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Would it be 'foolish' to upgrade to a 480 now?

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Recently I've gotten an ultra wide FreeSync display (2560x1080)...

My original plan was to get Vega when it was released but it seems like that is still a while off? I have the chance to sell my gtx 780 for £100 to a friend and wondering if I should do it and buy a 480.

I mainly play Arma3 and Star Citizen. I know SC is still in alpha but will I see much improvement on games such as Arma 3 or indeed in general on any games - Is the 480 much better than the 780?

I'm torn on what to do. Wait or sell my 780 now whilst I have the chance and get a new card?
 
Absolutely.
The 480 is far superior to the 780 AND you can take advantage of Freesync (& you get new warranty). It's a no brainer imo, especially with the current deals on great 480s (Devil & GTR £230/240). Sure, you could wait for Vega until September, but then it's going to be £500-600 for 1070/1080 performance (speculation on my part from info I've read & assuming further drops for the £ at that time).

If you sell your 780 for £100-150 then you can buy the 480 for at most £130. That's just tremendous value.
 
I don't know about those 2 games on amd cards but the 480 is a good deal faster in a few games. I think it's worth it.

Not much from Nvidia in terms of optimizations for older cards and more to come from the amd side, plus you have a freesync monitor already.

I would let go of the old 780. Ultra wide is next for me.:)
 
Thanks guys - I can see it's an opinion that divides people.

I see there isn't much in it performance wise except Hitman where AMD absolutely crushes the 780.

Are we really looking at September for Vega???
 
Isn't it worth waiting for more news on Vega cards which must be due shortly before committing to a 480? The 780 will still sell at a later date.
 
Well, you have named 2 games where a GPU upgrade will make no difference lol.

Freesync would probably make star citizen PU more bearable though.

I would probably stick it out if it was me. Or get a used 290x if I really wanted freesync.
 
five8five said:
Isn't it worth waiting for more news on Vega cards which must be due shortly before committing to a 480? The 780 will still sell at a later date.
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It entirely depends on when they plan to release Vega. I'm wanting/needing higher fps - sick of 30fps in Arma :(

new boy said:
Well, you have named 2 games where a GPU upgrade will make no difference lol.

Freesync would probably make star citizen PU more bearable though.

I would probably stick it out if it was me. Or get a used 290x if I really wanted freesync.
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Maybe I'll be better off overclocking my 2500k for a fps boost - it's still stock and I need an AIO watercooler first
 
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Have not played arma 3 for a while but it ran around 60 fps on my 780 with reduced settings ( shadows if I remember correctly ).

It is deffinately taxing on the CPU though so not sure you'll see much improvements fps wise but I am sure freesync will help, I would go for it if I had a freesync monitor.
 
i would upgrade it, you get the extra Vram for the extra pixels you have with your wide screen, you get freesync, and performance wise you get extra 20% on dx11 games and 30-40% on dx12/vulkan games, and you get ongoing driver support compared to 700series that are 3 generations behind.
beside you wont lose much if you decide to sell it in couple months for a vega GPU.
 
Spuddy said:
I think I'll sell the 780 then and get a 480 if a good priced second hand one pops up
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Good choice mate.

RX480 is flat out better than the 780Ti by 15-20% on all DX11 games. Let alone the 780.

And since the 780 doesn't have DX12 support, nothing to compare there.
The RX480 Devil is on offer at the moment, and has the highest factory overclock than any.
 
Panos said:
Good choice mate.

RX480 is flat out better than the 780Ti by 15-20% on all DX11 games. Let alone the 780.

And since the 780 doesn't have DX12 support, nothing to compare there.
The RX480 Devil is on offer at the moment, and has the highest factory overclock than any.
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Except battlefield 4, battlefield 1 and GTA V of course :rolleyes:
 
Arma 3 is CPU bound.


i've got 1800+ hours on it and played everything from a 280x - 1080 on it, made little difference.

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