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Upgrade to 1060?

Creed1
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It's ~20% faster.  You're better off saving for an 1160 next year, or a 1070 imo. You won't notice much of a difference at 1080p unless you're trying to run 144hz, and the 1060 isn't really a 1440p card. A worthwhile upgrade would require one more tier or one more year. 

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For the cost it is not worth it at all.

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Stay with your 970. Cost to performance to upgrade is not worth it. As others have stated, wait until games are no longer playable at a setting you feel acceptable. The 970 is still a 100% good gaming card for today's games. 

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I agree with the above. I have a 970 myself and at 1080p, I can't complain at all. I am eyeing towards the 1070 when I finally upgrade to 1440p -> I will have to wait until I travel to the US this fall anyways, since I am sure as hell not gonna pay european prices (almost $600!!).

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I currently have a 970, still waiting on my pre-ordered 1080. I have overclocked my 970, and it gets better results in most benchmarks and games than the reviewers have shown for the 1060. I do hit VRAM issues with the 970 in some games, and I am getting 3x 1440p 144hz monitors hence the GPU upgrade.

 

I would not recommend upgrading from a 970 to a 1060. Keep saving, and skip a generation and look at the 1170 whenever that becomes a thing.

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