Rig upgrade advice

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Hey guys,

I would much appreciate your opinions - lately I've been considering upgrading my rig, specifically GPU. My current 7950 still manages to run everything I play to my satisfaction, but few upcoming titles (especially Witcher 3) made me wonder about switching to nVidia. This time not only to increase of the raw power of the GPU, but for the additional value as well, such as physX, hairworks, Shadowplay etc.

So, I've been thinking about the new GTX 960 (maybe a 4GB version), which is a good price/value choice, but lately I'm flirting with the idea of GTX 970 instead. Never invested so much in the graphics before, so I would like to know, if that's even worth it, with my current setup:


CPU :Intel Core i5-3570K 3,4 GHz (runs @4Gigs atm)
Memory: Kingston 8GB KIT DDR3 1600MHz CL9 HyperX X2 Grey Series
MB: GIGABYTE Z77-D3H
GPU :SAPPHIRE HD 7950 OC FLEX BOOST
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 Series 120GB
HDD: Seagate SV35 2000GB
CPU cooler: GELID Solutions Tranquillo
Pwr: Corsair CX600 V2, 600W
OS: W7 64bit

Thanks in advance and may you all have a pleasant weekend

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The 7950 is rather close in performance to gtx960. So that would be a waste of money imo. So either go to gtx970 if you need the performance boost or keep what you got

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The 7950 is rather close in performance to gtx960. So that would be a waste of money imo. So either go to gtx970 if you need the performance boost or keep what you got

Yeah, i figured, after comparing those two it would be a waste of money. That's why I'm more inclined to buying a 970.

[Lathais]

Also, if you were going to get a 960, which you shouldn't, don't get the 4GB version, it's a complete waste. In any application that would need the 4GB the 960 is not powerful enough anyway. It's a great card, don't get me wrong, just what it is made to do and handle does not need 4GB at all.