Well it's time to upgrade my 8 years old, 8600 GTS. Yes I'm wayyyyy overdue!
As you can tell, I don't upgrade often and need a GPU that will last. Fallout 4 is coming and I have to play it! I don't know jack about GPUs (compared to other parts) so there might some stupid questions...
I'll play at 1080p (won't upgrade to a higher resolution anytime soon) and want to choose something "future proof" (stupid question, I know) to play at Ultra/High for a couple of years and will use it for about 5 years. No SLI/Crossfire.
At first I thought about the GTX 970 (which is recommended everywhere as the best bang for the buck) at 450$CAD or the GTX 980 at 650$CAD but it doesn't seem to be worth it (or it might be for the long run?).
But I've seen that we are on the verge of DX12 and Nvidia's Maxwell isn't really well equipped for it (from some of the very few benchmark available). Sadly Pascal isn't coming out very soon. As of AMD, I've been burned a couple of time in the past by them. So I'm a bit hesitant to buy their products but not against it totally.
So what do you suggest?
- Buy a "cheap old GPU" that could do the job at 1080p for Fallout 4 right now and wait for the new Pascal or AMD (could be worth it since I don't upgrade often and money is tight). If so, which GPU would do the best job and still be cheap so I can keep as much as I can for the real upgrade in 2016?
- Get a current Nvidia, which one?
- Get a current AMD, which one?
Ideally I'd like not to exceed 500$CAD but if the price difference would make a lot of difference in 3, 4 and 5 years I might got to 650$CAD. The exchange rate is really high sadly, so prices are a lot higher than in the states.
Thanks!
As you can tell, I don't upgrade often and need a GPU that will last. Fallout 4 is coming and I have to play it! I don't know jack about GPUs (compared to other parts) so there might some stupid questions...
I'll play at 1080p (won't upgrade to a higher resolution anytime soon) and want to choose something "future proof" (stupid question, I know) to play at Ultra/High for a couple of years and will use it for about 5 years. No SLI/Crossfire.
At first I thought about the GTX 970 (which is recommended everywhere as the best bang for the buck) at 450$CAD or the GTX 980 at 650$CAD but it doesn't seem to be worth it (or it might be for the long run?).
But I've seen that we are on the verge of DX12 and Nvidia's Maxwell isn't really well equipped for it (from some of the very few benchmark available). Sadly Pascal isn't coming out very soon. As of AMD, I've been burned a couple of time in the past by them. So I'm a bit hesitant to buy their products but not against it totally.
So what do you suggest?
- Buy a "cheap old GPU" that could do the job at 1080p for Fallout 4 right now and wait for the new Pascal or AMD (could be worth it since I don't upgrade often and money is tight). If so, which GPU would do the best job and still be cheap so I can keep as much as I can for the real upgrade in 2016?
- Get a current Nvidia, which one?
- Get a current AMD, which one?
Ideally I'd like not to exceed 500$CAD but if the price difference would make a lot of difference in 3, 4 and 5 years I might got to 650$CAD. The exchange rate is really high sadly, so prices are a lot higher than in the states.
Thanks!