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Buy GTX 960 now or wait?

Astino
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I'm thinking of upgrading my GPU. I currently have a Zotac GTX 550 Ti 1GB in my system. I'm looking at getting the Asus Strix GTX 960 4GB. Right now NCIX as a deal on it; Reg. $315 on sale for $255 plus a $20 mail in rebate, effective price $235 (http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-geforce-gtx-960-strix-c5-113200.htm).

My question is should I jump on this deal or wait for the GTX 10 series to come out hopping for it to bring the price down on the 9 series, maybe being able to afford a 970 or 980. I only want to spend around $200.

 

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You should wait, the prizes for the unused cards wont drop that much but you might be able to find pretty good deals on used cards from people who are upgrading

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You should wait 1 week for Polaris honestly - the 960 is a horrible product and nobody should buy it.

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7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

You should wait 1 week for Polaris honestly - the 960 is a horrible product and nobody should buy it.

debatable but either way you should wait.

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I thought GTX 970s were selling for $220 recently.

 

Don't bother with the 960, try save for a 970 at least.

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13 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

You should wait 1 week for Polaris honestly - the 960 is a horrible product and nobody should buy it.

 

6 minutes ago, MineralMining said:

debatable but either way you should wait.

It's not horrible, but there's much better for the price.

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The 960 has not been a good buy since the launch of the 380. It's even worse now with new GPUs on the horizon. 

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45 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

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Ehe, a friend of mine would throw all dogs out on people who would make a comment like yours, because he is ignorant... He bought the 960 less than a month ago and he was saving tons of money to purchase a 1000€ gaming machine. Turns out, if he had listened to any reasonable arguments, because he simply uses the "I dont care with gaming resolution/performance, but i sure care with energy efficiency" and the "I can play all games on ultra +80 fps with this at 1080p anyways (sure you can)" phrases, when im sure a mid tier 300 series AMD card would have been significantly better, as far as performance per € goes around here x-x. 

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I also have the same dillema, with nvidia and amd cards at the moment. I would gladly go with AMD, but my psu only has 1 6 pin connector. Should I get another psu just for a future gpu upgrade? The psu is rather new...

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2 hours ago, Raspharus said:

I also have the same dillema, with nvidia and amd cards at the moment. I would gladly go with AMD, but my psu only has 1 6 pin connector. Should I get another psu just for a future gpu upgrade? The psu is rather new...

What PSU is it?

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Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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2 hours ago, Raspharus said:

I also have the same dillema, with nvidia and amd cards at the moment. I would gladly go with AMD, but my psu only has 1 6 pin connector. Should I get another psu just for a future gpu upgrade? The psu is rather new...

Only 1 6 pin? That might cause issues in the futurewith higher tier cards. As previously asked, what PSU? 

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I found on craigslist people selling used GTX 970's for $300, Good buy?

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