Black friday deals?

simon.deighton · 16 Nov 2015 at 10:29

Fallout is struggling hard on my current card/s

Looking at a GTX980 upgrade in the very near future, should I buy now or save my cash and hold out for black friday deals?

Any thoughts chaps

Thanks

nails666 · 16 Nov 2015 at 10:35

Well unless Gibbo drops any hints we won't know for sure until then but as it's not that far away unless you desperately need a new card right now then I'd say wait and see. There were some very good gpu deals last year, I'm hoping for something on a 390 myself this year.

simon.deighton · 16 Nov 2015 at 10:39

Maybe if we hassle him?

Ayahuasca · 16 Nov 2015 at 10:40

I thought it was Cyber Monday over here.

Sure I remember Cyber Monday deals last year posted here.

nails666 · 16 Nov 2015 at 11:10

I think there both last year and most of them actually ran for a few days rather than just one.

Avenged7Fold · 16 Nov 2015 at 11:13

I believe FA4 doesn't cope with multicards atm and is also a game which eats up GPU power.

What resolution are you at?

If you had 980 money, i would wait for cyber Monday and then see if you can bag a 980ti, if not then grab a 970/390 if you are on 1080p and save the rest for a second card in the future.

fs123 · 16 Nov 2015 at 11:21

There is no crossfire profile for Fallout 4 yet but you can get the game running pretty well if you use the Crysis 3 profile. I get about 70% scaling on my setup (around 80 fps @ 1080P).

I expect AMD to release new drivers when they update the Crimson driver suite on 24th November.

Raviolay · 16 Nov 2015 at 12:24

fs123 said:
There is no crossfire profile for Fallout 4 yet but you can get the game running pretty well if you use the Crysis 3 profile. I get about 70% scaling on my setup (around 80 fps @ 1080P).

I expect AMD to release new drivers when they update the Crimson driver suite on 24th November.

Will Have to try that thanks

los · 16 Nov 2015 at 13:18

Its less than 2 weeks, I'd wait personally

t-rex · 16 Nov 2015 at 13:27

Wait fo sho

CyberCrow · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:00

I'd wait personally

MooMoo444 · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:02

Yeah there is going to be 980Ti's for £299.99, just wait

But seriously, should be something. I remember it last year.

maxwell689 · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:33

Hi,

I too am waiting for Black Friday to see what GPU deals are out there, just wondering what kind of things would be considered good? I have around £300 to spend (can probably do more if I have to, like £350 etc) so is there anything in particular I should be looking out for on Black Friday in this price range? You joke about the 980Ti (which would be AWESOME) but realistically what might be achievable for me?

Cheers

simon.deighton · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:33

Avenged7Fold said:
What resolution are you at?

Im only 1080 at the moment not anything higher as yet, but I'm gradually upgrading the whole system including monitor soon so needed something that's gonna do the biz going forward.

Keeping my fingers crossed for teh deals

Ayahuasca · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:35

maxwell689 said:
Hi,

I too am waiting for Black Friday to see what GPU deals are out there, just wondering what kind of things would be considered good? I have around £300 to spend (can probably do more if I have to, like £350 etc) so is there anything in particular I should be looking out for on Black Friday in this price range? You joke about the 980Ti (which would be AWESOME) but realistically what might be achievable for me?

Cheers

With the sale of the game code you might be able to pick up a 980ti for close to £400.

Gibbo · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:40

MooMoo444 said:
Yeah there is going to be 980Ti's for £299.99, just wait

But seriously, should be something. I remember it last year.

This definetely will not be happening unfortunately guys.

There will be deals, but there will be no 980Ti's at sub £300, not even sub £400.

Nexus18 · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:55

What about x99, skylake, i7 DC + RAM and motherboard deals Gibbo? Is there going to be anything special happening?

Uncle Petey · 16 Nov 2015 at 14:57

Gibbo be like:

MooMoo444 · 16 Nov 2015 at 15:05

Gibbo said:
This definetely will not be happening unfortunately guys.

There will be deals, but there will be no 980Ti's at sub £300, not even sub £400.

I wasn't being serious with that

Josh · 16 Nov 2015 at 15:15

Nexus18 said:
What about x99, skylake, i7 DC + RAM and motherboard deals Gibbo? Is there going to be anything special happening?

Even if there was, you still wouldn't buy. You are worse than a female for making a decision.