GTX 970

[GeorgeKellow]

My friend is selling his 970 (Probs to me) He said he'd do it for around £120. Should I pick it up so I can SLI my rig? Its the same card as me *Msi

[MVPernula]

It's at a good price, I'd go for it if you want some horsepower.

[don_svetlio]

If you want it but I'd honestly suggest saving up for a 1070. 3.5GB of VRAM won't get you anywhere.

[Coombzy]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

My friend is selling his 970 (Probs to me) He said he'd do it for around £120. Should I pick it up so I can SLI my rig? Its the same card as me *Msi

For £120... i'd actually say yes and then sell the two cards when you need an upgrade. Most modern games support SLI and the ones that don't should still be capable with a single 970 for now.

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

My friend is selling his 970 (Probs to me) He said he'd do it for around £120. Should I pick it up so I can SLI my rig? Its the same card as me *Msi

Keep in mind - SLI support is wonky so while some games work, others are a dreadfully bad.

[GeorgeKellow]

3 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

It's at a good price, I'd go for it if you want some horsepower.

 

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you want it but I'd honestly suggest saving up for a 1070. 3.5GB of VRAM won't get you anywhere.

 

1 minute ago, Coombzy said:

For £120... i'd actually say yes and then sell the two cards when you need an upgrade. Most modern games support SLI and the ones that don't should still be capable with a single 970 for now.

 

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Keep in mind - SLI support is wonky so while some games work, others are a dreadfully bad.

I only really have £150 to spend. His card is only 3 months old and it has all its warranty etc etc 

[Moress]

Do you have the psu to support an sli setup?

[GeorgeKellow]

Just now, Moress said:

Do you have the psu to support an sli setup?

Yes. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RrKTJV

[iDeFecZx]

I'd say go for it, I mean, it's a £120 970, you can sell it for more of you don't end up using it

[MVPernula]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Yes. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RrKTJV

I think a 550w is a liiiittle too close to pushing it.

[PRTI]

At full load the 970's use somewhere around 468w,so you don't have room for OCing

[don_svetlio]

1 hour ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Yes. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RrKTJV

550W is not enough to safely SLI 970s. 650W minimum. Each 970 uses 150-200W depending on the OC. That's basically pushing the PSU to it's limits and then some. Not safe

[don_svetlio]

1 hour ago, GeorgeKellow said:

 

 

 

I only really have £150 to spend. His card is only 3 months old and it has all its warranty etc etc 

Your PSU cannot support it safely...

[Dackzy]

These are your options

1. just save up and get a 1070

2. go 970 SLI and get a new PSU and be ready to run into vram problems and games that doesn't scale.

 

[GeorgeKellow]

2 hours ago, Dackzy said:

These are your options

1. just save up and get a 1070

2. go 970 SLI and get a new PSU and be ready to run into vram problems and games that doesn't scale.

 

Sell my 970 and get a 1070? 

[GeorgeKellow]

2 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Your PSU cannot support it safely...

Sell my psu and get a 650w +?

[Dackzy]

13 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Sell my 970 and get a 1070? 

if you can that, then do it

[don_svetlio]

23 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Sell my psu and get a 650w +?

Not worth the hassle. Just sell your 970 and get a 1070 or 1060 (1060 is still 20% faster than your 970)

[Darkseth]

Borrow the Card for a Weekend.

If it gives you the huge Performance/fps boost you wanted and it's worth for you, buy it. it not, don't. ^^

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Darkseth said:

Borrow the Card for a Weekend.

If it gives you the huge Performance/fps boost you wanted and it's worth for you, buy it. it not, don't. ^^

And if it fries his PSU?

[GeorgeKellow]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Not worth the hassle. Just sell your 970 and get a 1070 or 1060 (1060 is still 20% faster than your 970)

a 1060 is more my range. Is it the 6gb I should get? 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, GeorgeKellow said:

a 1060 is more my range. Is it the 6gb I should get? 

6GB 1060 is good. Would at least solve your potential VRAM problems.

[GeorgeKellow]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

6GB 1060 is good. Would at least solve your potential VRAM problems.

Is it better than the 970? 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, GeorgeKellow said:

Is it better than the 970? 

by about 20-25%

[Darkseth]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

And if it fries his PSU?

Since he has a High quality PSU, this can not possibly happen, except the PSU is defective.

If the PC draws more Power, than the PSU can deliver, the PSU wil simply shut down. (if it's even a decent entry level PSU).

 

According to Tests, the whole Computer with GTX 970 sli (and an overclocked i7 3960X) consumes close to 500 Watt.

Might be close, but will still work. (but the PSU will be at 90% usage )

 

 

GTX 1060 should have around 10% more performance?! aside from more Vram. If that's worth upgrading to... maybe only if you have huge Vram problems.