970 vs 290X

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

There's a guy on Kijiji who has a GTX 970 up for $250 Canadian.

 

I'm pretty confident I can sell my 290X for $300.

 

It looks like I will be losing anywhere from 5-10% performance...which isn't the biggest deal in the world...but would it be worth it? The biggest gripe I have with my 290X is the noise and heat output, and I was wondering if losing the performance was worth the 50 bucks and the reduced noise/heat. 

 

I mainly play Overwatch (Nvidia-optimized game), the occasional TW: WH, and...Subnautica? I will be looking to get into Battlefront 2 later in the year. 

 

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I put up my 290X during the mining craze for some ridiculous prices, and I have pretty much been lowering the price ever since (I can still sell it for more than what I bought it for). A guy was willing to buy it at $350, so I started to look for replacement card options and stumbled across this one (but the guy wanted it shipped, so I passed on the offer). I know the 970 will basically be a downgrade in FPS, but I want to know if its other characteristics and the price will make it worth swapping. 

 

[SlipperyPete]

3 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

There's a guy on Kijiji who has a GTX 970 up for $250 Canadian.

 

I'm pretty confident I can sell my 290X for $300.

 

It looks like I will be losing anywhere from 5-10% performance...which isn't the biggest deal in the world...but would it be worth it? The biggest gripe I have with my 290X is the noise and heat output, and I was wondering if losing the performance was worth the 50 bucks and the reduced noise/heat. 

 

I mainly play Overwatch (Nvidia-optimized game), the occasional TW: WH, and...Subnautica? I will be looking to get into Battlefront 2 later in the year. 

 

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I put up my 290X during the mining craze for some ridiculous prices, and I have pretty much been lowering the price ever since (I can still sell it for more than what I bought it for). A guy was willing to buy it at $350, so I started to look for replacement card options and stumbled across this one (but the guy wanted it shipped, so I passed on the offer). I know the 970 will basically be a downgrade in FPS, but I want to know if its other characteristics and the price will make it worth swapping. 

 

i would sell it and spend another 20-50$ to get a 1070 when they go back on sale

[GDRRiley]

I have a 970 and it should do well also don't forget you can oc the 970 to 1450+ on most cards 

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

Just now, SlipperyPete said:

i would sell it and spend another 20-50$ to get a 1070 when they go back on sale

Wait, what??? It's $400 USD MSRP. That's like $500 Canadian. 

[SlipperyPete]

2 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

Wait, what??? It's $400 USD MSRP. That's like $500 Canadian. 

my apologies didnt notice you were canadian

 

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

I have a 970 and it should do well also don't forget you can oc the 970 to 1450+ on most cards 

On your profile, you said you have a GU257HU. I'm assuming you meant the G257HU? So you also have a 1440p monitor. What games do you play? I'm fine with high-medium settings.

 

Also, it's quiet, right?

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

On your profile, you said you have a GU257HU. I'm assuming you meant the G257HU? So you also have a 1440p monitor. What games do you play? I'm fine with high-medium settings.

 

Also, it's quiet, right?

my strix is not that quite but it is at 1460 and a more aggressive fan to keep it cool, yeah 1440p, most games high some just short of max but with little to no AA, BF1,BF4, War thunder fs17, insurancy, ETS2, R6

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

5 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

my strix is not that quite but it is at 1460 and a more aggressive fan to keep it cool, yeah 1440p, most games high some just short of max but with little to no AA, BF1,BF4, War thunder fs17, insurancy, ETS2, R6

I just realized that that's a 300+ MHz OC...holy fucking shit. Thanks for the info!

[GDRRiley]

19 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

I just realized that that's a 300+ MHz OC...holy fucking shit. Thanks for the info!

I know it is 118% the normal clock 

[Vellinious]

1 hour ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

There's a guy on Kijiji who has a GTX 970 up for $250 Canadian.

 

I'm pretty confident I can sell my 290X for $300.

 

It looks like I will be losing anywhere from 5-10% performance...which isn't the biggest deal in the world...but would it be worth it? The biggest gripe I have with my 290X is the noise and heat output, and I was wondering if losing the performance was worth the 50 bucks and the reduced noise/heat. 

 

I mainly play Overwatch (Nvidia-optimized game), the occasional TW: WH, and...Subnautica? I will be looking to get into Battlefront 2 later in the year. 

 

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I put up my 290X during the mining craze for some ridiculous prices, and I have pretty much been lowering the price ever since (I can still sell it for more than what I bought it for). A guy was willing to buy it at $350, so I started to look for replacement card options and stumbled across this one (but the guy wanted it shipped, so I passed on the offer). I know the 970 will basically be a downgrade in FPS, but I want to know if its other characteristics and the price will make it worth swapping. 

 

I'd keep the 290X....much better GPU.  I've owned both and wished I still had the 290X, but could care less about selling the 970s.

[This kid builds pc]

You can probably sell the 290x for 240ish usd. I had both and the 290x destroyed my 970 imo. 

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

3 minutes ago, This kid builds pc said:

You can probably sell the 290x for 240ish usd. I had both and the 290x destroyed my 970 imo. 

Canadian here.

[This kid builds pc]

Just now, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

Canadian here.

That's why I said usd. Ain't that hard to ship between ca and us. Somebody will probably take it on hardwareswap.

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

3 minutes ago, This kid builds pc said:

That's why I said usd. Ain't that hard to ship between ca and us. Somebody will probably take it on hardwareswap.

Would really prefer to sell it locally. I don't trust HardWareSwap. 

[This kid builds pc]

Just now, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

Would really prefer to sell it locally. I don't trust HardWareSwap. 

I don't want to sound pushy here, but if you are weary of hardwareswap just use goods and services on paypal. It protects both the buyer and seller. All my transactions there are through paypal.

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

Just now, This kid builds pc said:

I don't want to sound pushy here, but if you are weary of hardwareswap just use goods and services on paypal. It protects both the buyer and seller. All my transactions there are through paypal.

I've already had a guy offer to buy the card on the condition that I ship it to him. I just don't wanna go through the hassle of having to ship and also risking getting scammed. I've already made a thread on this, and I have made my decision. 

[Muddn2urGrave]

Just throwing it out there.

 

On Newegg you can get a 3GB GTX 1060 for about 230USD shipped right now. A GTX 1060 is about 12% faster than a GTX 970. (according to a benchmark site I just looked at)

 

Just a thought.

 

 

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

35 minutes ago, Muddn2urGrave said:

Just throwing it out there.

 

On Newegg you can get a 3GB GTX 1060 for about 230USD shipped right now. A GTX 1060 is about 12% faster than a GTX 970. (according to a benchmark site I just looked at)

 

Just a thought.

 

 

Cheapest one I can find in Canada is 277.99 with taxes and shipping. 

 

A 970 has 0.5GB more memory than a 3 gig 1060