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