Upgrading from GTX 670 to ???

TheTacticsGuy · 17-08-2015 4:16pm #1

Currently playing at 1080p, will be moving to 1440p within the next 12 months but can upgrade now for GPU??? Best at the mo????

I'd like to stick with NVIDIA.

Digital Solitude · 17-08-2015 4:28pm

GTX 970 is lowest card for 1440p60fps at Ultra. 960 would be alright too, but a good bit weaker.

drunkmonkey · 17-08-2015 4:33pm

I'd sit tight until November/December until we know what'll be needed for the HTC Vive and new oculus.
Gtx 970 might do, but not sure.

TheTacticsGuy · 17-08-2015 8:41pm

So i was looking at the MSI 980 ti??? I've an i5 3570k oc to 4.2Ghz, 120GB SSD, 1 TB HD, 8 GB RAM and a 650W PSU.

Would I run a 980 ti with that PSU and setup?

PS 1440p 120Hz ISP monitor recommendation within budget??? Not sure if this is even out there yet in terms of budget?

Digital Solitude · 17-08-2015 9:35pm

The 980Ti is probably a good call. You're looking at €700+ for the monitor unless you get one of the korean ones from ebay.

TheTacticsGuy · 17-08-2015 11:17pm

Yeah the monitors are savage money atm. Best place to buy the 980 ti??? Also, will a 650W PSU handle that?

Digital Solitude · 17-08-2015 11:32pm

Amazon is probably a good bet. Alternate.de or mindfactory should be grand too.

Use Curiua.com to find cheapest Amazon.

And yeah 650w is loads

Gumbi · 18-08-2015 2:49pm

390 is faster and cheaper than the 970, especially at 1440p.

Redfox25 · 18-08-2015 3:54pm

Gumbi wrote: »

390 is faster and cheaper than the 970, especially at 1440p.

Its worth mentioning that the power consumption of these cards has been improved alot too. Not as good as nividia but not too far off either.

Gumbi · 18-08-2015 4:06pm

Redfox25 wrote: »

Its worth mentioning that the power consumption of these cards has been improved alot too. Not as dood as nividia but not too far off either.

The power consumption is pretty much identical to the 290(x) series. They use a tad less due to BIOS tweaks, but the architecture is the same so the difference is minimal.