GTX 970 or GTX 980 for use in the future

[Simon_D]

Hi, I am considering buying either a MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4g or a MSI GTX 980 4GD5T, but my concern is, will a GTX 970 gaming 4g do me better on 1080p - gaming and normal use - for the next few years. Or should I opt and go with the GTX 980 4GD5T as it will last me longer.
I don't have any plans on upgrading my monitors (two Acer 23" 1080p 60hz) the next 4 years, as I will start university soon.

I would like to play the mainstream games (COD, CS:GO, Overwatch, LoL) and newer editions of those sorts of games at highest resolution in the next 3 years, and then go medium-high settings for the following 2 years.
All should be above 60fps

Please help.

My rig that I am building is:

i5-6600
16GB 2133mhz DDR4 HyperX Fury
ASRock Z170 Gaming K4
Samsung EVO 850 250gb SSD
RCZ Trion 150 120GB SSD
Corsair Carbide 400C case
Seagate 2TB HDD

 

[mayurvashishth]

I would suggest you to wait and get gtx 1080 or even gtx 1070 both of which can outperform even a gtx titan. AMd rx 480 would also be a good choice.

 

[Simon_D]

I would suggest you to wait and get gtx 1080 or even gtx 1070 both of which can outperform even a gtx titan. AMd rx 480 would also be a good choice.

Yeah, my problem is that my budget is limited, and I would really love to have it up and running next week at the latest. Currently, the GTX 970 is 500 AUD
(2500 DKK), whereas the GTX 980 is 580 AUD (2900 DKK)

 

[mayurvashishth]

If your budget allows then go for gtx 980.