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[ADVICE] Monitor now and GPU later?

Joehockey90
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Ok, I'm in an interesting predicament. My local MicroCentre has a pretty great sale on a monitor I have been eyeing up. Its 1440p 144hz and G-Sync. They issue is that I am still running a 980 because I am waiting until Volta drops or at least a big drop in 1080ti prices.

 

So, the question remains. Do you guys think I should snag the monitor because of the deal and put up with not being able to really enjoy it until I have a greater GPU? OR wait and get both at a later date (considering monitor prices may drop a bit as tech moves forward)?

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how long would it take you before you can get a new GPU?

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I'm pushing it as long as I can. That's the thing. I will wait until Volta drops for Nvidia before giving in on a new GPU. And considering Volta isn't announced yet...

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I'd get the monitor now while its on sale, can't see the prices dropping anytime in the future. We're probably going to be waiting a while for 4k 60+hz, which is the only time I could see 1440p 144hz monitors dropping in price.

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1 minute ago, Joehockey90 said:

Yeah RK that was what I was starting to think.

get the monitor now volta should be out in early 2018

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You make a good point ACE, but I can't shake that feeling of Nvidia delaying Volta a little bit because Vega didn't "scare" them enough, and watching the monitor I thought was a great deal end up cheaper by the time I snag a new GPU.

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Monitor while it's on sale, GPU later. 

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Alright, I'm going with the monitor. I was doing some searching and the deal is too good to pass up right now. Just called and the one I had them put on hold this morning is still there. Thanks for the help guys.

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had a similar situation,went for the gpu
now i'm here at 1080p with nice cpu bottlenecks ,meanwhile my financial situation went to shit so no monitor for the next year at least

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