GTX 970 upgrade to GTX 1070 (based on old 2500k for 1080p gaming)

[STRIKER_RU]

Hi everyone! I've recently (7 months ago) got a GTX 970 Asus STRIX instead of my GTX 770 (GIGABYTE 2GB). So my question basically is should I sell my GTX 970 now and get GTX 1070 in June of 2016? My biggest concern is that I still run core i5 2500k slightly overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and I don't have plans to upgrade to skylake or other CPU and MOBO till 2017 (summer). Also I should mention here that I run all my games with 1080p.

Thank you in advance!

 

[STRIKER_RU]

Hi everyone! I've recently (7 months ago) got a GTX 970 Asus STRIX instead of my GTX 770 (GIGABYTE 2GB). So my question basically is should I sell my GTX 970 now and get GTX 1070 in June of 2016? My biggest concern is that I still run core i5 2500k slightly overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and I don't have plans to upgrade to skylake or other CPU and MOBO till 2017 (summer). Also I should mention here that I run all my games with 1080p.

Thank you in advance!

I run 970 and a 2500k at 4.2 Ghz also haha. I considered getting a new 1070 in June as well but decided that I'll wait. This setup if fine for 1080p. 2017 is probably a good time to upgrade and build a new computer entirely. You'll have more information on different versions of the 1070 and its benchmarks. Better to know more about what you're buying than worry on the potential loss on your current card. The only reason to get the new card is if you're gonna be using VR or you need it to power a 1440p/144hz monitor(s). No rush to get the new card its not going anywhere.

Totally agree. Decided to wait till 2017 and build a new system from scratch.

 

[Chugalug_]

Hi everyone! I've recently (7 months ago) got a GTX 970 Asus STRIX instead of my GTX 770 (GIGABYTE 2GB). So my question basically is should I sell my GTX 970 now and get GTX 1070 in June of 2016? My biggest concern is that I still run core i5 2500k slightly overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and I don't have plans to upgrade to skylake or other CPU and MOBO till 2017 (summer). Also I should mention here that I run all my games with 1080p.

Thank you in advance!

I run 970 and a 2500k at 4.2 Ghz also haha. I considered getting a new 1070 in June as well but decided that I'll wait. This setup if fine for 1080p. 2017 is probably a good time to upgrade and build a new computer entirely. You'll have more information on different versions of the 1070 and its benchmarks. Better to know more about what you're buying than worry on the potential loss on your current card. The only reason to get the new card is if you're gonna be using VR or you need it to power a 1440p/144hz monitor(s). No rush to get the new card its not going anywhere.

Totally agree. Decided to wait till 2017 and build a new system from scratch.

Sounds good, wish you the best!

 

[ts2fe]

Hi everyone! I've recently (7 months ago) got a GTX 970 Asus STRIX instead of my GTX 770 (GIGABYTE 2GB). So my question basically is should I sell my GTX 970 now and get GTX 1070 in June of 2016? My biggest concern is that I still run core i5 2500k slightly overclocked to 4.2 Ghz and I don't have plans to upgrade to skylake or other CPU and MOBO till 2017 (summer). Also I should mention here that I run all my games with 1080p.

Thank you in advance!

I run 970 and a 2500k at 4.2 Ghz also haha. I considered getting a new 1070 in June as well but decided that I'll wait. This setup if fine for 1080p. 2017 is probably a good time to upgrade and build a new computer entirely. You'll have more information on different versions of the 1070 and its benchmarks. Better to know more about what you're buying than worry on the potential loss on your current card. The only reason to get the new card is if you're gonna be using VR or you need it to power a 1440p/144hz monitor(s). No rush to get the new card its not going anywhere.

Totally agree. Decided to wait till 2017 and build a new system from scratch.

That's what i thought of doing in 2017 getting the 1080Ti but then i thought to my self i'm only going to have it for one year intill the new Volta cards come out which will perform better than these other ones. So i think you should either get the 1070 and then keep that intill 2018 when Volta comes out.