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I want to buy a graphics card. I spotted a 1070 ofr 330 USD, but I'm worried whether I shouyld wait for the next gen cards to drop before buying for better performance or just plain price drops. Should I be worried> Or should I just go for it? Do we know when the next gens are coming officially yet? 

In short, buy or wait?

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Hopefully you don't intend to wait for the one after, right?

 

Either way, you'll be buying a new card in two or three generations. Go for the 1070.

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

wait if you can, vega sounds promising. 

How long will I have to wait? And will it be in the price point I'm looking at?

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

Hopefully you don't intend to wait for the one after, right?

 

Either way, you'll be buying a new card in two or three generations. Go for the 1070.

I can always eBay my old card right? Do thwy hold value well enough? Cuz 970s are cheap af now...

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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5 minutes ago, YedZed said:

I want to buy a graphics card. I spotted a 1070 ofr 330 USD, but I'm worried whether I shouyld wait for the next gen cards to drop before buying for better performance or just plain price drops. Should I be worried> Or should I just go for it? Do we know when the next gens are coming officially yet? 

In short, buy or wait?

 

IMO buy or you'll be waiting forever. There are almost alway rumours for the next generation cards. Over time prices will drop but again if you wait for the price drops you'll be waiting forever.

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Just now, YedZed said:

How long will I have to wait? And will it be in the price point I'm looking at?

The low-end vega should compete with a 1070.

might be $299. who knows?

+ AMD Finewine TM tech will make it really good in the future.

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Just now, astrosheen said:

IMO buy or you'll be waiting forever. There are almost alway rumours for the next generation cards. Over time prices will drop but again if you wait for the price drops you'll be waiting forever.

Right, that's what I'm afraid of...

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Just now, YedZed said:

I can always eBay my old card right? Do thwy hold value well enough? Cuz 970s are cheap af now...

I've got a 970 in the system right now as I'm testing triple monitor setups with supposedly "weak" cards and it's holding up. Unless you're the guy/girl that needs the Ultra graphics, it'll be more than enough to get a 1070.

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

no idea about the price point or release date but it will be in few months. 

Like, after the summer is over?

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

I've got a 970 in the system right now as I'm testing triple monitor setups with supposedly "weak" cards and it's holding up. Unless you're the guy/girl that needs the Ultra graphics, it'll be more than enough to get a 1070.

 
 

it's not weak, it's hated because of false adverts.  

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

I've got a 970 in the system right now as I'm testing triple monitor setups with supposedly "weak" cards and it's holding up. Unless you're the guy/girl that needs the Ultra graphics, it'll be more than enough to get a 1070.

Fair enough, I've held out on HD 530 till now...

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Just now, YedZed said:

I might just go for it and swallow the buyers remorse...

There will almost always be something better or cheaper in 2-3months time. It's just the way the tech industry is 

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Is it founders or no? If it has a decent cooler go for it.

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

no idea about the price point or release date but it will be in few months. 

Should be Computex time frame for vega.

 

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

The low-end vega should compete with a 1070.

might be $299. who knows?

+ AMD Finewine TM tech will make it really good in the future.

Would hurt 580 sales so I doubt it.

 

AMD's stated they want to make it so they have better drivers out of the box rather than waiting for better performance to come later.

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On an unrelated note, does anyone know a place where a guy can get a quick buck for a kidney? xD 

i5 6600k and GTX 1070 but I play 1600-900. 1440p BABY!

Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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Just now, DocSwag said:

Is it founders or no? If it has a decent cooler go for it.

Should be Computex time frame for vega.

 

Would hurt 580 sales so I doubt it.

 

AMD's stated they want to make it so they have better drivers out of the box rather than waiting for better performance to come later.

Well GTX 1070s are $330, as stated in the original post.

It wouldn't make sense for AMD to price their competitor higher.

unless it was maybe performance between a 1070 and 1080?

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

but what if vega comes out with the performance of a 1080 with the price of a 1070. 

i am joking 

I'll buy one

and shove it up my ^$*&#*(%

Im not joking 

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Still, don't put too much faith in my buying decisions. xD 

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