Gtx 970 or Gtx 980 for 1080p

[Nachod]

Hi guys i was wondering which would be better for 1080p gaming. The GTX 970 or 980. Also if i should SLI the 970s. Which brand would be the best to get for the GPUs too?

 

[-Lone-]

The gtx 970 will be enough for you, you should only consider the 980 if you are going up to 1440p 144Hz or 4k. Also go with Gigabyte when you buy the 970.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

The 970 for sure. Unless you have a 250Hz monitor the 970 will max out your monitor's frame rates on ultra settings. You won't even need SLI for 1080p. Just one is necessary.

Asus and MSI I recommend for brands.

 

[Vosgy]

970 is good for 1080p, I'm going to second Gigabyte.

 

[photonboy]

1) There's about a 15% difference on AVERAGE. It varies between games but I think the max is about 19% at really high resolutions.

2) 250Hz monitor?
I wish people wouldn't simply pull numbers out of their butts. There are modern games that can't maintain 60FPS at 1080p on Ultra settings.

That doesn't mean I think more than a GTX970 is necessarily needed but let's not pretend a single GTX970 is going to max every game.

Crysis 3: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/12.html

(dropping a few settings to maintain 60FPS would be ideal assuming a 60Hz monitor. If 144Hz I'd recommend using "Adaptive Half VSYNC and synch to 72Hz/72FPS)

I can come up with a couple more and of course Witcher 3 and other new games will be demanding.

3) Recommended card:
EVGA GTX970 SC ACX2.0 1.17GHz (see pcpartpicker)