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3 minutes ago, Doris said:

Hey guys I'm looking into building a new computer and i was wondering if a 200 us dollar used GTX 970 would be worth considering for 1080p gaming.

If you can't afford a Gtx 1060, then the 970 is the next best thing.

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Shouldnt a RX480 be within ur budget?

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7 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

 

 

6 minutes ago, Rodniz said:

Shouldnt a RX480 be within ur budget?

Well the aftermarket cooled 480's basically cost 10 dollars less than a 1060 if not actually as much as a 1060. My budget for a graphics card is 210 us dollars at best.

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Have you looked for used 1060s?

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Have you looked for used 1060s?

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You can get an 8 GB 470 for that price.

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17 minutes ago, Doris said:

Hey guys I'm looking into building a new computer and i was wondering if a 200 us dollar used GTX 970 would be worth considering for 1080p gaming.

The 970 is still a good card for 1080p gaming. If you can get one for 200 dollars it's not a bad deal imo.

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10 minutes ago, Doris said:

I'm just wondering if the rx 470 would be a better purchase over the 970 in the long run.

Maybe. Most likely, though, it's not going to catch up until both are very outdated anyway.

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7 minutes ago, Doris said:

The MSI Gaming X 4gb 470 basically costs as much as a used 970 (199 usd). I just cant decide which one i should go with.

It's a hard one yes, since those cards perform pretty similar.

 

Although the last 0.5GB VRAM on the GTX 970 is on a 32bit memory bus. So basically it's a 3,5GB graphics card. But it performs a little bit better in most games. (Somewhere up to 5 FPS)

 

I guess I would pick the RX470.

- It's newer card.

- You get a brand new card instead of a second hand one

- It's a true 4GB card instead of 3,5GB

 

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Limecat86 said:

The 970 is still a good card for 1080p gaming. If you can get one for 200 dollars it's not a bad deal imo.

 

3 minutes ago, Limecat86 said:

It's a hard one yes, since those cards perform pretty similar.

 

Although the last 0.5GB VRAM on the GTX 970 is on a 32bit memory bus. So basically it's a 3,5GB graphics card. But it performs a little bit better in most games. (Somewhere up to 5 FPS)

 

I guess I would pick the RX470.

- It's newer card.

- You get a brand new card instead of a second hand one

- It's a true 4GB card instead of 3,5GB

 

 

 

RX470 it is then. Thank you for helping me out and for solving this with me. I appreciate your time.

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11 hours ago, Limecat86 said:

The 970 is still a good card for 1080p gaming. If you can get one for 200 dollars it's not a bad deal imo.

You can get 980's here in germany for 200 euros. Thats about 230 USD :P

Too bad, im broke.

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