Should I wait for the R9 370?

[Stanturbo]

I read last month that the R9 370 was rumored to be released in April and the card is similar to the GTX 960. My question is simple: Should I wait for the R9 370 or should I just purchase the 960?

[R_Golden]

If you don't need a GPU right now, why not?

[Aphala]

 

I read last month that the R9 370 was rumored to be released in April and the card is similar to the GTX 960. My question is simple: Should I wait for the R9 370 or should I just purchase the 960?

 

300 series was to be released in June/July? Then the "980ti" after July.

I would wait maybe you could nab CF 290s

[Redsun20]

Wait. If you decide you don't want the new card, prices of older cards will be much lower then then they are now

[Un4tural]

wasn't the rumour 370 and below will be rebadges? but yeah if you dont need a card now just wait, prices will drop with all the new releases coming up

[i_build_nanosuits]

Lol knowing how AMD works the R9 370 will be a rebrand of the old R9 280...the R9 380 will be a rebrand of the R9 290...so no i'd say you should buy a graphics card now if you need one...an R9 280X is probably a good one to get if at good price...faster than a GTX 960 and usualy cost about the same (BTW the R9 280X is a rebrand of the very old (at this point) HD7970 Tahiti (2012) flagship GPU )

[Stanturbo]

Lol knowing how AMD works the R9 370 will be a rebrand of the old R9 280...the R9 380 will be a rebrand of the R9 290...so no i'd say you should buy a graphics card now if you need one...an R9 280X is probably a good one to get if at good price...faster than a GTX 960 and usualy cost about the same (BTW the R9 280X is a rebrand of the very old (at this point) HD7970 Tahiti (2012) flagship GPU )

Then, maybe it isn't worth the wait?

[incarnate]

Lol knowing how AMD works the R9 370 will be a rebrand of the old R9 280...the R9 380 will be a rebrand of the R9 290..

 

except the 280 isn't freesync compatible and amd said that all 300 series will be. i'd expect the 370s to be rebadged tongas (which was a refinement of tahiti, not really a rebadge but not a totally new gpu) the 380s will likely be rebadged hawaii gpus and beyond that it is hard to tell.

[incarnate]

Then, maybe it isn't worth the wait?

 

well, do you care about the features like physx, shadowplay, freesync, etc.? do you care about power consumption?

 

if so you have to factor those into your decisions. if not, then definitely wait. you lose nothing by waiting except a few months, and you have potentially better performance/lower prices to gain.

[-iSynthesis]

370 should be a rebrand of an older card. Rumors say everything below 380 will be rebranded.

[JustCallMeVlad]

Rebrand... No

[Aniallation]

except the 280 isn't freesync compatible and amd said that all 300 series will be. i'd expect the 370s to be rebadged tongas (which was a refinement of tahiti, not really a rebadge but not a totally new gpu) the 380s will likely be rebadged hawaii gpus and beyond that it is hard to tell.

^ this

 

It's much more likely that 370 will be a rebranded 285 not 280, if it is in fact a rebrand of something at all. It's all just rumors at this point so can't call out AMD for something you guys don't know...