Difference in 4GB GPUs

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Ronsoak

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#1294284 30-Apr-2015 13:24

Bought the EVGA 970, seemed like such a good deal!

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#1294327 30-Apr-2015 14:50

M00S3:
ubergeeknz: Go and have a look at: http://www.logicalincrements.com/ a handy guide to PC components / price point.

Cheers for that link, ive bookmarked that as its definately going to be useful in the future.

So I guess the best example of my confusion is below

EVGA GTX970 4GB CUDA 1664 1778Mhz $574

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EVGA GTX980 4GB CUDA 2048, 1216Mhz $919

Why does +384 CUDA, +562Mhz = + $344! (nearly a dollar a CUDA)

i found some time to look at comparisons.

Price difference: 40%

Performance difference: 10-30%, average 20%

The choice is yours

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#1294330 30-Apr-2015 14:52

M00S3: Bought the EVGA 970, seemed like such a good deal!

i hope you have a PSU that can cope ;p

just check to be sure, otherwise you could be in a world of pain

Ronsoak

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#1294331 30-Apr-2015 14:54

Oh I've had an 850 for ages got power to spare

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#1294332 30-Apr-2015 14:55

also: can you SLI your two GPUs (think: combine them like a transformer robot)

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#1298116 5-May-2015 09:55

I think the 970 was a good choice, I had one before I had my 980, it is unquestionably the better value for money gpu. I got the 980 for the horsepower and my future plans for SLI + 4K. The 970 is all you need at 1080p and will still be pretty solid at 1440p (though you would need to add a second one to crank video settings right up).

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#1298518 5-May-2015 17:03

AMD R9 3xx series and GTX 980 Ti should be coming out soon which will push the price of the 980 and 970 down hopefully.

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