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[Outright Villainy]

Currently on a 6870, which I'll be keeping until it can't keep up with 1080p at medium settings at 60fps; upgrading will probably be sometime next year or the year after, depending on how much juice is squeezed from the new consoles. Since 1080p and/or 60fps is being seen I'm hoping the extra strain won't be massive from PC games currently.

 

[Haunted]

I'll wait to see how bad the PC ports of next generation multiplats are and how much more power they require compared to what they theoretically should before committing.

Definitely planning to go with an nvidia card, though.

 

[thewhitehawk]

I had to forcefully upgrade earlier this year so I grabbed a 670. I probably won't consider upgrading it for at least 5 years unless it breaks, and mine already did once. If that does happen after my warranty expires, I'm picking up an AMD card as this is the third Nvidia card on a row that has given me technical problems.

 

[RibbedHero]

7850 at the minute, I'll see what AMD do first next month with their new range. 20nm is still a long enough wait away.



I can seeing as the 780 is only fractions behind Titan in gaming.

Eh, they only matched the 680 after numerous firmware updates, and I was thinking they'd reach the 780 after several updates, but not close at launch. Titan is a further 10% ahead, well out of reach IMHO, though I'd love to be wrong. Serious high end competition would be fantastic.

 

[Quasar]

I only just (well two months ago) bought a 7870. I have no really upgrade plans. I don't play shooters (much) so its not like I have PC gaming needs that really push videocard hardware. Though I do want to buy a Occulus when the public version comes, so I guess thats when I upgrade.

 

[Dice]

Though I do want to buy a Occulus when the public version comes, so I guess thats when I upgrade.

2x720p is not hard to do.

 

[jordisok]

Currently on a 5770 <3 (and a 955, 4gb, etc). Gonna probably do a whole new build so hopefully sometime next year if I can get the money together - also want new monitor/sound/headphones, etc.

Gonna be an expensive time.

 

[Jonny Rizzo]

I'm going to hold onto my GTX 570 as long as I can into the Next Gen console cycle as I can. I don't strive to run games at Max settings and I my monitor only supports up to 1080P so hopefully I can pull another 3 or 4 years out of this card.

If I did upgrade it would be whatever the best GPU in the $300-400 price range, those always seem to have the best performance for the most reasonable price.

 

[Quasar]

2x720p is not hard to do.

Right. Though if the public one is 1080p or higher I doubt I'd be happy just with 720p.

That's said I'm kind of more curious about CPU upgrade plans. I'm still running a overclocked 2600k and really aside from video encoding I feel no urge to upgrade my CPU.

 

[SolsticeZero]

I have a 7950 right now. I'll probably go to an 8950 and give the 7950 to the wife.

 

[kharma45]

Eh, they only matched the 680 after numerous firmware updates, and I was thinking they'd reach the 780 after several updates, but not close at launch. Titan is a further 10% ahead, well out of reach IMHO, though I'd love to be wrong. Serious high end competition would be fantastic.

Yeah after the 12.10 drivers the 7970 breezed past the 680 which means the raw power to do it was there the whole time, it was just held back by their worse drivers which now AMD has thankfully got a grip on and now has pretty excellent drivers.

The 7970 as it is really is not hugely far off the 780 when it's clocked at ~1100-1200MHz. I'd be really surprised if their next top single GPU wasn't beating the 780 and coming at least close to what Titan offers.

I'm going to hold onto my GTX 570 as long as I can into the Next Gen console cycle as I can. I don't strive to run games at Max settings and I my monitor only supports up to 1080P so hopefully I can pull another 3 or 4 years out of this card.

If I did upgrade it would be whatever the best GPU in the $300-400 price range, those always seem to have the best performance for the most reasonable price.

At the minute the 7970, $280 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 and you'd see roughly this kind of performance boost http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/768?vs=831

 

[erick]

Bought a GTX Titan 6GB, this should tide me well over the coming console cycle. If I start feeling like I lack power, will put Arctic Accelero Hybrid water cooler on it and overlock it from 837MHz to 1,1GHz+. This will give a nice extra 20-25%.

 

[dark10x]

Bought a GTX Titan 6GB, this should tide me well over the coming console cycle. If I start feeling like I lack power, will put Arctic Accelero Hybrid water cooler on it and overlock it from 837MHz to 1,1GHz+. This will give a nice extra 20-25%.

You really think a single graphics card will be enough to last you the entire generation?

I think you're mistaken on that one.

 

[snookee]

460 -> 3 years -> ps4 -> 3 years -> whatever card destroys current gen ports at 4k.

This is similar to how I do It, I currently have a 460 too, except I add an extra year to each cycle, this works for me.

 

[KKRT00]

You really think a single graphics card will be enough to last you the entire generation?

I think you're mistaken on that one.

It depends, if he doesnt really care about graphical settings and just want play on console settings in 60fps, it will last him through the whole generation.

