Ok. I am sure this question has been asked numerous times and before making this thread I tried to do my own research and found opposing opinions and advice, nothing was too clear. So please tom's hardware gurus, lend me your ear.
I am looking to upgrade my gpu setup. I currently run 660ti's in SLI. While this is fine for the most part, the low vram (2gb) and the sometimes folly of SLI (recently bought shadow of mordor and there was no SLI support for it) has made me decide it's time for one powerful card that is a noticeable, substantial upgrade. So I have my sights set in either a 970 or 980. While money is not really an issue, it seems the 980 can be on average 200 bucks more than the 970. So if I am not going to get 200 bucks extra performance out of the 980, I'd rather be smart with my money. I will be gaming on a 1080p monitor, not one with 4k resolution if that makes a difference.
On a side note, if anyone could tell me if my current hardware would be a bottleneck for either the 970 or 980 I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
i5 3570k @ 4.6
8gb ddr3 ram @ 1600
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
I am looking to upgrade my gpu setup. I currently run 660ti's in SLI. While this is fine for the most part, the low vram (2gb) and the sometimes folly of SLI (recently bought shadow of mordor and there was no SLI support for it) has made me decide it's time for one powerful card that is a noticeable, substantial upgrade. So I have my sights set in either a 970 or 980. While money is not really an issue, it seems the 980 can be on average 200 bucks more than the 970. So if I am not going to get 200 bucks extra performance out of the 980, I'd rather be smart with my money. I will be gaming on a 1080p monitor, not one with 4k resolution if that makes a difference.
On a side note, if anyone could tell me if my current hardware would be a bottleneck for either the 970 or 980 I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
i5 3570k @ 4.6
8gb ddr3 ram @ 1600
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
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