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Worth upgrading yet?

Mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics

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So I've decided I'm going to sell my 2 x 7990's and put the proceeds towards a new GPU and monitor combo. Not very up to date with the latest horses so does anyone have any good suggestions for GPU? Total budget (including monitor after card sales) - £750ish.

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hornetstinger said:
Don't upgrade unless your games at your resolution and decently high settings results in unplayable framerate.

What fps are you getting in most of your games?
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I'm only using 1 card atm and usually get about 85 (low avg) fps playing BF4 at max settings.

Just want something quieter, less heat, with less driver headache and want to step up to 1440p.
 
Here's the thing, there's a valley in pricing between options across the board. In order for you to get a (significantly) better setup than you had it's likely going to take more than £750. The main thing really is the fact that AMD hasn't gotten their higher-end range out yet.

The nearest combo I could say would be worth it would be something like Asus MG279Q (£456) + XFX Radeon Fury (£290) -> £746

But really, you just haven't told us enough about what you're hoping for or what you had.
 
Poneros said:
Here's the thing, there's a valley in pricing between options across the board. In order for you to get a (significantly) better setup than you had it's likely going to take more than £750. The main thing really is the fact that AMD hasn't gotten their higher-end range out yet.

The nearest combo I could say would be worth it would be something like Asus MG279Q (£456) + XFX Radeon Fury (£290) -> £746

But really, you just haven't told us enough about what you're hoping for or what you had.
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I can stretch the budget a fair bit but I like to be pretentiously frugal right up until the 'Add to basket' moment. I'm just after something that can play 1440p maxed at decent fps. That monitor looks superb, thanks :D
 
I would absolutely not even glance at Nvidia with this budget, because Gsync premium is +£200. And while the gsync implementation is superior to freesync, it's not £200 superior; plus fewer monitors to choose from.

I know Mathematics said 1440p, but with Freesync you also have the option of ultra-wides that are very near in price.
 
Yeah the Gsync tax is very annoying.

The card you should be looking at right now is the GTX 1070, but Gsync monitors are priced absurdly.

If you're ok with doing a little double-upgrade, you should go for the XFX Fury and a Freesync monitor for now. And then plan to upgrade to AMDs big 14nm cards, the Vega series, early next year.
 
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