I need to revive a 1070 thread that got archived since I'm torn between a 1070 and a 480 for wqhd. Decent overclocking capabilities of custon 480 with 8 pin connectors could bring it on 290x levels being adequate for 1440p. Meanwhile reviewers say a 1070 is the sweet spot.
>>55494830
>ITT: One guy asks for purchasing advice on a 1070 and a bunch of AMDrones spread FUD.
>AMD's worst element is their rabid fanmob.
Enlight me.
AMD does some things right as much as Nvidia. But Nvidia seems a bit like Apple charging premium and marketing some things as innovation and mainly their own invention that's just a standard while attempting to lock out AMD's ability to get involved with developers. This results into better aging AMD cards getting optimized and better performance over months and Nvidia cards blowing away AMD at release. I ain't telling news, the current situation is a result of Nvidia's aggressive strategie of the last years.
The problem is AMD didn't publish a upper midrange card this year, so anyone who wants top performance seems to buy Nvidia products...
Wait for Vega?
>>55497407
>Enlight me.
I think you meant "enlighten me?"
>Wait for Vega?
The waiting game never ends. Just take the recent 1070 to 480 to 1060 episode. The 1070 was launched and people here (AMDrones?) were saying wait for the 480. It'll be close to the 1070 and cost half as much.
A couple of weeks pass and we get benchmarks of the 480 and it is nowhere close except in a couple of AMD-centric games. Some people (nvidiots?) if you want want a cheap card then wait for the 1060.
There is always something new and great coming. If you wait for the next one you might as well wait for the next one. Just get the best video card you can afford at the time you are shopping for it unless there is a new card that is officially coming out in the next couple of weeks.
>>55497407
Purchase.
>>55497407
Always buy Nvidia products my friend. AMD is for poorfags only. Their recent product launch killed thousands of motherboards and the upcoming class action suit may put them out of business for good, meaning no more support or drivers. It's just not worth the risk. A real shame, but that's reality.
>>55497407
Wtf is wrong with you? If you can afford the 1070 then it's the way to go, the 480 is not on the same tier and isn't supposed to challenge a 100$ more expensive card. Especially for 1440p jesus christ man.
1070 for WQHD
>>55497552
The Way It's Meant To Be Played (tm)
1070 with GDDR5X in the pipeline?
>>55497582
>RX 480: $200-230
>GTX 1060: $300
>GTX 1070: $420-450
It's more than a $100 gap. The way they're priced, each of those cards are king of their own price bracket.
>>55497687
1070ti?
>>55497582
It's 180€ difference where I live and one anon claimed it's only 10fps difference - that wouldn't be worth.
I would buy a 1070 for 380$ without a second thought.
I'm in central Europe though so I know that I will get shafted price wise but atm it's ridiculous. Anyone know when prices will somewhat normalize?
>>55497552
You joke but I've seen niggers serious about this shit.
GPU fanboys are so much worse than console fanboys.
>>55497783
Gigabyte aftermarket 1070 was already at $390 a few days ago.
>>55497783
Best you can hope for with 20%ish VAT and the usual Europoor mark-up because of all the middle men is probably between €420-€450.
>>55497862
The cheapest I have found at the moment is a UK import for ~ 445€ because of the weak pound.
I guess I will wait for the 1060 launch and decide then. Too bad AMDs higher range cards won't come soon.
>>55497828
>Windforce 1070 has no backplate
>>55497552
>Thousands of motherboards dying
U tried ur best sweety ;)
Only a couple hundred have been released for consumers, not sure about releases in the EU
Are nvidia better for older games? Can they play Fallout 3?
>>55497407
get a 1080
>>55497552
This
Nvidia does not actually charge a premium. Rather Nvidia makes much better products than AMD and they are well worth the price.
You can go with AMD, but you will just be getting an inferior product every time.
>>55497407
I too am torn OP. I have a Freesync 144hz monitor. However my R9 Fury isn't running shit at the FPS I want and the settings I want. I'm not sure if I should I make the switch to the 1070/1080, buy a 2nd Fury or switch to CF RX480's.
>>55498971
The last 2 options will frustrate you. Since you already have a Freesync monitor I'd wait and see what AMD has to offer in the 490 (Yeah I know about the dual Polaris rumors)..
