Hi Guys, Having been rocking a HD7870 2GB since forever ~5years(?), I am hoping to upgrade my graphical capability. Have told myself that I would wait for Pascal this year and buy the equivalent of a 970 i.e the 1070 (d'uh!), but would I be better off picking up a 980 or even a 980ti now as people try to offload? Or should I just stick to my original plan, see how the benchmarks go and then go for a 1070 or pick up a 980/ti then? Cheers! EDIT: should've said, buying now would be second-hand, budget around the £300 mark (ish)
I think the 7870 was launched four years ago. /pedant Seriously though, I'd wait for the moment. Even if the new cards offer a minor performance bump, there will still be countless early adopters cashing in their 980s and Tis just to have the latest and greatest.
Yeah - definitely wait. Unless you're desperate then 2nd hand GPUs depreciate faster in value than pretty much any other component, especially so around the launch of newer cards.
I'm definitely waiting until October. It'll be worth it for me to drop from 250W per card to 180W total. A single 1080 will be enough I think. By then, proper benchies will have surfaced, non-reference cards will be available, and prices might have dropped sufficiently to bring a 1080 in under the duty-free allowance for my holiday in LA. Of course, at that time, I'll have a pair of Gainward 780Ti's in the marketplace...
Wonder if I should wait? My GTX660 is starting to struggle, RoTR I've had to drop to medium at 1080p. Sold my second 660 already and am probably looking at 2nd hand 970s with my budget. Would 980s drop as low as £200, I'm thinking probably not as they'll still be powerful cards.
