Upgrading to the GTX 970 from a GTX 670

[SleepyBear92]

Hi all,

My current system specs are:

Intel Core i5 3550
G.Skill Ripjaws (2x4GB) DDR3
ASRock H77M Motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 2GB
Antec High Current Gamer 520W Modular HCG-520M

My questions were:

1) Is it worth upgrading to the GTX 970 from my current GPU? I would like to play games like Dragon Age and Witcher 3 on High-ish settings at a smooth 60fps which I can't at the moment.

2) Is my CPU, PSU and ram sufficient to support a GTX 970?

3) Which particular model of the GTX 970 would you recommend?

Although I made this system myself, I'm still pretty much a noob at all this hardware stuff so if you could please help me out that would be great! Thanks so much in advance guys!

 

[raghu78]

You should wait till June end and see if the AMD R9 3xx series launch causes any price cuts on GTX 980 / GTX 970. :thumbsup:

If you are in a hurry get a Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 gaming or MSI GTX 970 Gaming.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Hi all,

My current system specs are:

Intel Core i5 3550
G.Skill Ripjaws (2x4GB) DDR3
ASRock H77M Motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 2GB
Antec High Current Gamer 520W Modular HCG-520M

My questions were:

1) Is it worth upgrading to the GTX 970 from my current GPU? I would like to play games like Dragon Age and Witcher 3 on High-ish settings at a smooth 60fps which I can't at the moment.

2) Is my CPU, PSU and ram sufficient to support a GTX 970?

3) Which particular model of the GTX 970 would you recommend?

Although I made this system myself, I'm still pretty much a noob at all this hardware stuff so if you could please help me out that would be great! Thanks so much in advance guys!

All your hardware is powerful enough to run a 970. Dragon Age Inquisition doesn't quite run at 60 fps locked on a mix of high-ultra on my GTX 970 + Xeon E3-1231v3 build, but it's mostly there with occasional dips when fighting multiple enemies who use ice magic while closing a rift. For whatever reason the ice effect really seems to punish the card when the fire and spirit effects don't seem to do anything. I haven't played Witcher 3 though, the Witcher 3 driver 352.86 has a bug in it that causes ridiculous crashing in Chrome, and I have heard it's still not solved in the 353.06 driver (I'm not upgrading over 350.12 until I read the issue is solved).

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I would go for the GTX 980 Ti

 

[exar333]

I would go for the GTX 980 Ti

This or a 290 right now...

 

[SleepyBear92]

This or a 290 right now...

Would they work with my current 520W PSU? Even the Gigabyte 970 G1 Gaming has a minimum of 550W written on the box.

Would the 4GB VRAM on the 970 be a limiting factor these days?

Thanks for all the help guys!

 

[futurefields]

I would go for the GTX 980 Ti

that card is twice as expensive as the 970...

IMO better to get the $300 card and upgrade again in 2-3 years with another $300 card with double the performance, just like the 670 to 970 upgrade provides

the $600 cards just aren't worth it price/performance wise

 

[RaistlinZ]

Hi all,

My current system specs are:

Intel Core i5 3550
G.Skill Ripjaws (2x4GB) DDR3
ASRock H77M Motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC 2GB
Antec High Current Gamer 520W Modular HCG-520M

My questions were:

1) Is it worth upgrading to the GTX 970 from my current GPU? I would like to play games like Dragon Age and Witcher 3 on High-ish settings at a smooth 60fps which I can't at the moment.

2) Is my CPU, PSU and ram sufficient to support a GTX 970?

3) Which particular model of the GTX 970 would you recommend?

Although I made this system myself, I'm still pretty much a noob at all this hardware stuff so if you could please help me out that would be great! Thanks so much in advance guys!

What resolution is your monitor? 980Ti might be overkill if you're just gaming at 1080p. And I'd also recommend waiting until the R9 3xx series comes out.

 

[Gikaseixas]

970 would be great for your system but wait for the upcoming AMD releases and decide what works for you then. Prices might come down as a result