I'm afraid I had already scratched that itch by the time this very sensible advice arrived. I am waiting for my new EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC from ******. Now that decision has been made, there's no point torturing myself by looking at prices as they fall in the weeks to come.
I do intend to take the advice about waiting for black friday for the monitor though. My current monitor is a 24" Samsung 2443BW. To be honest I was fairly happy with the look of it - my problem only emerged recently with Wolfenstein II New Colossus. Since they updated the driver recently my GTX 770 no longer had sufficient video memory and I've had to turn the settings right down. Still, having upgraded the graphics card it seems it will be a waste of the new card's potential not to upgrade the monitor too.
I'm not sure I see any need to go above 24". I sit so close to it that I'd have to have my head on a swivel to see the whole of a bigger screen at once. I'd welcome any suggestions for a decent monitor at a sensible price - one that will use the capabilities of my new card and maybe the next one too.
Ha ha, every time I look at technology I torture myself with endless research, reviewing, comparing, YouTubing. Trying to get myself the best bang for buck and make me feel happy about my purchase.
Weather it’s a tv, graphics card, kettle or lightbulb, I can’t help myself!
Thus far I have managed to resist getting an expensive 65 Oled for the last 3 years, yet spent countless hours watching and comparing all models.
I have new toaster, yet no new kettle.
I broke on the lightbulb thing and have started spending (what some would say) silly money on having Phillips Hue lights and switches dotted around.
Now, resorting into scrambling for info on Graphics cards. Offering good advice, yet still trying not to break as I’m still hammering the research and not sure if I can hold out for the sales yet!?
What usually takes place is I can either have a chemical change in the brain, see sense and go research a kettle or something of less value.
Or sometimes I put myself out of my misery and buy a shiney new item, going all in with a purchase to put an end to the many already invested hours of time spent looking.
I think 1080 would be overkill for me. But then price structures kill me, as this will be my last piece to upgrade before a full system in maybe 2-3 years time. I’m leaning towards a 1070ti as same price as 1070. The MSI at £410 looks tempting. But then I see a 1080 is only £70 more.........grrrrrrr. My brain fools me all the time.
That’s why I’m waffling now as I’m trying to fight the madness.
Oh another thing I convince myself is that I don’t smoke or drink loads and end up convincing myself that a 1070ti or 1080 is only same as 4 or 5 nights out, yet I at least have more than 5 nights enjoymen5 and something to show for my money.
This is what normally tricks me the most. Apologies for waffling on here. The Mrs doesn’t understand technology and most of my social circle now doesn’t. So nice to speak with folk likeminded. Or have some comfort that someone may read my block of text and feel similar when it comes to the upgrade/buying new shiny stuff bug.
Thanks for anyone that got this far.
Cheers folk........Amen!
