Using the 750 Ti for 2 years

[JaZoN_XD]

So I've been planning to upgrade a 970 and to sell my beloved 750 Ti. I've been using this puppy for about 2 years now, and I just wanted some feedback as to how long do you usually wait before upgrading, when you have this calibre of hardware (750 Ti calibre). I don't know if I should tough it out longer or just upgrade now or I should have long ago. Thanks.

[Josephdalepi]

So I've been planning to upgrade a 970 and to sell my beloved 750 Ti. I've been using this puppy for about 2 years now, and I just wanted some feedback as to how long do you usually wait before upgrading, when you have this calibre of hardware (750 Ti calibre). I don't know if I should tough it out longer or just upgrade now or I should have long ago. Thanks.

itll probably be ok, but i  personally would have upgraded a long while ago.  what games and screens do you use?

[don_svetlio]

750 Ti is still fine in my opinion.

[DaltonM]

I would suggest waiting for the next line of GPUs to drop. This is the first time they're changing the Nanometer process so the changes will be decently significant. If you have a system to hand the 970 down to another system or sell it that would be fine to get now.

 

I am in your situation. I have a 750ti and I am getting a 970 to hold me over till Pascal, just to hand the 970 down. 

[Kyzer]

You should tough it out, 750Ti is a very good card. 950/960 are barely an upgrade over them, 970 is a significant upgrade (but R9 390 is the same price and much more powerful).

If you upgrade you should get a AMD GPU, better P/$. Or wait till the next gen.

[Wander Away]

IMO, the 750 ti is still enough to run most games today at a medium setting. (Thanks to game devs making console-quality graphics), and can still go strong for quite a while. 

[fred_mertz]

750ti > current consoles.

 

Nvidia isn't known for drastic price drops on their current hardware when the new ones come out.

The 980 has gone down about $150, 970 down about $70 and the 960 went down by $40 since their introduction.

They're currently giving away a $50 Tomb Raider game if you purchase their select card so I doubt they will drop prices.

[JaZoN_XD]

You should tough it out, 750Ti is a very good card. 950/960 are barely an upgrade over them, 970 is a significant upgrade (but R9 390 is the same price and much more powerful).

If you upgrade you should get a AMD GPU, better P/$. Or wait till the next gen.

i wouldn't say it's significantly powerful... it's literally a few percent. I know this but I'd still llke a 970 because shadowplay and less power consumption

[JaZoN_XD]

itll probably be ok, but i  personally would have upgraded a long while ago.  what games and screens do you use?

i play bf4 and gta v and dcs. I'm the kinda guy who likes to push the settings and i've been going by with about 50 to 60 fps (luckily) because of my overclock that's pretty good for the 750 ti if i say so myself (especailly since it's one of the NON pcie power cable models) however things are getting more demanding. I'm interested to play in 080p not 4k or anything...

[isHypnophobic]

So I've been planning to upgrade a 970 and to sell my beloved 750 Ti. I've been using this puppy for about 2 years now, and I just wanted some feedback as to how long do you usually wait before upgrading, when you have this calibre of hardware (750 Ti calibre). I don't know if I should tough it out longer or just upgrade now or I should have long ago. Thanks.

 

I concur with most of the people above me. Tough it out until the next generation drops since you'll either experience two things:

 

1. The new gens are amazing and are totally the best bang-for-thy-buck at the time.
2. The new gens are only mediocre which means purchasing a last gen card is feasible. Merchants are going to try to empty their shelves to make room for the new cards.

[JaZoN_XD]

 

I concur with most of the people above me. Tough it out until the next generation drops since you'll either experience two things:

 

1. The new gens are amazing and are totally the best bang-for-thy-buck at the time.
2. The new gens are only mediocre which means purchasing a last gen card is feasible. Merchants are going to try to empty their shelves to make room for the new cards.

 

i don't know about the price drops though... like @fred_mertz said, Nvidia isn't known that much for the price drops and we all know that... when the 900 series came out, the 700 series dropped on a bit and was discontinued. Also, the next gen is going to be here in about a year... they are going to debut in April but who knows when it's gonna get to consumer hands? Also, the 80 series cards are probably going to be released first and then followed by the rest of the lineup so that may take a lot more longer than you'd think... Currently, I am looking at this deal of a dude selling a brand new 970 for $340 CAD. This is pretty amazing so I think i'll go for it for now.

