Looking to change

[PaoloUK]

Hi, I'm currently considering changing my graphics card. At the moment I have a MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5, had it almost 2 years but I've never been 100% happy with it. Nothing major has been wrong with it but just little things here and there have ended up frustrating me too much now.

The rest of my system is as follows: i5 4670K 3.40GHz, MSI Z97 Gaming 5, HyperX Savage 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR3, EVGA SuperNova G2 750W and an Asus PB278QR used at 1440p (and an older 24" Dell as a second monitor).

I've used both AMD and NVIDIA over the years so no real preference but this time I was looking at NVIDIA, I was wondering if it's worth changing now or waiting for the new cards due in 2016? I'd probably be looking at a 980/980Ti if I changed now and would probably wait and see what prices dropped tomorrow for the black Friday deals.

I play quite a wide variation of games from Football Manager, Cities Skylines (this is one of the main issues with the card, it hates this game for some reason), and FPS like BF4 etc.

Basically want to know if it's worth making this change now or waiting? If it's worth it which cards should I keep an eye on for reductions over the weekend (or which are already a good deal in the this week only selection). Would probably get a G-SYNC monitor to go with it, if not right away within a couple of months.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Watlinguk]

Hi, I'm currently considering changing my graphics card. At the moment I have a MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5, had it almost 2 years but I've never been 100% happy with it. Nothing major has been wrong with it but just little things here and there have ended up frustrating me too much now.

The rest of my system is as follows: i5 4670K 3.40GHz, MSI Z97 Gaming 5, HyperX Savage 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR3, EVGA SuperNova G2 750W and an Asus PB278QR used at 1440p (and an older 24" Dell as a second monitor).

I've used both AMD and NVIDIA over the years so no real preference but this time I was looking at NVIDIA, I was wondering if it's worth changing now or waiting for the new cards due in 2016? I'd probably be looking at a 980/980Ti if I changed now and would probably wait and see what prices dropped tomorrow for the black Friday deals.

I play quite a wide variation of games from Football Manager, Cities Skylines (this is one of the main issues with the card, it hates this game for some reason), and FPS like BF4 etc.

Basically want to know if it's worth making this change now or waiting? If it's worth it which cards should I keep an eye on for reductions over the weekend (or which are already a good deal in the this week only selection). Would probably get a G-SYNC monitor to go with it, if not right away within a couple of months.

Thanks in advance.

I would personally wait for tomorrow like you said and pick up a 980TI, you cannot go wrong with the performance. When the new cards hit next year "maybe" sell it on and grab one of them. However like i said the TI performance is prity epic

 

[PaoloUK]

I would personally wait for tomorrow like you said and pick up a 980TI, you cannot go wrong with the performance. When the new cards hit next year "maybe" sell it on and grab one of them. However like i said the TI performance is prity epic

Thanks, any I should be aiming for or avoiding altogether?

I see most Ti's are on the weekly deals list as it is.

 

[PaoloUK]

Very interested in this one:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...s-graphics-card-c98tp-1sdn-n5h-gx-057-in.html

Are the Hybrid ones worth it or should I just grab a normal Ti?

 

[PaoloUK]

Ok so I've found several I like. The hybrid one above and a few normal ones. I'm looking to pull the trigger, is the hybrid worth the extra or will a normal be fine?