So i have a evga gtx 970sc i bought a year ago, is it worth replacing with gtx 1060 or rx 480...

So i have a evga gtx 970sc i bought a year ago, is it worth replacing with gtx 1060 or rx 480? Or should i just wait untill something else comes out down the road?

Bump

>3.5+0.5
if you have a 1080 display no need to upgrade

if you have higher you fucked up big style and should wait for HBM options next year

Is it worth spending $250 for 3 extra frames per second? only you can say.

Yea im only doing 1080

skip this gen

>skip a gen with low prices and amazing performance upgrade

Kek

480 RX and 1060 GTX both offer performance similar to a 980 gtx for around $200-250. Please explain to me how this is a bad gen.

yes, if you aren't upgrading every generation your're seriously fucked

Don't upgrade. For 1080 is fine as long as you don't fill the VRAM.

I have the same card and I upgraded for being a meme.

I could have use the money for another thing

tbqhwyf used 970s tend to still go for $200. crazy i know.

if you can sell your 970 for that much i'd say go for my man. otherwise stick with it until HBM2.

go for it**

I have HD6850 do I upgrade?

Yes.
Made the upgrade from a 6870 last gen (r9 390/970). was almost night and day.

This gen is great. Just not as much incentive to upgrade from a 970 if you have any care about budget.

inb4poorfag

How much of a change could I expect going from a 550Ti 2GB? I'm running a 2011 rig with an i7-2600k.

I think you can use this for quite a while.

R9 290 here, should I go for the Rx 480 too

I too will hop on this thread.

Currently running a 680. Would an upgrade benefit me much or no?

aight sick. gunna wait till more cards from this gen drop then grab one a bit cheap if I can, might just grab a 480 nitro

Quite a bit of a change. If you went from that to a r9 390 I suppose you'd get something close to a 400% performance increase. Your CPU probably wouldn't be a bottleneck either.
Even at 1080p, yes. Also if DX12 or vulkan is important to you it's even more of a must upgrade at this point.

no, its literally like replacing your 970 with 980.

1080p is what I would be doing. As far as DX12 goes, right now I don't play anything that utilizes it. However, that isn't to speak for the future.

I have a 660 and I don't even have to ask, the jump will be amazing

You'd see an enormous performance increase if you upgraded to RX 480 or GTX 1060

Good to know! My 550Ti was bought for $100 primarily for Adobe CS6 rather than gaming. It works well for my needs. I sometimes wonder if a r9 390 is a good idea since CS6 may not support it.

I doubt the i7 would be much of a bottleneck too. I can't believe how relevant it is 5yrs after I bought it. I don't even really overclock it.

You might be able to make great use of a GTX 960 then. Prior to the current generation we have now, it was the only GPU capable of full hardware HEVC decoding.

I was afraid you would say that.

my 970 just shut down my sound and is telling me no hdmi 's are plugged in