Upgrading from Radeon 6970 HD to GTX 960

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natecarpenter

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Is it worth upgrading my Sapphire Radeon HD6970 to a Geforce GTX 960? I'm not sure what the improvement would be if any, as a note I'm a 1080p gamer and that is good for me, but I was wondering if I would notice and FPS increase in games that are heavier on the GPU like Witcher 3, AC, etc.

So is it worth even spending the 200 on a GTX 960 or should I just wait for a price drop on the 970?
 
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the 6970 HD is an ancient gpu. upgrading it to 960 you will see huge improvements. But the 970 will be more future proof. wait or dont... its your choice really.
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I know I am a month late on this so I hope I am not to late but I will try to save you.

First of all, no. What was said here is NOT correct. There will NOT be a significant gain in performance at 1080p. The GTX 960 is very similar in performance to the HD6970. It is NOT ancient. When the HD6970 was released it was a flagship card. The GTX 960 is a mid range card. They both will give you a fairly similar experience at 1080p.

Don't listen to the people listing benchmarks unless they show benchmarks (non-synthetic) for many games because more often than not they will go find benchmarks for games optimized for the card they prefer and it will be biased. Go do your own research on this stuff and find out for yourself. You can even try typing in something simple into google like "GTX 960 vs HD6970" and almost always get the information you need.

If you NEED an upgrade for your 6970, which at 1080p you probably don't need one, then go look at the 970 or R9 390 (yes, 390 not 290). Those are the latest releases from Nvidia and AMD, respectively, and both will offer much more performance from the 6970.

I hope this was helpful.

Good luck.
 
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renz496

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that probably the case if 6970 is one generation behind 960. 6970 is AMD flagship in 2010-2011 period. 960 performance is almost reaching AMD 2012 flagship performance. what you're saying right now is AMD 2012 flagship product will give you the same experience as AMD 2010 flagship product.
 
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AreH

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I know I am a month late on this so I hope I am not to late but I will try to save you.

First of all, no. What was said here is NOT correct. There will NOT be a significant gain in performance at 1080p. The GTX 960 is very similar in performance to the HD6970. It is NOT ancient. When the HD6970 was released it was a flagship card. The GTX 960 is a mid range card. They both will give you a fairly similar experience at 1080p.

Don't listen to the people listing benchmarks unless they show benchmarks (non-synthetic) for many games because more often than not they will go find benchmarks for games optimized for the card they prefer and it will be biased. Go do your own research on this stuff and find out for yourself. You can even try typing in something simple into google like "GTX 960 vs HD6970" and almost always get the information you need.

If you NEED an upgrade for your 6970, which at 1080p you probably don't need one, then go look at the 970 or R9 390 (yes, 390 not 290). Those are the latest releases from Nvidia and AMD, respectively, and both will offer much more performance from the 6970.

I hope this was helpful.

Good luck. - See more at: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2653477/upgrading-radeon-6970-gtx-960.html#sthash.25c3vdy5.dpuf

My personal experience. Building PC step by step. Now is the turn on VGA. Have hd 6950 2 gb four years old which is weaker than 6970 but still there is no game that I can't play on pretty decent high settings (1920x1080). Like You thinking about upgrade, but 960 is no way to go. It is indeed pretty stronger but as Waughter said You should go r9 390 or gtx 970. This will be my way too.
 
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renz496

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yes you can still play the game using old card but you can't using the same setting as cards like 960. and then try to play games that very demanding even on lowest graphic preset like ACU. you will starts seeing playable/unplayable difference between the two. not saying he should settle with 960 if he can afford better gpu that will be better. also the guy might already pick his decision last month.
 
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