Better to upgrade now or wait?

lullemannen90 · Aug 25, 2014

Okey, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a "MSI GeForce GTX 770 Gaming 2GB PhysX". And I wonder if It's worth upgrading or should I stick with the system I have now and wait till the GTX-800 series is launched? Some games I intend to play are Far Cry 4 and World of Warcraft (and some others).

My current system specs are:
Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 | Processor: Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80Ghz | Graphics
card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II | RAM: 8GB | OS: Windows 8.1 -64bit

lightcloud · Aug 25, 2014

If you don't mind waiting, then do it is worth the wait and get a much better GPU then the 770 and the 580.

Francisco Costa · Aug 25, 2014

Your rig is fine. The CPU is still very capable and so is the GPU. I'd wait for something better, there's no urge. But if I were to upgrade something now I'd change the GPU to a Radeon R9 290 or R9 290X, depending on you budget:
R9 290 ($350): http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=93517&vpn=GV-R929OC-4GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1046
R9 290X ($450): http://www.microcenter.com/product/431572/AMD_Radeon_R9_290X_Dual_Fan_4GB_GBDDR5_PCIe_30x16_Video_Card

coozie7 · Aug 25, 2014

^ Agreed.
With games demanding more and more memory I'm getting reluctant to suggest a 2Gb card, either as an upgrade or to install in a new build. Personally I think we should be looking at 3Gb minimum with 4Gb for preference.

hang-the-9 · Aug 25, 2014

For Far Cry and WOW upgrading won't get you anything, it would be like going from a Corvette to a Ferrari to commute 10 miles to work on a 65mph road. In fact, you will see pretty marginal improvements in almost any game untill you play a very demanding game on high settings on high resolutions and even then you will be in playable frame rates with the GTX 580.

If you want an upgrade, get a solid state hard drive if you don't have one, or possibly a better monitor.

I'd wait at least another generation of video cards if not 2.

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