So I've picked perhaps the worst or best time to upgrade my screen to UWHD 21:9 with freesync which is currently being powered by my old GTX780.
The 780 holds ups alright on modern games but I'm itching for a new card.
So with a freesync capable screen would the RX480 be worth while and then perhaps after vega launches grab another RX480 for crossfire or
should I go with a GTX1070 and try Vsync and triple buffering?
RX480, GTX1070 or ??? with a freesync monitor
Lredvariant on 17/01/2017 - 12:36
Poll Options
- 4RX480
- 0RX480 (Crossfire)
- 3GTX1070
- 8Wait for Vega cards
- 0Wait for new Nvidia cards
- 1GTX1080
Comments
What's the resolution of that monitor?
Do you need to run the most demanding games with all settings maxed, at 60 fps? Even if it's hundreds of dollars more than running at "High" or "medium" in some taxing games?
1080p monitor, I'm after gaming at full settings @ 60FPS for games like BF1 (currently I run it on low to maintain high FPS)
As for price? Well a 1080 has crossed my mind a few times…I'd just go 480, due to freesync. Nothing is going to faze it at 1080p, not for a while.
If Vega is great, I'd rather sell the 480 on ebay and upgrade than crossfire (though it might be less hassle these days than it used to be, it used to be quite the hassle: not working, or not working well, in a significant number of games).
I don't know, there are still some issues with using two cards, at least on the Green team. Running GTX 780 SLi before and some games either don't support multi cards or there are some texture issues (I'm looking at you FO4)
dude for a 1080p 60hz monitor a GTX 1070 could do it easily. Hell, the GTX 1060 handles it fine.
Check out the graph for 1440p BF1 Ultra preset. The GTX 1060 runs @ 67fps and the RX 480 trails a little behind
http://imgur.com/a/xgjkhSo at some point you might want to go from 1080p to 1440p if you want some kind of perceivable upgrade in gaming enjoyment
The question is how long will a GPU at the level of a GTX 1070 lasts for 1440p gaming, but most people would say long enough,
Don't know who negg'd but this is pretty much the case, GTX 1060 or a 1070 would do fine for 1080p.
The 480 may struggle abit for some games but even for Witcher 3, it is capable of up to 53fps on ultra.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_rx_480_8g…
Freesync is for the AMD cards (Gsync = Nvidia) so not sure why you are running a Nvidia card with it. Personally I think the 1070/1080 is the go but because you have a Freesync monitor, then get the 480.
I've had the card for a few years and the screen i just bought a few weeks back and I didn't want any G-Sync screens.
Either they were way out of budget or didn't have what I wanted.I know what you mean. I am really struggling to find a decent 2k/4k G-sync monitor as the only ones that fit the bill are ridiculously expensive.
Until Nvidia gives up their silly Gsync-only crap, Nvidia cards should be seen as costing an extra hundred bucks or three for the Gsync monitor.
Considering there is talk that AMD is releasing a new card and the possibility of a GTX 1080 Ti on the horizon, I'd recommend waiting if you can. I'm in the exact same position as one of my GTX 780 SLi is failing and the other is dying as well (W/C leak…), if you can't wait, Newegg is selling some GTX 1080 at around $820 + shipping AUD.
I'm sure after AMD and/or Nvidia releasing their new cards, there will be another price drop
Hold out to see what vega has to offer.
The only reason i passed on the gtx 1070 for $505 from msy was this reason.