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From GTX590 to ...?

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pbassjunk

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If you were going to replace your trusty gtx590, what would you get?

AMD or Nvidia, I'm fanboy for no team.
SLI or CF is fine. I've been pleased with both in the past. If I can mine excotic currencies, that's a bonus. Currently only have the ability to 2x cards, but if 3x is as neat as they say I'm already planning a motherboard swap that will do 3 cards.
Performance has to meet the 590 at 1440p. I'm fine with a sidegrade as long as the power consumption is down.
4790k, 1300W evga gold, so plenty of all that.

Cost isn't really an issue, but upper mainstream cost. Not titanx2 because I'm single w/ no kids yet cost.

Suggestions?
 
For the first time in a few years, there is basically zero reason to purchase anything from AMD right now (until they drop their prices a good bit). The new Nvidia 970 and 980 are what you want to look at if you are buying right now.

980 will run you about $550, and the 970s start at just $329. The real value right now is SLI 970s, You could even do tri-SLI 970s for the price of SLI 980s if you felt the need to mess with 3 cards.
 
if money is issue go with a single 970 which its already a good bump over your setup, if you need more horsepower later then just add another 970 for SLI.. that literally destroy anything out there..
 
Honestly, a 970 would be close to twice the speed of your 590. I had a 590 and I wasn't particularly fussed with it. The crippling amount of RAM on it and the gimping it received to keep it cool at the form factor basically made it obsolete after 1 generation. Go for a 970, or, if you are the type who spends a bit on GPUs (as your 590 would suggest) grab a 980. A 980 would be more than double your 590 in performance, RAM, efficiency...
 
One for 60FPS at 1440p or two 980s if you have 120Hz and want to max the refresh rate. Don't ever SLI low-end cards such as 970s.
 
rabidz7 said:
One for 60FPS at 1440p or two 980s if you have 120Hz and want to max the refresh rate. Don't ever SLI low-end cards such as 970s.
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and who told you the 970 its a low end card?..
 
pbassjunk said:
If you were going to replace your trusty gtx590, what would you get?
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Honestly depends on what game you play. Some games prefer Nvidia, some prefer AMD. Some work better with multi-GPU than others. Some hog VRam more than others.

pbassjunk said:
Performance has to meet the 590 at 1440p. I'm fine with a sidegrade as long as the power consumption is down.
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You might look at used cards. You can find some pretty amazing deals on used Kepler cards (670, 680, 690, 770, 780, etc) as people upgrade to the latest Gen. There is nothing wrong with those older cards though. A single 680 would equal your 590, two in SLI would be a significant upgrade. You could get a used 690 (equivalent to 2x680 on one card), or even 2x 690 and do Quad-SLI right on your matx board lol. Only issue with most of those cards is only having 2GB VRam, but if you are plugging along contently with the 1.5GB per GPU that you have on your 590 then it shouldn't really be a big deal.
 
rabidz7 said:
One for 60FPS at 1440p or two 980s if you have 120Hz and want to max the refresh rate. Don't ever SLI low-end cards such as 970s.
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Awesome troll post

OP, I also owned a 590 at one point. I would get a 970, and if its too slow get another. You will be very pleased with the heat and noise difference.
 
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