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Afternoon all,
Looking to upgrade from my GTX 970 GPU. Probably going to stick with NVidia due to having a GSync monitor and I'm told this is the way to go. I've heard that there are due to be releases and price drips early July for CPUs, is this price drop likelly to affect the price of graphics cards also?
Basically, buy new GPU now or wait until mid July?
Cheers.
Looking to upgrade from my GTX 970 GPU. Probably going to stick with NVidia due to having a GSync monitor and I'm told this is the way to go. I've heard that there are due to be releases and price drips early July for CPUs, is this price drop likelly to affect the price of graphics cards also?
Basically, buy new GPU now or wait until mid July?
Cheers.
Jinx said:
What is the resolution and refresh rate of your monitor? At 1080p 60fps the 970 is still fine - so may as well wait and see.
I went from a 970 to a 1080Ti as I upgraded my monitor to 1440p and whilst the 970 was ok I couldn't turn up all the bells and whistles.
It's an Asus Predator - 1440p, 144hz. I went from a 970 to a 1080Ti as I upgraded my monitor to 1440p and whilst the 970 was ok I couldn't turn up all the bells and whistles.
As like you say you have a G Sync monitor you will need an nVidia card.
For £300-400 the RTX2060 would provide a nice boost over the 970.
That said as mentioned above AMD's NAVI is due for release in the coming months which will hopefully put pressure on nVidia prices, so maybe a RTX2070 might be more attainable.
There is also a rumor (after nVidia's "super" GeForce teaser) that there may be price drops or upgrades so the current GeForce range (GTX/ RTX) when NAVI is released.
So my advice would be to hold fire unless you are desperate for an upgrade now.
For £300-400 the RTX2060 would provide a nice boost over the 970.
That said as mentioned above AMD's NAVI is due for release in the coming months which will hopefully put pressure on nVidia prices, so maybe a RTX2070 might be more attainable.
There is also a rumor (after nVidia's "super" GeForce teaser) that there may be price drops or upgrades so the current GeForce range (GTX/ RTX) when NAVI is released.
So my advice would be to hold fire unless you are desperate for an upgrade now.
OpenToeSlipper said:
No strict budget at the moment but not really wanting to go over £350 - £400 for GPU as will be upgrading mobo and CPU later
If desparate to upgrade - in order of benchmarks (top to bottom).2070 £449 (+ 1 game)
Vega 64 £330 (+2 games)
2060 £320 (+1 game)
I would advise waiting a bit as there is a rumoured 2070Ti due to be released and of course AMD's 7nm cards - so should see a shift in prices at least.
Jinx said:
OpenToeSlipper said:
It's an Asus Predator - 1440p, 144hz.
In which case an upgrade is proabbly a good idea. What is the budget?With the exception of stuff that's poorly optimised (and won't run well even on a £10k system), nothing seems to faze it, even with the settings dialled up to maximum, or using high resolution texture packs.
I suspect a 2070 would be nearly as good to be honest.
This is also useful to look at, so that you don't buy something you won't get the full benefit of because it ends up being bottlenecked by your current CPU - https://pc-builds.com/calculator/
Check you expected CPU upgrade as well if your current one is a little low for the new card.
Check you expected CPU upgrade as well if your current one is a little low for the new card.
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