Will GTX 970 be bottlenecked by my CPU?
adityak469
Training To Beat Goku
i don't think so, even if it did, it will be negligible (5 frames at max)
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Go with GTX960 2GB.
It was my initial plan but then the reviews of GTX 960 are mixed-bag. Many called it overpriced for the performance it provides. So it was 18k for GTX960 or 25.5k for GTX 970. I am slightly bent towards GTX 970. I then have atleast 4 years before I decide to upgrade my GPU again.
bikramjitkar
In the zone
It could, but the 970 has enough horsepower to pull through. Go for it.
HE-MAN
Ambassador of Buzz
yes it will bottleneck for sure what by how much that actually depends on the game. in some games you may not even notice it but in some it can cause major performance decrease.
go with zotac if you dont mind the look. zotac may not have better build quality then asus but its certainly not below it. i would still recommend asus strix gtx 970 that card will look great with you're current setup.
go with zotac if you dont mind the look. zotac may not have better build quality then asus but its certainly not below it. i would still recommend asus strix gtx 970 that card will look great with you're current setup.
The Sorcerer
oh wow...Xenforo!!!
I doubt it will be a bottleneck in most cases, especially you're going to be playing on a 1080p resolution. But take a look at Gigabyte's variant as well. gtx 960 makes more sense IMO.
2 suggestions in 2 sentences?? It confuses me even more...
I am planning to ditch GTX 960 as there are not many good reviews of it - especially at this price point. GTX960 may be enough for today's games but it will soon become minimum spec. for playing games at high quality setting.
Now I have to decide between Zotac and Asus version of GTX970. I am not sure about Gigabyte's after sales service (besides the card is expensive and very long in comparison to Zotac) and hence will avoid it for now.
sam_738844
Wise Old Owl
yes enough.
sam_738844
Wise Old Owl
Experience is beyond awesome. MSI did a beautiful job with this one. It looks great, it has twin frzr V cooler which is one of the best coolers on AIB available. Performance wise its terrific! I'm playing games at 1440P with all eye-candies at full throttle. Even ocing is a two minute job, i have pushed my card on 1453 Mhz and 110% power target on air without a sweat, the temp reaches max 68 deg c in extreme conditions. Experienced no drawbacks for the lack of backplate so far.
The Sorcerer
oh wow...Xenforo!!!
I am assuming you are aware of the GTX 970 VRAM issue, yes? Even many FC4/Shadows or Mordor 1080p with higher settings have observed stuttering issues. There is already a guy in Kolkata with 4K res x GTX 970 facing issue with Shadows of Mordor, and there's no return policy as of yet.
sam_738844
Wise Old Owl
--Eurogamer
So you see the HD texture pack requires a > 5GB of GDDR5 to provide smooth FPS. I played without it, with default ultra settings, had 70-90 FPS at 1080P. It doesn't matter if you have 4GB of VRAM in ur card for ultra HD.
For Far Cry 4, > 4GB of VRAM in 1080P is pure bulls$it.
Because this
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This is my GTX 970 running FC4 at 2560*1440P @SMAA with Nvidia Soft Shadows, HBAO+ and Enhanced God Rays. There is no way a GTX 970 can face stuttering in 1080P ! in ultra settings.
And if you really want to know about the VRAM issue. Know this.
NVIDIA GTX 970 has on board 4GB of VRAM, yes, read it again, 3.5 GB of vram with max access speed and 0.5GB of less, maxwell memory architecture allows cards like GTX 970 have more than 3GB ( unlike GTX 780 ) with this segmentation. If anyone is asking for a refund because it has less VRAM and ROP's then they should not buy any card in future.
No body discovered this on the next day of purchase by looking at the ROP counts the card has , counts of ROP's or L2 Caches are not mentioned on the box either. It became important when some synthetics did not get enough juice and then referring to Nvidia Marketed specs in internet. Nvidia mislead people on internet, and they are having a lawsuit for that, but FUD over the internet because of performance issue on GTX 970 is akin to steaming pile of shite.
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I am aware of VRAM issue and I know that Nvidia will not be going for some kinda refund/compensatory policy in India 'cause its....INDIA!!
Anyhow I am currently on 1080p and do not plan to move to 1440 for atleast 2 more years...AND GTX 970 is still very powerful for it. The cards above it are GTX 980 and TITAN, both of which are expensive. The other things I can do is either wait for some price correction by NVidia owing to this problem OR wait for a new replacement card/series...
Anyhow I am currently on 1080p and do not plan to move to 1440 for atleast 2 more years...AND GTX 970 is still very powerful for it. The cards above it are GTX 980 and TITAN, both of which are expensive. The other things I can do is either wait for some price correction by NVidia owing to this problem OR wait for a new replacement card/series...
sam_738844
Wise Old Owl
nvidia does not have any refund policy anywhere. E Commerce biggies like Amazon and newegg have in very restricted regions and continents on their own accord. Stop blaming India for nothing.
I am NOT blaming India in general but its the lax consumer law/implementation which I criticize. That is a long debatable topic which I want to avoid here.
Anyways, I am ordering for Zotac GTX970 from snapdeal.com. I am getting it for 25.5k (with applied offers and SD cash) which I think is better than what is being offered at Nehru Place. I hope it is a good investment.
bikramjitkar
In the zone
Snapdeal!? All the best to you...