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What is your graphics card upgrade plan for this generational transition?

Right now I have a GTX 560.


Once a new Elder Scrolls or something comes out I'll consider upgrading. My 560 runs FF XIV really good so that's enough for me at the moment.
 
Currently got a 1GB HD 7770.

If VRAM isn't an issue for next gen games I'll stick with it. The next time I would upgrade is to run 4k resolution so 2015/2016?
 
Tri-SLI Titans currently in my main gaming PC (i7 3930k). GTX 780 in my second (i5 2500k). Will "upgrade" to the latest AMD release when it drops in the coming weeks (if it's all that versus the 780). Otherwise standing pat until the rumored Titan Ultra or whatever else may come. I always do bleeding edge GPU as it makes the upgrades pretty painless (resale value remains pretty high).
 
Derrick01 said:
A lot of it comes down to when I have the money to upgrade my entire PC almost. But I really want to see how special these next hyped nvidia cards are going to be when they come out next year. If they're as big of a leap as people are saying then I'll jump on that if I have the money.

Until then I'm pretty much stuck with PS4 as my multiplatform machine. I'll hate spending almost $60 on every game but the fact is it's a stronger machine than my 3 year old PC.
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i know this is yawningly predictable, but doesn't upgrading your GPU first make more sense? there will never be a worse number-of-titles to price of entry ratio than at launch, and all those PS4 multiplats you buy will remain tied to that single spec forever instead of scaling with new hardware.

as for CPU, your i7 runs rings around a PS4 CPU, even at stock. there's even a chance that devs make real use of HT since they're going to have to all become threading wizards to get anything out of 8 jaguar cores.
 
My next upgrade will probably Maxwell shrink or AMD's competing card at that time, which ever one has the best value in terms of perf/$.

My 680s will be plenty handy for me for the next year or so. Besides I will have a PS4 during this period ..
 
I've already spent $3000+ since 2008 on this PC and it still won't be enough so I think i'm done with PC upgrades. It's just not worth it with how fast they get outdated. I spent $500 on a 680 in February and it will probably run Battlefield 4 like shit.
 
GTX 770 4GB is what I got for now

Plenty of power for anything that currently exists. Anything above this isn't worth it. Marginal benefit < marginal cost.
 
I have a 7970 right now - I'll probably do something next year whenever I play a game that makes me feel like an upgrade would be warranted.
 
Currently using a 7970 3GB.

Just purchased another 7970 3GB to run them in Crossfire. Hopefully this can last me another 2-3 years.
 
I have a 6950 still. I'll probably wait at least another year before upgrading. Might get the first refresh in 2015 as a graduation gift to myself.
 
AMD 6950 x2 -> AMD 9970 6GB or similar->FUTURE (probably 2015 if there's sub 20nm).
 
Chugging along with a 5850

Going to wait on Star Citizen or another huge MMO benchmark before upgrading if I can wait that long
 
SuperSonic1305 said:
I've already spent $3000+ since 2008 on this PC and it still won't be enough so I think i'm done with PC upgrades. It's just not worth it with how fast they get outdated. I spent $500 on a 680 in February and it will probably run Battlefield 4 like shit.
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If you're gaming at 1080p - no. It will run BF4 incredibly well.

$3000 since 2008 is not that bad if you calculate that year over year and considering how much you use your PC for other things (aside from gaming). Also consider that the "new" GTX 770 is just a slightly souped up GTX 680 and you're sitting pretty.
 
I have a 7970, I don't plan on upgrading until I have issues with max settings. When I do it'll be whatever is best on the market, not counting anything that costs over $500.
 
Based on history, new console gens tend to shake up PC gaming quite a bit. With that in mind I'm probably going to wait about two years (if I can) and see where gpus are sitting. I have a feeling were going to see some truly mindblowing shit and rather not blow my budget with a premature upgrade. I just have this nagging feeling doing an upgrade is a mistake right now.
 
SuperSonic1305 said:
I've already spent $3000+ since 2008 on this PC and it still won't be enough so I think i'm done with PC upgrades. It's just not worth it with how fast they get outdated. I spent $500 on a 680 in February and it will probably run Battlefield 4 like shit.
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Lol,is this a windup?

$3000 and only a 680?

By the way, that 680 absolutely destroy battlefield 4, should be hitting 60fps at ultra with the way DICE can optimise. Truly the kings of optimisation.
 
Have a 7850 at the moment, runs most games decently well at low~medium.

And since most multiplat games will be cross-gen for around 2 more years, I'll probably upgrade once they make a full leap to next-gen.
 
