GPU upgrade

[haariger_wookie]

Greetings from Germany,

 

I finally got some Money to upgrade my GPU. (currently using HD7970 at 1070MHz but its terribly loud and hot (82°C with at least 2600rpm in Sommer))

 

So my Budget is about 400€ and found 3 GPUs that would fit in:

Asus Gtx980ti Matrix

EVGA gtx 980ti Hybrid

KFA2 gtx 1070 ex

 

They all cost 399€ and i have 2 Questions:

Would my I7 2600k bottleneck any of these GPUs?

more important (since i plan to upgrade my CPU in future anyway):

Which should i take?

I know the 1070 has slightly more Power, but is the KFA2 card a good choice? it is the cheapest one on the marked the other models cost between 430 and 530€. Will it work fine for the next years or is the evga 980ti a better more futureproof choice?

 

I apologize for bad english,

wookie

[haariger_wookie]

With more Power i mean better Performance sry

[gtx1060=value]

it depends on how many cuda cores you need. 1070 is outperforming the titan x and gtx 980ti. 

[Arcanekitten]

15 minutes ago, haariger_wookie said:

Greetings from Germany,

 

I finally got some Money to upgrade my GPU. (currently using HD7970 at 1070MHz but its terribly loud and hot (82°C with at least 2600rpm in Sommer))

 

So my Budget is about 400€ and found 3 GPUs that would fit in:

Asus Gtx980ti Matrix

EVGA gtx 980ti Hybrid

KFA2 gtx 1070 ex

 

They all cost 399€ and i have 2 Questions:

Would my I7 2600k bottleneck any of these GPUs?

more important (since i plan to upgrade my CPU in future anyway):

Which should i take?

I know the 1070 has slightly more Power, but is the KFA2 card a good choice? it is the cheapest one on the marked the other models cost between 430 and 530€. Will it work fine for the next years or is the evga 980ti a better more futureproof choice?

 

I apologize for bad english,

wookie

For gpu choices I would go with the KFA2 GTX 1070, I looked at it and it looks like a beafy cooler.

And cpu bottlenecks aren't an issue I think, have you overclocked it though?

[jonathan13]

I would go with the 1070 as well. It already outperforms the others as you mentioned, but it will also continue to get better as drivers mature. Also, you get a nice increase in VRAM which will help going forward.

 

EDITED: Initially posted "double the VRAM", but I was thinking of the 980 rather than 980 ti.

[Zilar]

It totally depends on what resolution you play your games, if you only play on 1080p i would chose the 980 or 980ti, because the 1070 is overkill only for 1080p gaming.

Hope you can use this

[haariger_wookie]

Sorry for the very late answer,

 

I had issues with my Internet but it got fixed now.

 

On 4.9.2016 at 6:27 PM, gtx1060=value said:

it depends on how many cuda cores you need. 1070 is outperforming the titan x and gtx 980ti. 

I actually dont know how many cuda cores i need. Until know i always simply bought the strongest card in real game benchmarks i can afford.

I already knew that the 1070 outperforms the 980ti, most notably in dx12.

I just saw that my question was a bit misleading. I wanted to know if the very cheap kfa2 card would be a good futureproof choice. Sorry for that!

 

On 4.9.2016 at 6:42 PM, Zilar said:

It totally depends on what resolution you play your games, if you only play on 1080p i would chose the 980 or 980ti, because the 1070 is overkill only for 1080p gaming.

Hope you can use this

At the moment i only use 1080p since my GPU (hd7970) isnt really able to go 1440p on max settings. If i get a gpu capable of 1440p i would definitly change that and buy a new Monitor in the near future

 

On 4.9.2016 at 6:30 PM, Arcanekitten said:

For gpu choices I would go with the KFA2 GTX 1070, I looked at it and it looks like a beafy cooler.

And cpu bottlenecks aren't an issue I think, have you overclocked it though?

ok thx

If the cooler seems good i will give it a try.

Probably gonna share some framerates when i got it.

My cpu is overclocked to 3,9 Ghz under air cooling. If i go higher the cooler gets pretty noisy. I already ordered a new cooler so it will run quiter with probably higher clockspeeds.

 

Thanks to all the help!

[Shreyas1996]

Go for the 1070. It has more RAM and it is more power efficient.

[CostcoSamples]

I vote for the 1070, but honestly the performance difference is not huge compared to 980 ti.  If you find a really great deal, the 980 ti is a good choice.  Both are great.

 

Your CPU is still pretty good, but it might bottleneck in some circumstances.  For example, if you are running at very high FPS on a high refresh rate monitor, your CPU will bottleneck.  But for gaming at 60fps, you won't have any issues.

[asand1]

2 hours ago, Shreyas1996 said:

Go for the 1070. It has more RAM and it is more power efficient.

This, Power efficiency means cool running.