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GTX 970: Still worth it?

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

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 

This I have known tbh. 

 

Would it be worth going with a new CPU/Mobo/RAM before the GPU upgrades?

 

Or maybe just begin saving money like a mother trucker and buy basically a whole new system?

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

Also if you do go with an sli/cf setup that psu is not going to cut it 

 

Oh trust me, I knew that... 

This is my first PC build, the only thing I "upgraded" was the GPU. 

 

I started out with a sapphire R7 260X, which... just didn't cut it for most of the games I played. 

 

Still a good card though. 

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22 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

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

$200 for a 970? wut. nonono. they are like $130 here and i wouldent pay a penny more

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1 minute ago, Viper101 said:

Oh trust me, I knew that... 

This is my first PC build, the only thing I "upgraded" was the GPU. 

 

I started out with a sapphire R7 260X, which... just didn't cut it for most of the games I played. 

 

Still a good card though. 

The 960 has to be showing its age as well right?

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

The 960 has to be showing its age as well right?

Oh yeah. 

 

I mean, I can play BF4, Fallout 4, World of Warships, Civ V, and other games that are about that age extremely well. 

 

But stuff like Battlefront (1 and 2, EA), Battlefield 1, and more recent games struggle tremendously. 

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I would advise waiting for a new architecture and in the mean time get like a ryzen 5 1600 and some b350 mobo 

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2 minutes ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

I would advise waiting for a new architecture and in the mean time get like a ryzen 5 1600 and some b350 mobo 

 

Alrighty then. At least ryzen is in stock right now....

Plus some RAM. 

What speed does ryzen like?

 

 

Also, I guess the answer to this question is: No, a 970 isn't all that worth anymore. 

Thats a shame imo, I loved the 970s when they were released, just couldn't afford one :*(

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The faster the better 

 

No slower than ddr4 3000

 

the prices on ryzen are really good right now too 

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Just now, Jaxzzzzz said:

The faster the better 

 

No slower than ddr4 3000

 

the prices on ryzen are really good right now too 

Alright.

 

Here we go. 

 

I am not planning on overclocking, so that should save me some money with the Mobo, right?

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I would overclock its free performance and will improve the gaming and editing speed of the chip

also B350 is fine for overclocking

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5 minutes ago, Jaxzzzzz said:

I would overclock its free performance and will improve the gaming and editing speed of the chip

also B350 is fine for overclocking

Any recommended manufacturers? MSI or ASUS? Gigabyte? AsRock?

 

I had a bad experience with an AsRock board (DOA), and have an ASUS board in my rig atm.

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I have an asrock board and its great 

 

I might go with an x370 if i were you if you want sli in the future as b350 does not officially support it 

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thats only a 1500x also like i said you should go x370 if you want future sli

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55 minutes ago, Viper101 said:

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. 

Try and find a deal on a 980 or 980 Ti on Craigslist. I got my 980 Ti for $300 just before the mining craze, they're at about $350 now. I you're a good bargainer, you could ports whittle someone down to $300. 

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As I have said, price is my major concern right now. 

 

So what I am going to do is just build this PC from the ground up. 

It'll take a little while longer, but I will have all the components I need. Then I can just drop them into the case rather than salivate over the components as they come in. 

This will allow me to go with the X370 solution, rather than the B350. 

 

 

Thank you all so much for your assistance on this subject!

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Oh Maxwell cards are awesome for gamers, they just suck to the miners due to not being as efficient as Pascal/Polaris.

 

Don't be afraid to get one, way back I had to chose between a brand new 1070 or a Maxwell TITAN X 6 months used, went with the X and god damn terrific choice, the card manages stock 1080 potential for gaming when overclocked and it's CUDA Acceleration plus 12GB of VRAM are excellent and superior to the 1080 even. That was great for my brother who works with video editing and such, we got a 1080ti for me and he kept it.

 

A 970 delivers the same user experience of a 1060, being realistic with a few downs here and maybe even a few ups here.

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