Mac Pro 3,1 - GTX 770 upgrade to 970 worth it?

chiaccio77

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Hey Guys! First post here. I have an early 2008 Mac Pro running bootcamp with an EVGA GTX 770 SC (2GB) in a PCI 2.0 express slot. Would it be worth it to make the upgrade to one of the EVGA 970 FTW+ cards? Or would some other hardware in my computer make a bottleneck for the newer cards? (Specs below). I have considered getting another 770 & run SLI, but my motherboard only runs 225 watts to the PCI, so I would have to get an external power supply, so I don't know it'd be worth the hassle if my CPU's or my PCI 2.0 slots would be a bottleneck? Thanks everyone! :)

I currently run games at 1080p with high settings comfortably, I was hoping to make the jump to 1600p to match my monitor.

Specs:
Mac Pro 3,1
(2) 2.8GHz quad core Xenon
16 GB 800MHz
Samsung Evo 850 500GB
 
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as far as getting a 970, it is and is not worth it, so yes, it is worth it, but wait for pascal, the new nvidia cards, prob being released at computex, may 31. as far as sli, i do not suggest it unless you have no budget and are getting like 3 titan x's :D because alot of game dont support it, and you will never get %100 scaling
as far as getting a 970, it is and is not worth it, so yes, it is worth it, but wait for pascal, the new nvidia cards, prob being released at computex, may 31. as far as sli, i do not suggest it unless you have no budget and are getting like 3 titan x's :D because alot of game dont support it, and you will never get %100 scaling
 
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