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Will I soon regret buying a GTX 680?

ed79

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The reason I ask is that a couple of years ago I was very close to spending £400 on a GTX480 but was then very glad I didn't when the GTX570 came out with very similar performance for a lot less money.

I'm just worried that the same could happen if a newer GTX 770 or something comes out later this year.

Edit: (I haven't bought the 680 card yet)
 
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ed79 said:
The reason I ask is that a couple of years ago I was very close to spending £400 on a GTX480 but was then very glad I didn't when the GTX570 came out with very similar performance for a lot less money.

I'm just worried that the same could happen if a newer GTX 770 or something comes out later this year.
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well the only thing that you might regret is the whatever card comes out I forget all the nomenclature - gtx685 or like you said maybe they go to the 700 or something.
that is supposed to be out from oct-dec I think.

but then again expect a price premium.
Im leaning toward getting a 680 myself -
 
But you would have had all the benefits of the 680 in the time difference between the 680 and 770 (if that is indeed its name).

I wouldn't worry - the 670 hasn't even been announced yet so no point worrying about what the next upper mid range card will be like. If the 770 was being released in a few weeks and you bought a 680 for £400 then yes, you may regret it. But no, not now.
 
I think it's a logical thing to happen - unfortunately you can never really hit the nail on the head for when to buy.

The 480, for example, was a new architecture etc. Power jump over previous gen = higher price. The 570 however, was a refinement of that architecture; cost to manufacture and other variables means you get a more refined gpu at a competitive price point. Unfortunately then it's the case that the next new architecture is allegedly looming on the horizon and you are back at square one.

If you think you can hang on with what you have (I assume a 570) until prices either drop on the current series or the newer ones come out then I'd recommend doing that.

If you need the extra grunt then it's a moot point as you need it now - buy the 680.
 
what I've seen happen with GPU prices recently is that they are holding their prices very well... I had thought that the release of the 6xx series would reduce the resale value on 580 3GB's and I was going to go SLI, but it hasn't - so I sold my 580 and bought a 680 instead and it has ended up costing me all of about £50

If this trend continues it looks like I will keep selling my card as soon as the newest one comes out, rather than cling on to something that works but ends up basically worthless and then you have to shell out nigh on the full price of your next upgrade... £50-£100 per year rather than £400+ every 2 years
 
andybird123 said:
what I've seen happen with GPU prices recently is that they are holding their prices very well... I had thought that the release of the 6xx series would reduce the resale value on 580 3GB's and I was going to go SLI, but it hasn't - so I sold my 580 and bought a 680 instead and it has ended up costing me all of about £50

If this trend continues it looks like I will keep selling my card as soon as the newest one comes out, rather than cling on to something that works but ends up basically worthless and then you have to shell out nigh on the full price of your next upgrade... £50-£100 per year rather than £400+ every 2 years
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I'm going to start doing that myself, I'd much rather pay 100 Merkels a year to upgrade and keep on top of performance rather than 'trying' to save 400-500 Merkels every 4 years and having to turn down settings and worry about other things.
 
@OP You will ALWAYS be in this position I'm afraid. Something better will always be around the corner, and the nature of progress is that the next gen mid-range part will deliver the performance of this gen's top-end part, at a lower price-point.

All you can do is buy to your budget or to the performance level you want right now.
 
Rusty0611 said:
Oh no not this disproven argument again.... :D
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what argument? if i buy a 400 quid card important expecting it to last for 2-3 years.

2gb vs 3gb might not make any difference right now but it might in 12 months. given this guy is upgrading from a 550ti tells me he doesn't have £££ to throw away. true i will only buy nvidia cards now but would i spend 400 on this one? nope..
 
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what argument? if i buy a 400 quid card important expecting it to last for 2-3 years.

2gb vs 3gb might not make any difference right now but it might in 12 months. given this guy is upgrading from a 550ti tells me he doesn't have £££ to throw away. true i will only buy nvidia cards now but would i spend 400 on this one? nope..
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why would you expect it to last 3 years? when has a graphics card ever lasted 3 years?
the OP is also not upgrading from a 550ti, but from a 570, the 550ti guy is someone else
 
djxput said:
well the only thing that you might regret is the whatever card comes out I forget all the nomenclature - gtx685 or like you said maybe they go to the 700 or something.
that is supposed to be out from oct-dec I think.

but then again expect a price premium.
Im leaning toward getting a 680 myself -
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+1 on this and a great use of the word Nomenclature :D

I can't see prices dropping like they did on the 480.
 
The same argument has been used since GTX470/480 hit the shelves and Nvidia's 1280MB cards are still maintaining a performance lead over AMD's 2GB ones.

The only person I've seen show any evidence of hitting the VRAM limit with a 2GB GTX680 is Vega who has quad SLI and is running 3620x1920 (iirc) and above with ultra details etc, so unless you are running that resolution on a single GPU (in which case performance will be pants anyway) you are unlikely to hit any sort of VRAM limit for a long time to come.
 
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