GTX 980 or GTX 970 with i5-4590

[felixwen]

Hi Gamers,

Just a quick question.

Which one will be a good GPU for 1080p, 60FPS all games ULTRA settings?
I need it to be future proof.
Primary use: Gaming

CPU: i5-4590
GPU: MSI GTX 980 or MSI GTX 970 ?
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
RAM: Gskill 8GB
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB
CASE: Corsasir 200R

Thanks,
Happy Gaming!

 

[DasHotShot]

If you have the spare cash/moolah/dough/bucks/clams/dosh etc. then go for the 980.

It has a fantastic performance to price ratio after the 980 ti release and will ensure your desired 60 FPS Ultra for a while to come on 1080p

The 970 is a great card however clearly a little less powerful. Again fairly priced though.

The 980 will simply last longer on a higher level, especially on a good overclock.

 

[Sam Defrond]

MSI 980 of course, I can vouch for this as I have one. Although I have an i7-5820K

But...if you can afford it get the 980TI as it performs as well as a Titan for half the price.

But you should consider looking at buying an SSD for your machine.

 

[DasHotShot]

A 980 Ti is really good, yet pointless for 1080p res and would be total overkill.

The price is not worth it if you aren't gaming on high res screens.

 

[Sam Defrond]

Today is all about keeping your hardware for as long as possible without upgrading, just giving him the option. Whichever component he chooses he will have positives/negatives.

 

[felixwen]

Well i got my Answer here GTX 980 way to go, In my country GTX 90Ti is very expensive and Titan X is like way out of the question.
I think I will go with GTX 980 and put a Samsung EVO SSD.

 

[Sam Defrond]

Go for it, enjoy

 

[DasHotShot]

I agree you need to spend big and keep stuff going for long, however this applies more to slower moving tech like CPU's and RAM.

The gains here are far more incremental and development of new tech is steady however no giant leaps are made as often as with graphics.

With the last 5 years in mind it has actually been advantageous to qopt for bang for buck options and steadily upgraqde via adding one for SLI or simply buying mid/high level cards every few years.

HBM is here now and Nvidia is bringing HBM 2 next year.

AMD has just rehashed an old lineup of cards for one last battle and the market is moving in a way where DX12 is bringing big steps up in gaming.

Now is not a good time to bind yourself to old (but proven) tech for years and years to come. This is the ideal time to take a solution which will last a while and give you high perfromance, s oyou are ready to upgrade when the new tech is proven and will present significant improvements to your system.

I would recommend spending on a good CPU more than a GPU right now.

With this in mind I would ammend my statement and say, a 970 will perform on a very high level at 1080p and max many or most titles out with few exceptions (exceptions where you won't notice or need that extra bit).

You will be in a position where an upgrade in early or mid 2017 makes sense and an abundance of HBM driven supercards will cost around 400-600 dollars.

I would not blow that on GDDR5 Maxwell cards...personal preference.

 

[felixwen]

So what would you recommend?

GPU:
CPU:
MOBO:


According to your personal perference.

 

[Sam Defrond]

Your question is not so easily answered as each person will buy different components, what is your budget?

 

[felixwen]

Budget = $1200 - $1500

 

[felixwen]

The Price of GTX 980 is our country is $761
GTX 970 is $518
i5-4590 is $260

 

[DasHotShot]

The Price of GTX 980 is our country is $761
GTX 970 is $518
i5-4590 is $260

You have a good CPU and Ram etc.

I would get a 970 and an SSD over a 980.

It is certainly not worth the 200+ $ price difference!

 

[felixwen]

So if I choose,

i5-4590
GTX 970
8 GB RAM
Lets put a SSD also Samsung 120GB EVO

Will I get 60 FPS @ ULTRA Settings @1080p in all new titles?

 

[DasHotShot]

Yes.

If you set it up right, you will.

You have to bear in mind many people make mistakes with AA and some effects like Hair/grass/anything with loads and loads of small blades that need rendering.

If you have MSAA off and use FXAA instead in maney games you can get similar results withoput the heavy FPS penalty.

So as such, yes, Ultra settings with no AA but alternatives is a real possibility with that setup, no question!

Pick a game in the drop down at the top of the review. Third window is usually 1920x1080. YOu can see what the card can do in their setup: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/3