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Are you sure it's not CPU holding you back?

 

Getting things 1 level better is ill-advised (bad for your money). Try save up for a 1070ti/1080.

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Hello! I'm want to get a graphics card to replace my GTX 980 so that I can maintain a stable 120+ fps in overwatch. Right now I can average around there but in team fights it will dip down to 80-100fps which is very distracting at the worst time  So I've been looking for the cheapest way to eliminate that problem.

I could get another GTX 980 for $180 but then I'd need to get another motherboard which would be another $100 (total ~$300).

I could get a GTX 1070 for $250 and sell my GTX 980 for say, about $100. But would I get enough of a bump in performance to hit my goal? (total ~$175)

Are there any other options out there? I don't want to spend too much or waste my money on something that doesn't improve my setup. Thanks!

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Are you sure it's not CPU holding you back?

 

Getting things 1 level better is ill-advised (bad for your money). Try save up for a 1070ti/1080.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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53 minutes ago, Sombra said:

Hello! I'm want to get a graphics card to replace my GTX 980 so that I can maintain a stable 120+ fps in overwatch. Right now I can average around there but in team fights it will dip down to 80-100fps which is very distracting at the worst time  So I've been looking for the cheapest way to eliminate that problem.

I could get another GTX 980 for $180 but then I'd need to get another motherboard which would be another $100 (total ~$300).

I could get a GTX 1070 for $250 and sell my GTX 980 for say, about $100. But would I get enough of a bump in performance to hit my goal? (total ~$175)

Are there any other options out there? I don't want to spend too much or waste my money on something that doesn't improve my setup. Thanks!

Can you just lower settings to do so...

 

Surely it's not going to be fugly.... Turning one or two single settings down... not the whole preset list...

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Are you sure it's not CPU holding you back?

 

Getting things 1 level better is ill-advised (bad for your money). Try save up for a 1070ti/1080.

it may be but task manager and all of the usage programs typically show 100% gpu usage but rarely 100% cpu usage in game.

3 hours ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Can you just lower settings to do so...

 

Surely it's not going to be fugly.... Turning one or two single settings down... not the whole preset list...

I already run it at lowest settings at 75% render scale...

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3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Getting things 1 level better is ill-advised (bad for your money). Try save up for a 1070ti/1080.

ok, a 1080 doesn't sound too bad. Used ones seem to be a little under $400 right now. hopefully I can get one closer to $300 next week, if not then too bad. Thanks for the advice!

 

edit: actually, what would be the price difference between a used 1070ti and a 1080? ~$50 or so?

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24 minutes ago, Sombra said:

edit: actually, what would be the price difference between a used 1070ti and a 1080? ~$50 or so?

At most $50. They perform 5% difference to each other, so small performance difference just like the price gap

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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