Will upgrading to a 980 TI make a noticeable difference from a 970?

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Bazzwa

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I currently have:
- Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard
- Intel Core I5 2500K Quad core @ 4.0 Ghz
- MSI GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr V
- 12 GB DDR3 Ram @1333 Mhz
- Asus ROG Swift PG278Q Monitor
- Crucial M550 SSD 512 GB
- Corsair CX 750W PSU

So with Fallout 4 and Battlefront being released soon, I'm looking to Increase performance and I've been looking into Graphics cards and from what I have read there seems to be a large performance increase from the 970 to the 980 TI. So I have a few questions listed below any answers/help is greatly appreciated.


- Will I notice the performance increase from the 970 to the 980 TI?

- If I was to get a 980 Ti would Its performance be limited by the CPU or any other piece of hardware ? (In games such as fallout 4, witcher 3, Battlefront)

- Finally would I notice a greater performance increase from upgrading another component or will upgrading the GPU be the greatest performance increase ? (Like upgrading to an Intel Core i7 6700K)
 
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1) Probably not, because your CPU will bottleneck before the 980ti can stretch its legs. That said, if you upgraded to a Haswell or Skylake i5 you WOULD be able to see a difference between the GTX 970 and 980ti at higher resolutions.

2) Yes, your current CPU would limit the 980ti

3) If you upgraded to a good Haswell or Skylake build with a newer i5 your gtx 970 wiould still be great for the games you listed above (at 1080p). CPU and Motherboard would be your next best upgrades.
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1) Probably not, because your CPU will bottleneck before the 980ti can stretch its legs. That said, if you upgraded to a Haswell or Skylake i5 you WOULD be able to see a difference between the GTX 970 and 980ti at higher resolutions.

2) Yes, your current CPU would limit the 980ti

3) If you upgraded to a good Haswell or Skylake build with a newer i5 your gtx 970 wiould still be great for the games you listed above (at 1080p). CPU and Motherboard would be your next best upgrades.
 
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