[SOLVED] Moving to 970 from 760?

[Gunzlinger]

Hi guys,

I'm aiming to move from my trusted 760 to 970 but the RAM issue is bothering me a bit. I know I'm only running a 1080p monitor but I do mod Skyrim a bit.

Is it the right move for me? Or should I wait for the price drop on 980?

How will I sell the 760, its in perfect condition but I have never sold a thing before lol.

Thanks for your time and expert opinions.

 

[sunnykhan]

970 over 760 it will give u hell of a bost
if u got the money then go for it
980 price drop will take a lot of time

as far as selling ur gpu goes
there is always a first time for everything

 

[Owi Khan]

Alhamdulilah i am owner of a 970 its all by the grace of Allah.
Performance on 1080p no words to describe...MA SHA ALLAH every Game running smooth on ULTRA
If in future you shift to 4K screen then don,t buy 970 wait and buy ATI 3 series GPU.
and if you happy with 1080p gaming then Close your eyes and buy it
(one thing put in your mind you spending 40K+ so buy warranty item don,t go for non warranty item)

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

970 is an amazing card. Coupled with my crappy remaining rig (i3 2100, 4 GB RAM), it runs games that require less than 8 GB RAM beautifully. Games that exceed the 8 GB RAM limit stutter heavily, but thats down to my crappy rig, rather than the GPU It runs Dying Light at around 45 FPS average with everything on max (except Textures and Draw Distance, which were kept on medium due to low processor and RAM in my rig). Most of the new games I threw at it ran above 60 FPS on average (never dipping below 60 FPS).

 

[Gunzlinger]

970 over 760 it will give u hell of a bost
if u got the money then go for it
980 price drop will take a lot of time

as far as selling ur gpu goes
there is always a first time for everything

Thanks for the help man. Can I sell my existing GPU here on PakGamer? If you have experience kindly share with me

Alhamdulilah i am owner of a 970 its all by the grace of Allah.
Performance on 1080p no words to describe...MA SHA ALLAH every Game running smooth on ULTRA
If in future you shift to 4K screen then don,t buy 970 wait and buy ATI 3 series GPU.
and if you happy with 1080p gaming then Close your eyes and buy it
(one thing put in your mind you spending 40K+ so buy warranty item don,t go for non warranty item)

I'll stick with 1080p until 4k becomes affordable. I need 60 fps minimum on games so 4K is not that great for me. I was going to purchase Asus ROG monotor but dont realy like TN panels. Thanks for the help man. I only purchase warranty items

970 is an amazing card. Coupled with my crappy remaining rig (i3 2100, 4 GB RAM), it runs games that require less than 8 GB RAM beautifully. Games that exceed the 8 GB RAM limit stutter heavily, but thats down to my crappy rig, rather than the GPU It runs Dying Light at around 45 FPS average with everything on max (except Textures and Draw Distance, which were kept on medium due to low processor and RAM in my rig). Most of the new games I threw at it ran above 60 FPS on average (never dipping below 60 FPS).

Alla yar! Yani k done kardoon.

 

[Voodoo]

970 is an amazing card. Coupled with my crappy remaining rig (i3 2100, 4 GB RAM), it runs games that require less than 8 GB RAM beautifully. Games that exceed the 8 GB RAM limit stutter heavily, but thats down to my crappy rig, rather than the GPU It runs Dying Light at around 45 FPS average with everything on max (except Textures and Draw Distance, which were kept on medium due to low processor and RAM in my rig). Most of the new games I threw at it ran above 60 FPS on average (never dipping below 60 FPS).

which games require more than 8 gb ram at 1080p or you are gaming with 42" as mentioned in "pc specs" ?