--
I'm going for Volta in 2016, because i want to play multiplatform titles in 4k End of aliasing will finally arrive in 2016

 

[McHuj]

Currently own a 670, so I'll be waiting until I can at least double its performance for under $250, hopefully, with 4+ GB of RAM.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

I have crossfire 7850 which should do me well for another 6-12 months. AMD have changed their naming scheme R9 XXX so I don't know the name but I want the 9850 equivalent that's launching end of this year when it's as cheap as 7850 was when I bought them. Haven't had nVidia for a while I've always gone for mid-tier amd, 4850 > 5850 > 7850.

 

[RibbedHero]

You really think a single graphics card will be enough to last you the entire generation?

I think you're mistaken on that one.

At max settings probably not, but if he keeps it to console settings he'll still likely be hitting double the framerate of multiplat games.

 

[Cizeta-Moroder]

Trying to manage with a quadro 2000m (read: gtx 460m) for a couple of years now. Then go midrange desktop, probably amd.

 

[Seanspeed]

Currently own a 670, so I'll be waiting until I can at least double its performance for under $250, hopefully, with 4+ GB of RAM.

Same here.

I've got the MSI OC'd Power Edition, which is as powerful as a 680 out of the box and has room for improvement. Its only 2GB, but I'm sure it'll get me through the next couple years just fine. I'm not picky about having to run max settings and I'm only gaming at 1080p.

Around 2015, I think I'll probably be in the market for a new card to keep up with the pace. 4GB minimum, preferably 6GB. And I'd really hope by then, you could get Titan-like power for midrange price. Which would be super. Should be able to handle modern games on the Oculus Rift, which will be my high priority.

 

[Apparition]

Do we really need more memory (especially if we are running a single-monitor setup)?

I was reading this Galaxy GTX 770 GC 4GB Review and the following bit in the conclusion made me think:

If I can veer a bit off course for a moment, the realities of today’s games and tomorrow’s applications need to be discussed before going too far into the GC 4GB’s successes and failures. With the optimizations in DX11, even the most demanding games are requiring less frame buffer capacity than ever.

Next generation DX11.1 equipped console development will bring the focus towards a further streamlining of game engines, so highly detailed environments won’t require memory hogging, inefficient high resolution texture maps. As many game developers have already stated on and off the record, this will lead to an increase in the amount of raw processing power required to render a scene and a significant drop in the local memory requirements.

What does a situation like this mean to cards like the GC 4GB? Now and in the future, its core processing performance will likely become a bottleneck long before more than 2GB of 7Gbps memory is required to provide a smooth gaming experience.

 

[boredandlazy]

I plan on upgrading from an Nvida RSX to an AMD APU equivalent to about a HD7850...

 

[StaSeb]

Have: AMD Radeon 7770 - paired with an old phenom II quadcore.

Will maybe upgrade to a used 7850 or something in the price/performance/wattage-realm.
But generally my plan is to wait for AMDs Kaveri-APUs and to see if they are a good option for me.

I do not seek maximum performance. I want an quiet, energy-efficient rig with capable gaming-power. Hopefully AMD will deliver.

 

[owasog]

Just bought a second 660 for SLI.

95% of my games run fine on a single 660, but it's nice having the option to enable SLI when you need it. (Witcher 2, Crysis). I don't think I will upgrade again anytime soon, unless that 2GB becomes a bottleneck, but I doubt it @1080p.

I thought about replacing the 660 with a single, more powerful 3 or 4GB card, but the price was just too high.

 

[Riky]

Using a 7870 at the moment, will probably be ok with that for a while, I'll build a new PC from scratch in about 3 years time.

 

[Dictator93]

It would be pretty disappointing if game devs did not implement PRT in all of their engines. It is awesome tech,

 

[BIGWORM]

Just bought a GTX 660 a few months back for ~250.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm good to go, though I may upgrade to an 8XX later on down the line.

 

[metareferential]

Gtx Titan here. I'll upgrade when the next titan-like jump in performance will occur.

 

[hodgy100]

I have a single 1GB GTX 560ti but I am planning on upgrading it to either a R9 or GTX 800 series with a minimum of 3GB RAM 4GB ideally and hopfully that will see me through most of this gen.

 

[MBR]

Got an unlocked 6950 2GB, I won't upgrade for another year or two. If next gen turns out to completely crush my hardware I'll upgrade sooner though.

I should say that I'm fine with 30fps though, as long as the game supports a controller.

 

[Consul]

I've been using an oc'd 560ti for close to 2 years now. I'll be upgrading to a 780 this month

edit ^ hodgy100 has the right idea! And now I've heard about the new cards due out next quarter I may wait for a price drop.

 

[Enco]

Recently got a 770 GTX because my 580 was starting to go.

Not upgrading for a good few years.

