Currently it's very uncommon for a CPU to be the bottleneck when gaming. You can have a several generations old CPU and it will still not bottleneck you. For intel processors, as long as it begins with an i and not followed by a 3, then it will be good for more or less all games. It's almost always your GPU that will be the bottleneck, as long as there's not a big gap between the two in terms of age & "price range".
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If you're going to upgrade, would it not be worth upgrading to a 1070 instead of a 970 or a 980? If you're willing to go up in price as high as that of a 980, then a 1070 is a better investment, based on the reviews I've seen. It quite simply out-performs the 980 TI or Titan X at a 980 price.
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Here they seem to have dropped the prices of he 9XX series of cards, so that in terms of price, the 9XX series is 1 step cheaper than the 10XX series (so a 980 costs as much as a 1070, a 970 costs as much as the 1060 probably will cost, once it's released). But the 1070 is the replacement to the 970, so it should be in roughly the same price range as the 970 was when it was "relevant".
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This is good advice, thank you. I haven't done too much digging yet as I'm just thinking about it for now but I'd go 1070.
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Your CPU is somewhat old, but still pretty good, so it's unlikely you'll be bottlenecked by it.
Your GPU isn't too bad either, but if you want to upgrade it to get a performance boost with newer games, forget about the GTX 970, and get something with at least 4 "true" GB of VRAM.
Wait for the full release of AMD's Rx 400 lineup, and compare the prices after they settle down.
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I like to stick with Nvidia because their drivers are superior. But I see what you mean. Thanks :)
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That's one configuration out of how many possible?
I know a handful of people who have had issues. But I see your point.
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You know, i had ati-amd gpu for over 10 years and never had a problem... and i know many people with nvidia driver problems (one of them changed two identic card with the same problem..and still buy nvidia card), so what are we talking about? ;)
You can't base your judgment only on rumors or little numbers..and as you say, how many possible configuration are out there, how can we exclude noone will have never a problem? ;)
Amd and nvidia will always have problem with new games, new operative system, new graphic library and so on... pc are working machine, not console. :D
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http://downloadmoreram.com/
I might just go 1070 :)
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It must suck going thru life without a sense of humor
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Look it mostly boils down to this:
There, simple!
Technology will ALWAYS move fast, it's called "programmed obsolescence", manufacturers and those in charge WANT you to buy as many and as fast as possible, so your insert PC part here will get outdated fast or worse, break, rather sooner than expected, thus forcing you to keep purchasing.
When you buy the latest GPU, 1 week, 1 month later it will be yet another one cheaper or offering better performance for the same or a tad more money, so...
see the points above.
ps. saw the hidden gib, already have it. Have a free bump!
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I'd keep the 670 for a while. My advice is wait for a price drop, or a nice promo from Nvidia: They've been gifting games along with their GPUs for a while. I bought my 970 because I wanted to prepare my PC for The Witcher 3, and some months later they started to gift that game along with their gpus.
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I'm wondering about how much performance I'd gain if my upgraded my GPU to a GTX 970 or 980. I haven't decided which one yet.
Here's my basic build:
i7 3770k
GTX 670 FTW
16 GB RAM
I don't think it'd be bottleneckedvnBWd by my CPU but I want to see what you guys think. And I downloaded plenty of RAM
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