Call me when the next generation Video Cards Arrive

SonDa5

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I have just about decided to stick with my GTX 560 ti 448 till the next latest and greatest video cards arrive.

My card meets all of my high demands.



Anyone else sitting out from buying a new 28nm video card till something better arrives?
 
Yeah def sitting out this round. The leaked reviews so far give me no reason to upgrade. I'm looking to get ivy bridge extreme when that comes out. So faster cards might be out by then. My 580's are running very good and I'm happy with the performance.
 
That's what I tell myself every time something new comes out yet I always end up upgrading. Was totally happy with my 920 which I got on release, yet I still picked up 2 2500k and I'm already planning out ib setups. :( currently running a 580 and a 6950 in another rig and I have a feeling one of those cards is getting upgraded to a 680.
 
Your card is faster than a stock $449 7950 way you have it Oced. I'd sit out too, maybe a couple times. :)
 
I'm sitting it out. This will be the longest stretch I've used one particular card in my main machine.

This generation of cards / games just doesn't excite me.

What's happening?! ack!

I'm no longer [H] !
 
I wouldnt blame anyone for sitting out this round.
GTX560 and up owners have no real reason (at 1080p)
and HD6950 and up owners have no real reason either (at 1080p).
I didnt need the 7970 when i bought it on launch day. I bought it because Im a greedy whore.
Still regardless of youre perception on this current generation of cards, their is no doubt that if you want eyefinity or NVsurround you need a 28nm GPU if you plan on doing it right.
 
I don't think I can sit this one out. My 4890 has served me well (I think I only paid $180 for it new a few months after the 5800 cards came out), but it's just not really up to the task anymore.
 
Well, I upgraded from 580s in SLI. And while I don't really have a game that's pushing my computer at the moment (I'm not really a fan of multiple screen gaming. If, on the other hand, a monitor with 4k resolution came out...), I upgrade because it's more economical for my purposes.

By the time I sell my 680s, I doubt the 580 will be a low end card (I typically replace my computer about once a year), but the resell value of the 580s will have dropped significantly. I tend to find that by replacing my PC every year, I spend a few thousand less over the course of just buying a bleeding edge computer every few years, while having bleeding edge technology at all times, rather than watching my once powerful PC become a dinosaur relic.
 
I decided that the 680 is a good upgrade from my GTX 285, but I'm gonna wait some more for the lolz
 
Sitting this out....waiting for GK110. Everyone seems to forget or just doesn't know that this is a mid range card that NVIDIA repurposed as a flagship because of how competitive it is with AMD's 7970. GK110 is rumored to have over 2000 cuda cores, 6billion transistors, and a 512bit memory interface. Had the 7970 been faster than it is, everyone would likely be reading a GTX 660\670 review today.
 
Just bought a 560ti 448. The 7000 cards are overpriced. 680 is a good deal but it's more than I like to spend on a gpu. I might upgrade to the Nvidia midrange (660?) if it ends up being worthwhile.
 
Sitting this out....waiting for GK110. Everyone seems to forget or just doesn't know that this is a mid range card that NVIDIA repurposed as a flagship because of how competitive it is with AMD's 7970. GK110 is rumored to have over 2000 cuda cores, 6billion transistors, and a 512bit memory interface. Had the 7970 been faster than it is, everyone would likely be reading a GTX 660\670 review today.

Me too (especially since it help me resist the urge when they're sold out). I've heard about 3 months best case, but more likely 6 months til GK110. I think if I bought now, I'd really be regretting it then.
 
Me too (especially since it help me resist the urge when they're sold out). I've heard about 3 months best case, but more likely 6 months til GK110. I think if I bought now, I'd really be regretting it then.

Up to 6 months is two years in PC land. A long time from now.
And when it's $650, you'll probably wait for AMDs 8000 series, and on and on.

Not saying you can't afford it, but meaning any little thing can turn someone off on a expensive card.
A person just has to pull the trigger to give their self imposed wait time any value.
 
I wouldnt blame anyone for sitting out this round.
GTX560 and up owners have no real reason (at 1080p)
and HD6950 and up owners have no real reason either (at 1080p).
I didnt need the 7970 when i bought it on launch day. I bought it because Im a greedy whore.
Still regardless of youre perception on this current generation of cards, their is no doubt that if you want eyefinity or NVsurround you need a 28nm GPU if you plan on doing it right.

