GTX 800 series

[BaconPie]

Hey guys, should I wait for the 800 series?(also when is it comes out?)Im planning to get a GTX 770 late July, but IDK if the performance difference is mayor, then should I wait?

[Shd0w2]

Whats your current GPU?

[winningsince1337]

Not till late 2014 but likely 2015. Current specs?

[BaconPie]

Not till late 2014 but likely 2015. Current specs?

 

There's no way I can hold on till 2015 with my current GPU, its a Radeon EAH5450...(piece of crap) Also, its not only a GPU upgrade, but a whole new build.

[Lord Pantaloons]

Wait it out, they are coming soon.

[MCmcginness]

Wait it out, they are coming soon.

If by soon you meen 4th quarter of 2014 or 1st quarter of 2015.

[Coombzy]

There's no way I can hold on till 2015 with my current GPU, its a Radeon EAH5450...(piece of crap) Also, its not only a GPU upgrade, but a whole new build.

Q4 2014 or Q1 2015 is the rumoured date I would get the 770.

[H4X3R]

Get a 280x if you can't wait.

I suggest you wait though.

[Mooshi]

You could always buy a GTX 750 Ti as a placeholder and then swap out early 2015 when the 20nm gpus are out.

[MeesterJackson]

Get a 280x if you can't wait.

I suggest you wait though.

I'd usually be the one to say this as well, but eh, a lot of people seem to be having issues with their 280X's. 

[H4X3R]

I'd usually be the one to say this as well, but eh, a lot of people seem to be having issues with their 280X's.

Which people? I know of none. I personally own one and its working great.

[MeesterJackson]

Which people? I know of none. I personally own one and its working great.

Just look at reviews on Newegg, Amazon, etc, lots of artifacting complaints. 

[LionsGoMoo]

Same as me. I used to have a ref. ATI Radeon HD 5450, but I couldn't take it anymore. 3 weeks ago, I built my rig and got the GTX 770. Great card, I don't think you should wait. (Sig is old PC, http://linustechtips.com/main/user/78522-cowsgoroar/ is the gaming PC.) 

[jmaster299]

We would need to know your budget, intended use (gaming, rendering, etc), what resolution you will be playing at and whether or not you need/want to be able to max out games at that resolution. When building a system you should plan on that system lasting you 2-3 years before needing an upgrade. If you have cash to burn you can look into upgrading your GPU more frequent than that. If you have a reasonable $1,000 - $1,200 budget, and will be gaming at 1080p, a 770 or 280X are your best options. If you don't care about maxing out games a 760 or 280 will be good enough. If you have a significantly higher budget you can start looking into a 780 or 290.

[BaconPie]

Same as me. I used to have a ref. ATI Radeon HD 5450, but I couldn't take it anymore. 3 weeks ago, I built my rig and got the GTX 770. Great card, I don't think you should wait. (Sig is old PC, http://linustechtips.com/main/user/78522-cowsgoroar/ is the gaming PC.) 

 

Finaly someone who's coming from a really crap card! Also, my CPU is a 1st or 2nd gen Celeron...But as the other guys are telling, 2015 is more likely to be the date of realease, so no way I'll wait till then. 

[BaconPie]

You could always buy a GTX 750 Ti as a placeholder and then swap out early 2015 when the 20nm gpus are out.

 

If I'd have the money to do that, I wouldn't care about waiting because for the price of 750Ti+later 8xx, now I could buy a 780 and be all happy about it.

[Mooshi]

If I'd have the money to do that, I wouldn't care about waiting because for the price of 750Ti+later 8xx, now I could buy a 780 and be all happy about it.

 

True, granted it's another 6 months and then some before the 8xx series GPUs even come out in high volume. 780 is a real nice card so is the 770. The main reason to wait would be the crazy power efficiency and new arch.

