So i have a evga gtx 970sc i bought a year ago, is it worth replacing

>3.5+0.5
if you have a 1080 display no need to upgrade

if you have higher you fucked up big style and should wait for HBM options next year

>>55699507
Is it worth spending $250 for 3 extra frames per second? only you can say.

>>55699615
Yea im only doing 1080

skip this gen

>>55699724
>skip a gen with low prices and amazing performance upgrade

>>55699751
Kek

>>55699761
480 RX and 1060 GTX both offer performance similar to a 980 gtx for around $200-250. Please explain to me how this is a bad gen.

>>55699507
yes, if you aren't upgrading every generation your're seriously fucked

>>55699507
Don't upgrade. For 1080 is fine as long as you don't fill the VRAM.

I have the same card and I upgraded for being a meme.

I could have use the money for another thing

>>55699507
tbqhwyf used 970s tend to still go for $200. crazy i know.

if you can sell your 970 for that much i'd say go for my man. otherwise stick with it until HBM2.

>>55699934
go for it**

I have HD6850 do I upgrade?

>>55700029
Yes.
Made the upgrade from a 6870 last gen (r9 390/970). was almost night and day.

>>55699779
This gen is great. Just not as much incentive to upgrade from a 970 if you have any care about budget.

inb4poorfag

How much of a change could I expect going from a 550Ti 2GB? I'm running a 2011 rig with an i7-2600k.

>>55699641

I think you can use this for quite a while.

R9 290 here, should I go for the Rx 480 too

I too will hop on this thread.

Currently running a 680. Would an upgrade benefit me much or no?

>>55700119
aight sick. gunna wait till more cards from this gen drop then grab one a bit cheap if I can, might just grab a 480 nitro

>>55700520
Quite a bit of a change. If you went from that to a r9 390 I suppose you'd get something close to a 400% performance increase. Your CPU probably wouldn't be a bottleneck either.
>>55700696
Even at 1080p, yes. Also if DX12 or vulkan is important to you it's even more of a must upgrade at this point.

>>55699507
no, its literally like replacing your 970 with 980.

>>55700730

1080p is what I would be doing. As far as DX12 goes, right now I don't play anything that utilizes it. However, that isn't to speak for the future.

I have a 660 and I don't even have to ask, the jump will be amazing

>>55700520
>>55701007
You'd see an enormous performance increase if you upgraded to RX 480 or GTX 1060

>>55700730

Good to know! My 550Ti was bought for $100 primarily for Adobe CS6 rather than gaming. It works well for my needs. I sometimes wonder if a r9 390 is a good idea since CS6 may not support it.

I doubt the i7 would be much of a bottleneck too. I can't believe how relevant it is 5yrs after I bought it. I don't even really overclock it.

>>55701124
You might be able to make great use of a GTX 960 then. Prior to the current generation we have now, it was the only GPU capable of full hardware HEVC decoding.

>>55701122
I was afraid you would say that.

my 970 just shut down my sound and is telling me no hdmi 's are plugged in