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[ClaptoVaughn]

Pffft, why package w/ the 900 series?

If you bought a 980, you have enough money to buy the game.
If you bought a 970, you don't have enough vram to run the game well.
If you bought a 960, you probably won't be able to run this monster of a game at all.

Spoiler

I kid, I kid. I have a GTX 680, so I'll probably be upgrading to a 9-series myself eventually.

 

[Velurian]

Thats really shitty of them to not give codes to those who had faith in them prior to the 970 shitstorm.

I mean wtf. We are your core buyers but I guess we are not that important after we have already paid the money.

Boo Nvidia, boo!

 

[kharma45]

Wouldn't you need to upgrade your MB too, what with NVLink and all that

They'll still support PCIe.

 

[theeraser]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but the Amazon page has a typo that says the offer starts March 10, 2014. Might be able to get a code by arguing your eligibility.

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=11136935011

 

[ronkmonster]

I ordered a 970 on Saturday from Overclockers.co.uk and received it Tuesday. Contacted them on that night and they sent me a code Wednesday. I'd say it's worth asking if you bought in the last week.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Dropped 600 bones on the MSI 980 like a month ago. :-(

I dropped the same for 2 G1 970's with the Ubi promo code. Content.

 

[Xdrive05]

Anyone here have any luck with Amazon honoring the promo if you bought you cards earlier? I just emailed customer support code begging.

I spend a metric fuckton of money on Amazon on a weekly basis, so hopefully that frees their inhibitions.

Edit:
*update* Amazon honored the promo for me as a "one time" offer, and I even ordered at the end of January. So it's worth sending them a customer service email through their site if this is your situation too. Good luck!

 

[GazzaScotland]

Seems that Amazon UK aren't part of the deal. Would have sent them a message but oh well. Lost this one.

 

[Madridy]

Anyone here have any luck with Amazon honoring the promo if you bought you cards earlier? I just emailed customer support code begging.

I spend a metric fuckton of money on Amazon on a weekly basis, so hopefully that frees their inhibitions.

Edit:
*update* Amazon honored the promo for me as a "one time" offer, and I even ordered at the end of January. So it's worth sending them a customer service email through their site if this is your situation too. Good luck!

Nice.

I bought my 980 on the 9th of March from Amazon, one day before the promotion begins and emailed them about it and reply I got said and I quote:

"In my experience, the quickest way to have this issue resolved is to contact the manufacturer directly for the promotion of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt game Codes. "

And he proceeded to give me the contact info for MSI customer service...
WTF.

Why is the manufacturer responsible in honoring this deal at all, I thought it is between Nvidia and the retailers. I think I got some automatic reply for issues with Graphic cards since it says manufacturer may require proof of purchase for replacement parts at the end of the email!

 

[Lucifon]

Just ordered my EVGA 970, latest model from Novatech. Should be here tomorrow Now to decide whether to sell the Witcher 3 code and get it on PS4 as I originally planned, or just keep it and play it on PC. It's going to look better with a 970 than PS4 right...? I kinda want the physical copy bonuses too though

 

[Madridy]

Just ordered my EVGA 970, latest model from Novatech. Should be here tomorrow Now to decide whether to sell the Witcher 3 code and get it on PS4 as I originally planned, or just keep it and play it on PC. It's going to look better with a 970 than PS4 right...? I kinda want the physical copy bonuses too though

Play it on the PC!

You'll probably run it on Very High settings, 1080p@60fps, and maybe with some good AA too.

 

[protomouse]

Just ordered my EVGA 970, latest model from Novatech. Should be here tomorrow Now to decide whether to sell the Witcher 3 code and get it on PS4 as I originally planned, or just keep it and play it on PC. It's going to look better with a 970 than PS4 right...? I kinda want the physical copy bonuses too though

Most certainly. Run better, too.

 

[santeesioux]

A 960 is probably a bad buy if I want to play games at medium for the next 3-4 years, right?

 

[Xdrive05]

A 960 is probably a bad buy if I want to play games at medium for the next 3-4 years, right?

I suspect it would work as you describe for most games during that time @ 1080p. Most PC games will be console ports, or use engines that target console level hardware, so the 960 should still crush them.

At the high end of demanding games you will be vram/bandwidth limited at some point, but then you just bring it down to medium as you mentioned. The value proposition of the 960 with W3 bundled in is a hard thing to argue against.

 

[Kezen]

Play it on the PC!

