Upgrading graphics card but i remembered about the 900 series issues

[Tyrial]

seems like some of you say the 960 is bad and some of yous say the 970 is bad lol well thats good to know at least

I run a EVGA GTX 970 and have had absolutely 0 issues since I got my replacement card. The initial card I purchased was defective and flat out died a week after I installed it. There's nothing wrong with how the 970 performs. I'd wait a bit and see what happens when the 980ti gets released though. You might be able to save yourself a nice chunk of change.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I have a GTX960 and it's a pretty darn good card. It's going to be sketchy if you plan to use it beyond 1080p with max settings since it obviously can't match the 970, but it's a still good card all around.

[xanmoas]

Not really planning to max every settings just need one that can run recent games at least moderatly-high

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Not really planning to max every settings just need one that can run recent games at least moderatly-high

Well that will also depend on how much money you want to spend then. The 960 is fairly cheap compared to the other cards, so if you only care about "just running" the games without graphical bottlenecks, then you can go for that and save a few dollars.

[Itseotle]

Well that will also depend on how much money you want to spend then. The 960 is fairly cheap compared to the other cards, so if you only care about "just running" the games without graphical bottlenecks, then you can go for that and save a few dollars.

... and still run everything on max settings :P

But as others have stated, the 900 series cards are great cards. The "VRAM Issue" is not really an issue unless you run at super high resolutions, such as 4K or Triple monitor setups. That is where the lower grade VRAM will start to choke, its when your handling extremely high resolution textures passing through your card. If your just playing at 1080p, you won't notice any alleged stutter.

[UltimateAoe2]

Honestly, if you're going to utilize all of the 970's card, then you need to save upfor the 980.
As stated above me, if you're going to use anything higher than 1080p, save up.

other than that, my 970 has been serving me well. No problems at all.