Should I get a temporary GPU or just wait?

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To begin with I know this has been asked a lot lately. But I waned one tailored for me.

So I'm building a new rig, and this is my first computer that I'm building for games, always preferred console. But seeing that the new ones are already aged up, I thought I'd try the PC.

I was gonna buy the PC around jan 2013, but decided to wait for the intel haswell which came to be a disappointment seeing as though they only updated the power consumption (useless for desktops) and the GPU (useless for gamers).
Now the MAX I could afford is a GTX 770 because where I come from (egypt) shipping costs and taxes increase GPU prices by at least 50%. So my question is should I just get it and suck it up. Or should I wait till February for the maxwell ( that's the rumour I guess).

I'm scared of waiting that it ends up a disappointment like intel. But I'd probably be even more disappointed if the 8 series come up and they're much better and cheaper than thee current 7 series.

Would the intel HD 4600 hold up even a tiny bit of small gaming? Just to pass the time nothing more ?
Or should I go with something like the GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost it seems it could run BF4 (probably the game I'll play for the next 4-5 months) at 40 to 60 fps on high settings 1920x1080. It's not too expensive but no cheap either, but I can go for it and delay the 800 series for a while. Also, the GTX 800 might reach Egypt a bit later than the rest of the world, who knows maybe in june or whatever so the 650 Ti boost should be a safer bet.

My rig should consist of the following:
MoBo: gigabyte z87x UD4H
CPU: intel 4770k
RAM: RipjawX 8gbx2
 
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I second that, if you have an older GPU from your previous system might as well wait for the 800 series which is coming in a few months which would be a true next generation of cards rather than mostly rebrands
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I would really wait because by halfway through next year there will be some amazing new innovations with Intel's new Broadwell, AMD's new Steam Roller and intel and AMD's next generation cards. I think you shud wait and also when the next generation is out there will be massive price drops.
 
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The HD 4670 might be ok for some older games, but Battlefield 4 won't be playable even on the lowest settings.
The GTX 650 Ti boost has really good performance for its price. It will run currently available games at 1920x1080 with High settings.
If you go up to the GTX 770 it can run any currently available game at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.
The 800 series will likely improve on this, but is likely to also be more expensive until AMD can match them.
 
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I'm betting that AMD have another big card up their sleeve ready to throw at Nvidia in time for their 800 series
Actually im hoping that way each company will push each other to do better and the consumer then benefits
 
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Love the sarcasm but I'm serious should I get the 770 or 650 then the 800?
 
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Don't have a previous system to take its GPU. either the 770 or the 650 Ti Boost
 
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The GTX 770 is almost twice the speed of the GTX 650 Ti boost.
Any new 800 series card with a price comparable to the GTX 770 might give you a 20% or 30% increase in performance over the GTX 770.
Remember that the GTX 770 is a GTX 680 running at higher speeds, so you are paying half what it would have cost you one and a half years ago for the same performance.
If you do go with the GTX 650 Ti boost, you might end up waiting for the 900 series.
I would just get the GTX 770.
 
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As far as waiting goes, there will always be something just around the corner to make everything you're looking at now obsolete, or will at least drop the price considerably. That's how the tech world tends to work.

As to whether or not you should wait, it depends on if your current hardware does what you need it to. If so, you can wait. If, however, it does not meet your needs, you should probably upgrade... which doesn't necessarily mean get the best and the baddest you can afford. The slightly slower GTX 760 tends to provide much more performance per dollar, for instance, and should last for years.

From experience, the intel HD graphics tends to do just fine for desktop stuff, even with three monitors. It is absolutely horrid at gaming, however, as I found out waiting for the r9 290x to come out.

I also seriously doubt that Maxwell is going to be anywhere near revolutionary. They'll probably start with one high-end card, which provides a 10~15% boost over the 780ti, for considerably more $$$, and wait a few months to release slower chips, taking some time to get to the sort of price range you're looking at. Especially if it takes extra time to reach egypt, you might as well consider something in your price range a year away.
 
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to be honest your answer seems the most logic, but I really hate risking that maxwell comes out and proves that it's considerably better than the current 770 in the same price range.

how do you think the 650 Ti Boost would hold up, if it would last a year of gaming on high settings then it makes sense to get that too. Plus there's a tiny chance of me moving to canada by next fall for studying. I think I should be able to take my CPU, HDD, RAMs with me but the GPU, MoBo and chassis will be too bulky and heavy to carry... It would make sense to get the GTX 800 then or something ?

What do you think?


 
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The GTX 650 Ti Boost should last a year at medium-high settings at 1080p (conservative guess)

There is always something better in a few months so you might as well get the best card your budget allows for, though the 800 series will definitely be a bigger jump from the 700 series compared to the 600 series to the 700 series
 
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probably will end up flipping a coin haha
 
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Always.... I have another question if I decided to get the 650 and later an 800 series... Can I use them together? Of course not SLI but each one doing a separate job on a separate screen?
 
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You could use the 650 TI Boost as a dedicated piece of hardware for PhysX processing in some games

I'm not sure about outputting multi monitors with two different cards, you'd just be adding extra power consumption whereas a single card can handle that just fine (though it should work since Nvidia's drivers are universal, "should" being the key word here haha)
 
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haha thanks for the explanation!
 
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