Currently rocking an MSI 670.

Will upgrade early 2015 or so when the 800 series drops in price or late 2015 when the 900 series launch.
 
Only using a gtx560m. Wanted to build last year but was deployed for 10 months so decided to wait for Maxwell. I want to go with tri sli since it scales so well now with Titan cards. Hopefully it's the same deal with the new cards. Also, if it's not 20nm I will just wait.
 
Just curious what some people in this thread are expecting out of their hardware?

1080?

1440?

4k?

Definitely a gap in expectations here.
 
Derrick01 said:
i7 3.07ghz, GTX 470 and 6gb RAM.

I think my CPU might be better or at least close but I'm behind on the others. Or just the GPU really since RAM is so cheap I don't even consider it a big deal to be behind on it.
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You might get a bit more life out of the CPU if you overclock it, but you'll definitely need a new graphics card. The current offerings from NVIDIA and AMD will be significant improvements for you. NVIDIA released their newest GPUs recently, and I think AMD will be bringing out their new stuff later this year.
 
Current GPU: GTX 560 TI 1GB

Plan on getting a 880GTX when I build a new PC early next year(~$1700 to $1800 budget). Assuming there are no delays and the 880GTX doesn't end up costing more than what the 780GTX currently does.
 
Nightengale said:
Have a 7850 at the moment, runs most games decently well at low~medium.

And since most multiplat games will be cross-gen for around 2 more years, I'll probably upgrade once they make a full leap to next-gen.
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I like that, timing upgrades to when most games skip the 360/PS3. Clever, and indeed should be around two years.
 
Currently run a 7970. It runs everything at 2560 at max that I want. If star citizen needs more power I will upgrade otherwise I won't be upgrading for at least two years.
 
Will wait till my 7970 crumbles under 1920x1080 with no AA. That's the point where I go "not good enough anymore!"

Mind you, I'm in the market for a monitor upgrade, which will probably put that native resolution out a bit and make the 7970 suffer. In that case, I'll grab whatever AMD has got cooking for October/November.
 
Duxxy3 said:
Just curious what some people in this thread are expecting out of their hardware?

1080?

1440?

4k?

Definitely a gap in expectations here.
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1080p minimum, but I'd preferably want to downsample as high as possible to my monitor or TV. Therefore I'll be needing more VRAM, hopefully the GTX 870/880 will hook me up.
 
Probably just throw in whatever's most relevant in late 2014/early 2015. I was kinda tempted now just because of stupid nVidia driver issues, but in the end I'll get more out of waiting on next gen consoles to raise the baseline of development then reap the benefits of PCs leapfrogging them. And it doesn't sound like I even need to dump the i5 2500k!
 
560Ti for me. 1-2 years left in it still I think. Plan to wait till boxing day 2014 (maybe 2015) and get whatever is running console ports well in the $200-$250 area on sale, that's what I did with the 560Ti. I find these days between playing a lot of older/indie games due to steam sales and newer games tend to be 360 ports, the 560Ti has more than enough juice to run it all in 1080p (on an i5). I figure by the time I'm starting to purchase and play ports of next gen games and the 560Ti can't handle it, it will be a good time to upgrade.

Duxxy3 said:
Just curious what some people in this thread are expecting out of their hardware?

1080?

1440?

4k?

Definitely a gap in expectations here.
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I'm only looking for 1080p @ 60fps and AA, and all the details in the game maxed (barring over-the-top stuff like ubersample, etc). I know that there are a number of people into all of this "downsampling", etc other things but (personally) I find it is very much a case of diminishing returns for me. I have a very hard time telling the difference between some jacked up downsampled game and 1080p w/ 4x aa... and that's in stills! In motion, forget it, I'd never even notice. So much the better for me, instead of forking out for SLI Titans I can spend all that money on more video games :D
 
Currently have a 2GB 670 which runs everything maxed at 1440p and will upgrade to whatever card can run 4K/60 at the same time I grab myself a 4K monitor.
 
Rolling with 7850 Crossfire atm. Plan on upgrqading when i get 4k in a few years. nvidia or amd it matters not to me.
 
probably gonna buy a titan first which should be plenty enough.

then later add a second titan unless by then there is card out with 6GB that blows both of them out of the water performance wise.

and depending on my financial standing of course.
 
The way things are looking now my first PC build since 2000 will have 2 880s. I currently game on my Retina MacBook Pro which has a 650M.
 
5850 still doing pretty good, this card has more legs than any I've had before. I'm sure I'll need an upgrade but not sure what or when.
 
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