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GTX 970: Still worth it?

Viper101
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Well hello, 

 

I have been needing an upgrade to my GTX 960 2Gb for quite some time now. 

Browsing eBay, I have seen some pretty astonishing deals for 980s and 970s. 

 

My questions to you: Are they still worth it? How much would you pay for either?

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

just be patient and the shitstorm that is the GPU market will die down 

So something like a 1070 won't be running for 500 bucks?

And the RX 500 lineup will actually be in stock, and not sucked up by all the crypto-currency miners?

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or wait for volta or Vega but yes 

 

 

It sucks if you have a 480 like I do because I want to sell it before its worth only like $150 but also need a new GPU that's not $500

 

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

or wait for volta or Vega but yes 

 

 

Likely Volta, as I'd prefer to stick with team green. But from what I have seen thats much more aimed at deep learning/AI stuff?

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6 minutes ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

just be patient and the shitstorm that is the GPU market will die down 

Could be 6 months+ as video card manufacturers do not want to overproduce, it is really unpredictable.

 

8 minutes ago, Viper101 said:

Well hello, 

 

I have been needing an upgrade to my GTX 960 2Gb for quite some time now. 

Browsing eBay, I have seen some pretty astonishing deals for 980s and 970s. 

 

My questions to you: Are they still worth it? How much would you pay for either?

Try not to buy used shit on eBay, it may work, but it may have been overused for mining and not perform sufficiently, try to go on craigslist I believe for the US and gum tree for the UK, where you can pick it up and test a benchmark or two on the persons system to check it is fully functional. However if you can get a fairly cheap 970 which is 100% operational, buy it, around the same as a 1060 and a good overall card! Or you can wait for the Ethereum stupid craze to slow down, which could take a lonnnng time... and buy a pascal card.

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It's worth it. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for it ;)

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yes but if you buy a new amd or nvidia card for msrp on launch day or soon after you can get a new card before the price skyrockets

 

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

yes but if you buy a new amd or nvidia card for msrp on launch day or soon after you can get a new card before the price skyrockets

 

True, but price is also a concern I have, hence my looking at used 970s/980s.

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9 minutes ago, Viper101 said:

My questions to you: Are they still worth it? How much would you pay for either?

Still worth it IMO, but it really depends on the price.

 

I just bought a new 970 for $225 CAD ($180 USD) ... so for a used one, I would say less than $180 USD xD

 

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Just now, Viper101 said:

True, but price is also a concern I have, hence my looking at used 970s/980s.

what is your budget?

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970 is 1060 tier and 980 is 1070 tier.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

what is your budget?

At the moment? About 250. 

In the future? Maybe 300. 

 

It all depends on whether or not I can land a job for the school year. 

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the 480 and 970 are the closest cards performance wise 

 

wait for vega and volta 

 

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1 minute ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

The 970 also does not have/ can not use the full advertised 4gb of vram 

Yes, this much I knew. 

 

Based on some benchmarks I have seen that won't make a huge difference for 1080p, which is what I game on. 

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the 980ti is a great deal right now, all things considered. if you can get over its questionable DX12 support 

 

GPU user benchmark is a good baseline but it uses a lot of synthetics to represent its results 

 

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2 minutes ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

the 980ti is a great deal right now, all things considered. if you can get over its questionable DX12 support 

And whatever I buy, I am planning on buying a second to drop in for SLI.

 

Yes I know some games don't support it, it will make my power consumption surge, and a whole bunch of other things, but it is something I want to do. 

 

FWIW, I plan on gaming, video editing, and use photoshop/lightroom on this rig. 

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yea 980ti sli is going to remove the need for heating in your room 

 

 

what are the rest of your systems specs.

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

what are the rest of your systems specs.

FX-6300 (not overclocked... Hey it was cheap). 

8GB GDDR3 G.skill ripjaws (they're blue)

Corsair 500W PSU (80+ Bronze)

GTX 960 2GB (EVGA SSC). 

7200 rpm hdd (Seagate)

ASUS M5A97 r2.0 (?) mobo. 

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I would get a single card for now and spend more money on upgrading the rest of your system.

 

FX has pretty poor IPC and its not going to help you with things like rendering 

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