OK after all the discussion concerning the 970 most of which I did not understand but it was enough for me to save a little longer and buy a OCUK GTX 980 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-204-OK but I feel that gaming is not as smooth as it was with the cards it upgraded 670 SLI. Games seem to jump about a bit even not exactly graphic intense games such as Timeshift but I have started playing Wolfenstien: The Old Blood and it is decidedly iffy. Framerates seem to jump all over the place from 21 to 62. Rest of specs are in my sig and any other info you will undoubtedly want just ask.
Having had a look at the requirements your GPU more than meets the minimum requirements (albeit I'd guess those requirements were for 1920x1080 and you're gaming at 2560x1440) but your CPU is the minimum (well not quite as you've got a 2500k not a 2500) although I really doubt that it's being taxed 100%. Admittedly when I was thinking about downgrading my SLI 780s to a single 980 I definitely came to the conclusion that a single 980 was not enough to play every game at its max settings at 2560x1440 - do you have the all the settings turned up all the way?
On Wolfenstein, probably George but as I said the likes of Timeshift which is a pretty oldish game (2007) it still is not particularly smooth in parts. Should I bench a few games Far Cry 4, Crysis and the like to get an idea. I would hate to think that after spending almost 500 quid I am unable to play games at 2560x1440 on at least high.
It's probably a daft thing to suggest, but to rule out hardware vs software problems have you tried in safe mode or a selective start-up?
Sorry, I misread your initial post - I thought you said not on older games. Something definitely is wrong as it shouldn't have any issues with games like timeshift... When you installed it did you uninstall and then reinstall drivers etc?
Sorry do not understand the question. I don't think I did seeing as I was going from 670 to 980 both Nvidia I just let Nvidia GeForce experience do it's thing. Was this a mistake?
Definitely try reinstalling the drivers, Glenn. When I went from a single 680 to the pair, I didn't reinstall the drivers either and it caused all sorts of kooky problems.
I was just thinking if it could be some background task causing it (AV software, GPU overclocking software) so thought it maybe worth trying in safe mode, or using a selective start-up to rule out non-Microsoft software causing problems.
As above, when changing graphics cards, even if they use the same driver package, always uninstall the old card's driver first, then power off and swap the cards, then power up and install the new card's driver. As you've already swapped the cards, you need to uninstall the driver, restart the PC and then install the new driver. It should be dandy afterwards.
I was thinking early that you seemed to have been very quite these past few days and as I had not seen an obituary I presumed you were still alive. I am downloading as we speak and will remove all traces of Nvidia before reinstalling fresh drivers.
No need - just run the driver installation and tick "perform a clean install" (then restart, just to be sure).
OK, being a belt and braces sort of guy I have followed this and followed Spreadie's advice and doing a clean install.
Sorry untested as yet. Could not try it yesterdsy evening but will post back later today once I have fired up Wolfenstein.
OK. Wolfenstien is still pretty rubbish in parts but it is just out so perhaps it is the games fault and not the GPU. Will try Crysis.