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

Had a 460, just bought a 4gb 770, and it looks like I'll be happy for a while.

Another 3-4 years maybe and upgrade the whole shebang, i5-750 right now. We'll see how the technology evolves.
 
I'm looking at building a new rig next year with a 880 or equivalent.

My last gaming pc had a 128mb Radeon 9600xt with a single core CPU and 512mb of ram. I hope my eyes melt 12 months from now.
 
XFX 250gts 1gb at the moment.
Next upgrade is unclear. I have feeling that 760gtx is not quite future proof. And i find 770gtx a bit expensive.
I think i`ll wait for 860gtx. Hoping for similar price to 760 gtx with a bit more performance.
 
Not for another year probly. I was going to upgrade when the 4th gen Intel chips hit but I've got no need now with new consoles around the corner. I'll be spending all my time there and my PC is more than enough for the next 1-2 years.

Now when the Oculus Rift comes out..
 
Vulcano's assistant said:
1. When the series 8xx comes
2. I don't know if someone is going to pull a Crysis again, but I think you will be fine if you get a card with enough vram. Maybe when dx12 comes along.
3. Only the GPU for now.

Get a 870GTX and you will be fine. you will eventually need to upgrade for that one game. Maybe Half-Life 3 so I wouldn't worry about it being too soon.

edit: Overclock that i7
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cheers buddy, im taking your advice
 
Going to keep the Titan for the next 2 years on my desktop computer.

Upgrading the 7870 XT on my HTPC next year to an 8 Series Nvidia next year.

That's about it for the foreseeable future as far as video upgrades go. Majority of future upgrades will be spent more on making my computer even quieter and smaller.
 
I'm content with my 7970 right now, thinking about crossfiring in maybe in a few months. I figured next gen games won't require real upgrades til the tech becomes common so by then i'll prolly just upgrade to a titan
 
romulus91 said:
cheers buddy, im taking your advice
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What I can add is that since the 670 was pretty close to the 680, and the 770 to the 780, I am expecting the 870 to be close to the 880. But we are not sure if that's going to be the case.

If Nvidia pulls out something weird, like 880 being the only real maxwell chip of the series 8xx (unlikely), then I would recommend the 880. Also, the X80s usually release before the X70s, so if you prefer not t wait a couple of extra months (say you want the card ready for The Witcher 3's launch and the card released the same week) and you have the money, you are safe buying the 880.
 
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Currently rocking dat Titan *drool*

... It should last me at least 18-24 months, I'd imagine. I'll probably upgrade the GPU mid-generation, and then do an entirely new build in 5 years or so right before the next batch of consoles, I'd imagine. Maybe a little sooner if money permits.
 
Have a 6850 but only game at 1680x1050, so it's served me well. Will probably update for whatever's around $200 in ~12 months once we're deep enough into next gen that there are worthwhile multiplats stuttering on med-high.
 
On a 580 right now, waiting prob for a 890 with 12 gigs of ram (really 6 gigs because of sli). Not worth it otherwise... these cards are getting expensive to upgrade for marginal gains.
 
vio said:
I wonder what will having Arm Cpu in Maxwell mean for games and overall real use.
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I doubt it would mean much at all for gaming.

It seems more in line with something HPC would like, with trying to make the GPU capable of running and managing a compute load by itself and having the main CPU only doing I/O work.
 
6790 in my desktop is more than enough for me until late 2014.

650m sli in my notebook will be fine for 3 years

Ps4 will hold me over on most upgrades. :-)
 
I'll donate my rig to the missus and I'll get a whole new PC. I'll set myself a budget of 2k and go berserk. I'll wait for the new cards and possibly processors, though. I can wait as we're getting a PS4 and I mainly play WoW.
 
Upgraded my 4-year-old PC with a GTX760. In a couple years I'll build a new PC with components that demolish the PS4.

Until then, I'm happy enough with a solid computer and maybe a PS4 in a year or so.
 
Currently have a 560 Ti/2500K.

I plan to build a completely new PC when 2 PC cards will be powerful enough to run next gen ports at 4K res at medium/high settings at least. So probably 2016 when Volta GPUs are out.

Until then I plan to get a PS4 and use it as my main multiplats machine and keep my current rig for the PC exclusives.
 
Get a new laptop B-]

I have this smexy beast
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Awwww yeah. Gawk at it's amazing Nvidia 540M graphics card. This puppy can run TF2 at 30fps Max at 1080. Can you believe it? I couldn't.
 
upgraded to a 7970 earlier this year- and ive been happy w how it has performed so far this year. wont upgrade till mid 2015 i think. planning on getting a ps4 middle of next year
 
My only computer right now is an Asus G72GX laptop that I've had for almost 4 years with a Core 2 Duo and a GTX 260M, and it's slow, even after cleaning it out (probably the hard drive since I notice general slowdown in things like loading icons and new programs despite CPU load.)