This. I plan on moving my 570's and going single 680 (with a sweet upgrade path) for my NV surround setup. That single card crushes my current setup when any type of AA is used.
 
My 460 is still running everything I play at 1080 like a champ. Its tempting but times are tough and I'm happy.
 
If the 7950 drops to $399, I may consider going to a single card this generation. My 6870's are nice enough, I would just like to drop down to one card sooner or later.
 
If, on the other hand, a monitor with 4k resolution came out...

Doesn't seem that far in the future. apple seems to really be pushing there retina display's, which regular pc monitor size would have no problem being 4k monitors. I'm sure samsung and others have something in the works as well since blu-ray players also are coming with 4k upscaling now. This generation also seems to handle high res fairly easily.
 
Even before the 7970/680 were released, I committed my self not to upgrade.

There are an abundance of old games I want to play or replay, and my backlog is freaking ridiculous.
 
I'll certainly be upgrading just as soon as IB is out. To what exactly I'm not quite certain yet. If I had to choose now it would be the 680. Just depends on how pricing plays out at the time of my purchase. I play at 1920x1200 and there are plenty of games that will see significant improvement.
 
when I can find something with at least GTX 580 level performance for $100 or less I'll buy it. That might be a while.
 
My 460 is still running everything I play at 1080 like a champ. Its tempting but times are tough and I'm happy.

Yeah, I bought myself a GTX460 which was on special as a stopgap when my 4870 died so I could bide my time and get something better. That was nearly 2 years ago now and I just haven't felt the need to get anything else for 1920x1080 gaming, most games play at or close to high settings and while I may not be able to max out BF3, frankly it still looks pretty damned good and it doesn't impede my enjoyment of games in general. I've often been tempted to get something new, came very close to getting a GTX570 just before the 7000 series came out, but thought it best to wait since I wasn't desperate, and in the end just didn't end up getting anything.
 
Nope i'am upgrading.. not now but soon, i have dual 460, run pretty well but it doesn't give me my 60fps in all games (battlefield, crysis2 etc..) so.. it have to go :)
 
im still rocking xfire XFX 4850 1GB
its maxes out SC2 MW3 at 1080 everything high
and any other game i have thrown at it besides BF3 which i really never got into, but i do want to upgrade D3 if i cant max that out at 1080
 
My 560 Ti 2GB is great, but I'm running 120 fps @ 1280x720p and it doesn't give me 120 fps minimum in my games. BF3 ~60-80fps, Batman AC =60-75fps, Metro 2033 40-45fps, TF2 ~90-120fps, GRID 80-100fps , Oblivion 75-85 fps these games all play wonderfully even Metro 2033 is solid If I limit my framerate to 45 fps it is quite smooth. But I think a 680GTX should bump my minimum FPS to 100fps+ in all games (maybe not Metro 2033 would = 90 fps) which would be ideal.

I might jump on a 680GTX 4GB (in 2-3 months) unless the 780GTX gets leaked/announced in that timeframe. It's getting time to put a pool in the backyard, get a grill do a deck etc., so I think I'll be waiting to see how much more a 4GB will cost and when it's available and if any more information leaks on the successor/upgrade to 680GTX in that timeframe. But as it stands the 680GTX looks to be the ultimate card for my setup and gameplay style, also with 3D Vision I would need the 680GTX's horsepower to drive a very smooth 3D Vision experience in the games I play.

I totally see peoples points that 560 570 6870 6950 6970 is adequate enough if playing single monitor 1080p with a 60 frame cap though. I'm just not in that category.
 
if i were to buy a 560ti 448 today; will they still be manufactured 6-12 months from now so that i could pick up a 2nd for sli?
 
I have just about decided to stick with my GTX 560 ti 448 till the next latest and greatest video cards arrive.

My card meets all of my high demands.



Anyone else sitting out from buying a new 28nm video card till something better arrives?

You should almost always skip a generation. I went from gtx 260 to gtx 560 ti 448 and it will be few years before I upgrade again.
 