[isHypnophobic]

i don't know about the price drops though... like @fred_mertz said, Nvidia isn't known that much for the price drops and we all know that... when the 900 series came out, the 700 series dropped on a bit and was discontinued. Also, the next gen is going to be here in about a year... they are going to debut in April but who knows when it's gonna get to consumer hands? Also, the 80 series cards are probably going to be released first and then followed by the rest of the lineup so that may take a lot more longer than you'd think... Currently, I am looking at this deal of a dude selling a brand new 970 for $340 CAD. This is pretty amazing so I think i'll go for it for now.

 

Alright, seems like a good deal for a new 970. I think I forgot to mention that the price drops would also come from consumers who want to upgrade their systems which would in turn make them sell their cards quickly (thus, rush prices). That's all I was saying. Good luck with that deal though! It sounds sweet.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Am I the only one here a little annoyed that he didn't spell it caliber?

[Kyzer]

i play bf4 and gta v and dcs. I'm the kinda guy who likes to push the settings and i've been going by with about 50 to 60 fps (luckily) because of my overclock that's pretty good for the 750 ti if i say so myself (especailly since it's one of the NON pcie power cable models) however things are getting more demanding. I'm interested to play in 080p not 4k or anything...

You should really be using quicksync to record, shadowplay causes stuttering with low VRAM cards (and since most games use 2+GB of vram, it will cause stuttering)

[App4that]

Only one thing should matter when considering upgrading.

Can you play at the settings you want.

[JaZoN_XD]

You should really be using quicksync to record, shadowplay causes stuttering with low VRAM cards (and since most games use 2+GB of vram, it will cause stuttering)

interesting... do you mind showing me or pointing me to how to set QSV up for recording? I already have the igpu multi monitor thing set up (i use QSV for sony vegas rendering) and now that you've mentioned QSV for recording, I'm super interested... By the way, Shadowplay does not cause stuttering even though I only have 2GB vram card. I never noticed any stuttering shadowplay and fram rates honestly only dropped like 5fps at the very most

[JaZoN_XD]

Only one thing should matter when considering upgrading.

Can you play at the settings you want.

That's basically what i'm asking myself, but i've got to add "can i justify the pricetag" to that equation as well though

[App4that]

That's basically what i'm asking myself, but i've got to add "can i justify the pricetag" to that equation as well though

Absolutely, we all have different priorities. I don't even own a car but spend way too much on my rig. I didn't need to upgrade, I wanted to.

[bomerr]

I had a 750 Ti in an mITX rig and the 950 I replaced it with was a significant improvement. So I can understand wanting to upgrade. IMO it all depends on if you can wait till the end of the year or not. When Pascal comes out the 1070 will most likely have performance around the 980 or maybe even the 980 TI with an overclock. So it depends on if that's worth the wait for you. 

[Kyzer]

interesting... do you mind showing me or pointing me to how to set QSV up for recording? I already have the igpu multi monitor thing set up (i use QSV for sony vegas rendering) and now that you've mentioned QSV for recording, I'm super interested... By the way, Shadowplay does not cause stuttering even though I only have 2GB vram card. I never noticed any stuttering shadowplay and fram rates honestly only dropped like 5fps at the very most

To use Quick-Sync to record you need to record with OBS, and go into encoding in the settings and tick quick-sync (I can't select it since I don't have an intel processor)

[JaZoN_XD]

To use Quick-Sync to record you need to record with OBS, and go into encoding in the settings and tick quick-sync (I can't select it since I don't have an intel processor)

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Thanks, I tried that already but I haven't tried to record something with it yet. My computer is really weird though, I forced the computer to think that i have a second monitor attached to it so that imaginary monitor is hooked up with the iGPU. This works and lets me use QSV for OBS, however, I can't use it to render sony vegas videos now... Before, I did not have the computer tricked into thinking it had a second monitor, all I did was unplug my GPU and plug it into the motherboard to use the iGPU whenever I needed to render a video.

[Kyzer]

Thanks, I tried that already but I haven't tried to record something with it yet. My computer is really weird though, I forced the computer to think that i have a second monitor attached to it so that imaginary monitor is hooked up with the iGPU. This works and lets me use QSV for OBS, however, I can't use it to render sony vegas videos now... Before, I did not have the computer tricked into thinking it had a second monitor, all I did was unplug my GPU and plug it into the motherboard to use the iGPU whenever I needed to render a video.

Should try it. It doesn't give any CPU hit and it looks pretty decent.

[Mathematical]

I think Nvidia stated that the average person upgrades their graphics card about every 3 years.