You'll probably run it on Very High settings, 1080p@60fps, and maybe with some good AA too.

I don't think so. You are giving false hope.

 

[Sanjay]

Seems that Amazon UK aren't part of the deal. Would have sent them a message but oh well. Lost this one.

Amazon UK always never do these type of deals. A real shame.

 

[viveks86]

Just ordered my EVGA 970, latest model from Novatech. Should be here tomorrow Now to decide whether to sell the Witcher 3 code and get it on PS4 as I originally planned, or just keep it and play it on PC. It's going to look better with a 970 than PS4 right...? I kinda want the physical copy bonuses too though

Yes. It will look better

Play it on the PC!

You'll probably run it on Very High settings, 1080p@60fps, and maybe with some good AA too.

No. Not by that much.

 

[I Eat Thumbtacks]

Play it on the PC!

You'll probably run it on Very High settings, 1080p@60fps, and maybe with some good AA too.

A 770 is needed for recommended requirements, which is for high settings at 30 frames per second. I don't think you'll be able to get 60 at very high on a 970, especially with decent amounts of anti-aliasing.

 

[D-VoN]

I got Watch Dogs with my GTX 770. Played it for one hour.

 

[santeesioux]

I suspect it would work as you describe for most games during that time @ 1080p. Most PC games will be console ports, or use engines that target console level hardware, so the 960 should still crush them.

At the high end of demanding games you will be vram/bandwidth limited at some point, but then you just bring it down to medium as you mentioned. The value proposition of the 960 with W3 bundled in is a hard thing to argue against.

Hmm, that sounds good, but I might just bite the bullet and get a 970 even though i'm going to stick with 1080p.

 

[xplicitone]

I still have a 580gtx. Have always debated about 980gtx but tempting to wait for Pascal too. Free $60 game is nice, though, especially with Step up. But it probably won't come within the next whatever months the program says.

 

[Barzul]

Man I wonder if I should try contacting Amazon about this. They already issued me a partial refund (10%) for this last month and I purchased my card in Febuary. Might be pushing my luck there.

 

[Lucifon]

Play it on the PC!

You'll probably run it on Very High settings, 1080p@60fps, and maybe with some good AA too.

Most certainly. Run better, too.

Fine okay...maybe I should. It's just the bonus of playing on a gamepad whilst lied in bed rather than sitting in my study at a desk for a huge RPG that's making the decision difficult.

 

[harSon]

I bought a 970 like 2 weeks ago -_-

 

[Cyriades]

I bought two 970s today and got 2 codes.

 

[texhnolyze]

A 960 is probably a bad buy if I want to play games at medium for the next 3-4 years, right?

I guess I'll quote my own post regarding this.

I had a 5770 back in the day. While it's not a high-end card, it's not a bad card either. I can run most games on medium-high if locked at 30 fps. R9 280 and GTX 960 today are definitely better than 5770 in its years, and I believe you won't have to lower your settings to low to play games in the next 3 years. Heck, I can even still played Dark Souls 2 at high 60 fps before I finally passed the card to my brother in October. Video cards don't become obsolete that fast.

 

[I Eat Thumbtacks]

I bought two 970s today and got 2 codes.

You can sell it in the buy/sell thread...or you can give it to me instead. A tough choice, I know.

 

[The Reloader]

I bought my 970 a few months and sent Amazon an email, they responded saying that I will have the game code within a few days! cool!

 

[b0uncyfr0]

As much as i love CDPR and the Witcher series, i aint pre-ordering or getting a 970 including W3 cause i have a feeling the game will have issues at launch. Id rather know its fine later on, then get it.

Adding a 970 into the mix isn't going to change that.

 

[mugwhump]

Bought a 970 in October and all I got was lies

 

[AzureSkies]

if my 7870 isn't fixed when I receive it back from the ASUS Repair Centre, I'll probably upgrade to a 980.

Unfortunately, I pre-purchased The Witcher 3 on Steam for $47 a few days ago.

 

[Velurian]

Fine okay...maybe I should. It's just the bonus of playing on a gamepad whilst lied in bed rather than sitting in my study at a desk for a huge RPG that's making the decision difficult.

Erm you do know that pc supports gamepad out of the box right?
You could use your DS4 if you have one (http://ds4windows.com/) or you can use your wired xbox controller. For wireless use you need a wireless dongle: http://i.imgur.com/yJeDRyT.jpg

...I ve got 4 xbox 360 pads hooked to my pc and a ds4