The cards are great.... it's the consoles that are making us not able to justify the upgrade. If you are only sporting one monitor, it's getting harder and harder to justify since Nvidia's 4 series and AMD's 5 series launched. How many games are unplayable at 1080p on a 460 GTX or 5850?

Very few.... so unless you need the FX/TR/AA/AAA etc, etc (which IMO doesn't change the gaming experience) then how do you justify a new card, even if you WANT to?
 
It's so easy to complain about price and performance when you have no idea what you're talking about.

Expect prices to go up from generation to generation as shrinking becomes more difficult for early adopters (whether AMD or nVidia or Intel, all of them got hit with the same issues)

You guys need to understand that price and performance are not a linear graph that goes up at a set rate. As you shrink down physics and process tech smacks you in the face. GPUs are generally the first to feel it until process matures, and the smaller the node the longer it takes for maturity and price drops.
 
It's so easy to complain about price and performance when you have no idea what you're talking about.

Expect prices to go up from generation to generation as shrinking becomes more difficult for early adopters (whether AMD or nVidia or Intel, all of them got hit with the same issues)

You guys need to understand that price and performance are not a linear graph that goes up at a set rate. As you shrink down physics and process tech smacks you in the face. GPUs are generally the first to feel it until process matures, and the smaller the node the longer it takes for maturity and price drops.

If this proves to be true I think PC gaming is going to become less popular at a high rate of speed.

But then again AMD and NVIDIA can still work on improving cheaper gpu size processes to improve gaming. I read AMD is having success with 32nm size. 32NM could be the sweet spot for affordable performance.
 
If this proves to be true I think PC gaming is going to become less popular at a high rate of speed.

But then again AMD and NVIDIA can still work on improving cheaper gpu size processes to improve gaming. I read AMD is having success with 32nm size. 32NM could be the sweet spot for affordable performance.

They're going to keep shrinking until they hit a wall and then it'll be all about architectural improvements on the same node, whether that's 14nm or 10nm, who knows :p Anything below that is considered impossible with current lithography. At least that's my understanding and my best guess. So we'll have a few more years of shrinking with FinFETs and prices going up then they'll level off and maybe drop until they move past silicon or develop more efficient lithographic methods.
 
i am still running 5850's crossfire. I may pull the trigger this round and buy one of the new cards to go single again.
 
I'm very tempted by the gtx 680, but it still costs more than I'd like to spend on a video card (definitely a lot more than my wife would let me spend, haha). I'm running 2 6870s right now so I think I'll wait until next year and see either what comes out by then and what the prices are. The only issues I run into with my 6870s are vram caps (1gb) which means I can't fully crank crysis 2 or battlefield 3 and some driver issues on some games with crossfire (bad scaling, flickering etc.. which all seem to change with each driver increment).

Skyrim still runs very nice one card (negative scaling in crossfire though) and most other games all still run just fine in both single card and crossfired mode.

I plan on bailing on dual gpu and going for one high end single gpu eventually, but I'll wait a bit.
 
I've been planning on a system refresh for a couple of YEARS now.

Enh, I think I'll buy another kayak. Maybe a Liquid Logic Deuce so my legs can see some sun, but still be able to play in class III and have MUCH better flat water performance than my play or creek boats.

I'll see how the GPU market looks come September. I'm having a much better time outside than playing games these days. I remember when I used to play a lot of video games, part of me feels nostalgic about it, but it just isn't nearly as compelling now. Probably too many hours in the NOC playing CS is what broke me.
 
I always tell myself to wait it out for something better..... but ever since the 8800GTX, i've been upgrading to whatever's best :rolleyes:

Definitely will upgrade to GK110 or whatever's best after playing with this GTX680 :p
 
They're going to keep shrinking until they hit a wall and then it'll be all about architectural improvements on the same node, whether that's 14nm or 10nm, who knows :p Anything below that is considered impossible with current lithography. At least that's my understanding and my best guess. So we'll have a few more years of shrinking with FinFETs and prices going up then they'll level off and maybe drop until they move past silicon or develop more efficient lithographic methods.

Why would they do that if they have problems building them and are unable to sell the higher priced video cards? Makes more sense to build a card on a cheap gpu size that is simple to build and will sell much better.
 
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