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Should I upgrade from a 1050 to a 970 or 980?

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I need a new gpu but don’t want to break the bank would a 970/980 be a good upgrade for the second hand prices 

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depends on what is the 'second hand prices' you're talking about.

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I’ve seen 970s for around 120-160

and 980 for the price of 140-180

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1 minute ago, Thingymaster123 said:

I’ve seen 970s for prices around the price of a 1050 ti

is it from a reliable source?

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a gtx 980 would definitely increase your fps, and for around 150 is a really good price.(i would do it) but be careful, that you dont buy a gpu that has been used for mining...

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If you check that the card is working fine, and it's temps are under control then yeah sure. (You can also use the GTX 1050 And the 980/70 in EMA to boost performance. You don't need to have a mobo that supports sli nor you need to have the same card. Here's a video if you wanna see a more in depth explanation

 

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15 minutes ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

If you check that the card is working fine, and it's temps are under control then yeah sure. (You can also use the GTX 1050 And the 980/70 in EMA to boost performance. You don't need to have a mobo that supports sli nor you need to have the same card. Here's a video if you wanna see a more in depth explanation

 

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i thínk that he does not need that, i he buys a 980. it`s still not a bad card, i only would do this if you have a low gpu, because also the power consumption is higher

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Honestly you could probably find a 1060 6gb for around the same price as those whcih is still a very capable card. If I were you I would wait till the 1100 series cards comeout for people to be selling there 10 series for less or just if you can save enough by that time to get an 11 series.

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I don't know of any way to check a card has been used for mining. Also, what's the problem with a mining card then?  I and many others I know look after our cards that are mining, have adequate cooling and TBH are probably less abused than "gaming" cards, as we want stability over anything else.

 

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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1 hour ago, Z3r0Pl4yZ said:

i thínk that he does not need that, i he buys a 980. it`s still not a bad card, i only would do this if you have a low gpu, because also the power consumption is higher

True^^^

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52 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

I don't know of any way to check a card has been used for mining. Also, what's the problem with a mining card then?  I and many others I know look after our cards that are mining, have adequate cooling and TBH are probably less abused than "gaming" cards, as we want stability over anything else.

 

Honestly I have no problem with mining cards. Linus did a comparison on heavily used cards and a new card and everything is the same. So I don't think there's a difference, but you can use the "it's Mined on" to save a buck.

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1050 is like a 960 or 970 if I’m not mistaken. 

The 1050TI is supposedly right between those 2 so I wouldn’t upgrade for a generation or 2. 

 

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my conclusion is no because there’s not a huge improvement in performance. 

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2 hours ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

Honestly I have no problem with mining cards. Linus did a comparison on heavily used cards and a new card and everything is the same. So I don't think there's a difference, but you can use the "it's Mined on" to save a buck.

 

 

Yeah I guess, if the person selling it is dumb enough :D

 

1 hour ago, fpo said:

1050 is like a 960 or 970 if I’m not mistaken. 

The 1050TI is supposedly right between those 2 so I wouldn’t upgrade for a generation or 2. 

 

Edit: 

my conclusion is no because there’s not a huge improvement in performance. 

 

Agree, I personally wouldn't "upgrade" at the moment... I would wait for the new cards to come out from Nvidia, however long that is. But they should be worth the wait, the performance upgrade would be much more substantial than an older card IMO.

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5 hours ago, fpo said:

1050 is like a 960 or 970 if I’m not mistaken. 

The 1050TI is supposedly right between those 2 so I wouldn’t upgrade for a generation or 2. 

 

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my conclusion is no because there’s not a huge improvement in performance. 

The GeForce page for the 970 shows it performing better than the 1050 and 1050 ti

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39 minutes ago, Thingymaster123 said:

The GeForce page for the 970 shows it performing better than the 1050 and 1050 ti

It's not a huge improvement. 

The FPS values aren't too far away in this video

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By all means it's your money, but I would wait. 

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