Damn, it's about 280€...Where I live price is 370€ :realmad::wallbash:For anyone who still wants to jump on a 970 despite the stuff that's been going on with them as of late, Newegg is doing $20 off the MSI Gaming GTX 970.
Damn, it's about 280€...Where I live price is 370€ :realmad::wallbash:For anyone who still wants to jump on a 970 despite the stuff that's been going on with them as of late, Newegg is doing $20 off the MSI Gaming GTX 970.
Guys, what do you think about the gtx 960? I have been considering it for my new rig, but still not sure how it compares to the gtx 770 and haven't found a good comparison yet. Is the gtx 770 somewhat better? (its only advantage I know of for now is that it has a bigger bus) Also, what do you think would the difference be in TW3? (yeah, I know that nobody can really tell till the game is out, but still, even some technical predictions would be nice)
For anyone who still wants to jump on a 970 despite the stuff that's been going on with them as of late, Newegg is doing $20 off the MSI Gaming GTX 970.
@Guy N'wah
Just out of curiosity, if I decided to overclock my dual 970s, do you think my AX760 could handle it?
Well, apparently hardocp tested this:I'd say you are fine. I certainly wouldn't go with less. Overclocked 970's have been measured at as much as 280 watts (yikes!) Leaves you looking at a load of about 700 watts full power.
Well, apparently hardocp tested this:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014...70_gaming_4g_video_card_review/8#.VNOvGZ2UdWh
The total system peak when overclocking by raising the power limit to 110% without increasing voltage was 359W though.
But even if my PSU could handle this, would it still iyo put too much stress on it? Even though it's rated platinum plus?
So decided to give overclocking a go and ended up at around 1470mhz core and 3795mhz memory. I probably could have gone even higher but these clocks already gave me a noticeable boost in graphics intensive games that I didn't feel the need to try reach the limit of these cards. And everything seems to work like a charm, even after playing games for a few hours.
@Guy N'wah
Ran Fire Strike while running HWMonitor in the background. Anything wrong with the voltage levels iyo? Frankly I don't know how accurate HWM is but figured it's better than nothing. That maybe it could pick up some anomalies if there was something funky going on with the voltages..
I'll be receiving my 970 back from MSI soon. It was shipped THE day the status changed to "NG buffer for repair run" so I assume I won't be getting the same card. What does that status mean though?
So my girlfriend wants to upgrade for Witcher 3, and since her old PC is pretty out of date we decided to go with an entirely new rig.
Specs:
Mobo: MSI H97 PC Mate
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G
PSU: Seasonic G Series 450W
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB
Case: Corsair Graphite 230T
Do you guys have any suggestions? This is currently priced around 1100€, but that doesn't mean she's not willing to go over if it benefits the rig. I really trust you guys so I'd really want to know what you think.
Might be worth making it a 4690K. Price between the two is pretty small, but you get an extra bit of performance. Other than that, should be a pretty solid rig.
In that case I'd have to change the mobo as well. And I'm not sure if the OC would warrant the extra cost, when it comes to game performance that is.
There could be a couple of benefits if you decide to postpone the upgrade.So my girlfriend wants to upgrade for Witcher 3, and since her old PC is pretty out of date we decided to go with an entirely new rig.
Specs:
Mobo: MSI H97 PC Mate
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G
PSU: Seasonic G Series 450W
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB
Case: Corsair Graphite 230T
Do you guys have any suggestions? This is currently priced around 1100€, but that doesn't mean she's not willing to go over if it benefits the rig. I really trust you guys so I'd really want to know what you think.