Hi all

I am considering upgrading my GTX970 to a GTX1060 https://www.arc.com.au/product/59591 

I of course would prefer to go to a GTX1070, but at the moment they are too expensive.

My question, would I see much benefit in going to a 1060 from a 970? I might be interested in going down the VR route, but not in the immediate future.

Thanks for any answers.

John

What sim? 

doesn't appear to be a really  big differance

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2577vs3639

Edited April 26, 20188 yr by zmak

P3D v4 and X-Plane 11. Forgot to add, i7-6700K and 16gb ram.

I just went from a GTX 970 to a GTX 1070Ti. The performance gain was negligible. I'm running a 6700k @ 4.4GHZ and 1920x1080 on my monitor. I knew there wasn't going to be much gain before I bought it. I wanted to get another card so I could use my 970 as a backup. I got the 1070Ti directly from Nvidia so I paid regular retail price instead of the ridiculous prices you see online or in stores.

Thanks guys. I think I'll keep my money in my pocket. John

My advice given the high prices is to wait until the new series of Nvidia cards are released this year. Waiting is a bad word in the PC world when it comes to upgrading as there is always something better coming out but right now GPUs are mostly overpriced and those prices are now slowly falling but still way too high thanks to the Bitcoin mining fiasco. For VR, the next series of cards will likely be miles ahead and make the difference between a good VR flightsim experience and a great one. 

16 minutes ago, steve310002 said:

My advice given the high prices is to wait until the new series of Nvidia cards are released this year. Waiting is a bad word in the PC world when it comes to upgrading as there is always something better coming out but right now GPUs are mostly overpriced and those prices are now slowly falling but still way too high thanks to the Bitcoin mining fiasco. For VR, the next series of cards will likely be miles ahead and make the difference between a good VR flightsim experience and a great one. 

Problem with that approach is the miners again. They are not going to stop for us flight simmers and we have no idea if they will snap up all the new generation stuff using the same bots. it makes sense they will unless there is a bitcoin collapse but no sign of that happening ATM.

IMO if anybody stumbles across a deal right now is grab it with both hands!

I don't really see much benefit in going from a GTX970 to a GTX1060.  One generation newer card, but a step down in the performance hierarchy of Nvidia cards.