R9 290 to 1070 - Worth it?

[daterxies]

I have a Gigabyte 290. Its served me well so far, but it is starting to struggle playing games maxed out even @ 1080 at ideally 60FPS. Games like Warhammer total war dip into the 20's, FO4 into the 30s (with text packs) etc.

Is the 1070 a big enough jump from the 290(non x) to warrant 450 bucks? I have 2 monitors, and possibly later this year i might finally make the jump to 1440 gaming also. I just dont like having 2 different monitors so have to wait until i can afford 2 of them
Thanks

 

[anti-duck]

What CPU do you have? Is this Total War: Warhammer with DirectX 12?

 

[daterxies]

i have a i5 4670k @ 4GHZ
And yes. With reflections and i forget the other one (where armor shines) turned off it runs 40-50 FPS, low 30's during big battles.

 

[Sakkura]

It's worth it, just don't expect a game like Fallout 4 not to have framerate dips. That's just how Bethesda games run.

 

[anti-duck]

I think it's your CPU holding you back more than your GPU in that particular game to be honest, the 1070 in Fallout 4 and most other games would definitely be a worthy upgrade though.

Try TW: Warhammer at 1440p and you shouldn't notice much of a performance hit.

 

[daterxies]

Yea, i understand it all comes down to how optimized a game is. TBH, i always suspected something was wrong with this card though. it would get into the 90's temp wise under load with fans maxed out. I know r9's ran hot, but i dont think this hot - and i have a good setup with good air flow. Im looking forward to the temp and noise reduction. Things as of now can get pretty loud 😉