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Buy the GTX 980 now or wait?

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September 24, 2014 8:11:29 AM

At the moment i have a GTX 680, wondering if I should buy the 980 or wait, I am wanting to play Witcher 3 on max settings (hopefully xD) and i hear it is coming out Feb. 24, 2015 which would give me a bit of time to make a decision.

Computer Specs:
i7-3770 @ 3.4 Ghz
16 Gigs 2133 G.Skill Ripjaws
ASUS Sabertooth Z77 Mobo
EVGA GTX 680 FTW+Backplate 4GB
Rosewill Lightning 1300W PSU
2 TB Seagate Hybrid Drive
Intel 240 GB SSD

Thank you for input!

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September 24, 2014 8:14:26 AM

I'd wait and see if the prices go down, you card will hopefully run the game on High-Ultra with fine FPS, I'd wait for 980 benchmarks for W3 to be released beforing getting my hand on it, to know the actual performance boost (which I'm sure will be good enough for upgrading).
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September 24, 2014 8:17:32 AM

i was supposed to sell my 280x to upgrade to a gtx970. but the 7 fps difference @ 1440p in crysis 3 and $160 cost of upgrade (from where i come from) of moving up turned me off. crysis 3 is my performance indicator.

witcher 3 is a couple of months away, the 980 could be cheaper by then, assuming AMD managed to come up with something to battle the gtx900s.

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September 24, 2014 9:23:02 AM

wh3resmycar said:
i was supposed to sell my 280x to upgrade to a gtx970. but the 7 fps difference @ 1440p in crysis 3 and $160 cost of upgrade (from where i come from) of moving up turned me off. crysis 3 is my performance indicator.

witcher 3 is a couple of months away, the 980 could be cheaper by then, assuming AMD managed to come up with something to battle the gtx900s.



I plan on gaming in 1080p don't have any plans to go higher than that, I believe I will just wait and see what will happen. I was thinking about it and if I were to get the GTX 980, I might use my GTX 680 as a PhysX card. That or use the 680 in a previous build of mine that is currently using a Radeon 5830.

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