Video card upgrade path

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pingjockey

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I was trying to determine the best path for a GPU upgrade. I am currently running a GTX 970 on a asrock z170m pro4s with 16 GB of ram and a i7 6700k.

CPU and ram wise I have plenty of horsepower but my GPU is starting to get long in the tooth and as I currently run at 1080p mostly I feel I could go both ways in terms of GPU vendors.

Would a RX480 and/or a GTX 1060 be a step backwards or should I just bite the bullet and get a GTX 1070?

Thanks for the insight.
 
pingjockey said:
I was trying to determine the best path for a GPU upgrade. I am currently running a GTX 970 on a asrock z170m pro4s with 16 GB of ram and a i7 6700k.

CPU and ram wise I have plenty of horsepower but my GPU is starting to get long in the tooth and as I currently run at 1080p mostly I feel I could go both ways in terms of GPU vendors.

Would a RX480 and/or a GTX 1060 be a step backwards or should I just bite the bullet and get a GTX 1070?

Thanks for the insight.
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Looks like rather a sidegrade to me. Introduction - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition Review
 
Figured it would be... Just trying to future proof my rig for the long term. If a 1070 is the way to go then so be it!
 
pingjockey said:
Figured it would be... Just trying to future proof my rig for the long term. If a 1070 is the way to go then so be it!
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If you can afford it the 1080 would be the more worthwhile investment. 1070 is an upgrade, but for 600+ the 1080 is a much more substantial upgrade past the 970 than the 1070 is at 400+
 
I am intending on going 1440p at some point this year so my thoughts were to make sure I have a card that can push it.
 
1440 you want 8gb vram. Agree with the other guy. You want that 1080! 100+ fps in most current games at 1440.
 
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