 

[Miletius]

I am holding out for and 800 series card for next year. Depending of course on price/preformance. It's what I did when I built this one, and haven't had to upgrade yet.

 

[pixlexic]

Every three years as normal.. Just got 770 2gig ... Might add another next year .. then upgrade at the end of 2015.

 

[copelandmaster]

From a GTX 780 to a GTX 880, when it comes out.

Then from a GTX 880 to a GTX 980, and so on.


Why?

From looking at 400, 500, and 600 series cards on ebay, resale value (on all card levels) drops dramatically after waiting two generations, instead of just one. Card resale values also take a nosedive after the announcement of a new line, vs. the week-to-month prior. I've also had a similar first hand experience with my sager np 8170 3d. Just after just two years, it's valued at way less less than half of what I paid for it.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Currently : 7850

Upgrade plan : whatever chip follows Kaveri(assuming amd don't go bankrupt)

I simply don't play enough cutting edge games to justify a dGPU anymore.

 

[GoncaloCCastro]

I have a GTX 570 that has served me extremely well. I can run most games at 60fps at 1080p with high settings. I'm planning on getting a 870 next year in preparation for the Witcher 3 and the next generations of ports.

 

[dragonelite]

Plan right now is.
2013 get the next 7950 level amd or nvidia card.
2014 switch to intel mobo and cpu if i get some money over i could get an ps4.
2015 is get an 4k monitor and play on setting my card can handle.
2016 get an rig capable of native 4k gaming.
2017 Hopefully next next gen is ready to release.

Off course all depends if i can finish my Software engineer degree in 2014 and get an job.

 

[LeleSocho]

I'll pick something with the same power of a current 7970 but with at least 6GB of vram when it'll cost around 100&#8364;.
Hopefully in 2-3 years.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

2017 Hopefully next next gen is ready to release.

It'll be more like 2019/2020.

 

[dragonelite]

It'll be more like 2019/2020.

Don't say that man :'(

 

[nbthedude]

I have a 7970GHZ 3GB and just upgrade my processor this year to a Haswell i7 4770k from an old intel 920.

I dont expect to need to upgrade this box for a number of years. This system is way more powerful than the new consoles so I think I'll be fine. I am ok with gradually moving settings down to medium and overclocking if/when I need to. Maybe I'll look at upgrading something in 3 or 4 years.

I do have another old media PC that I dont use very often with a Radeon 6870 in it. I may upgrade that to a mid tier Nvida in the next couple of years just to get a Shield for streaming Steam games, but probably not unless the cards and the Sheild come down in price.

 

[Aquamarine]

I'm good with dual GeForce 750M 2GBs running in SLI.

Maybe I'll upgrade to a better laptop in a few years...it depends on how well it can continue to run the latest titles.

Mobile gaming for life. I don't even have a desktop anymore.

 

[Lemonte]

Currently rocking with gtx 260 and I'm planning to upgrade it and the rest of the components in a year or two.

 

[shandy706]

I'm currently running a liquid cooled i7 and a 660ti in my setup.

I play on a 46" HDTV @ 1080p so I don't have any need for more powerful card in the near future. Due to the res I play at I plan on waiting until the 860ti (or better) is out before upgrading. I may even wait well into that series of cards depending on what kind of performance I'm getting at 1080p a year or two from now.

 

[ab.aeterno]

Not sure. Running an overclocked 7970 GHz. But I have the upgrade itch since it's been almost a year. Not sure what is go for; next AMD series seems like an evolution rather than a larger jump due to no die shrink, but part of me wants to go nVidia for drivers and features.

It seems like the 780 isn't enough of a jump to justify the cost for me though, so I'd have to wait for the 8xx series.

In a pickle.

 

[Lime]

My 6950 is doing decently, but I'll probably upgrade by either the 8xx or 9xx series

 

[erick]

You really think a single graphics card will be enough to last you the entire generation?

I think you're mistaken on that one.

I'm not sure you are familiar with the specs of the GTX Titan Let's see, Titan against PS4 GPU:

Computational power: 4,5 TF vs 1,84 TF (2,44x difference)
Pixel fillrate: 40 176 MPix/s vs 23 040 MPix/s (1,74x difference, but this only impacts rendering resolution)
Texture fillrate: 187 488 MTex/s vs 57 600 MTex/s (3,25x difference)
vRAM bandwidth: 288 GB/s vs 176 GB/s (1,63x difference)

And, the Titan can be reliably overlocked from stock 837MHz to 1GHz which gives it 5,3 TF, 48 096 MPix/s and an ungoldy 224 448 MTex/s.

And all that without any SLI-scaling, microstutter and driver support issues.

 

[Emerson]

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.

A 7850 should be doing more than that. I can play pretty much anything on highest settings at 1080p and maintain good frame rates.

 

[Stallion Free]

I swear half of the forum-goers earn way too much money.

PC gaming can be a premium hobby for gamers looking for a premium experience.