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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 And 980

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well time for an upgrade and i am lost between 2 cards need help in wondering witch one to pick

and i only have a 750 watt power supply from corsair and i want to run 2 cards if possible with my Fx 8350 OC to 4.5ghz on Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 motherboard so please i want to know if the gtx 970 can be easily overclocked to 980 some what speeds because i can buy 2 970's fro the price of 980 at the moment please i want to go on BF4 multiplayer and maybe record some game play

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 And 980

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ---970

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ---980
 
As is typical of the 2nd fastest card in the lineup, it can usually come close, match, or sometimes beat a stock(referencee) flagship card.

That said, why two in the first place? I run BF4 easily on 2560x1440 monitor... If you are at that res or lower, grab a single card and save some money.
 
EarthDog said:
As is typical of the 2nd fastest card in the lineup, it can usually come close, match, or sometimes beat a stock(referencee) flagship card.

That said, why two in the first place? I run BF4 easily on 2560x1440 monitor... If you are at that res or lower, grab a single card and save some money.
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well wehn black friday sale comes by ill get a monitor to reach that resolution but till then ill be in 1080 ...so you are saying the 970 should be good enough.
 
For 2560x1440/1600, I would go single 980. That said a 970 will play things fine at that res for a while. When it stops doing that, get another, would be my advice.
 
EarthDog said:
For 2560x1440/1600, I would go single 980. That said a 970 will play things fine at that res for a while. When it stops doing that, get another, would be my advice.
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would a 750 power supply be ok as it is what i have now
 
Easily. The 970 uses around 150W at most (if overclocking to the power limit, around 180W each)... two of those is 300W/360W. Your CPU is 84W... the rest is maybe 100W... ;)
 
EarthDog said:
Easily. The 970 uses around 150W... two of those is 300W. Your CPU is 84W... the rest is maybe 100W... ;)
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why does it say power supply requirements 550w and the 980 600w or is that what the cooling does
 
thnx everyone ill go with th gtx 970 just to save a few bucks and buy some hard drives and nice 1080p monitors since i am currently playing on a 40" tv 1080p monitors at 120hz
 
Missed that...thanks! My point remains the same though. A 750W PSU is fine. :)

Gsantana said:
thnx everyone ill go with th gtx 970 just to save a few bucks and buy some hard drives and nice 1080p monitors since i am currently playing on a 40" tv 1080p monitors at 120hz
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Wait... you are all over the place I think... you plan on playing games across multiple monitors? I thought you just said single 2560x1440?
 
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EarthDog said:
Missed that...thanks! My point remains the same though. A 750W PSU is fine. :)

Wait... you are all over the place I think... you plan on playing games across multiple monitors? I thought you just said single 2560x1440?
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So Sorry i will be getting a pc monitor soon not multiple because i play on a 40" tv at 1080p 120hz i hear tvs only show 30fps so i think i need to upgrad to get more than 1080p. again sorry for the confusion
 
manu2b said:
Nope, if your tv is 120Hz, it displays 120fps.
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thnx for clearing that up mybe i wont upgrade ...ill think about upgrading after i get the card if i want more ill buy a Benq XL2720T witch is a nice monitor right now thnx than x all of you you guys here are faster and more helpful than Toms hardware people
 
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