This one time expensive GPU has finally popped it’s clogs and I’m gutted. I was planning to upgrade to a 1060 for BF1 but decided BF1 wasn’t for me after playing the Alpha & Beta tests.
The good news is, a fellow clan member from across the pond (Dallas) is sending me his old EVGA GTX970 for the price of a good bottle of whisky (approx £100) but this left me wondering if I should have invested the extra cash into a 10 series GPU instead!
My thoughts are that I won’t be playing anything else more resourceful than BF4 so the extra cost would been wasted really! I only play on a 24" monitor so am I right in thinking the GTX 970 is more than ample for BF4? I can’t see BF5 (if there will be a BF5) coming out in the near future so would any GTX 970 owners say this is the best option financially?
The 970 sounds like a great deal. I would go with that. Then again, what is the rest of your hardware setup?
The 970 is great, we are talking about 10-20% slower than rx480/gtx 1060. For that price I would totally go for it.
970 runs bf4 in 1440p very well.
Thanks for the replies. The GPU is actually the ‘FTW’ model too. BTW, the Balvenie 17 year old will set me back approx £130.
My PC specs are as follows:
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two V3 Gaming Case
Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Asus SABERTOOTH P67 R3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866Mhz Memory Kit CL9
Asus Matrix GTX580 1536MB GDDR5 Graphics Card (DEAD)
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Read = 550MB/s, Write = 510MB/s
WD 750GB Caviar Green 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive 5400RPM
Thermaltake Toughpower XT 875W Modular PSU
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW
CoolerMaster 120mm Sickleflow Fan - Blue LED
Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Edition 64-bit
Agree with the others. Jump on that 970 asap!
I have a 2600k and a 970, game runs perfect @1080p
Yep, the 970’s fine.
Thanks guys. While I’m still waiting on the card’s arrival, my clan member over in the States is supping the 17 year old Balvenie Doublewood already. 
I need to get back on the Battlefield ASAP.