Polaris cards and benchmarks. As soon as those come out, we're gunna start telling people to wait for the 1080ti ! Dood, just buy the goddamn GTX 1070! It's really all you need! REALLY!

No. If anyone who had any sense in mind would tell people to wait for Vega and see what it offers against Nvidia, Vega is supposed to come out soon. Can you tell me, I don't care for Nvidia but what is the price of the 1070 again? Not the Toys R Us Fanboy Edition, just a normal 1070.

[2FA]

7 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

You will need the i7 6700k. Send back the i5 6600k. 

Bottlenecking my friend. 

 

And make sure that your PSU has enough power.

What are you on about? An i5 will not bottleneck, you get almost the same exact FPS.

[positivePXL]

4 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

No. If anyone who had any sense in mind would tell people to wait for Vega and see what it offers against Nvidia, Vega is supposed to come out soon. Can you tell me, I don't care for Nvidia but what is the price of the 1070 again? Not the Toys R Us Fanboy Edition, just a normal 1070.

$375

[Chewique]

12 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Fanboyism is a horrible thing and should not even be talked about. Buying something because you like the company is never good and you lose out, I would wait just a little bit and see what happens.

As i said im happy to buy an amd card if its better.