New card next month a couple of??.

Hi all. Next month I am buying a new graphic card. At least a 3GB Vram and thinking of getting a 970. At the moment I have a MSI 670GTX 2GB. With this card I have trouble with Screen tearing if Vsync is turned off or slow down if its on. Would a 970 with more then 3GB Vram get rid of screen tearing or has this got something to do with my screen refresh been a 60hz?. Would I still have problems with Screen tearing at 60hz refresh no matter what card I have?.

You will always have screen tearing unless you turn on Vsync. Thats why i just bought a new 144hz monitor with Nvidias new GSYNC feature. Now with Vsync off, I get no screen tearing at all and the frame rate is butter smooth at 144 hz, along with no input lag too.

@skipper847:

You need to invest in a quality monitor, its not your card doing it.

Those NVidia GSYNC Monitors don't they have HDMI port on them?.

They should have, get a 120-144Hz monitors by BenQ or Asus and it'll do the job

Ya invest in a gsync monitor and then next year when there is a sizable leap from your card (670 is a good card) to the new series pick one of them up and you'll be running games buttery smooth at the highest of settings.

A single 670 is not enough for 1080p/60. An upgrade to a 970 should do the trick. I just upgraded from 670 SLI myself due to VRAM bottleneck.

@BassMan: Hitting 60fps on a gsync monitor is less important then non gsync enabled monitors. It's nice but they negate a lot of the negatives that not using or using Vsycn created. I'm sure his 670 is more then capable for games at high settings. I'd wait till the next series comes out and keep the 670 personally, The current jump to a 970 really isn't that large. It's noticeable but I don't know if I'd find it worth the while at the moment. I'd go for a higher quality gsync screen then save the cash for a card to run that screen at it's full res 1600p or 4k and use a lower res till I had the money for the beefy new card.

670 to 970 is a large jump. Also, he will double his VRAM which will allow him to use max settings. In terms of G-Sync, it does not work miracles. You will still notice low fps, just without the tearing and input lag. I always recommend having a GPU setup that maintains 60fps minimum on all games. Best to keep the fluctuations above 60 and G-sync will do it's thing. I do not recommend Gsync as a solution to low fps as it will still not feel great. It will be more tolerable, but not really the quality gaming experience that PC is all about. Always best to game at 60fps and above.

970 would be a great upgrade. Specially considering right now you need 3GB card for 1080P standards.