Upgrading to a GTX 970?

hexagramme said:
Hi guys

So these last few days, I've become more or less obsessed with the idea of upgrading my GPU.
So far my old trusted 680 has served me very well (for a first gaming PC), but it's obvious that it has become quite outdated, and I'd like to take the next step and future proof myself a bit.

More than a few times I've been "hitting the ceiling" with the performance in rF2, and of course I'd just like to run everything on max, and not have to worry about anything.
I'm guessing that the combination of my i5-4670k and a GTX 970 would give me just that.

Only catch is that I'm completely "green" when it comes to GPU's, so you'll really have to excuse my blatant lack of knowledge here.
You are more than allowed to address me as if I had just started in kindergarten. ;)

1 - Would you say that the aforementioned combo of CPU and GPU (i5-4670 + GTX 970) is a good match? Will there be bottlenecking? Other things to watch out for?
2 - Is the performance gain, going from the GTX 680 to the GTX 970 worth the price? Is there another Nvidia card with more "bang for the bucks"?
My budget is right around 460 USD/400 EUR/300 GBP
3 - To anyone who uses the 970 and rF2, what are your experiences with it? What did you upgrade from, and how much did you gain in terms of performance?
4 - Which manufacturer do I choose? MSI? Zotac? Gigabyte? Asus? What are the pros and cons?

Any tips, insights or comments will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
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Speed is in the Mother Board! If you're not using a "gaming/enthuseist" motherboard you're never going to see the benefits of the high end video cards/CPUs/RAM.

That being said; You should have no problems at all finding a GTX-970 card for well under your budget limit.

I would go with ASUS do to great customer support (in case of RMA).

Hope this helps,

Bryan
 
Thank you very much for chiming in, mate. :)

I'm using a ASUS motherboard, but not quite sure which model it is. I guess I will have to open up the cabinet to check that out. Or perhaps I can see it in the BIOS?

Anyway, I think what I have should be fairly capable. Nonetheless I will rapport back when I know my exact model. :)
 
Everyone here is saying "no problems running max on a GTX970". I don't agree about that.
I have a GTX970 (albeit with an i5 2300 so running on PCI-E 2.0), but running in a VEC-race I'm not running at max settings. 30+ cars on track and a FPS-heavy track will probably result in dips under 60 fps. Reducing some FPS-heavy settings to high (like shadows) helps this a lot, but it's wrong to say a GTX970 will run flawlessly at max at 60+ fps.
 
Mee said:
Everyone here is saying "no problems running max on a GTX970". I don't agree about that.
I have a GTX970 (albeit with an i5 2300 so running on PCI-E 2.0), but running in a VEC-race I'm not running at max settings. 30+ cars on track and a FPS-heavy track will probably result in dips under 60 fps. Reducing some FPS-heavy settings to high (like shadows) helps this a lot, but it's wrong to say a GTX970 will run flawlessly at max at 60+ fps.
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Thank you for offering your opinion, that not everything in necessarily fine and dandy just because of a good GPU. The fps you're getting, is that primarily down to the CPU you're running I wonder?
 
hexagramme said:
Thank you for offering your opinion, that not everything in necessarily fine and dandy just because of a good GPU. The fps you're getting, is that primarily down to the CPU you're running I wonder?
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It'll more than likely be because he's running the GPU in a PCIe 2.0 slot rather than 3.0.
 
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