what to upgrade to get over 60 FPS on ultra settings for most games at 1440p?

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Hello, i am planing to upgrade my pc, so far am only thinking about upgrading my GTX 980 to GTX 1070 but am wondering , do i need to upgrade anything other than the GPU to get 60+ FPS on max settings at 1440P?

note that my CPU is OC to 4.5GHz if i remember correctly i dont have access to my pc currently

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Unfortunately, there isn't a great 4k card out yet. the 1080 ti won't run many things at 60fps max settings, the regular 1080 is the same situation. both can obviously run 4k really well, but nothing can hit ultra in the demanding titles, unless that title is designed to use SLI.

The 1070 will do well at 1440 as long as you aren't trying to run max settings, or SSAO anti aliasing. If you're content with most titles running 60fps on high, then you'll be happy with it.

your CPU should be fine at that resolution, especially if it's stably overclocked as you say.
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Triple A games mostly and mmorpgs

i chose the 1070 cuz of all the benchmark and reviews i have seen saying that 1070 is more than enough for 1440p and 1080 is more like a 4k card

am guessing my cpu can handle the 1080 with no issues ?
 
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Unfortunately, there isn't a great 4k card out yet. the 1080 ti won't run many things at 60fps max settings, the regular 1080 is the same situation. both can obviously run 4k really well, but nothing can hit ultra in the demanding titles, unless that title is designed to use SLI.

The 1070 will do well at 1440 as long as you aren't trying to run max settings, or SSAO anti aliasing. If you're content with most titles running 60fps on high, then you'll be happy with it.

your CPU should be fine at that resolution, especially if it's stably overclocked as you say.
 
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from what ive seen ( could be wrong) the 1070 is close in performance to a 980 ti. so the bump from your 980 might not be that much. unless you are just barely under 60fps with your 980, id make the jump to a 1080 or if you wanna go overkill a 1080ti

evga has a 1080 sc gaming for 430 in stock https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6183-RX
but its B - stock. if you dont mind that, thatd probalby be a nice upgrade
 
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The 980 ti actually beats the 1070 in a lot of synthetics, haha
 
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by a lot tho? or a little? i just meant its about the same as a 980ti. i thought it beats it in some cases and loses in others
 
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No not by much. For example, the passmark scores (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html) only put the 980ti a little bit over the 1070, but passmarks don't rely super heavily on VRAM, so a bench like Firestrike that does use a lot of VRAM will see the 980ti lose by a bit.

At least I think Firestrike uses a lot of VRAM, I can't remember.
 
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