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I want a new GPU. Should I upgrade now, or wait for the next generation of cards?
I'm looking at selling off my 7970 and buying a 970 at the moment. I know it's a 3.5GB meme card, but it seems like the best card in my price range right now.
You have a 7970, DEFINITELY wait.
The 7970 is still a powerful card, and the 970, while an improvement will not be a large enough improvement to bother. If you were upgrading to say, a 980Ti then it would be.
But money isn't free so I understand.
Wait. You'll kick yourself if you don't. Usually I don't recommend waiting but you have a good card already and the next generation is seeing some significant new tech
The best card in your price range is the 390 you idiot. Look at the Fallout 4/The Division/recent DX12 releases like Hitman and Tomb Raider and Ashes of Singularity. The 390 is beating Nvidia's 980 and even the Ti in some cases.
The 390 can be bought for like $280 on sale, it's beating a $500/650$ card. Get that.
>>53462085
Thanks. The 7970 is starting to show its age (I have a 1400p monitor which doesn't help), but if the new tech is going to change things that much, I guess I can wait.
>>53462131
Sorry my dude but this reads painfully like a viral marketing post.
I'm happy to give AMD another shot, my experience so far has been fine outside of a few botched game releases.
>>53461790
>Buying a 970
>ever
390 is the best in that price range by far. What games do you play?
>>53462151
Its not shilling, it's fact. Go look it up. Also you're a retard if you're going to buy a 3.5gb meme card while pushing 1440p. I'd imagine you're also interested in VR too. Why wouldn't you get the card that performs better with 8gb of vram?
>390
>same price range as 970
Is this a joke? Or are the prices closer in the US? There's a definite price gap between the two in Australia.
>>53461790
7970 is still pretty decent.
Have you thought of picking one up used for crossfire? if you're looking to throw money away it's probably the cheapest option and most powerful upgrade.
I would avoid the 970 personally because 3.5GB, 1.75MB, 224+32bit, and the ROPs. It's a decent card but the lies behind it make it feel not worth the buy.
If you don't mind waiting though next gen is around the corner.
>>53462196
Really? I guess there is. I saved like $50 buying my 390 after refunding my 970 due to "false advertising" (wasn't happy with the performance)
AMD is winning this gen because Nvidia didn't bank on DX12/Vulkan at all. My $300 card will be beating their $500 cards for quite some time.
>>53462228
>will be beating
Are you only planning on playing DX12 games?
>>53461790
At this point in the cycle, new stuff is right around the corner. I don't believe in waiting arbitrarily for the next best thing because the next generation will always be better and you'll always be waiting to upgrade. You should upgrade when you need to, regardless of waiting, unless something is really close to releasing. So, in this case, I would at least wait for the next generation to either a) buy the new card for the same price or b) buy the old card that you would have purchased for a reduced price. Your card should be good enough to hold you over until then.
>>53462246
It's already beating several nvidia goyimworks DX11 games, and a lot of shit is DX12 going forward, especially with CryEngine/UE4/Unity/Source 2 natively supporting it.
>>53462131
Are you fucking retarded?
390 doesn't beat 980 ți in any case shape or form , idgaf about 980 but even that sounds far fetched
>>53462282
>>53462282
In general, a 980 is going to be faster in DX11 and a 980Ti significantly faster. So for 90% of the games out NOW, Nvidia might be a better choice. Just not the 970.
The 390 is going to age better than the 980 and maybe the 980Ti but considering he's willing to wait and new tech is coming up soon, he's better off waiting.
>>53462557
It's already beating the 980 mate
>>>>53461790
yes buy the 970, gamewerks and tessellation is the new era, even amd 390x doesnt come close to the 970, btw you never use over 2-3 gb of vram anyways
>>53462517
When it is about the VRAM, it does
>>53461790
Hate to be a waitfag but at this point you really should just wait. The new shit is right around the corner.
That and a 7970 is still perfectly capable of playing modern games.
>>53461790
i love my 970, but if i were in the market now i would wait. if you cant wait see if you can get a used card to hold you over.
>>53462593
It can't even beat the 970 in many benchmarks fám. I think it is better than the 970 overall but let's not get delusional.
>>53462676
Vram for games doesn't mean shit at the moment.
Don't give me that hitman bullshit please
Dx12 is crap anyways, but nshillia will support vulkan tho
>>53461790
7970 is still a decent card. If I were you, I would wait for the new Nvidia Pascal and AMD Polaris GPUs.
>>53461790
The first die shrink for GPUs in 4 YEARS is coming in just a few months. Just wait.
>>53461790
>>53462085
Nee something to replace my gtx750(not the ti version) after the new cards drop. What are the ones to go with for 1080p
>>53463212
The 980Ti is the top 1080p card right now so pick one up off ebay during the inevitable upgrade wave. It's possible that one of the new cards will be a better value so you'll have to compare when the time comes.
>>53462197
7970 is 3gb right? It'll stutter like fuck in modern games in cf. even my two 7870s shit the bed in games with good cf support thanks to the limitations of the vram.
>>53462654
I see over 4gb at 1440p in a few games
I'm probably going to order a 970 soon. Would I need to upgrade my cpu to do it justice? It's a 965 Black.
>>53463510
Get a 9590 to go with the 970 so you can have the shittiest of both worlds.
>>53463336
My 2gb gtx 670s are fine so far?
>>53463540
but your life isn't
What would someone recommend for upgrading from a 6950? Wait for the 480/490 from AMD? Or wait for the GTX 1060?
>>53463795
I recommend you get your weab shit off this board
>>53463336
I thought HBM solved the stuttering issue?
Speaking of that, when is AMD going to make all their VRAM into HBM by default?
Not really good with this stuff
I have this "3072mb powercolor radeon hd 7950 pcs+ active PCIe 3.0 x16"
Bought it 3 or 4 years ago (my first pc build) and it still works fine but I'm planning to play dark souls 3 and the division
I can still play most stuff on ultra except witcher 3 (high)
Should I upgrade to something like 390
Or will ds3 and divison still work fine on high/ultra settings with my current one
>>53463816
*massages your shoulders and nibbles your ear*
It'll be okay sweetheart. =3
Welcome to 4chan, by the way!
>>53463827
No fuck off this isn't /a/
>>53463869
But it is 4chan. Either deal with the anime or keep complaining, your choice.
I'm hoping you complain more. Your posts are arousing me.
Is it worth getting a 7970 if I've currently got a R7 260X 1Gb?
>>53463907
You have your containment boards. Fuck off.
>>53463913
Yes. It'll be a really big improvement in performance. A 7970 is faster than a GTX 960, and about the same as a r9 380.
>>53463922
Mmm, you keep that up big boy, I may blow my load.
Tell me more about how it makes you feel. Does it upset you?
*licks your chin*
It's okay sweetheart, you just keep going on. I'll take the pain away.
Just tell me how much it hurts. Please.
>>53463922
>He's never seen the desktop thread!
>>53461790
You should most definitely wait it out, these new cards are a bigger jump in performance than any best case gain example from the HD7xxx/GTX6xx series to current.
If anything it will massively drop the prices of everything on the market today. AMD is saying 980/390X level performance at a goal price of ~$250
>>53463922
Could you quit being a little bitch?
>>53464005
Desktops are part of the computer so it's /g/ related.
>>53464047
I call bullshit.
>>53464047
>r9 390/gtx 970 performance at the price of a 390x/980
WOW WHAT PROGRESS.
>>53463795
dat 490 dog
>>53461790
ghy
