Need new GPU... Help?

[sof006]

So yeah. I am in the middle of deciding what GPU to go for, I am getting paid this Friday coming and recently returned a R9 Nano because of coil whine and FPS stuttering.

 

I have a GTX 980 at the moment and want something more powerful. The 980 Ti is looking very good to me however I know Nvidia has its "issues" with DX12 whereas AMD doesn't. (Which is why I got myself a R9 nano).

 

My whole purpose for making this post is I want to future proof myself for DX12 titles but without gimping my current great performance in games with my GTX 980. I am currently playing a lot of DX 11 titles with no real issues on this card however on the Nano I had a cluster of FPS drops, stutters etc unless it was a DX12 title or benchmark. My absolute limit is £500 (Notice this is in British Pounds, not US Dollars) or maybe slightly more but preferably stay below £500.

[FloRolf]

wait for pascal/polaris. Upgrading from a980 now is pointless af.

[WebPlayz]

5 minutes ago, sof006 said:

So yeah. I am in the middle of deciding what GPU to go for, I am getting paid this Friday coming and recently returned a R9 Nano because of coil whine and FPS stuttering.

 

I have a GTX 980 at the moment and want something more powerful. The 980 Ti is looking very good to me however I know Nvidia has its "issues" with DX12 whereas AMD doesn't. (Which is why I got myself a R9 nano).

 

My whole purpose for making this post is I want to future proof myself for DX12 titles but without gimping my current great performance in games with my GTX 980. I am currently playing a lot of DX 11 titles with no real issues on this card however on the Nano I had a cluster of FPS drops, stutters etc unless it was a DX12 title or benchmark. My absolute limit is £500 (Notice this is in British Pounds, not US Dollars) or maybe slightly more but preferably stay below £500.

i say get 2 gtx 970 in sli yes its 3.5 vram but all the cuda cores. your good for like 4k and stuff

 

[Citadelen]

You could wait, or you could get a Fury X, also that Nano you had sounds defective.

[sof006]

4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

wait for pascal/polaris. Upgrading from a980 now is pointless af.

I could wait but I am impatient and doubt the performance will be that much better vs my poor 980 that struggles with DX12 (performance is worse in dx12 vs 11)

Just now, Citadelen said:

You could wait, or you could get a Fury X, also that Nano you had sounds defective.

It does sound like it and Fury X is tempting. Seen good things about it.

[Citadelen]

1 minute ago, sof006 said:

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You should consider waiting for Polaris, a 980 will last you till then. Polaris has DX12.1 support and twice the amount of transistors, so it really makes sense to wait.

[sof006]

Just now, Citadelen said:

You should consider waiting for Polaris, a 980 will last you till then. Polaris has DX12.1 support and twice the amount of transistors, so it really makes sense to wait.

I suppose it does make sense. Is there any guarantee they'll come this year and if so any guesses as to when?

[Citadelen]

1 minute ago, sof006 said:

I suppose it does make sense. Is there any guarantee they'll come this year and if so any guesses as to when?

AMD has had working samples since late 2015 and has displayed it working at CES I think it was, they've also confirmed a mid-2016 release.

[WoodcockJohnson]

Yeah definitely wait for Polaris if you're impatient or Pascal if you think you can handle 8 more months ;).

 

Like others have said upgrade from a 980 right now would be kind of pointless unless you go for SLI 980Ti or something like that.

 

Also DX12 is in its infancy and you probably won't see gains over DX11 for at least a year when developers are comfortable with the features and are coding specifically for the API as opposed to implementing DX12 features in a base DX11 game. Same happened with DX11 and DX10 in their infancy.

So if you REALLY want to get a minor upgrade go for the 980Ti but really I'd say wait it out and see what Polaris has to offer. You may be able to get two midrange Polaris cards in crossfire that absolutely stomp a 980Ti. From what I remember they were saying that the midrange Polaris (coming out mid 2016) will have similar performance to or higher than the 290x and will at LEAST feature GDDR5X and will have MUCH lower power consumption because of the FinFET process. So putting two of those together could easily be the upgrade you're looking for and could also cost close to what a single 980Ti would now.

[sof006]

I've noticed the Fury X is cheaper than the 980 Ti currently.