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Considering an upgrade, is now a good time to buy?

Ajido
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I've been wanting to upgrade my GTX 960 for awhile now but I kept putting it off. I haven't really been keeping up with what the new things are or if there are new things on the horizon. Is now a good time to buy or is there anything coming out soon that might change the market? Preferably I would like to keep it under $500, might consider going a little more if there's a noticeable difference in performance for not too many more buckaroos. Thanks friends.

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Whats your other specs?

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Just now, JDE said:

Whats your other specs?

I have a 6600K, I'm currently gaming at 1080p but I've been wanting to upgrade to a higher res monitor, but I didn't want to do that while I still had the 960.

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4 minutes ago, Ajido said:

I have a 6600K, I'm currently gaming at 1080p but I've been wanting to upgrade to a higher res monitor, but I didn't want to do that while I still had the 960.

I would say wait for VEGA and by that I don't mean that you have to buy a VEGA GPU, you just have to see what they bring to the tables, Nvidia's GPUs will probably fall in price when they launch as well.

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2 minutes ago, jnkokseby said:

I would say wait for VEGA and by that I don't mean that you have to buy a VEGA GPU, you just have to see what they bring to the tables, Nvidia's GPUs will probably fall in price when they launch as well.

Thanks, I suppose I can wait a month or so and see what happens. Does nVidia have anything coming out this year that might be worth waiting for? Or is the 1080 Ti the big boy for 2017?

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Could wait for Vega, but I dont see them beating $350 for a 1070 by much. Up to you if you want to wait 2-3 months. 

4 minutes ago, Ajido said:

Thanks, I suppose I can wait a month and see what happens. Does nVidia have anything coming out this year that might be worth waiting for? Or is the 1080 Ti the big boy for 2017?

Volta wont be out until Q1-Q2 2018, nothing new this year (Unless your planning on buying their new Volta Tesla :P). 

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