Changing Sapphire 7870 XT for GTX 960?

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valkarian

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I'm currently using the sapphire 7870 XT (w/boost) version, an old but trusty card that can output decent framerates. After a year of using, i'm looking to upgrade, but am unsure that at this time if that is the best offer.

Assuming I can sell my 7870xt at $100, should i purchase the 960 at $209? or is the upgrade just not worth it with 2015 being so young.

Also, should i then just go for a 280x?
 
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Chasing PC upgrades is a vicious cycle of buying and a new whizzbang thing comes out the week after.
However, it does seem like a GPU upgrade for your system is in the list, so YES go for it.
The general rule for CPU power is roughly doubled every 2-3 yrs. Hence, the 7870 was released in 2012.
It is now 2015. So upgrading to the 960 is VERY worthwhile, with major improvements over the 7870.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7870-vs-GeForce-GTX-960

Maybe you could consider SLI graphics pairing up another 7870, you would get more performance than
one 960 card, and its probs cheaper.
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Chasing PC upgrades is a vicious cycle of buying and a new whizzbang thing comes out the week after.
However, it does seem like a GPU upgrade for your system is in the list, so YES go for it.
The general rule for CPU power is roughly doubled every 2-3 yrs. Hence, the 7870 was released in 2012.
It is now 2015. So upgrading to the 960 is VERY worthwhile, with major improvements over the 7870.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7870-vs-GeForce-GTX-960

Maybe you could consider SLI graphics pairing up another 7870, you would get more performance than
one 960 card, and its probs cheaper.
 
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