970 or wait!

[Chewique]

Hey! Im in the process of building a pc for me to get in july! I was wandering if i should buy a 970 or wait until the next generation GPUs and see what they bring! 

Do you guys have any info on them or rumours so i can weigh it up?

[App4that]

What's the rest of your build like? What games will you be playing?

[Chewique]

Just now, App4that said:

What's the rest of your build like? What games will you be playing?

An i5 4690k 16GB ram!

Minecraft (with shaders)

Just cause 3

And more games like that! 

 

[agentagent47]

1 minute ago, Chewique said:

An i5 4690k 16GB ram!

Minecraft (with shaders)

Just cause 3

And more games like that! 

 

Y minecraft ?

[Trav_X]

If pascal (next series of NVIDIA cards) doesn't come out by then, then get a 970 or better. If the NVIDIA Pascal cards come out, then see what the prices and technologies are like.

 

the 900 series prices will go down when pascal comes out, so if your budget can have a 970 now, you could probably get a 980 or 980ti when the prices drop after pascal comes out.

[Chewique]

Just now, agentagent47 said:

Y minecraft ?

I enjoy it

[GeorgeKellow]

I get a r9 390. 8gb of vram, thank you very much......

[App4that]

The you definitely want to stay with Nvidia. Less driver overhead (less load on the CPU which means less stuttering)

 

My advice is get a used 970, or a EVGA 970 as EVGA gives you 90 days to trade it in and apply the money spent to upgrade to a new card.

[Chewique]

Just now, Trav_X said:

If pascal (next series of NVIDIA cards) doesn't come out by then, then get a 970 or better. If the NVIDIA Pascal cards come out, then see what the prices and technologies are like.

 

the 900 series prices will go down when pascal comes out, so if your budget can have a 970 now, you could probably get a 980 or 980ti when the prices drop after pascal comes out.

How much would you say the 980 and 980ti drop?

[Majestic]

Just now, Trav_X said:

the 900 series prices will go down when pascal comes out, so if your budget can have a 970 now, you could probably get a 980 or 980ti when the prices drop after pascal comes out.

prices of older series have never dropped in the past. Don't know where people get this idea. They always remain the same and increase eventually due to supply&demand.

[Samir Productions]

I have a 960 and i´m waiting for next-gen I think you should

[Majestic]

Just now, Chewique said:

How much would you say the 980 and 980ti drop?

Nothing, he's wrong.

[Arct1c0n]

Good luck trying to find/buy a Pascal when they do arrive....

[Chewique]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I get a r9 390. 8gb of vram, thank you very much......

Frame rate stutter in Just cause 3! I cant have that!

[ThinkWithPortals]

3 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

If pascal (next series of NVIDIA cards) doesn't come out by then, then get a 970 or better. If the NVIDIA Pascal cards come out, then see what the prices and technologies are like.

 

the 900 series prices will go down when pascal comes out, so if your budget can have a 970 now, you could probably get a 980 or 980ti when the prices drop after pascal comes out.

Older generations of card have never really dropped in the past though...

4 minutes ago, agentagent47 said:

Y minecraft ?

Because some people like it?

[ShadowDeity]

4 minutes ago, agentagent47 said:

Y minecraft ?

Leave the man alone lol

[Notree]

7 minutes ago, Chewique said:

Hey! Im in the process of building a pc for me to get in july! I was wandering if i should buy a 970 or wait until the next generation GPUs and see what they bring! 

Do you guys have any info on them or rumours so i can weigh it up?

So if you're getting this in july, why are you asking now?

[Chewique]

1 minute ago, Arct1c0n said:

Good luck trying to find/buy a Pascal when they do arrive....

I will stay up all night to buy one the moment they are released Also my friends dad works closely with NVDIA so i could always get one from there!

[Chewique]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Nothing, he's wrong.

Ahh  I expect the 980 and 970 will go down though! What do you think the new cards will be called or cost?

[Majestic]

Just now, Chewique said:

Ahh  I expect the 980 and 970 will go down though! What do you think the new cards will be called or cost?

No they won't actually, not unless AMD launches something new that contests them before the 1080 and 1070 are out.

 

And no idea, don't have a crystal ball.

[Chewique]

3 minutes ago, ShadowDeity said:

Leave the man alone lol

 Im only young so i enjoy games like that

[Arct1c0n]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

No they won't actually, not unless AMD launches something new that contests them before the 1080 and 1070 are out.

 

 

Uh wrong.  Nvidias "older" gen ALWAYS gets a price reduction when they launch a new GPU series. 

[Chewique]

3 minutes ago, Notree said:

So if you're getting this in july, why are you asking now?

Parents what to know how much money they need to give me! They are getting it from my whole family!

[SeanAngelo]

12 minutes ago, Chewique said:

Hey! Im in the process of building a pc for me to get in july! I was wandering if i should buy a 970 or wait until the next generation GPUs and see what they bring! 

Do you guys have any info on them or rumours so i can weigh it up?

wait.

 

or... just get a 980Ti/R9 390 now.

[Majestic]

1 minute ago, Arct1c0n said:

 

Uh wrong.  Nvidias "older" gen ALWAYS gets a price reduction when they launch a new GPU series. 

No, they just go EOL and it's up to the stores what to do with their shelf-stock.

They don't get a pricecut on the MSRP.

 

Here in the Netherlands, stores usually don't get rid of them at bottom dollar. It would hurt them too much.