 

[Dark Sith]

i would say wait a bit the next gen ati will be here in no time and it tears even a gtx 980 to shreds .....if you can wait that is

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which games require more than 8 gb ram at 1080p or you are gaming with 42" as mentioned in "pc specs" ?

more ram is only required when go above 1080p and enable max ultra textures 1440p or 4k ..1080p some games require 4gb but they are not that many

but now the more the ram the better

plus amd has done some thing wonderfull ..with its up coming drivers

now if you ahve 4gb and each has 4gb then in total that will make a monster 16gb of graphics vram , before it was not possible but now it will be .

the next gen amd cards saying will be default 6gb so expect 24gb of vram in quad setups .

i wonder if nvidia will follow on thsi

 

[Gunzlinger]

i would say wait a bit the next gen ati will be here in no time and it tears even a gtx 980 to shreds .....if you can wait that is

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more ram is only required when go above 1080p and enable max ultra textures 1440p or 4k ..1080p some games require 4gb but they are not that many

but now the more the ram the better

plus amd has done some thing wonderfull ..with its up coming drivers

now if you ahve 4gb and each has 4gb then in total that will make a monster 16gb of graphics vram , before it was not possible but now it will be .

the next gen amd cards saying will be default 6gb so expect 24gb of vram in quad setups .

i wonder if nvidia will follow on thsi

Dude I heard that it was Direct X 12 which is going to stack VRAM. But I think you are correct, I should wait till AMD shows its cards, they have taken a lot of time so maybe they will come up with something amazing. I can wait till Witcher 3 comes out after that I will need to get a new GPU lol

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

which games require more than 8 gb ram at 1080p or you are gaming with 42" as mentioned in "pc specs" ?

COD AW stutters heavily and sometimes Dragon Age Inquisition also stutters when moving from one area to another. Otherwise when not stuttering, COD AW gives 100+ FPS easily, and DAI gives around 45-60 FPS 90% of the times. I need to upgrade both the CPU and RAM, but time nahi mil raha

 

[Cerberus]

[MENTION=12579]Shary Bhallu TC[/MENTION] are you sure its your ram which is used? did u monitor with afterburner or similar app

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

It must be the RAM. I haven't monitored but what do you think is causing the heavy stuttering?

The game uses approx 5 GB RAM on 1080p.

The reason for heavy stuttering must be low RAM, since when it is not stuttering, it gives my 100 FPS or so...

 

[Gunzlinger]

It must be the RAM. I haven't monitored but what do you think is causing the heavy stuttering?

The game uses approx 5 GB RAM on 1080p.

The reason for heavy stuttering must be low RAM, since when it is not stuttering, it gives my 100 FPS or so...

Dude I have an i5 3570k and 8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM. The game gives 60 fps on ultra/high mixed settings. CPU might be an issue not RAM mate. Also your HDD might be getting slow too. Just before my 2TB Seagate was burnt, games started giving low fps.

 

[Cerberus]

yeah its more like a bottlenecked cpu or gpu throttling

 

[Voodoo]

COD AW stutters heavily and sometimes Dragon Age Inquisition also stutters when moving from one area to another. Otherwise when not stuttering, COD AW gives 100+ FPS easily, and DAI gives around 45-60 FPS 90% of the times. I need to upgrade both the CPU and RAM, but time nahi mil raha

not ram issue brother .... COD series always come with such bugs
COD Ghost same issue and fixed by a patch
try lowering/disabling "supersampling"

 

[Voodoo]

as mentioned by cerberus, it could be CPU bottleneck, i have found this

 

[Voodoo]

@Shary Bhallu TC

see post# 565 here, which shows 8 GB is enough, try to apply game's updates
http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/f139/3dfxvoodoo-machine-162034/index57.html



so after installation "update#3" of COD AW, game has become much more smoother than previous ... played with 8x supersampling and avg. fps around 55

GPU usage 100%
VRAM 3.52 GB
RAM 6 GB
Page file around 12 GB

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Acha, I'll try and update it. But you said that 8 GB RAM is enough. But I have 4 GB

 

[Voodoo]

Acha, I'll try and update it. But you said that 8 GB RAM is enough. But I have 4 GB

oh !!! i thought you have 8 gb

4 gb surely insufficient for this game

 

[Pleasant]

Acha, I'll try and update it. But you said that 8 GB RAM is enough. But I have 4 GB

Upgrade the ram to 8gb and buy i5 atleast You are raping ur Cpu with that GPU
dont go for any fancy rams even value rams can do the job

 

[Cerberus]

Acha, I'll try and update it. But you said that 8 GB RAM is enough. But I have 4 GB

aiwen 8gb ki behas yes upgrade your rig, even 2nd gen i5 will do