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Up to £550 what gpu

andybird123 said:
Even without async compute the nvidia cards are much faster than the FuryX in the ashes benchmark, so based on the info available today the 980ti still gets my vote
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Only when they are overclocked. When both are at stock the FuryX is on par with a 980TI/titanX.

Based on the info we have today, the Maxwell architecture will be out of date by next year. If Nvidia is using drivers for Async Compute then I can see optimizations being neglected when the next Nvidia cards come out, a bit like Kepler.

We need to know what the current gpu the OP has and which games he wants to play before recommending anything.
 
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980ti for that money all day long. DX12 is a bit of an unknown but I wouldn't let it affect my decision at this stage, I doubt a 980ti will struggle in any case.
 
fs123 said:
Only when they are overclocked. When both are at stock the FuryX is on par with a 980TI/titanX.
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Not true either, several of the £550 980ti's will do 1400 out of the box, which still puts it a good chunk faster than an overclocked FuryX

besides which if you are only interested in reference model stock for stock performance comparisons then why come on to a forum called "OverclockersUK" to ask for advice or discussion
 
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LambChop said:
If you are worried about wasting £550 then you dont have a lot of money to spend I imagine ? If you are budget conscious I'd go down the AMD road. Remember you get what you pay for though.
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Concerned as i dont want to waste money as i will be getting a new screen to.
< £400 for a 1440 monitor

Worried about Gsync being obsolete in 2years
maybe even less depends how quickly the industry follows amd and intel into Freesync

So yes i am worried about wasting £900
especially as this will all be going to a new build
 
fs123 said:
We need to know what the current gpu the OP has and which games he wants to play before recommending anything.
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I am building a whole new system
So am asking the questions that matter to me.
I play various from Arma 3 down to Mobas and indie so need something to handle everything

Not to mention any new games in the future dx12 ofcourse

but incase you are interested i have an R7950 twin frozr and an old i7-860
Damn card also suffered the dodgy fan issue just out of warranty
 
Gregster said:
This

And go G-Sync. Sure they are more expensive monitors but with independent testing, users said they preferred gaming on the G-Sync monitors over the Freesync one's.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-freesync-versus-nvidia-g-sync-reader-event,review-33278.html
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Firstly, I am not saying this to start the usual flaming......however....

I really dont think that that test was totally on a level playing field due to the fact that the IPS monitors used with AMD cards only had 35hz - 90Hz variable range. I think it would have been more on the level if they had gone TN with the BenQ XL2730z/Rog Swift which covers 40hz - 144hz (30hz-144hz with Rog).

Also one of the users guessed that the machine he played on was giving out a lot more heat so therefore he thought it was the AMD based one (This made me giggle, but he was correct). Also 2/3 of the testers were Nvidia fans (I may be being picky here but if they had a 50% even showing then it would have seemed fairer IMHO).

Also a greater sample of testers may/may not have given a more accurate indication.

With all that said they may still have gotten the same results. I guess we will never know.

Anyways, back on topic....I had to make the same decision over the last few months and it isnt as easy as it used to be. Firstly we have all the AMD/Nvidia cards to look at and now if you want variable refresh then your choice of monitor also plays a big part in this decision. So that's already doubled the decisions that you have to make.

On top of all that we have had problems with AMD's new range (Pump noise/Coil Whine etc..) and it seems now that Nvidia may/may not be best geared up for the next year or so with all the talk of asynchronous shaders and parallelism etc..etc.. (I'm not going to go into this any deeper as we have all heard it before and we really dont know what will happen in the near future).

Costs of gear and your income/budget, as well as what you currently run at the moment (You may already have a G-Sync or Freesync monitor).

Basically what I am saying is that all of the above adds things into the melting pot that needs to be carefully thought through before you make a decision one way or the other...AMD/Freesync or Nvidia/G-Sync

If I am being honest and I had not made my choice of monitor a few months ago then I probably would have stuck with my trusty old 280X and waited until at least next year to see what happens when all the dust has settled.

So to cut that very long winded story short....I would say wait a while if you can.
:)
 
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I wonder about hedging my bets on AMD and freesync
grabbing a 390x to tie me over till next years stuff.

If i did that would it be able to do 1440p resonably well?
as said i am putting together a new sys very soon hence the thread
 
Na, get one of these >>>>

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-057-IN&tool=4

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Plus if you need a new CPU one of these >>>>


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-579-IN

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i7-860 - stock
Maximus III gene
16gb vipers
R7950 twin frozr 3gb
120 sammy ssd
and 1tb WD green

did manage a mild oc on the cpu but have not been able to run it oc'ed for awhile now /feels like its dying a slow death
Honestly might just be this poor AIO h50
 
zaxx said:
I wonder about hedging my bets on AMD and freesync
grabbing a 390x to tie me over till next years stuff.

If i did that would it be able to do 1440p resonably well?
as said i am putting together a new sys very soon hence the thread
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This is probably your best bet. There is to many unanswered questions to spend £550 on a card that might not fair well going forward. To save even more dropping to a 390 and doing a spot of overclocking should see you good for a while.
 
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zaxx said:
Another wait and see hah, i really would if i could.
1 fan on my card only spins at 75+c and i am seeing my cpu age now also
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I was in a similar situation to you, I had planned on waiting till die shrink but unfortunately one of my 780's died so I ended up being "forced" to get a 980ti. While the 980ti is a brilliant card and I do not regret my decision I'm still worried about its resale value once pascal hits. If pascal is really going to be as fast as nvidia would have us believe I may struggle to get £100 for it in 1 years time.

However for £550 the 980ti is the best card you can buy, I managed to get one for £480 on one of overclockers today only deals. It overclocks great and pulls significant less than the two 780's it replaces.
 
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