Graphics Card upgrade: Pascal or Maxwell?

[Hoang_X]

Should I upgrade to a GTX 1070 Strix, GTX 1070 or GTX 970?

My specs are:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170-D3H 

CPU: Intel i5-6600K (3.5GHz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 

RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2400Mhz

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 960 4GB 

PSU: Cooler Master G750M 

Monitor: 1080p 60Hz

Games: LoL GTA V

(Yes, I know the PSU is a little overboard, but it was my first PC so I didn't know much abt PSUs and power consumption)

P.S. Do you think the CPU also needs to be upgraded?

[Alexcalibur]

Go for the GTX 1070 or wait until newer cards come out with higher clock speeds.

[HKZeroFive]

CPU is fine.

 

The GTX 1070 STRIX is the best out of the three, which shouldn't be a surprise.

[elBarto]

if you just play gta, lol, etc, i would recommend the AMD RX 480

[Nacho Marco Segui]

Don't even consider the 970, it used to be the best option for the money, but not anymore

[Hoang_X]

Over at the other forums I posted this on, they recommended the RX 480 to me. Is this the best option?

[Starelementpoke]

4 minutes ago, Hoang_X said:

Over at the other forums I posted this on, they recommended the RX 480 to me. Is this the best option?

Depends on your budget. Furyish level performance for $200 is a deal, but the 1070, being about 2x more costly, will perform better.

[Michael McAllister]

43 minutes ago, elBarto said:

if you just play gta, lol, etc, i would recommend the AMD RX 480

RX 480 hasn't been released yet.