nikolas831 :
madmatt30 :
That low base clock may hold a 970 back some in CPU intensive moments in games.
But yes a 970 is still viable for you.
If i could overclock i would but unfortunately i dont have money to spend on new motherboard as my current doesnt support OC
yup mate,im aware of that.
A 970 is still viable,there will be points in some games (or in fact a lot of the time in certain new titles) where you will be sitting in the 40s fps wise because thats all that old i5 will manage,offhand Battlefield 1,the witcher 3
& gta v are all titles that will suffer that outcome a lot of the time.
As I said something like a 970 is still viable becasue it will at least maintain those lower fps even at very high or ultra settings,40s are still eminently playable,your games will look nice.
If you were buying a new gen current card I would honestly probably max out at a 1050ti simply becasue its not really worth spending more than that.
If you can get a 970 second hand for similar money theres absolutely no reason not to go for one though.