jim2point0
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I hit the 6GB VRAM ceiling playing games at 5120x2880. Dropping down to 4GB is going to be tough if I do.
Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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I hit the 6GB VRAM ceiling playing games at 5120x2880. Dropping down to 4GB is going to be tough if I do.
SneakyStephan
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I want a 970 now. I'm sad I'll need a whole new cpu+mobo+ddr3 ram first, my phenom II is too old to make a new gpu worth it
Today was a good day for pc gamers and anyone who needs an upgrade, some balance in the hardware pricing universe has been restored (though prices are still inflated compared to 2009-2011)
It consumes 40 watts less power than a gtx 260 and people ran that gpu on 350watt power supplies back in the day.
Yup!
Today was a good day for pc gamers and anyone who needs an upgrade, some balance in the hardware pricing universe has been restored (though prices are still inflated compared to 2009-2011)
Yes, it would work on a 350w psu too
It consumes 40 watts less power than a gtx 260 and people ran that gpu on 350watt power supplies back in the day.
brain_stew
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The 970 is the perfect GPU for 1080p if you value high performance.
Felix Lighter
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Any word on quality 1080p/144/120hz GSync monitors? I'm hoping to stick with the 1080/1200p resolution but higher framerate. SLI 970s possibly.
brain_stew
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Those OCed 970 results are fantastic. They comfortably beat a Titan Black.
+40-60% depends on oc
SneakyStephan
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Btw I mentioned this in the other thread, and it just gets lost in the news and excitement for maxwell, but what do you guys think about the gtx680 apparently having sold 10 million units? That is an insane amount. Just one gpu ? That '55 million high end pc owners' number I saw mentioned in other threads before is really true then.
That is just outpacing the everliving shit out of the console market.
Tempted to make a thread about the 10 million number
That is just outpacing the everliving shit out of the console market.
Tempted to make a thread about the 10 million number
How many people do you think play games at that resolution? 0.5% maybe, I'll go as high as 1%.
radioactivez0r
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I've been looking at upgrading from my 3 year old 560Ti and was considering a stopgap in the R9 series since I still game on a single screen 1080p, but for an extra $100+ that 970 seems like a card I can roll with for another 4 years or so. While does all the cool stuff come out when I am trying to buy a house?
brain_stew
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SLI 970s will run on that. The power consumption of these things is incredibly low.
when i look at the Benchmarks around 60% more fps without the new MFAA. Should be even more then with MFAA vs MSAA.
Papacheeks
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I just bought an OC'ed 770 GTX this past March, how much of an upgrade would I see to go to a 970 gtx?
Anyone know?
Anyone know?
plagiarize
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I wish we knew exactly when these were going on sale, so I could set an alarm or something. Yeesh 
Thanks, I haven't been keeping up on the PC scene since I bought my 2500K GTX570 system a few years ago.
The 970 looks like a nice cheapish upgrade from a 570 assuming the CPU won't be a huge bottleneck?
I wouldn't go that far, 970's still eat 274 watts under load.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_970_and_980_reference_review,7.html
whole system :3
jim2point0
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Hey. You asked what you'd need it for. That res can be played on a single monitor. So it's reasonable to want a ton of VRAM for it
opticalmace
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edit: sorry misread 
To those concerned about the amount of memory these cards will ship with take a look at Anandtech's architecture article page 3
These cards are using some memory compression advances compared to previous generation cards:
Maybe this is enough to allow for better textures within the same memory footprint.
These cards are using some memory compression advances compared to previous generation cards:
Maybe this is enough to allow for better textures within the same memory footprint.
the 274 are system, the card is 164
why they recommend a 800w psu when their single card messure is 164 i dont know
Huh? that's the GPU alone.
They recommend 800 watts for SLI.
N/m you're right, but I still would't recommend running SLI on 550 watts lol.
I wish we knew exactly when these were going on sale, so I could set an alarm or something. Yeesh
I wish I had just ordered the $700 EVGA cards via Amazon earlier today and gotten the price adjustment.
opticalmace
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Felix Lighter
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No it's whole system. ~164w is their estimated GPU consumption.
brain_stew
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They're deliberately over estimating the power requirements there. There's no way a decent 600w PSU will even break sweat with SLI 970s.
Smushroomed
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When does these go on sale?
shooting for references or evgas
shooting for references or evgas
my 550w be quiet dark power pro 10 did 900w in a test without sweating lol
zerokoolpsx
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The 970's price isn't bad. Forget the 980 though.
When do these go on sale? Wonder how they compare to the 760?
When do these go on sale? Wonder how they compare to the 760?
reptilescorpio
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Well shit. First time in ages I'm frothing to replace my 460, that price is insanely good. Even importing to Australia I'd expect it to run AUD$400 at most.
Should be a damn huge step up from a 460 to the 970!!!
Should be a damn huge step up from a 460 to the 970!!!
What about a 500w? I'd rather spend the money on 2 970s, but needing a new PSU woukd probably steer me toward a single 980 instead.
price not worth imo, 970 or 970 sli
Deputy Dangle
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I've only owned a 660 ti, and the idle temp for the asus 970 is pretty off-putting to me. Like it's the one thing that's making me consider EVGA's version instead. The EVGA doesn't seem to be that much louder in idle or load compared to my 660 ti either. Am I just being too cautious or is this not as big a deal as I'm making it out to be?
I didn't see any such comparison in the article.
It also doesn't state if compression will be optional, it might be something built into the GPU so we won't know the difference unless comparing image quality to different GPU architecture.
zyxwvu4321
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SLI 970s? Don't mind if I do. Getting my eVGA supernova g2 750w delivered tomorrow, and guru3d had me worried for a second, but I'm going to assume I'll be fine.
You still need to run whatever CPU you have, and if you are running SLI that likely means a unlocked CPU so you can overclock. Plus people that run SLI also tend to OC the GPU's, so why even fuck around with low watts?
Awwww man my 750W is to low? Come on...I just bought it. Anything I could do besides get a new power supply for SLI 970?
brain_stew
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The 980 is an incremental jump over the the 970 full stop. If it had the same price
erformance as the 970 it would be around $400. You're paying a large premium for the prestige of owning the fastest single GPU on the market.in the guru bench sli would be like 440w and they even use a Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme oced to 4,6ghz, but dont forget drives , extra cooler , led and stuff