How are people with the gtx 970?

[Thesman106]

So its been out for a while and that whole situation about the 3.5 vram issue has long passed, i was wondering how people are now feeling and their experiences with a gtx 970. Is there any game that struggles to run at high quality setting yet?

[Bonebreaker777]

Guess not that many plus the reviews are pretty positive (regardless of the 3.5GB VRAM 'limitation'). Even if in 4k. I was playing with the idea of the 970 for a ITX build but I decided to stick with my initial decision of R9 390 (8GB VRAM & async.shaders are all good for the future).

Some 970s can be OC to 980 levels so don't think that performance issues may show up anytime soon.

[Maverick PvP]

Same, I went with the R9 390 after a lot of research. It's just better from a future proofing perspective. (This is coming from someone how dislikes AMD cards very, very much... I still bought it.)

Why are you asking? Trying to decide what to get, or having buyer's remorse?

[Thesman106]

I was deciding on which one to buy. But i mad a choice a few days ago and ordered a r9 390 sapphire nitro should be arriving to day! Cant wait

[Jonj1611]

I have the EVGA GTX970 SSC and haven't had any problems in any games, all games fly along and its a been a very positive experience. The 3.5GB ram thing hasn't been an issue in any game.

[antonisk]

I shouldn't think so. Great Card! But this time i'm going for gigabyte gtx 980ti waterforce.

[GreMMi]

970 runs sweet as anything. AMD looked better for the 4k proofing, but surely there will be another gen of GPUs that can guarantee good 4k performance.

[Thorsson]

Surely none of today's cards are any use for 4k. Buying a video card for future proofing is a mug's game.

[Millennium]

I think decent 4k is another gen away, past the next one. However, that would be for people who prefer over 60hz, like me (now I have a 144hz monitor, wouldn't go back to 60hz most likely).

It's a lot more pixels, after all. On the bright side, some kind of freesync/gsync is likely to be standard by then (and I feel I'm missing that now).

[iusprimaenoctis]

I too am wondering about the 970. Is it true that if I'm playing only at 1080p 60hz, I'll get minimal returns from higher end Nvidia cards? I imagine that it's not worth it to spend more in my case, right?

[Thorsson]

Even the 970 is a little overkill for 1080. Definitely not worth spending more IMO.

[guest7789]

I've had my gtx 970 for the last few weeks and can say I'm very happy with it. I was looking at the AMD cards, but read they get quite hot so didn't go down that route

[Bonebreaker777]

I've had my gtx 970 for the last few weeks and can say I'm very happy with it. I was looking at the AMD cards, but read they get quite hot so didn't go down that route

If you do it right, even a R9 390 can sit quiet comfortably in a ITX case. Don't give in the hype

[Thorsson]

Quite comfortably maybe, quiet comfortably, probably not.

[nexusmaniac]

I've put a few 970's in Builds for friends.. They have all been perfectly happy with them They've seen no stuttering/slow downs.
When I was doing my burn in test and stability tests I saw no insane vram usage, I hit like 3GB at the most in (I can't remember which game! )

[NitrousX]

I'm happy with my GPU I have yet to reach the 4gb limit, I'll put it through its paces like Crysis 3, Metro Last Light and wolfenstein and see how it does