Is a 970 still the best card to get for £220?

>>56032724
no

>>56032724
I don't know

>>56032724
Yes

>>56032724
maybe.

>>56032724
No, you fucking dumbass. An RX 480 or GTX 1060 are both around the same price and far better buys. The used market is even better right now. I picked up a mint condition R9 290X on eBay for £135 a few days ago.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162162661377

>>56032832
Ì looked at 1060 benchmarks and it didn't look much better, I'll look into it a little more but couldn't find a reason to buy it over the 970.

>>56032724
Yes, if you want to be stuck with DirectX 11 till' you buy a new one...

>>56032888
The 1060 is roughly equal to the 980, i.e. 10-15% faster than a 970. It also has 6GB VRAM instead of 3.5GB.

>>56033010
I'm flipping a coin tomorrow on a sapphire nitro for £240 or EVGA SC 1060 for £254.

>>56032724
No.

Either a RX 480 or a 1060 would be a better choice now.

It never was the best card in its price range.

>>56032724
£200 you mean

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>>56032724
Depends on what games you play. That 3.5 limit is going to fuq you over if you want to play AAA titles in 2016/17

>>56034956
>That 3.5 limit is going to fuq you over

no it won't. it hasn't and never will be a problem. post me some legitimate proof with sources to back it which proves it's ever been a problem.

>inb4 mirrors edge

it's been patched to work perfectly on 4gb cards at hyper settings.

>>56034956
Tomorrow's my personal deadline to stop me putting shit off.

>>56035043
check ebuyer you can get a 970 for 200 or check ocuk you can get a 1060 for 235. don't ever touch a 480 since it's 270 currently and performs way worse than the 970 and 1060.

>>56034998
Rise of the tomb raider uses upwards of 7Gb on my 1080 at 1080P.

3.5Gb is gonna eventually be an issue

>>56032724
>Is a 970 still the best card to get
yes

>>56035081
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11260-07-20G-Nitro-Memory-Graphics/dp/B01J1J7SKK/ref=lp_8318769031_1_5?srs=8318769031&ie=UTF8&qid=1470956472&sr=8-5

£240

>>56032724
>my card

runs nice and cool friend. should be solid for the next 18 months.

>>56035082
sounds like a shit game

on overwatch ultra setting and 1440p i only use like 1.3gb

>>56032832
>radeon
>better than anything

>>56032724
buy rx 480

>>56034998
>no it won't. it hasn't and never will be a problem. post me some legitimate proof with sources to back it which proves it's ever been a problem.
GTA V.
produces lots of microstuttering once over the threshold. hell this can happen even at sub-1080p too.

to it's credit, it's a fantastic overclocking card, but i don't see it lasting much longer after this year.

>>56035271
Mind you much longer in /g/ perspective is turning things down to medium.

If you gave a console user a computer with a gtx 970 their mind would still be blown next year if they didn't know the specs.

I'm pretty sure if no problems pop up with whatever I buy I won't really care for a long time.

>>56035165
Ah yes, I forget how demanding overwatch can be.

>>56035271
no. i play gta online with several 970 owners and not a SINGLE one has ever had this problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6MDUjFiUR4

>>56035165
>sounds like a shit game

Yea because it's a shit game to you means you should tell other people to buy a 970 and when a game runs badly on it you will tell them....Oh it's a shit game. You're a lot of fucking help.

>>56035165
OW also has like No HD textures.
ROTTR is actually an excellent game solid 8.5/10.
But it is true, new games are Unoptimized.
Crysis 3 uses 2gb and looks far better.

But with consoles using 8gb of slow Vram, new games are gonna use 6gb+

>>56034956
did ark's DX12 patch come out yet and fix _anything_?

>>56035393
I think what ever I pick after years of console gaming to a 750ti I'll be happy.