I'm probably going to buy something on Black Friday or Cyber Monday... probably a high end laptop with haswell and a 680/780M card. And maybe in a few years I'll build a desktop since I doubt the GPUs will be future proof past 2016 or 17
 
Just bought an Alienware x51 with a GTX 660 for my wife, so I'm going to stick with that for a while.

How soon do you guys think I should upgrade to an 800 series in order to keep running next gen games?

I only game 1600x900 right now btw because who cares.
 
The pace of the upgrades keep slowing down, and I think that in the future the trend will continue.

Especially if you do not have some exotic setup like multi screen or 3d.

I plan to keep my 660 for at least other 2-3 years. By then I'll probably upgrade not only Gpu.

Anyway not in a hurry at all... I can survive if I do not play everything on ultra ;P
 
I have only just got round to overclocking my 2500k to 4.5Ghz and my GTX 570 came overclocked. They're both holding up fine at the moment, playing most games at the highest settings or close to it.

Next time will be based on if I keep my 23" screen or upgrade. If I keep the 23" then it will be a mid range card i.e. 760/860 probably early next year (maybe when GTAV comes).

If I get a bigger screen then I will no doubt have to gut the system and get new everything.
 
Planning to upgrade my 5850 next year. Been waiting for 20nm to hit and it's disappointing TSMC is taking so long.

Not sure what I'll get specifically, probably 860-870 or AMD equivalent. Hopefully the cards have enough VRAM to last. At least 3, preferably 4GB. I'd have been disappointed if I went with a 512MB 4xxx series card, don't think that would have lasted me as long.
 
I have a 7850. Should I buy a new GPU from AMD when they release in a month or two, or wait for Nvidia stuff next year? I haven't been keeping up on GPU news to know any rumors about specs or what's in the pipeline, really?

I have an i5-750 and will probably do a completely new build next year whenever new Intel chips come out.
 
If Maxwell ends up being 20nm I'll get that just because I want something new. Give my brother the GTX770, he's currently using a 560. 880 if its 20nm, if not I'll wait another year.
 
Rocking a 5870 here, and I plan on keeping it at least another year or two. It still tears through most games at 1920x1080 @ 60fps without much trouble, and I doubt I'll have any real problems with anything until cross gen support stops, which won't be for another 2 years probably anyways, so *shrug*
 
Still on a 560ti due to unemployment. Since I already came this far I'll hold out for an 800 series. Then as soon it comes out it's Volta time. I was originally planning to go 5 series - 7 series - Volta but alas.
 
I'm not really sure, GTA5 and GT6 will keep me busy while the prices drop, but I'll probably go for a HD9000 series.

The worst part is that I'll probably need to upgrade my i5 750 too, and motherboard as well.
 
6850. Probably waiting 12 months or so to see how the PS4 and Xbox One do. Might upgrade then but I don't play any intensive games on my PC anyway.
 
Currently msi gtx 670 power edition OC 2GB. Upgrade next year to a 870 depending on how this card runs next gen games and how badly I need more Vram.
 
Currently sitting on a GTX 670 2GB, which I picked up in March as an upgrade over my GTX 570. Stuck it in my system with an i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz, built in March 2011.

Ideally I'd be interested in the 800 series next year, but price and performance are a big factor for such an early upgrade. I waited two years go to from an GTX 570 to a GTX 670, and if I'm not in a rush I could end up waiting for the 900 series, repeating the current two year gap.

This all assumes I stick with team green though. If AMD put up a good fight I could make the jump to them. I'm also pretty damn concerned how long my CPU is going to hold out before it's severely bottlenecking my GPU. It would be fucking dumb to stick a 2015 GTX 900 series card in an i5 from 2011 and not be able to get the best grunt out of the GPU. I'm pretty sure my GTX 670 isn't being bottlenecked, but 2015 series cards is a different matter.

End of the day, it will depend on how my GTX 670 holds up. Fact of the matter is most of these GPU heavy cross gen games are still being made with RAM and CPU limits of current gen systems. Crysis 3 is crazy pretty and makes excellent use of the card, but the scope of game design is still restricted by the current gen. I'm very curious to see how proper next gen games shape up on PC hardware, as I assume a lot more advanced simulations, effects, and detail will become a standard. How those games perform on my GTX 670 will dictate how long I keep it around.
 
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