I'm in a sticky situation and I'm also in a budget, help please!

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Alright, so, I recently bought two RX 480's. One for myself (I thought it would be a great investment, as driver updates were coming out more than frequently, and I'd think it'd last a while)
And one for my Father, as he had a GT 210 and needed an upgrade badly as he was sort of getting into gaming.

Then I saw Vega. It looked promising, and it would last me a long while, getting it would seem like a necessity.

One problem, however. I am on a very, VERY tight budget.

I have blew nearly 800 USD on my computer, and I'm getting Ryzen soon. This includes DDR4 RAM (planning on getting 16 GB and upgrading to 32 in the near and dear future,) and a high end Asus ROG Motherboard.

And I need your help.

Should I wait til Vega comes out and get a Vega card?

Or, should I keep my RX 480, and later, when I need a bit more power and when the price of an RX 480 slices in half, crossfire my 480?

Honestly I really, really like Vega.

I need a card that'll last me a long long time, and one that can handle today's games and the games in the next 2-3 years at med/high settings.

I understand that 1 card is better than 2, and getting 2 RX 480's right now for full price is not worth it when you can just get a 1070, but with the budget I'm on, I can't afford a 1070 considering I just bought a RX 480.



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Should I get Vega when it comes out, or keep my RX 480 and crossfire it in the future when it's cheap? I'm on a tight budget.
 
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Depends because if you're playing at 1080p resolution, then an RX 480 and a Ryzen CPU is all you need. I have a GTX 1070 myself and it's totally overkill for 1080p so it wouldn't be worth the money. If you want to get Vega, then get it but to be honest, if you're playing 1080p then it's more of a need versus want as the RX 480 and the new AMD CPU will be more than enough for what you need. As BadActor pointed out above, by the time the RX 480 can't run the games you want there will be new graphics cards that are better and cheaper.
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Depends because if you're playing at 1080p resolution, then an RX 480 and a Ryzen CPU is all you need. I have a GTX 1070 myself and it's totally overkill for 1080p so it wouldn't be worth the money. If you want to get Vega, then get it but to be honest, if you're playing 1080p then it's more of a need versus want as the RX 480 and the new AMD CPU will be more than enough for what you need. As BadActor pointed out above, by the time the RX 480 can't run the games you want there will be new graphics cards that are better and cheaper.
 
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Yes, I'm planning to wait for the benchmarks. I've been reading a whole lot about it, the supposed "leaks," and it looks promising.
 
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I hope it'll last that long. Gotta have it for at least another 2-3 years.
 
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no one knows
 
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I can't just "return" it. I've had it for nearly five months and it's an ASUS ROG Strix edition, and their customer support is horrid.
 
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I'd be pretty confident it'll last that long as it's just out recently. I mean it's 2017 and the GTX 970 which released in 2014 is still holding up really well and I'd say it will do so until at least this time next year.
 
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lmao. Best response.

btw, you'd be surprised what people pay for used gpu's on ebay. You're not lying to them about what you're selling but they buy.
 
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