[BaconPie]

We would need to know your budget, intended use (gaming, rendering, etc), what resolution you will be playing at and whether or not you need/want to be able to max out games at that resolution. When building a system you should plan on that system lasting you 2-3 years before needing an upgrade. If you have cash to burn you can look into upgrading your GPU more frequent than that. If you have a reasonable $1,000 - $1,200 budget, and will be gaming at 1080p, a 770 or 280X are your best options. If you don't care about maxing out games a 760 or 280 will be good enough. If you have a significantly higher budget you can start looking into a 780 or 290.

 

I have a plan, I'm planning this system for more then a month.Im coming from a rig which is not able to play BF3 minimum settings at 720 with 10 fps+, so I dont mind if not everything maxed out, BUT for the future more power will come in handy, so GTX 770 for me.

[BaconPie]

True, granted it's another 6 months and then some before the 8xx series GPUs even come out in high volume. 780 is a real nice card so is the 770. The main reason to wait would be the crazy power efficiency and new arch.

 

Yeah, and as you can read above my current PC is pretty much useless for gaming so 770 FTW!

[jmaster299]

I wouldn't suggest waiting for the 800 series until we get confirmation that there will even be a die shrink. The 750 and 750 Ti are GM (Geforce Maxwell) series chips but still use the same 28nm fabrication process that we've had since Kepler launched with the 600 series. Yes they made some advancements in terms of power consumption, but it's not a progressive step forward in performance that we should get with a new chip. The company that makes the chips for them had issues with the production on the 22nm chips that Maxwell is supposed to use, and at this point we don't know if the first 800 series cards will be 22nm or not. The 800 series mobile chips are not Maxwell, regardless of Nvidia calling them "GM" chips.

[Mooshi]

Yeah, and as you can read above my current PC is pretty much useless for gaming so 770 FTW!

 

Half a year is a long time and what that gpu you're rocking now, there is nothing wrong with going for a 770 now.

I wouldn't suggest waiting for the 800 series until we get confirmation that there will even be a die shrink. The 750 and 750 Ti are GM (Geforce Maxwell) series chips but still use the same 28nm fabrication process that we've had since Kepler launched with the 600 series. Yes they made some advancements in terms of power consumption, but it's not a progressive step forward in performance that we should get with a new chip. The company that makes the chips for them had issues with the production on the 22nm chips that Maxwell is supposed to use, and at this point we don't know if the first 800 series cards will be 22nm or not. The 800 series mobile chips are not Maxwell, regardless of Nvidia calling them "GM" chips.

 

This is why the delay since there are issues for 20nm manufacturing on a high volume scale. The new Maxwell chips are going to be on 20nm. The 750 Ti feels more like a teaser of how efficient Maxwell is going to be and for still being 28nm, the 750 Ti is very efficient for the amount of performance it puts out.

[jmaster299]

Half a year is a long time and what that gpu you're rocking now, there is nothing wrong with going for a 770 now.

 

This is why the delay since there are issues for 20nm manufacturing on a high volume scale. The new Maxwell chips are going to be on 20nm. The 750 Ti feels more like a teaser of how efficient Maxwell is going to be and for still being 28nm, the 750 Ti is very efficient for the amount of performance it puts out.

But there is no confirmation on that, at least that I have seen. Has there even been word yet that they have fixed the production issues? Nvidia has been known to mix different chips with in the same series before. I don't have a source handy, but one of the many rumors has been that Nvidia would release yet another Kepler refresh under the Maxwell/800 series line, even calling them GM series chips like they did for both the 750 and mobile 800 series Kepler chips. That would fill the gap and we would then see true 20nm Maxwell series chips under the same series name.

[GloriousPain]

get a 290(non x) and if you have the money next year I'd upgrade to a Titan Black or if it's any good the 880(possibly ti or not)

[jmaster299]

get a 290(non x) and if you have the money next year I'd upgrade to a Titan Black or if it's any good the 880(possibly ti or not)

There is no reason to buy a Titan Black unless you do things like rendering. It offers no in game performance gains over a 780 Ti.

[GloriousPain]

There is no reason to buy a Titan Black unless you do things like rendering. It offers no in game performance gains over a 780 Ti.

That's true of most Nvidia Gpus IMO and he never said he wasn't gonna be rendering(that I saw) it was more or less just telling him to get a 290 and save his money...