I love my 690 it runs pretty much everything I throw at it and pairs great with my 2560x1440 display. When I spent 1k on the card I thought I was pretty future proof going forward. But then I hit VRAM issues when playing Bioshock Infinite. It was the first game that I started seeing VRAM effect my performance even though the game wasn’t super graphic intensive.
Now most games don’t see utilizing 2GB of VRAM, and because of my display I usually can turn down AA which usually helps a lot with VRAM usage. But with new consoles coming out with decent amount of VRAM on them I feel that PC games are going to start quickly adding more VRAM usage. The card itself still blows new consoles away but is going to lack in VRAM exp at my resolution.
Now either way if I am to buy a new card I will have to go SLI or I will lose performance unless I wait like 3 generations of cards. I can probably sell my 690 for around $800 which means If I bought two 770s 4GB for $900 I’d probably lose out around $100 for a slightly better upgrade in performance and better VRAM for the future.
I could also wait until the 800 series comes out but at that time my 690 will probably be worth even less and harder to sell.
Thoughts on what I should do?
Now most games don’t see utilizing 2GB of VRAM, and because of my display I usually can turn down AA which usually helps a lot with VRAM usage. But with new consoles coming out with decent amount of VRAM on them I feel that PC games are going to start quickly adding more VRAM usage. The card itself still blows new consoles away but is going to lack in VRAM exp at my resolution.
Now either way if I am to buy a new card I will have to go SLI or I will lose performance unless I wait like 3 generations of cards. I can probably sell my 690 for around $800 which means If I bought two 770s 4GB for $900 I’d probably lose out around $100 for a slightly better upgrade in performance and better VRAM for the future.
I could also wait until the 800 series comes out but at that time my 690 will probably be worth even less and harder to sell.
Thoughts on what I should do?
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