euskalzabe
[H]ard|Gawd
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For the past few generations I've remained in the x70 range with nvidia cards. This has served me well, but it seems that the market is moving upwards. I got burned with my 770, which I bought hoping to keep for 3 years (as I upgraded to it from my 470), but is clearly impossible to do so on 2GB VRAM. Gaming is now more memory-demanding and even at 1080p I'm not getting as much performance as I should from this card.
I'm thinking now it may be better to spend $200 every 2 years instead of $300 every three, as I "modernize" at a faster clip while spending the same money every 6 years - $600. After seeing the 1070 release, I'm wondering... is it overkill for 1080p gaming? I have a 60hz IPS panel and I have no intention of going high-framerate nor 4K. Should I consider the RX 480 or the eventual 1060? I'm still waiting on reviews for the AMD card and we'll see what the 1060 delivers, but I'm going to buy a card this fall at the latest and it seems that stepping down 1 performance tier and renovating more often is a smarter move for my gaming resolution.
While on 1080p, I do like to keep my games on as high settings as I can get - ultra is not necessary, but high details are, I avoid medium unless the downgrade is not noticeable. 60 frames preferred, but I can put with variable 40-60 - heck, I played Unity at variable 30 frames going above and below. Thoughts?
I'm thinking now it may be better to spend $200 every 2 years instead of $300 every three, as I "modernize" at a faster clip while spending the same money every 6 years - $600. After seeing the 1070 release, I'm wondering... is it overkill for 1080p gaming? I have a 60hz IPS panel and I have no intention of going high-framerate nor 4K. Should I consider the RX 480 or the eventual 1060? I'm still waiting on reviews for the AMD card and we'll see what the 1060 delivers, but I'm going to buy a card this fall at the latest and it seems that stepping down 1 performance tier and renovating more often is a smarter move for my gaming resolution.
While on 1080p, I do like to keep my games on as high settings as I can get - ultra is not necessary, but high details are, I avoid medium unless the downgrade is not noticeable. 60 frames preferred, but I can put with variable 40-60 - heck, I played Unity at variable 30 frames going above and below. Thoughts?