What GPU do i get or do i wait

[DragonRebornUK]

Hi all you fellow OC'ers
Hate to bother you all, but i will be purchasing a new GPU in the very near future and over the past few years i have stuck with AMD because of Driver support and cheapness
There are lots of good deals on Nvidia cards recently with the new AMD R2** gpus out. But i like the idea of staying with AMD with all the new consoles out being amd ...mantle etc etc.
But i have been jealous of physics capability of the nvidia chips once they bought out ageia in the past.

I am currently running 2 x 6950 2Gb 820 Core 1250 Mem on a Gigabyte board GA-990FXA-D3 with a FX-8350 at 4.2GHz on air with 16Gb of RAM at 1600 (2x 8gb 10-10-10-29)

Shall i go Nvidia 7** or AMD 290x (If i can afford the X!!) or wait until new year for the prices to drop.

PS Sorry about the MB choice, all i could afford at the time, why i cant get any more out of chip than 4.2!


Thanks all who read this essay!

 

[fowler002]

you can't how much you can sell something for so edit that out or this thread will get locked/deleted.

would suggest waiting a few weeks for the non reference 290(x)

 

[Avenged7Fold]

What will your budget be?

I would say get a 290(non x) with non reference cooler when they are released, if you can afford it. If you only game in 1080p, a r9-280x is plenty and any money left over can be put toward a better motherboard, so you can get more out of your CPU.

 

[tamzzy]

flash ur 6950s to 6970s and enjoy free performance?
if that aint enough then upgrade ;p

 

[Tute]

I really don't think the R290 is as bad as is being made out.

You always have 14 days to return it if you don't agree with me.

 

[bennydragonboy]

If you can afford one, the R9 290X is a winner, so definitely aim for that. Although as a couple of other folks have already mentioned, the non X variant of the card is also superb, certainly not a bad buy at all.

 

[DragonRebornUK]

Thanks for Replies.

Hi all

Thanks for the advise, sorry i never come back sooner, suffered from a migraine...hate those things!

May wait and see what the end budget will be, i will go for a 290 or X

I game at 1920 x 1200, and the 6950s have been good to me. Reaching end of life for the latest games

Wait for the Jan sales

Thanks again all