The default config GTX960 has only 2GB vram right? The 970 is worth it for the 4GB (3.5+0.5) vram alone. The GTX970 is pretty nice. There's the coil whine that some people complain about and I can hear it particularly when it ramps up. However, I don't care about noise when the graphics card is working, and the idle noise of the Asus Strix brand is very acceptable. I'm known to have a low tolerance for idle noise.

Still, don't expect to play GTA 5 "maxxed out" on a 1920x1080 monitor. Next year's achitecture promises to show great leaps in performance (in Deep Learning, so who knows what that means for games). Given my previous graphics card broke, 2016 was just too far away.

I've moved the big mofo onto the floor for now (still in the wrap). I don't plan on unwrapping him at least until later on this year once accommodations seem somewhat steady. That said I almost never clear bed space. As annoying as it is, I find myself moving things back and forth between me bed or my chair whenever I want to use the other.