What is Pascal and should I invest?

ToniBamboni · November 27, 2015

I'm hearing people talk about this. Right now I'm few clicks aways from buying a 390x tri x, but should I wait for Pascal and save more money?

Deletive · November 27, 2015

Just buy the graphics card Pascal isn't going to be out for awhile and even longer for mid-high end cards.

Seireitou · November 27, 2015

Unless you absolutely need another GPU, I would probably wait. I mean unless you're already struggling, whats the rush? Could even get the same card for less or get the newest card if you save enough idk. I currently have a GTX 960 and just holding out for Pascal because I can max almost every game at 1080p with 60 fps. For me that's great for now and not worth getting another upgrade for about a year or a half. By that time Pascal will be out and I can pick those puppies up. Its really dependent.

Nineshadow · November 27, 2015

Well...Pascal is a programming language, the fundamental unit for pressure, a famous physicist, and a lot of other things.

Among them , the next-gen Nvidia architecture

I'd say wait a while, unless your GPU really really struggles. There's no harm in it, only advantages. If Pascal doesn't turn out to be that good, then , at the same time, the prices on other GPUs would have dropped by then.

My 560 still does pretty fine. I plan on upgrading next year.

LukeTim · November 27, 2015

If you waited for the next best card all the time (even when it's half a year away from release) you'd never buy any card.

Get the 390X and have fun gaming.

Also, this is my own bias so feel free to ignore but I would just recommend not getting any Nvidia card at all at the moment. I'm kind of sick of the shitty, proprietary, industry harming bullshit they insist on doing (GameWorks?)... AMD does some genuinely cool stuff that they are far more open about and happy to make available (Mantle was brilliant - very sad it didn't catch on). That deserves our support, IMO, even if their cards' brute performance is not as high.