Is the 970 overkill for 1080p?

[Whoknowsbruh]

Is a gtx 970 sc overkill for 1080p? Im hearing that from alot of youtubers and stuff. 

Because of the recent price drop in the 970 sc I can afford it for my first build but I definitely can't afford a 1440p moniter...help

Edited June 30, 2016 by colonel_mortis
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[Rushfriend]

Not overkill, will preform great for 1080p.

[Flavortown2k16]

its not a overkill, 980 and over is

[Whoknowsbruh]

1 hour ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

its not a overkill, 980 and over is

k Thanks guys

[crysilis]

3 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

Is a gtx 970 sc overkill for 1080p? Im hearing that from alot of youtubers and stuff. 

Because of the recent price drop in the 970 sc I can afford it for my first build but I definitely can't afford a 1440p moniter...help

no also wait for the aftermarket rx 480's in my opinion

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, Rushfriend said:

Not overkill, will preform great for 1080p.

LTT forum never fails to impress

[RedJamaX]

4 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

Is a gtx 970 sc overkill for 1080p? Im hearing that from alot of youtubers and stuff. 

Because of the recent price drop in the 970 sc I can afford it for my first build but I definitely can't afford a 1440p moniter...help

No... and neither is a 980Ti, or a 1070....  it depends on the games you play, what settings you play at and what frame rates you want to achieve... 

I personally enjoy games when they STAY above 60fps...  And playing at Ultra Level Detail can bring in some noticeable frame drops with the 970.

 

This shows how different game settings can really affect game performance;

 

 

[DocSwag]

It isn't overkill, though I would recommend you wait for aftermarket 480s if you're buying a new GPU.

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, DocSwag said:

It isn't overkill, though I would recommend you wait for aftermarket 480s if you're buying a new GPU.

I Want to stick with nvidia for shadow play

[Flavortown2k16]

4 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

I Want to stick with nvidia for shadow play

Then get the 970 or 980 in discount, consider getting 980ti for the 6gb but only if its cheap, otherwise you might aswell get the 1070

[DocSwag]

7 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

I Want to stick with nvidia for shadow play

Ah....

I do know AMD has something where you can record-you just have to hit record when you start playing. However, I don't think it's quite as good.

 

In that case, I wouldn't really recommend getting a 970 at all. It's an older card and Nvidia tends to stop giving driver improvements to their cards once there is a newer architecture out there, so if I were you I'd rather get a 1070 or if that's too much money wait for a 1060. If you can't wait though....

[RedJamaX]

4 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Then get the 970 or 980 in discount, consider getting 980ti for the 6gb but only if its cheap, otherwise you might aswell get the 1070

This ^^^

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Ah....

I do know AMD has something where you can record-you just have to hit record when you start playing. However, I don't think it's quite as good.

 

In that case, I wouldn't really recommend getting a 970 at all. It's an older card and Nvidia tends to stop giving driver improvements to their cards once there is a newer architecture out there, so if I were you I'd rather get a 1070 or if that's too much money wait for a 1060. If you can't wait though....

well I'll see I might be able to get the 1060 when it comes out. I actually just saw some benchmarks Uploaded yesterday The rx480 only gets 3-4 fps more around less demanding scenes maybe 5 But tbh I dont think that 4 fps difference is really a fair traid for shadowplay and plus If you use any other recording software while  recording it will have WAY worse performance than the gtx 970

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

well I'll see I might be able to get the 1060 when it comes out. I actually just saw some benchmarks Uploaded yesterday The rx480 only gets 3-4 fps more around less demanding scenes maybe 5 But tbh I dont think that 4 fps difference is really a fair traid for shadowplay and plus If you use any other recording software recording it will have WAY worse performance that the gtx 970

*cough* OBS *cough*

[Whoknowsbruh]

1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

*cough* OBS *cough*

Ive seen obs I'ts kinda confusing...well in my opinion

 

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

Ah....

