Should I get a GTX 760 or wait for maxwell?

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So I got denied RMA on my MSI GTX 760 and looking to purchase a new card. My thoughts are I could jump the gun now and just get a GTX 760, or I could save some money and wait until maxwell 800 series comes out. It's nearing q4 and not sure if I can wait. I can take a hiatus from gaming if it means maxwell.
 
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The big hype about the new Maxwell GPUs is more hype than product, in my honest and humble opinion. What I mean by that is the architecture of the GPUs is changing, the GPU cores are only having slight changes. That means that the new GPUs will be more efficient, use less power, and produce less heat. They won't necessarily be way faster than the current breed of Nvidia GPUs. An 860 isn't gonna be waaaay faster than a 760. Of course the new GPUs are going to be pricier, so if I were you, I'd stick with the more than adequate 760 for now, and later get one of the new Maxwells, or whatever comes after that. Maybe even cross over into AMD if they produce some interesting tech.

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The big hype about the new Maxwell GPUs is more hype than product, in my honest and humble opinion. What I mean by that is the architecture of the GPUs is changing, the GPU cores are only having slight changes. That means that the new GPUs will be more efficient, use less power, and produce less heat. They won't necessarily be way faster than the current breed of Nvidia GPUs. An 860 isn't gonna be waaaay faster than a 760. Of course the new GPUs are going to be pricier, so if I were you, I'd stick with the more than adequate 760 for now, and later get one of the new Maxwells, or whatever comes after that. Maybe even cross over into AMD if they produce some interesting tech.

Hope this helps!
 
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We still have no release date for any new Maxwell cards, and even if we did, it would probably only be for the top end (880?) card. It may take further months for mid-range derivatives to be released, and that still leaves open the question of whether the performance improvements will be worth waiting for.

I'm not sure there will even be a large architecture change, as it seems that they're sticking with the 28 nm node. At least initially.
 
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