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Get new card or wait for Maxwell?

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Been needing to get a new card for sometime now. I saw the R9 290 offer, but I live no where near there so I couldn't get one. But that aside, is it worth getting something like the R9 290 now, or should I wait for the GTX 870\880?

I currently have a HD 4870 1GB, it's getting really old, and I only have the summer to really play games. Not really sure if it is worth getting something now or whether I should wait, also is there any chance of getting a R9 290 at £199 on another deal?
 
In your situation, it's time to buy a new card. If you had something decent (7970 - 670) then maybe you could hold off, but as you are running something REALLY REALLY old and slow, I don’t think it's wrong to upgrade.

When is Maxell due? I’m not the one to say as I don’t know, but I think the rumour is late this year....

How much do you game, what resolution and what are you playing?

If your playing the latest AAA titles now, then time to get a 290/780.

But what is the rest of the system, becuase no point getting a decent card if the rest of the system isnt balanced.
 
Even if you spent £150 on a good mid range card you ought to see significant improvements over you current card to tide you over until Winter or next year. This all depends on the rest of your system specs of course.

An R9 290 would be lovely at that price, but who knows when you'll see it again?
 
bfar said:
Even if you spent £150 on a good mid range card you ought to see significant improvements over you current card to tide you over until Winter or next year. This all depends on the rest of your system specs of course.

An R9 290 would be lovely at that price, but who knows when you'll see it again?
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Good point, even something 'mid' range like a 280x would be a massive upgrade.
 
opethdisciple said:
In your situation, it's time to buy a new card. If you had something decent (7970 - 670) then maybe you could hold off, but as you are running something REALLY REALLY old and slow, I don’t think it's wrong to upgrade.

When is Maxell due? I’m not the one to say as I don’t know, but I think the rumour is late this year....

How much do you game, what resolution and what are you playing?

If your playing the latest AAA titles now, then time to get a 290/780.

But what is the rest of the system, becuase no point getting a decent card if the rest of the system isnt balanced.
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Run at 2560 x 1440, don't play that many games, but do want to play some latest games. I have so many games that I can't run currently, like Crysis 2, Rage, Saints Row 3 and IV on max. I can hold off playing things like Watch Dogs though. For the rest of my system, I have a 3930k, and 16GB of memory. Have a really old HDD, so that's another thing that I need to get.

Crysis 2 & 3, Metro Last Light, Far Cry 3, Rage, Wolfenstein are the games that I would like to play. But if I can't, it doesn't really matter, I have loads of games that I can run that I still want to play like F.E.A.R 2 and 3, Dead Space games and for things like Tomb Raider I don't really mind turn the graphics (and res) down a bit. But it was at the point where I was getting 30 FPS (at 1080p) on Payday 2, and having terrible input lag, that I realised that my card is getting really old.
 
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AMD is rumored to have new tonga Gpu by august
and Nvidia maxwell by october
both of these architectures are mostly power efficient, low/mid range, no flagships, seems like what your are looking for.
if you could wait couple months at least to see what AMD will offer, or the fall for Nvidia.
if you wanna play some games untill then, you could always try to pick some cheap 2nd hand gpu while waiting, like 7870/7950/270/280, it would be a decent upgrade, and you wouldn't put all your money on it, and can still get the new generation when it's out by the end of the summer
 
if your card is that old then i'm guessing your rig is too, if so that'll need upgrading first.

start building a new rig......get the card when you've finished, because by then you'll know what you want.
 
Mal X said:
if your card is that old then i'm guessing your rig is too, if so that'll need upgrading first.

start building a new rig......get the card when you've finished, because by then you'll know what you want.
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he has i7 3930k..., seems quiet enough to me
 
Have you got access to the MM?

Might be worth grabbing a bargain from there to tide you over until 20nm cards arrive. That is when we will see the next big jump in performance.
 
This 280x is quite tasty. Nice 3Gb vram for your resolution and not that expensive either.

But then you spend a little more and you can get a 290.

Up to you, Can you wait or not.

MM will get you a cheap upgrade to tide you over I think.
 
280x is without a doubt the best value perf/$, with it's and 3go and the performance to push it, gives you a taste of high end graphics, even though being priced with mid range
 
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