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Worth Upgrading to GTX-1070 ?

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#1 ·
Hi,

Nice to see you again.

Currently I am with GTX 970 with Core i7 3rd gen - 8 GB ram. You can see my kit in HERE

Currently I am happy with it. But I am thinking to upgrade the GPU to GTX-1070. I am now with Dell-S2340L. Running with 1080P. Serious gamer. Playing Battlefield 1 and other hardcore games. And I like beautiful graphics.

Yeah, my card is now over 2 year. I got 3 year warranty and only one year remainng in warranty. Mostly i sold my cards in that time. But now i think 970 is pretty solid card though.

1070 Will cost 480$ in our country (Myanmar). And it can empty my pocket.

My Question is Is 1070 Need For 1080P gaming ?? (Not for 4k. 144Hz.. etc)

Thank you all.
 
#2 ·
I'd think you would be better off buying a 120+ Hz, 1 ms, monitor with that cash. Then again, you'd have to check your FPS in battlefield to see if it's worth it. Their isn't a huge difference between 970 and 1070. We won't see an architecture change until next quarter. That should net a bigger increase over the previous cards.
Of course, if your rich and money is no object, buy away....

For retrospect, my 970 is pushing a 1440p monitor at 120Hz. I won't be buying any of the 10XX series cards. I think the only reason to push for the 10XX is if your updating a much older card, or your pushing the bounds in VR and that FPS dip is crushing the immersion.

I don't play battlefield though so my input may be skewed.
 
#4 ·
A 1070 this close to the next big launch is a bad buy. If you cannot live without the 1070 tier performance, get it. But if you can survive a few more weeks / months, grab a used 980 / 980ti / R9 390 / FuryX / Fury
 
#5 ·
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Originally Posted by huzzug View Post

A 1070 this close to the next big launch is a bad buy. If you cannot live without the 1070 tier performance, get it. But if you can survive a few more weeks / months, grab a used 980 / 980ti / R9 390 / FuryX / Fury
Sure I can live with 970 . I can run with High setting in Battlefield 1
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#7 ·
Well, if you're open to more then, by further analyzing your query, I think the 1070 would be underutilized by your 1080p screen as most of the work in your system with every application currently in the market would be bottlenecked due to your processor not able to submit work as fast as the 1070 be able to complete it. This is further compounded by you have a locked processor that you cannot overclock to make it work faster to submit the work to the 1070.

An underutilized system would mean your money went underutilized
 
#8 ·
1070 is ideal for BF1 1080p high/ultra @144hz
 
#9 ·
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Originally Posted by Smith Xavyez View Post

My Question is Is 1070 Need For 1080P gaming ?? (Not for 4k. 144Hz.. etc)

Thank you all.
Titan XP = Most Perfect 1080P, Excellent 1440P, Best 4k for right now

1080 = Most Excellent 1080P, Best 1440P, Good 4k

1070 = Excellent 1080P, Good 1440P, Fair 4k

1060 6GB = Best 1080P, Fair 1440P

1050Ti = Best Buck 1080P

if you upgrade from 970 into 1060 6GB, you only upgrade 1 step ahead.
1060 6gb is similar to GTX 980.

Just my 2 cent.
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#10 ·
The 1070 will be a decent improvement.Most likely it's going to be a while to get 1070 performance for considerably less money.

If your 970 is struggling in the games you like,I suggest upgrading now.
 
#11 ·
A used 980ti would be a nice upgrade. I just dumped all my 970s and picked up a 980ti G1 for $280 open box. I do 1080P@144hz and it can handle everything I play. I will be getting 3 more though at some point.
 
#12 ·
I had a 970 in my rig and upgraded to a 1070 in anticipation of playing BF1. I put my old 970 in my daughters rig and she uses it to play BF1 as well. We both have 1440p monitors and after seeing how well her pc runs the game with a 970 (medium settings) I kind of regret upgrading so soon. In hindsight I wish I had waited another generation before upgrading but my daughter is so happy with the 970 it was all worthwhile.
 
#13 ·
Honestly i would just get a good used 980Ti or 1060 6GB, I would prefer the Ti, but either is good.
 
#15 ·
Do yourself a favor and buy an SSD urgently. The best way to make your computer feel like new. And at least a 250 GB to put your OS and BF 1 in it. That should be your most important upgrade right now. You won't regret.
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by sepol View Post

Do yourself a favor and buy an SSD urgently. The best way to make your computer feel like new. And at least a 250 GB to put your OS and BF 1 in it. That should be your most important upgrade right now. You won't regret.
I second this, an ssd makes everything so much more enjoyable, especially those start up times.
And, at this point you are probably better off waiting for the next gpu sites to hit, for price fluctuations.
 
#17 ·
I would keep 970 also
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#18 ·
The GTX 980 Ti is a great card and is right with the GTX 1070 in most tasks including gaming. Don't tell @PimpSkyline that I still have one.

@Smith Xavyez your GTX 970 is still a good card for 1080P gaming. I say keep it and save your money.
 
#19 ·
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Originally Posted by hertz9753 View Post

The GTX 980 Ti is a great card and is right with the GTX 1070 in most tasks including gaming. Don't tell @PimpSkyline that I still have one.

@Smith Xavyez your GTX 970 is still a good card for 1080P gaming. I say keep it and save your money.
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You made me sad.
 
#21 ·
I would say yes... I'm sure with the GTX970 there is a growing number of games where you have to make graphical tweaks to maintain 60+fps. GTX1070 performance would basically be similar to GTX970 SLI without all the vram and inconsistant performance negatives. You would be good at 1080p for a long time.
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#24 ·
Seems to be a decent deal on the used 970. But spending it on a card that is about to get it's value slashed for holidays and the incoming cards would be bad. If money is not an issue, do it!!
 
#25 ·
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Originally Posted by Smith Xavyez View Post

One thing i forget to mention is I can sell my card with around 180 bucks. I only need to add 300 bucks to get.

So Still worth to upgrade ? or Wait
I will say no. The GTX 970 still has enough power to do 1080P with the 3770 CPU and play games that will still look good.

You know that you want the 1070. It would be about the same as my daily rig with a stock 3770K and a 980 Ti. Most default game settings would go to high.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by 1Kaz View Post

I'd think you would be better off buying a 120+ Hz, 1 ms, monitor with that cash. Then again, you'd have to check your FPS in battlefield to see if it's worth it. Their isn't a huge difference between 970 and 1070. We won't see an architecture change until next quarter. That should net a bigger increase over the previous cards.
Of course, if your rich and money is no object, buy away....

For retrospect, my 970 is pushing a 1440p monitor at 120Hz. I won't be buying any of the 10XX series cards. I think the only reason to push for the 10XX is if your updating a much older card, or your pushing the bounds in VR and that FPS dip is crushing the immersion.

I don't play battlefield though so my input may be skewed.
is no one seriously gonna correct this post? there isn't a huge difference between 970 and 1070.. what?
 
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