I am looking at upgrading my GPU, and obviously, the 980 Ti blows the 970 out of the water in terms of performance, but I play on a 1080p 60Hz TV/monitor that I have no intention of changing soon.
I have heard that the 980 Ti is an absolutely amazing card, pulling out 100-120+ fps on most current games at 1080p and maxed settings. On the other hand, I've heard that the 970 is also a fantastic card for 1080p gaming, and is pretty standard for those looking to max games with 60fps at 1080p. However, with very recent games like the Witcher 3 and GTA 5, the 970 has not been able to maintain that 60fps at max settings on a 1080p display, and even plummets to 40fps or so with hairworks enabled. As someone who is looking for a card to last me as long as possible, this is worrisome.
With that said, I'm looking for some advice/recommendations. I will definitely wait for the new AMD cards to launch to make sure there isn't something better there (and hopefully either a good deal or price drop on the 980 Ti / 970), but if I'm not impressed with those cards, I will probably end up with the 970 or 980 Ti.
Obviously the future is unknown, but I would like to get the most future-compatible GPU that I can so that I hopefully I will be able to run games at 1080p, 60fps, and high settings for roughly 5 years (similar to how the GTX 580 is still a good card today).
I have built the most future-compatible system (other than my current Radeon HD 7950) right now. My PC spec's (without the GPU) is:
CPU: i5-4690k
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Pro3
RAM: 16GB 1600 DDR3
Storage: 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD
PSU: 750W OCZ
Case: Azza Solano 1000R
Basically, I'm wondering if the 980 Ti would be worthwhile investment that would last me roughly 5 years at 1080p, 60fps, high settings gaming. Thanks!
I have heard that the 980 Ti is an absolutely amazing card, pulling out 100-120+ fps on most current games at 1080p and maxed settings. On the other hand, I've heard that the 970 is also a fantastic card for 1080p gaming, and is pretty standard for those looking to max games with 60fps at 1080p. However, with very recent games like the Witcher 3 and GTA 5, the 970 has not been able to maintain that 60fps at max settings on a 1080p display, and even plummets to 40fps or so with hairworks enabled. As someone who is looking for a card to last me as long as possible, this is worrisome.
With that said, I'm looking for some advice/recommendations. I will definitely wait for the new AMD cards to launch to make sure there isn't something better there (and hopefully either a good deal or price drop on the 980 Ti / 970), but if I'm not impressed with those cards, I will probably end up with the 970 or 980 Ti.
Obviously the future is unknown, but I would like to get the most future-compatible GPU that I can so that I hopefully I will be able to run games at 1080p, 60fps, and high settings for roughly 5 years (similar to how the GTX 580 is still a good card today).
I have built the most future-compatible system (other than my current Radeon HD 7950) right now. My PC spec's (without the GPU) is:
CPU: i5-4690k
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Pro3
RAM: 16GB 1600 DDR3
Storage: 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD
PSU: 750W OCZ
Case: Azza Solano 1000R
Basically, I'm wondering if the 980 Ti would be worthwhile investment that would last me roughly 5 years at 1080p, 60fps, high settings gaming. Thanks!