GPU Nvidia

[runpaint]

Plus, the 750ti can run in almost any computer, because it doesn't need any extra connectors from the power supply. I'm running a Zotac low-profile 750, $112.99, in a PCIeX1 slot in a computer that doesn't have a video card slot. It gets over 40,000 ppd on core17.

If you have to buy another computer just to run the 970, then your cost goes way up. I have a $50 Dell refurb running a 750ti @ 60k ppd, so the entire computer costs less than the power supply you'd need for the 970. And I have a $300 computer running 2 750ti cards for over 100,000 ppd.

So if you already have a computer and you want to spend less, a 750ti is a good option. But if you're only going to have 1 card, the 970 is much better and you can get an adequate power supply for $60.

And if you're going to buy a new motherboard or a whole new computer, make sure it has at least 2 PCIe slots and 4 6-pin adaptors on the power supply. That way, you can run 2 970s in one computer & do the job of 2 computers for half the cost.

But I just got a 970 and it has averaged only 150,000ppd, since there haven't been any core17s for a few days. So you might be happier with a 750ti.

Personally I think every home in America should have a 750ti. Integrated graphics can't compare, and every other worthwhile card is inaccessible to the majority of people. The 750 is comparable to the 480 or 570, but both of those still cost more even now, they both use 4 times the power, and they can't be used with most people's computers.

So just do it! Get a Maxwell, it doesn't matter if it's a 970 or a 750ti! Think of the children, and their future! They could be doing Mandelbrot algorithms in Teraflops! (single precision, of course. Kids don't need to run double precision anyway, and if they don't like it they can get a job and buy a Titan).

[Biffa]

Still...

970 = 248000/145W = 1710 ppd/W
750 = 70000/60W = 1166 ppd/W

So in power efficiency 970 wins as well

Depending on what your PPD target is of course

[Kjetil]

970 at 1051 MHz (base)or oc? My 750Ti is now 80K at oc to 1206 base on p9201.

My 5 970 and 6 980 is off, core 15