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@Ethan: My understanding of it is that the last 0.5 has a significantly slower speed, so when a game actually manages to use more than 3.5GB of VRAM, performance takes a noticeable hit.

But honestly, it's one of the rare cases where the claims of false advertising as actually justified, as opposed to completely retarded.

@Connorrrr: Depends. The card is still pretty good. People are rightfully angry but it's not like the card is suddenly shit or anything. It'...

...It's just not quite as good as everyone thought it was. If anything, you're now in a position to make a more informed purchase. It still gives you a pretty good bang for your bucks but it might not be worth it depending on what you're going to use it for.

I don't plan on going higher than 1080p anytime soon, so personally I'm starting to lean towards the cheaper GTX 960.

I personally will be heading into 1440p territory soon enough so the 970 would be bad if I want that card to past 4-5 years. Connorrrr, it totally depends on how you push the 970. If you don't mind upgrading if things get tough for it in a few years @ 1080p resolution then it's a fine card. You just can't be using the final 0.5 GB. You'll hit it easily enough if your needs require SLI 970s.