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Running all of my games at 1440p with a 1060 6gb has not been treating me the best lately especially with all of this tarkov action. I've been out of the news cycle on GPUs for a bit. As it sits right now, is it worth going to a 2070 (Must be nvidia due to G-Sync monitor) with my trump bucks or saving it and holding out for a 3070? I heard the 3000 series are gonna be reaaaaaaaally good shit. but also I hear they're gonna just be marginally better. 

 

Currently "Disabled" due to medical issues and chronic pain so this is where I sit at 14 hours a day. I'd love to have more FPS and a better experience along with the ability to stream. No income but the stim check allows me to get myself something nice. I won't have the money to buy a new gpu now and a 3000 series later. One or the other at this point in time. 

 

Current specs, 8700k, 16gb 3200mhz corsair vengeance, 1060 6gb.

 

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save it. the 2070 is going out to pasture soon enough

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5 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

save it. the 2070 is going out to pasture soon enough

How soon are we to expect 3000 series out? 

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If I were you I'd hold off for a bit, two new companies joining the GPU market fairly soon (albeit one of those being server only) and promising leaks from AMD mean we could be looking at some actual competition fairly soon. Then again, with the virus going around manufacturing capabilities could be limited for a while so I really don't know, it's up to you my man. 

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11 minutes ago, ziggyman77 said:

Running all of my games at 1440p with a 1060 6gb has not been treating me the best lately especially with all of this tarkov action. I've been out of the news cycle on GPUs for a bit. As it sits right now, is it worth going to a 2070 (Must be nvidia due to G-Sync monitor) with my trump bucks or saving it and holding out for a 3070? I heard the 3000 series are gonna be reaaaaaaaally good shit. but also I hear they're gonna just be marginally better. 

 

Currently "Disabled" due to medical issues and chronic pain so this is where I sit at 14 hours a day. I'd love to have more FPS and a better experience along with the ability to stream. No income but the stim check allows me to get myself something nice. I won't have the money to buy a new gpu now and a 3000 series later. One or the other at this point in time. 

 

Current specs, 8700k, 16gb 3200mhz corsair vengeance, 1060 6gb.

 

Yeah, I recommend saving it like GDRRiley said, the 3000 series is soon to come out and also AMD has a card out there that's been spotted on the testing sights, said to be like 30% faster than the 2080Ti... Recommend saving yourself further pain from spending too much for too little. These new cards should cost less than the current.

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1 minute ago, GUVII said:

 

Yeah, I recommend saving it like GDRRiley said, the 3000 series is soon to come out and also AMD has a card out there that's been spotted on the testing sights, said to be like 30% faster than NVIDIA... Recommend saving yourself further pain from spending too much for too little. These new cards should cost less than the current.

Okay yeah I get it, AMD is gonna try and flop out with their dick measuring contest and Nvidia won't let it be for long is what you're saying? 

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32 minutes ago, ziggyman77 said:

Okay yeah I get it, AMD is gonna try and flop out with their dick measuring contest and Nvidia won't let it be for long is what you're saying? 

nivida is likely sitting on the 3000 series cards.

AMD already has nearly fastest compute GPU in the consumer space in the now discontinued radeon VII

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Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

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Just now, ziggyman77 said:

Okay yeah I get it, AMD is gonna try and flop out with their dick measuring contest and Nvidia won't let it be for long is what you're saying? 

Basically... Some wish Intel would actually stop dicking around but that isn't going to happen any time soon.

 

With AMD ruling in the mobile, server, and desktop environments of CPU's, it also affects the values of their cards and other devices as production is increased to satisfy demand. This was witnessed when the 3950x was released, for a short while it was impossible to get 1 for a bit, prices were also jacked by 3rd party vendors that resold them on the market, then when stocks were filled it was reduced to the original sales price. Something that Nvidia can learn with their GPU's, not everyone has 1 to 2 grand to throw at their computers every year...

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