I do know AMD has something where you can record-you just have to hit record when you start playing. However, I don't think it's quite as good.

 

In that case, I wouldn't really recommend getting a 970 at all. It's an older card and Nvidia tends to stop giving driver improvements to their cards once there is a newer architecture out there, so if I were you I'd rather get a 1070 or if that's too much money wait for a 1060. If you can't wait though....

 

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

 

Early benchmarks will be bad. I'm waiting for driver updates and whatnot  Remember the 300 series? At launch, the 380 and 390 were tied or worse than the 960 and 970 respectively but now the 380 and 390 are both better than the 960 and 970 respectively. 

[Morgan MLGman]

21 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Early benchmarks will be bad. I'm waiting for driver updates and whatnot  Remember the 300 series? At launch, the 380 and 390 were tied or worse than the 960 and 970 respectively but now the 380 and 390 are both better than the 960 and 970 respectively. 

Yeah, this ^ I expect drivers to improve the performance by around 5-7% within 2 months, and aftermarket 480's to improve performance over the reference card by another 5-7%.

Not to mention that in a WORST CASE SCENARIO (very early drivers, low-clocked reference card), the 480 still goes ahead of a 970 and a 390.
TechPowerUp confirms this, and the biggest Polish tech store that did a review of a 480 on their youtube channel confirms this:

(Performance differences between a 970, 480 and a 390 @1080p in 10 AAA titles, left side is AVG FPS, right side MIN FPS)

It's better than the 970 in 7 out of 10 games and better than a 390 in 6 out of 10 of the games tested here. For a lower price, with a newer architecture and manufacturing process, with newer features, with lower power consumption etc.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

26 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

well I'll see I might be able to get the 1060 when it comes out. I actually just saw some benchmarks Uploaded yesterday The rx480 only gets 3-4 fps more around less demanding scenes maybe 5 But tbh I dont think that 4 fps difference is really a fair traid for shadowplay and plus If you use any other recording software while  recording it will have WAY worse performance than the gtx 970

 

AMD has plays.tv its the same as shadowplay and it works the same. Performance impact is also the same as shadowplay. BUT, the easiest one to use is shadowplay. The UI for plays.tv is confusing for newbies who just want to hit record. 

[Morgan MLGman]

57 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

its not a overkill, 980 and over is

You've got the weirdest PC I've ever seen. In terms of balancing the parts etc.

[Whoknowsbruh]

50 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

 

AMD has plays.tv its the same as shadowplay and it works the same. Performance impact is also the same as shadowplay. BUT, the easiest one to use is shadowplay. The UI for plays.tv is confusing for newbies who just want to hit record. 

And I am a newdie, glad you can see my perspective

 

47 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

You've got the weirdest PC I've ever seen. In terms of balancing the parts etc.

 

47 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

You've got the weirdest PC I've ever seen. In terms of balancing the parts etc.

This is my first time configuring one(im coming from console) got any suggestions before I buy in 2 or 3 months

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

3 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

And I am a newdie, glad you can see my perspective

 

Glad i could clear up the performance impact misconception.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

 

This is my first time configuring one(im coming from console) got any suggestions before I buy in 2 or 3 months

I said that to the dude that has a 980Ti with an FX-8350, 1x8GB of RAM, a 970 chipset motherboard and a Corsair VS650W PSU.

 

But if you give us your budget, parts that you already possibly have, we can help you choose the right ones.

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I said that to the dude that has a 980Ti with an FX-8350, 1x8GB of RAM, a 970 chipset motherboard and a Corsair VS650W PSU.

 

But if you give us your budget, parts that you already possibly have, we can help you choose the right ones.

Rest of build:

I5 4690k

ASRock Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards B85M-DGS

 seagate 1tb hard drive

corsair vengence 8gb ddr3 ram

hyper 212 evo

evga gtx 970 sc

[Morgan MLGman]

Do you already have all of the listed parts?

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Do you already have all of the listed parts?

What?