Upgrade from R9 270x to a GTX 970? Questions?

[Sphiinx]

I currently use a R9 270x, Im looking to upgrade probably to a GTX 970. (My CPU is an I7 - 4790k)

1. I was wondering how big of an improvement this is over my current card?

2. Is the GTX 970 worth it or is there anything better for the current price? It looks like its very very good on the GPU Bench marking website.

3. Can you do an eyefinity type setup with it? Im not sure if Geforce uses the same term eyefinity? Is that possible with a GTX card?

4. If I wanted to use SLI with this card in 1-2 years from now, would it be worth it or obsolete?

Thanks! Any other tips would be awesome!

 

[Georgx]

The difference from your 270x is huge. 970 is a much better card. Yes you can have multimonitor setups with this card and when you sli with another in 2 years you performance will be enough for any game maxed out at 1080p. I believe it is the most value money gpu you can buy currently.

 

[TechShark]

1. It should be a fairly big improvement, the 970 can apparently Max out almost every game at 1080p 60fps, how does your r9 270x compare?
2.There isn't much at the price range that is better value ATM. There is the 390x, which has better vram and performance at higher resolutions, but is much louder, hotter and power consuming.
3. I think so, but I have never tried it. Look here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-surround-technology.html
4. 2 way Sli would be worth it, but as you go to 3 and 4 way you get very small performance boosts.

 

[Wazero]

I currently use a R9 270x, Im looking to upgrade probably to a GTX 970. (My CPU is an I7 - 4790k)

1. I was wondering how big of an improvement this is over my current card?

2. Is the GTX 970 worth it or is there anything better for the current price? It looks like its very very good on the GPU Bench marking website.

3. Can you do an eyefinity type setup with it? Im not sure if Geforce uses the same term eyefinity? Is that possible with a GTX card?

4. If I wanted to use SLI with this card in 1-2 years from now, would it be worth it or obsolete?

Thanks! Any other tips would be awesome!

get a 390 instead same price as the 970 but slighty more powerful

 

[Wazero]

I currently use a R9 270x, Im looking to upgrade probably to a GTX 970. (My CPU is an I7 - 4790k)

1. I was wondering how big of an improvement this is over my current card?

2. Is the GTX 970 worth it or is there anything better for the current price? It looks like its very very good on the GPU Bench marking website.

3. Can you do an eyefinity type setup with it? Im not sure if Geforce uses the same term eyefinity? Is that possible with a GTX card?

4. If I wanted to use SLI with this card in 1-2 years from now, would it be worth it or obsolete?

Thanks! Any other tips would be awesome!

get a 390 instead same price as the 970 but slighty more powerful

 

[fzacek]

I would definitely not recommend getting a 390. Although the extra VRAM is nice, it isn't worth it for all of the negatives of the card. The 390 will use more power and get much hotter than the power-sipping 970. Anyway, performance between the two is pretty much equal, and the 970 definitely has more overclocking headroom than the 390. A 970 would be perfect for your needs.

Now, in terms of SLI, I don't think it will be worth it in 1-2 years. There will undoubtedly be better, faster, cooler, and cheaper GPUs out by then, and there probably won't be any point in investing in another 970 when you can get a new, more powerful card from Nvidia or AMD for ~$350 at that time. The 970 will certainly carry you through for another 2+ years until it makes sense to upgrade again.

Hope this helped

 

[AMD builder]

the 970 isn't a bad card the 390 however isn't as hot as some people would have you believe there really similar in temps yes the 390 uses more power and since the release the drivers are now ok. Get the 390 it's twice as future proof as the 970 and even though the 970 can reach a 500mhz overclock its still only 10% at best same as overclocking the 390 to 1150 for the most part. The 390 when overclocked to even 1125 the 970 cannot touch it with a giant overclock and as you go to 1440 and 4k the 970 falls way under the 390 at that point recommend the sapphire 390 it now has a back plate