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gtx 970 and multiboxing
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Pod Bot90
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2016-07-05 09:18:00 UTC
i was currently wondering how the gtx 970 handles multiboxing, due to the 512 mb chunk of memory.

im currently rocking 12 boxes with an r9 270x(2gb), looking to expand but the video card seems to bottleneck my rig along with the ram.

so, any feedback would be appreciated.
im mainly interesed in purchasing a gtx 970 or wait a bit and get a 1070
Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#2 - 2016-07-05 09:19:27 UTC
970 handles it exactly as you'd expect... just fine.

Probably worth waiting for the 1070 though if you're wanting a near-highest-end NVIDIA card.
Always Shi
t Posting
#3 - 2016-07-05 09:21:35 UTC
Pod Bot90 wrote:

im mainly interesed in purchasing a gtx 970 or wait a bit and get a 1070



Pod Bot90 wrote:
im currently rocking 12 boxes with an r9 270x(2gb)



Pod Bot90 wrote:

so, any feedback would be appreciated.


spend less money on computers and more on personal grooming
Brigadine Ferathine
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2016-07-05 11:13:50 UTC
Sentient Blade wrote:
970 handles it exactly as you'd expect... just fine.

Probably worth waiting for the 1070 though if you're wanting a near-highest-end NVIDIA card.

idk tbh. the 1070 will probably go for $500 for a marginal gain. You can get a good used 970 for $200.

My 970 does great. Eve isn't a very GPU intensive game. This is after all spreadsheets in space. I would be more worried about CPU and RAM :)
Dak Dallocort
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2016-07-05 12:05:24 UTC
Brigadine Ferathine wrote:
Sentient Blade wrote:
970 handles it exactly as you'd expect... just fine.

Probably worth waiting for the 1070 though if you're wanting a near-highest-end NVIDIA card.

idk tbh. the 1070 will probably go for $500 for a marginal gain. You can get a good used 970 for $200.

My 970 does great. Eve isn't a very GPU intensive game. This is after all spreadsheets in space. I would be more worried about CPU and RAM :)


1070 prices start at $400 USD (provided you can find them in stock, that is), and I wouldn't call 1070 gains over the 970 "marginal". You're looking at 60%+ improvement in most instances. Another thing to consider is that the 1060 is rumored to be releasing in two days.
Erebus Vain
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#6 - 2016-07-05 12:08:38 UTC
Always Shi wrote:
Pod Bot90 wrote:

im mainly interesed in purchasing a gtx 970 or wait a bit and get a 1070



Pod Bot90 wrote:
im currently rocking 12 boxes with an r9 270x(2gb)



Pod Bot90 wrote:

so, any feedback would be appreciated.


spend less money on computers and more on personal grooming


Living up to your name i see.
Pod Bot90
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2016-07-05 12:21:38 UTC
Always Shi wrote:
spend less money on computers and more on personal grooming


gotta give it to you, this is funny af.








Dak Dallocort wrote:
1070 prices start at $400 USD (provided you can find them in stock, that is), and I wouldn't call 1070 gains over the 970 "marginal". You're looking at 60%+ improvement in most instances. Another thing to consider is that the 1060 is rumored to be releasing in two days.


or, as an alternative, rx480, which goes arround for roughly half the price of a gtx 1070 /80% of a new 970
Trader Hansen
Failure Assured
Fail Nation
#8 - 2016-07-05 12:28:22 UTC
1070 blows 970 out of the water (going by benchmarks), and all the ones that I've seen for sale are 8gb cards, whereas 970s are all 4gb (I think). If you're buying new, no point getting a 970, even if you're budget constrained.
Saturn Sabezan
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2016-07-05 13:12:50 UTC
I run 3 clients with a 950 on max settings and stull get 60fps on each.

970 will be more than sufficient.
Demolishar
United Aggression
#10 - 2016-07-05 16:22:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Demolishar
Running 8 clients with perfect [60 on medium settings] FPS on a HD5770 here. I think you'll be fine, depending on the number and size of screens you are using.
Brigadine Ferathine
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2016-07-05 18:31:39 UTC
Trader Hansen wrote:
1070 blows 970 out of the water (going by benchmarks), and all the ones that I've seen for sale are 8gb cards, whereas 970s are all 4gb (I think). If you're buying new, no point getting a 970, even if you're budget constrained.

Not in actual games. Its really weird. It stress tests better but in an actual game it is marginal.
Brigadine Ferathine
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2016-07-05 18:33:10 UTC
Saturn Sabezan wrote:
I run 3 clients with a 950 on max settings and stull get 60fps on each.

970 will be more than sufficient.

exactly. its spreadsheets in space!
malcovas Henderson
THoF
#13 - 2016-07-05 22:45:42 UTC
I ran 5 clients on a 2gig gtx760. over 3 screens running 60 fps. A 970 should do nicely on 12 clients