If you were to buy a new GPU today..

Lane1572 · Jan 8, 2016

What would you go for? Budget around $500ish US

Currently using GTX760 play in 1080 and it can keep up fairly well but the 2gigs just can't keep up with Horizons on max. Likely to be venturing into 1440/4k/multi monitor in the coming year.

Thinking GTX980 but aren't they going to be coming out with totally new ones this year? should I just wait for those? Let me have all of your thoughts.

sbdags · Jan 8, 2016

Go for the 970 you could always Sli later.

Toss · Jan 8, 2016

I'd wait a bit. Both Nvidia and radeon have announced switching to 14-16 nm process, so quality of top GPUs and prices of current models are very likely to changed quite drastically later this year

MottiKhan · Jan 8, 2016

I'd wait for the new offerings. Whatever you buy today will be discounted before long. You can still go back and get the older cards, but for less.

The GTX760 is plenty good enough for now. Mine is a GTX760SC and shows to have 4GB. Maybe it's just the EVGA brand.

Lane1572 · Jan 8, 2016

MottiKhan said:
I'd wait for the new offerings. Whatever you buy today will be discounted before long. You can still go back and get the older cards, but for less.

The GTX760 is plenty good enough for now. Mine is a GTX760SC and shows to have 4GB. Maybe it's just the EVGA brand.

Thanks!!
Yeah i seem to recall it came in two flavors. It keeps up just fine everywhere except for planets where the memory holds it back. It seems like the verdict is to stick with 'good enough' and see what the next few months bring

dementia · Jan 8, 2016

Lane1572 said:
What would you go for? Budget around $500ish US

Currently using GTX760 play in 1080 and it can keep up fairly well but the 2gigs just can't keep up with Horizons on max. Likely to be venturing into 1440/4k/multi monitor in the coming year.

Thinking GTX980 but aren't they going to be coming out with totally new ones this year? should I just wait for those? Let me have all of your thoughts.

You can't go wrong with a GTX 980Ti. Much better bang for your buck than a Titan X

Kosmiker · Jan 8, 2016

Like it was said, wait for the new gpus, they're gonna dust this five year old generation of 28nm (finally).

Wicz · Jan 8, 2016

Definitely wait

Pantsless · Jan 8, 2016

Well ask yourself if you want to play the game now or in the future...

...I myself wanted a nice experience now so I got me a GTX970 and it's very nice.

One can wait forever if one wait to always have the latest.

SeeZaa · Jan 8, 2016

Toss said:
I'd wait a bit. Both Nvidia and radeon have announced switching to 14-16 nm process, so quality of top GPUs and prices of current models are very likely to changed quite drastically later this year

yeah i totally agree.. i was looking to upgrade my gtx 680, opted instead for a 29" (2560x1080) 21:9 monitor to provide a little more immersion and leave my pc till end of the year and see what the marketplace is doing.

h347h · Jan 8, 2016

Yup waiting to see how the performance of the new cards ends up to see what I am going to grab.

Lane1572 · Jan 8, 2016

Kosmiker said:
Like it was said, wait for the new gpus, they're gonna dust this five year old generation of 28nm (finally).

Wicz said:
Definitely wait

Pantsless said:
Well ask yourself if you want to play the game now or in the future...

...I myself wanted a nice experience now so I got me a GTX970 and it's very nice.

One can wait forever if one wait to always have the latest.

SeeZaa said:
yeah i totally agree.. i was looking to upgrade my gtx 680, opted instead for a 29" (2560x1080) 21:9 monitor to provide a little more immersion and leave my pc till end of the year and see what the marketplace is doing.

Thank you all. Though I consider myself somewhat competent I don't follow these developments at all. As new cards come out this year where will they fall in the range? Do the very top of the line get upgraded first (ie $1,000 cards) or do updated entry level cards come out first?

I am not in a rush really at the moment other than the frame rate drop to mid 30s planet side is slightly annoying.

Kosmiker · Jan 8, 2016

I would say that mid-range would be the first ones to see an update followed by top of the line (with most of possible issues ironed out) but that will depend highly of who does what first (amd vs nvidia price war). I'm a bit on the same situation myself, I'm running a 280x but looking forward for a more serious update later in the year (future proof for possible investment in VR).

the100thmonkey · Jan 8, 2016

Definitely wait.

I have two 970s for sale (can't be SLIed) though if you can't

stripealipe · Jan 8, 2016

Go for a 980Ti - even with newer cards coming out, whenever that may be, later this year, you'll have a damn fine card. It'll still hold some value later should you really want or need to upgrade.

Druid · Jan 8, 2016

Never any point waiting . Lifes too short. If you take the wait attitude youll be waiting for ever . The new cards will be better but as always not enough to warrent buying them for a year or two. When its time to upgrade because of something you play that dosnt run well it is time to upgrade . Other than that its pointless.

I invested in a 970 because I wanted to play some of the more demanding games that are out now and my 580 gtx couldnt cut it . ED experience was no different with the new card and not even noticable. I was more thinking towards OR or similar . /shrugs, if you need a card because of stuff you play then buy one , if not , dont.

Lane1572 · Jan 8, 2016

stripealipe said:
Go for a 980Ti - even with newer cards coming out, whenever that may be, later this year, you'll have a damn fine card. It'll still hold some value later should you really want or need to upgrade.

You are the second one to suggest that.. what would the 980ti NOT be able to do that a card for that same $650ish would do better later in the year. Could the 980ti do ED in 4k? Handle a 3x monitor or projector set up?

Thanks

Noddie · Jan 8, 2016

I have to say I personally wouldn't go for AMD any more.

Sure, you get bigger numbers for the money. But I've always had mixed success with them, and I generally prefer Nvidia stuff. My last card was Nvidia and was great and lasted years. Went Amd this time, and it's basically a space heater with lots of bugs.

robbyp · Jan 8, 2016

I have a 760 and its fine. Sure its not the fastest. But I'm waiting another year for the next gen

Sworp · Jan 8, 2016

Lane1572 said:
You are the second one to suggest that.. what would the 980ti NOT be able to do that a card for that same $650ish would do better later in the year. Could the 980ti do ED in 4k? Handle a 3x monitor or projector set up?

Thanks

I have the Asus Strix 980Ti DC3 OC and tweaked it a bit more to run around 1400 core clocks. I run the game at 2560*1600, everything ultra and maxed out, Super sampling at 1.5 and I get 60+ FPS everywhere (goes well over 120 fps if I take all limitations off). The only exception is at planetary landings near the surface the FPS drops to 50-60. If I drop the super sampling to 1, its way over 60 even there.

To answer your question will it run Elite in different setups (ultra + max, etc)
a) Three 1080p monitors/projectors: sure
b) One 4K monitos: Yeah, probably only with 1x super sampling tho