Upgrade from my GTX 980 Extreme

killianz26 · July 9, 2016

Hi all, I was wondering what you guys think about this. I currently have a Gigabyte GTX 980 Extreme Gigabyte GTX 980 Extreme,

I would like to upgrade to a GTX 1070, do you think there will be a noticeable difference? I game a 1080p with a BENQ 27 inch 144 Hz monitor. I do like to Max out settings so for example I have Overwatch maxed out and can get 60fps minimum, I am looking to pickup Battlefield 1 and next gen games going forward.

Is it a worthwhile upgrade? Should I just get a gtx 1080?

The rest of the system specs are a Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming 3 and I5 6500 with a Seasonic SSR 650 PSU 16gb of memory.

Thank you for any advice

SuperMonkey507 · July 9, 2016

I would get a 1080, but in the mean time, I could totally take that GTX 980 Extreme from you...

LizardsAreOP · July 9, 2016

If you wantsz those hertz to gud use get the 1080

QFA350 · July 9, 2016

A little bit off topic by why do you have a Z170 board with a 6500?

Rune · July 9, 2016

Save for the 1080. Going from a[n overclocked] 980 to a [FE]1070 would be little more than a sidegrade in most non-VR games. The price wouldn't justify it. The 1080 on the other hand would offer a much more noticeable difference.

killianz26 · July 9, 2016

6 minutes ago, Warning said:

A little bit off topic by why do you have a Z170 board with a 6500?

It was originally a "budget oriented build" I had a Sandy Bridge setup for 5 years and never really over clocked it. So i went with the 6500 this time.