I bought my EVGA GTX 760 SC a little over a month ago and was wondering if the upgrade/step-up to a 970 would be worth it?
 
Would I be missing out on a significant amount of performance by going with the reference step-up 970 vs the 970 SC?
 
 

sahafiec
it would be more than worth, you get almost GTX780Ti performance for GTX770 price.
don't even think about not doing it. 
if you are not tight on budget then go for the SC ACX 2.0 or even the FTW, top of the 970 line.
but if every buck counts even the less expensive one would do it.

Oh man, I didn't realize the improvements were that substantial!
 
I'd love to get the SC ACX 2.0 version but I only have the option of the standard ACX reference 970 with the step-up program since I'd prefer to avoid the trouble of selling my 760 as it'd probably end up being a worse deal. But if the reference is still a huge improvement then I'll definitely go that route. 
 
Thanks for the advice!

Hi,
 
I also bought a GTX 760 SC and I'm interested in Step Up to GTX 970 SC. But in my account there is no option to upgrade to the GTX 970 SC. I have 63 days left to Step Up, but no GTX 970 to choose.
Does anyone know why?
 
Thx in advance.

awalleyeguy
 Because you can only step up to reference/vanilla card.

Thank you for your reply.


What is a vanilla card and why can the author of this thread, D3schain, do the upgrade?
 
Thx again.

 Vanilla is just regular no FTW,SC, Classified etc. The author/OP can only upgrade to what you can. I think he is assuming he can do otherwise.

awalleyeguy
 Vanilla is just regular no FTW,SC, Classified etc. The author/OP can only upgrade to what you can. I think he is assuming he can do otherwise.

Nope! Although you made me realize my initial post was poorly worded. I was just wondering if the step-up to a reference 970 would be worth it, the second part was more me wondering how big the gap in performance is between reference 970 and the SC. 
 

seth89
Yes step up. I would even step up to the 980, that thing is only $550. Your 760sc was what, $300?
OR
It may be worth seeing what you can get a 2nd 760sc for and comparing the 760SLI to one 970 or one 980.

Haha, my 760 SC was actually only $230 after rebate. I'm afraid I can't justify the $320 extra to step up to a 980 versus the $100 to get a 970. 
As for a second 760, I tend to avoid SLI so as not to deal with the instability of two cards in SLI vs a single more powerful card, even at the cost of some performance. 
 
I've duly noted all the replies however and will definitely continue with the step-up process. Thank you guys for all the help!

  If electricity is a consideration than fore sure. performance wise for 50 euro I think yes also. 
Just my .02

do it Hanson, do it. 

130Euros more for a 970 is sweet, good grab.

What games do you play the most?
For me its mostly BF4 so I need the SLI (tri-fire).
I couldn't imaging my system without SLI or a dual GPU card.

Hanson
OK, I've done it. Number in the queue is #187.

Where do you see that ? I just see pending 

 
 
 

Hanson

 
 
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