970 or 390 or wait for newer cards

[Dog_tech]

should i go with 970 or 390 or should i wait for the new GDRR5X ram coming with the new pascal gpus

[Goldensapling]

If you wait for a new card series, you'll always be waiting.

That being said, the current gen GPUs for AMD are just refreshes and the 970 doesn't have much longevity.

Wait for pascal tbh

[Dog_tech]

Just now, Goldensapling said:

If you wait for a new card series, you'll always be waiting.

That being said, the current gen GPUs for AMD are just refreshes and the 970 doesn't have much longevity.

Wait for pascal tbh

so far have a 670 but it getting to a bit slow for my needs

guess i will wait for the new cards than 

[StevenSensei]

If you already have a card I would hold out and wait for the new series to see what performance they bring. If you have nothing right now and can't wait then pic up a new card and you can always sell it down the road and upgrade. 

[alright_MEATBAGS]

For starters no one actually knows when pascal or Polaris is releasing. There are speculations and rumors that NVidia may release at the end of may and amd may release before school starts, but these are unconfirmed rumors. You could always buy an evga card and step up if pascal does release within 90 days, but other than that I never recommend waiting for a graphics card release unless were talking a couple of weeks at best.

[Dog_tech]

3 minutes ago, VOLUNTEERbrowncoat said:

For starters no one actually knows when pascal or Polaris is releasing. There are speculations and rumors that NVidia may release at the end of may and amd may release before school starts, but these are unconfirmed rumors. You could always buy an evga card and step up if pascal does release within 90 days, but other than that I never recommend waiting for a graphics card release unless were talking a couple of weeks at best.

so far have 500 dollar so if i wait could might get two cards instead of one maybe two 1080 if so they call it that

[alright_MEATBAGS]

I would ask if you have monitor that leverage that kind of performance or are you planning on getting one? If that is the case then maybe waiting could be a good idea, but if it's not I would consider getting the best card you can get now.

[Dog_tech]

4 minutes ago, VOLUNTEERbrowncoat said:

I would ask if you have monitor that leverage that kind of performance or are you planning on getting one? If that is the case then maybe waiting could be a good idea, but if it's not I would consider getting the best card you can get now.

 as of right now i have 1080p monitor planning to upgrade to a ultra wide display put scene i have this loud odd 670 form asus am not really a gamer am a photo and video editor for school but sometime play games. rather wait due to now pascal hoping coming out in May so rather wait am still saving up. also any good ultra wide do you of. thanks 

[alphaproject]

If you have anything less than a 770..... and you can afford a new card, Pascal it up.

 

If you have a 970 or up... wait until the gen after this... that's my opinion.

 

The cards won't be that much faster until everything is HBM2 or up.