Right now I have the chance to get the MSI GTX 680 Lightning for $325 CAD no tax. I know it's a silly question, but I'm mostly concerned about being future proof. Is 2 GB Vram enough for the coming of nextgen games and consoles? On top of that, I'm also worried because next gen consoles will be all AMD, so it will probably be better optimized for it as well. Should I be getting a 7970, or wait it out for the 8000 series of Radeon cards, or even get another NVIDIA card? Any help, thoughts and facts could really help!
Am I making a good purchase? (GPU)
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Maxime506
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If u don't play at too high res like 2560*1600 or above, 2GB vRAM should be enough probably only except if there will be a badly optimized GTA V (like GTA IV did at 2008). GTX 680 is equivalent w/ GTX 770 or HD 7970 and it's a strong card so there is no need to worry.
If u currently have a Intel CPU just let it be (except u just have an i3), i5 is still strong for current games and if future gen games launched, that will be Steamroller AMD CPUs or Intel Broadwell/Haswell CPUs who will handle it.
Canadian stuffs are not as cheap as that in the US though they are "brothers". And $325 for a GTX 680? How do u get that good deal?
If u currently have a Intel CPU just let it be (except u just have an i3), i5 is still strong for current games and if future gen games launched, that will be Steamroller AMD CPUs or Intel Broadwell/Haswell CPUs who will handle it.
Canadian stuffs are not as cheap as that in the US though they are "brothers". And $325 for a GTX 680? How do u get that good deal?
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NVidia will not be optimized for some games on release date because they will not have access to the code of the game right away, but they will quickly work on driver updates to make the games run the best they can. So if you are the type of person who pre-orders games then you might want to stick with AMD, if you buy games later on when they get cheaper, NVidia will be fine. The Radeon 9000 series will be released in a couple of months which will be 20nm technology and according to the specs that have been released they will be better than the 600 and 700 series NVidia cards. If I were you I would buy the 680 because it's a great deal then down the road if you feel you want something better just sell it and upgrade.
A lot of mixed answers, the thing is I can wait and if the 8000 series is really going to be the next "it" GPU, I rather wait for it. I'm thinking about now and current consoles are AMD as well yet AMD isn't ways fully optimized. Am I missing something?
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The 8000 series is a rebranding of the 7000 series and I'm not even sure if or when it will be released to retail. The 9000 series will be out soon and I honestly think it will be worth waiting for especially since they fixed the crossfire latency issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_9000_Series
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A MSI GTX 680 Lightning for that price is outstanding. It's essentially better than most GTX 770's, which are significantly more expensive.
Don't for a second think that AMD on consoles is going to automatically mean that AMD cards will run better on newer games. For one thing, the hardware being used is quite different from the video cards that we have in our PCs. Games optimized to run on consoles rarely run well on PCs. It also hasn't played out that games supposedly optimized for AMD's Gaming Evolved program necessarily run better on AMD hardware. Sometimes they even run better on Nvidia cards.
And remember that Nvidia cards are in more than half of the world's gaming PCs, while AMD cards make up barely a third. Developers will certainly continue to optimize their games for the majority of gamers, rather than cater to the relative few. That just wouldn't make good business sense.
I say get that Lightning card, its a great deal.
Don't for a second think that AMD on consoles is going to automatically mean that AMD cards will run better on newer games. For one thing, the hardware being used is quite different from the video cards that we have in our PCs. Games optimized to run on consoles rarely run well on PCs. It also hasn't played out that games supposedly optimized for AMD's Gaming Evolved program necessarily run better on AMD hardware. Sometimes they even run better on Nvidia cards.
And remember that Nvidia cards are in more than half of the world's gaming PCs, while AMD cards make up barely a third. Developers will certainly continue to optimize their games for the majority of gamers, rather than cater to the relative few. That just wouldn't make good business sense.
I say get that Lightning card, its a great deal.
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