Hi all, firstly thanks for reading.
I am currently putting together a mid-range spec PC (i54690k, 16GB ram to give you a ball park idea). Just needs a SSD and a GPU. The ssd will be in the post very soon but the GPU concerns me.
Both AMD and Nvidia are bring out major new chipsets this year and the hyping of them has very much started. Originally my options were GTX 970 and Radeon R9 390 (possibly x). Thing is these cards will soon be pretty obsolete if the GPU makers are to be believed.
So I thought in order to get me by I may buy a second hand card, nothing too shabby and then I don't lose that much once I upgrade. One that runs horizons well in 1080 (I'll be upping that later). But I really don't know enough about the older cards and have no way of comparing them. Hence this question.
Another thing that concerns me is that we gamers seem to think it is possible to pass off 2 year old goods that have endured massive extremes of heat and ware and tear for the same price as a brand new later version of the card. "Well, it cost me 400 quid!" Maybe, but you have heard of this little thing called depreciation? Quite popular in the car industry
This is making me think it still may be better going with a new card.
Any and all advice welcome just please don't turn into an AMD versus Nvidia thread.
Thanks in advance.
I am currently putting together a mid-range spec PC (i54690k, 16GB ram to give you a ball park idea). Just needs a SSD and a GPU. The ssd will be in the post very soon but the GPU concerns me.
Both AMD and Nvidia are bring out major new chipsets this year and the hyping of them has very much started. Originally my options were GTX 970 and Radeon R9 390 (possibly x). Thing is these cards will soon be pretty obsolete if the GPU makers are to be believed.
So I thought in order to get me by I may buy a second hand card, nothing too shabby and then I don't lose that much once I upgrade. One that runs horizons well in 1080 (I'll be upping that later). But I really don't know enough about the older cards and have no way of comparing them. Hence this question.
Another thing that concerns me is that we gamers seem to think it is possible to pass off 2 year old goods that have endured massive extremes of heat and ware and tear for the same price as a brand new later version of the card. "Well, it cost me 400 quid!" Maybe, but you have heard of this little thing called depreciation? Quite popular in the car industry
Any and all advice welcome just please don't turn into an AMD versus Nvidia thread.
Thanks in advance.