One of the cheapest GTX 970s so far - but prices will likely start dropping slightly further now that the GTX 1060 3GB has been announced. The GTX 1060 3GB is a little faster but of course loses some VRAM and in general will slot in at a slightly higher price for comparable cards with good cooling like this one, so there are pros and cons for each. As with all Zotac cards, this also has a 5 year warranty.
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Spod
18 Aug 163#3
Not quite true. There are no SLI fingers on the 1060, so it can only communicate via the PCIe bus, without a bridge, so only applications that support MDA (Multi-Display Adapter) or LDA Explicit (Linked Display Adapter) will work. Only a few games, such as Ashes, support explicit multi-GPU with Dx12. For the few games that do support a dual-1060 configuration expect fast results, but it's definitely NOT a standard SLI config.
See: http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2519-gtx-1060-sli-benchmark-in-ashes-multi-gpu
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bobo53
18 Aug 16#1
what a silly way to market the gtx1060. one with a useless 6gb which cannot be sli and now 3gb instead of lets say 4gb. should have been 4gb from the beginning or 6gb better and the chance to sli
noiren to bobo53
18 Aug 162#2
It can do SLI it's just that Nvidia doesn't want you to as it would outperform the 1080 for probably £200 less than the cost of one
fishmaster to bobo53
18 Aug 16#13
Not sure if this is true but the 3GB GTX 1060 has 128 fewer Cuda cores too, so not just VRAM that is cut down >
Not quite true. There are no SLI fingers on the 1060, so it can only communicate via the PCIe bus, without a bridge, so only applications that support MDA (Multi-Display Adapter) or LDA Explicit (Linked Display Adapter) will work. Only a few games, such as Ashes, support explicit multi-GPU with Dx12. For the few games that do support a dual-1060 configuration expect fast results, but it's definitely NOT a standard SLI config.
See: http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2519-gtx-1060-sli-benchmark-in-ashes-multi-gpu
sergiup
18 Aug 16#4
Erm, why so cold..?
XP200 to sergiup
18 Aug 161#11
Well you know, the new card's have four numbers in their name so that must mean anything less must be rubblish. lol
But yeah, it is a good deal for a 970, still a power house of a card, and at that price bang for buck through the roof, of course the irony here will be all the sites who jumped on the 970 memory click bait issue now fawining over a more expensive card with less memory, how do you broach that elephant in the room. lol
noiren
18 Aug 161#5
Yes I know, what meant is that Nvidia didn't put the SLI hardware on purpose so you wouldn't be able to do it because two of these would outperform a single 1080 for a lot cheaper at the moment. Even with the 1080/1070 you have to get permission from them to do SLI for more than two cards which is call BS on.
I guess that's what happens when there's not real competition.
lukec123
18 Aug 16#6
No reason at all to buy a 970 at this price, needs to be £150 at the most with the 1060 3GB and 470 out
Justme1969 to lukec123
18 Aug 16#7
None of us here are likely in a position to state "needs to be" - unless you have inside knowledge?
This is a decent price for the performance, and around £80 less than I paid last year, which is a pretty good saving.
We should be grateful for what we have access to.
Shokz to lukec123
18 Aug 16#10
The GTX 970 performs better than the RX 470 in DX11 titles and overclocks much better too. The GTX 1060 performs a little better but loses some VRAM and still doesn't overclock quite as well. Both competing cards are also at least a little more for similarly good coolers.
lukec123
18 Aug 16#8
Ok, but if you buy this over a 1060 or 470/480 then you're just wasting your money.
delvey1987
18 Aug 16#9
Buy 2, SLI and have 1080 performance for half the price
RossC91 to delvey1987
19 Aug 16#15
Not when a 1080 outperforms 980s in SLI...
seanmorris100
18 Aug 16#12
Best card for this price all day.
People going to pc gaming are so lucky with these price drops. You can basically build a pc that can play all games at 1080p for 500 quid now...
lordhaggis
18 Aug 16#14
I use this zotac gtx 970 in my pc....I love it! have some heat for a nice card!
bobo53
19 Aug 16#16
very disputable, I do not even think it does outperform 2x970
d3k
19 Aug 16#17
Of course it does. Easily. Not to mention that sli not always works and it doesn't scale great in a lot of games.
Easy2BCheesy
19 Aug 16#18
In some games it does, in some games it doesn't...
STUkrugen
20 Aug 16#19
So is the GTX970 still the best bang for bucks these days? I currently have onboard graphics (CPU i5 4670) and never intended to start PC gamning (got an XBox One) but fancy dabbling, nothing mega serious, but I always like to buy the things that give me the best performance and best value for money.
I started off looking at the 750ti, then the 950, then the 960...but the 970 has always been in the back of my mind. I'm also conscious that I don't want something that's going to force me to upgrade my 500w Corsair PSU and that isn't going to sound like a 747 taking off .
Is the 970 at this price, or 2nd hand off EBay the way to go?
BetaRomeo
20 Aug 16#20
£190 for a GTX 970 isn't bad... but you're just £40 off a 6GB GTX 1060 which clearly outperforms the 970 in every game, and has a lower power consumption to boot. If you're spending nearly £200 on a graphics card anyway, £230 gets you a noticeably faster card and probably a lot more longevity. And you'll make back a tenner on the power savings! (Eventually :wink:)
minicale
20 Aug 16#21
Just get a 1060...
BetaRomeo to minicale
20 Aug 16#22
6GB 1060, that is! :confused:
:smirk:
STUkrugen
20 Aug 16#23
You smooth talker you...
I'm swayed by a £50 Amazon gift voucher though, and 1060's are in short supply on there. The 970 is calling me :-)
Nate1492
21 Aug 16#24
Surely you can buy anything on amazon with that, it's just like 50 quid cash money.
titchyyyyy
22 Aug 161#25
If you're wanting the best performance for your money, you can't beat a 970 at £180~, it all depends on what you plan to use it for? The jump from £180 to £240 is 25% more and if you're playing at 1080p, there's no reason to spend 25% more on a card.
There are warehouse deals on Amazon for the GTX 970 G1 edition (overclocked, 3 fans, very silent and illuminated windforce logo with a backplate) for £181 with a damaged box but otherwise brand new.
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http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/3GB-Version-NVIDIA-GTX-1060-Has-128-Fewer-CUDA-Cores
See: http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2519-gtx-1060-sli-benchmark-in-ashes-multi-gpu
But yeah, it is a good deal for a 970, still a power house of a card, and at that price bang for buck through the roof, of course the irony here will be all the sites who jumped on the 970 memory click bait issue now fawining over a more expensive card with less memory, how do you broach that elephant in the room. lol
I guess that's what happens when there's not real competition.
This is a decent price for the performance, and around £80 less than I paid last year, which is a pretty good saving.
We should be grateful for what we have access to.
People going to pc gaming are so lucky with these price drops. You can basically build a pc that can play all games at 1080p for 500 quid now...
I started off looking at the 750ti, then the 950, then the 960...but the 970 has always been in the back of my mind. I'm also conscious that I don't want something that's going to force me to upgrade my 500w Corsair PSU and that isn't going to sound like a 747 taking off .
Is the 970 at this price, or 2nd hand off EBay the way to go?
:smirk:
I'm swayed by a £50 Amazon gift voucher though, and 1060's are in short supply on there. The 970 is calling me :-)
There are warehouse deals on Amazon for the GTX 970 G1 edition (overclocked, 3 fans, very silent and illuminated windforce logo with a backplate) for £181 with a damaged box but otherwise brand new.