Should I buy GTX 970 or wait and see what AMD has to offer ?

AfkToilet · Dec 15, 2014

Hi , I was going to buy a MSI GTX 970 probably the Golden Edition and I was wondering if I should stick to my current card and wait to see what AMD has to offer . My current card is a MSI TWIN FRORZ HD 7870 . If I wanted to wait , how long would it take for AMD to bring their new cards out .

Thanks!

pxio · Dec 15, 2014

stick to amd cards, nvidia is not for you.

rockie_ · Dec 15, 2014

GTX 970 is 2x faster than HD 7870 , has 4GB VRAM and draws up to 145W reference one

Go for GTX 970
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

Spudmaster · Dec 15, 2014

I cant wait for the R9 300 series it's gonna blow Nvidia out of the water.

sizzling · Dec 15, 2014

Spudmaster :

Intrigued, what facts make you say this?

Spudmaster · Dec 15, 2014

Just look it up specs seem pretty promising.

TechyInAZ · Dec 15, 2014

sizzling :

lol, agreed how do you know that?

endeavour37a · Dec 15, 2014

If your not in a hurry and just ready for a faster card then I would wait, or not...........

That said we shall expect at least 5 graphics cards in first quarter of 2015: R9 390(X) (Fiji), R9 380(X) (Hawaii) and GTX 960 (GM204). As for GM200 (TITAN II) we are still waiting for solid information. The 380x should fall into the price range of the 970 so prices should adjust down a bit for the 970 or the 380x will out perform it for the same money.

blacksheep123 · Dec 15, 2014

you should buy the gtx 970

but r9 300 will be faster,cheaper,cooler and use almost same power tdp as the gtx 900 series

anyways.. if you wait, you will be waiting forever since they always compete for better cards

i say get the 970.. but you can wait.. its not too far

iron8orn · Dec 15, 2014

The new gpu's will be amazing and the 20nm die shrink says it all plus one is rumored to have water cooling and will no doubt make it the faster gpu on the planet.

AfkToilet · Dec 15, 2014

rockie_ :

blacksheep123 :

Well the thing is I need a new card before the GTA 5 comes out . and I really doubt that the AMD's 300 is going to be out before that , would it ?

TechyInAZ · Dec 15, 2014

endeavour37a :

Speaking about the future, any word about GTX 960s competition?

blacksheep123 · Dec 15, 2014

AfkToilet :

rockie_ :

blacksheep123 :

Well the thing is I need a new card before the GTA 5 comes out . and I really doubt that the AMD's 300 is going to be out before that , would it ?

gta V will be coming january 2015

300 series , if everything goes smoothly as planned for them, will be released before march 2015

AfkToilet · Dec 15, 2014

One other thing that I am concerned about is the power consumption on the new AMD cards . because AMD is not very good in that area and I have a CX 600W corsair PSU and since my budget is very limited I don't think I can afford a new PSU to go with the new AMD card .

blacksheep123 · Dec 15, 2014

AfkToilet :

the r9 300 series are rumored to use same power as the gtx 980

endeavour37a · Dec 15, 2014

TechyInAZ :

As in a new mid range RX 3XX card from AMD, no not really. It is said to fall in the $250-$300 range, with the 970 at $330 my guess is around $265. Spec wise it looks close to a 970M and performance of a 770 area maybe using less power. I guess all AMD needs to do is adjust the pricing of the 280x or 290, the 380x (XTX they say) should out perform a 290x. We should know all about it around Jan 6th when they bring it out for show and tell.

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