960 or 970?

[hawkhero 11]

Looking at a new card. Is the 960 series ok for FSX? Or should I save some more for a 970? Trying not to break the bank. Is there a big difference? Thinking of P3D sim too.

[Raven9000 272]

That depends on how far to the right you wanna crank those settings...

[hawkhero 11]

Any suggestions on what 970 model to look for?

[hjsmuc 393]

I can recommend the Gigabyte Gaming 970. For flight simming in general I'd say the more power you can afford the better.

[vc10man 732]

I'd not recommend anything from Gigabyte after my experiences with them.

 

Bought a GTX560 Ti from them in the USA. Within a short time, I kept getting freeze-ups on the screen with a top-to-bottom pattern of little squares and bleached colours. Would then have to re-boot. Sent it back to their Repair Center in Ca. in the original box and packaging complete as I had purchased from the reseller in Vegas. Received the card back in a plain black box minus everything. Same problems as before.

 

I've had 2 GPUS from EVGA,----a GTX460 SE and the current GTX970------and never had any issues.

 

Caveat emptor!

[hawkhero 11]

I like EVGA. Any GTX 970 model I should look at?

[FreeBird(Josh) 314]

Forget the 960 and get the EVGA 970 or better yet the 980 if you can afford it. I bought a 970 and now wish I bought the 980.

[fppilot 4,336]

MSI GTX970 4gb Gaming 100ME

 

Been very happy with it!  Was best value after rebate based on purchase in October 2015

[fakeflyer737 990]

I've got the EVGA 970 ACX 2.0, its OK for P3D but Im gonna get a 980TI to help with the FPS in the clouds. I game at 1440p and play many other titles other then P3D. The 970 @ 1080p is a really great card for the price. 

[hawkhero 11]

Just ordered a higher end EVGA 970 card!