Hi guys
I'm looking for your inspired knowledge. I am I guess what the industry would call an enthusiast gamer, so my rig isn't on the cheap and cheerful side. I enjoy first person shooters/RPG games like Metro and Crysis 3 etc. I am not a COD fan any longer and I've never liked the BF series.
Currently have a GTX 680 and have been wondering about what the next step is. The most important factor is that I ONLY game at 1920x1080 on a single 27 inch monitor (second monitor is a 22inch old cheapie for running team speak and core temp etc).
The other thing is that I prefer to run games on stiff settings even if it means a small FPS hit. Crysis 3 is one example. I deliberately run higher settings than what are recommended for a 680 and as a consequence I don't get 60 FPS all the time.
Now my card is nearing its second? birthday, I'm feeling its time to upgrade when the next round of games make their appearance.
So, your opinions please on my options.
- Buy another 680 and SLI (have a big enough PSU I think)
-Buy a 690/7990 or even Titan (not keen on this due to stories about unsolvable stuttering problems)
-Buy 780/780ti or AMD equivalent
-Wait for GTX 880 and see what price it comes out at.
Questions then, which of these options will generate the best performance gain (looking for that rock steady 60 FPS in all weathers) for the outlay?
I am a bit of an Nvidia fan but would try AMD if the price was right (second hand 7990 can be had for reasonable money on Amazon). Also I don't do any rendering or mining or compute type stuff, I only play games.
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for your inspired knowledge. I am I guess what the industry would call an enthusiast gamer, so my rig isn't on the cheap and cheerful side. I enjoy first person shooters/RPG games like Metro and Crysis 3 etc. I am not a COD fan any longer and I've never liked the BF series.
Currently have a GTX 680 and have been wondering about what the next step is. The most important factor is that I ONLY game at 1920x1080 on a single 27 inch monitor (second monitor is a 22inch old cheapie for running team speak and core temp etc).
The other thing is that I prefer to run games on stiff settings even if it means a small FPS hit. Crysis 3 is one example. I deliberately run higher settings than what are recommended for a 680 and as a consequence I don't get 60 FPS all the time.
Now my card is nearing its second? birthday, I'm feeling its time to upgrade when the next round of games make their appearance.
So, your opinions please on my options.
- Buy another 680 and SLI (have a big enough PSU I think)
-Buy a 690/7990 or even Titan (not keen on this due to stories about unsolvable stuttering problems)
-Buy 780/780ti or AMD equivalent
-Wait for GTX 880 and see what price it comes out at.
Questions then, which of these options will generate the best performance gain (looking for that rock steady 60 FPS in all weathers) for the outlay?
I am a bit of an Nvidia fan but would try AMD if the price was right (second hand 7990 can be had for reasonable money on Amazon). Also I don't do any rendering or mining or compute type stuff, I only play games.
Thanks in advance.