# Video Card Purchase

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 18, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/video-card-purchase/51727 "2014-11-18T01:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![k-arts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/k-arts/32/58440_2.png) [@k-arts](https://forums.chaos.com/u/k-arts)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/video-card-purchase/51727/2 "2014-11-18T11:39:42Z")

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The GTX 970 has 1664 Cuda Cores, the 980 has 2048. I assume you should choose between your workflow. And even if you need Cuda Cores, maybe spend some more and get 2 970 and a new PSU 🙂 For my workflow, i hardly use RT, and therefor i would go for the 970.

Hope it helps  
Ralf

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