April 29, 201511 yr Hi I am looking to buy 4K monitor( Samsung 28-Inch Ultra High Definition LED Monitor (U28D590D)) but I currently have a nvidia GTX 780 ,, my question is if it will be worthy to jump to a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Super Clocked ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5...??? price now is 337.35 any opinions will be appreciated...I currently have a HDMI HANNS.G monitor only 1920 x1200 Pedro Rodriguez
April 30, 201511 yr edit. most websites comparing show not a huge difference between the 2 of them ZORAN
April 30, 201511 yr 4K is VRAM hungry. I nearly max out my 780 3Gb running 2560x1440. It would definitely help at 4K and I would recommend it. 1080p, it's a waste of dough and for bragging rights. David Graham Google, Network+, Cisco CSE, Cisco Unity Support Specialist, A+, CCNA
April 30, 201511 yr I nearly pilled the trigger on exactly the same card, In the end I didn't bother as I didn't feel the gain would be worth the hassle. Plus the 970's have an issue with memory above 3.5gb if you ever get into that last 500mb of memory your fps will go through the floor Google and see. To be honest I was thinking about the 970 for P3D but have given up on it for the time being. I just couldn't get a result I was happy with and my system is no slouch. I ventured into the world of X-Plane, downloaded some free HD mesh, airports and the new A330. Currently enroute from Malaga to Gatwick, North East of Cordoba at FL370 and the mountains I am flying over .... I am stunned by this view. My GTX 780 handles the sim beautifully I know where I'll be flying for the foreseeable future Richard i7-12700K | Noctua NH-D15S Black Version | MSI Pro Z690 - A | 32 GB DDR4 3600 | Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090 | 1TB WD Blue NMVe (MSFS 2020) | 500 GB WD Black Gen 4 NVMe | 4TB WD Black Conventional | Fractal Design Torrent Case | Seasonic 1000W Gold Plus PSU | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Honeycomb Throttle | Airbus Side Stick | Virpil Rudder Pedals | Sony X90K 55 Inch TV |
April 30, 201511 yr My GTX 780 handles the sim beautifully Are you running 4k? David Graham Google, Network+, Cisco CSE, Cisco Unity Support Specialist, A+, CCNA
April 30, 201511 yr Are you running 4k? No I am running a 42 inch 1080P LED TV. I guess that was the point of the main question lol Richard i7-12700K | Noctua NH-D15S Black Version | MSI Pro Z690 - A | 32 GB DDR4 3600 | Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090 | 1TB WD Blue NMVe (MSFS 2020) | 500 GB WD Black Gen 4 NVMe | 4TB WD Black Conventional | Fractal Design Torrent Case | Seasonic 1000W Gold Plus PSU | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Honeycomb Throttle | Airbus Side Stick | Virpil Rudder Pedals | Sony X90K 55 Inch TV |
April 30, 201511 yr Stick with the 780, I also run a 4K monitor and my 3Gb 780 handles it just fine. The 970 would be a "side-grade" at best, the well documented 3.5Gb vram issue on the 970 along with the the smaller memory bus compared to the 780 just doesn't make it worth it for 4K MSFS & XP11 - Aviatek G1000 Complex Desktop Trainer - Fulcrum One Yoke - TPR Rudder Pedals - VF TQ6 Throttle - LG 55" OLED Display
April 30, 201511 yr I have a 780ti and plan on getting the 980ti when available. It should be a very noticeable boost. Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W, G.SKILL 48Gb@76000 MHz DDR5, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the day and night to visit violence on those who would do us harm”.
April 30, 201511 yr I own two 780ti and waiting for the sli support. With one card running triple monitor setup, equal to 4k I'm ok with the NGX, ASN, Mega Airports etc. Menelaos Ladopoulos
April 30, 201511 yr Peter22 the only upgrade worthwhile for 4K is a TitanX, a 980 will show an improvement but insufficient to warrant the expense. PM Rob Ainscough, or watch his videos on Y..Tub for confirmation.
April 30, 201511 yr Author I think I am going to return the 970...the thing is that the 780 wont be able to handle the 4k..I guess???? Pedro Rodriguez
April 30, 201511 yr Commercial Member I went with the 6GB 780. So glad I did. Getting great results with three 27" in surround. Hovers at 30FPS for the most part. All sliders pretty darn high. Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
April 30, 201511 yr Author but I dont get it the..... 780 has :6 gb and 3072 mb standar memory config the 970 has 7 gbps with 4.0 mb standar memory config by the numbers 970 should perform better...but I have no idea.... Pedro Rodriguez
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