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2014/10/30 05:44:16 (permalink)
I am considering one of those graphic cards:
1. EVGA EVGA GTX980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DP x 3, HDMI, SLI Ready Graphics Card Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2983-KR
Price: $569.99
 
2. EVGA EVGA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256bit, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DP SLI Ready Graphics Card Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2972-KR
Price: $329.99
 
My PC specifications:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H
Processor: i7-3770 3.40 GHZ, 8 cores.
PSU: Corsair CX500 (500 Watt)
 
Wouldn't GTX 980 make a bottleneck? Is it okay to have a Gigabyte motherboard and EVGA graphics card?
 
Is the extra money worth it for GTX 980? I do not have an ultra HD monitor. Though I am thinking to get a new monitor in about 2-3 years. I would really like to play games like AC: Unity on highest graphics. If anyone knows a better choice, please tell. (GTX 980 should already be over my budget but I can expand it a little.)
Also, does anyone know when is Nvidia going to make the next promo offer? (The one where you get free games with a purchase of a video card) 
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    seta8967
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    Re: Help me choose 2014/10/30 07:09:40 (permalink)
    Will a 3770k bottleneck a 980, probably not.

    Though I would recommend the 970 if you are on budget. The 970 is a little beast of a card.

    You can use a evga gpu on a gigabyte board. Everything is kinda standardized so mix and match on companies is oksy. Alot of members use asus motheboard and evga gpus.

    As for promos, i doubt for awhile. Nvidia has a hard enough time to keep these things in stock. They are makinga killing especially in asia and eu i heard. In Seoul tech stores their is ads saying asus 970 blah blah ONLY USES 145 WATTS!!!!! The power effeciency in a time where AMD uses 290w 290x and nvidoa 780ti used 250w, was much received. You could run 2 970s and whoop a 290x useong the same electric cost.
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    Re: Help me choose 2014/10/30 09:20:19 (permalink)
    It shouldn't bottleneck one 970 or 980. If you were to ever go sli, that would be where the bottleneck would come in, especially if you go 120hz+. I ran into this with my old i7 920 @ 4ghz with 670 sli trying to play bf3/4 at 120 fps. Otherwise either card won't be a problem.

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