What's good everybody. I am having a hard time deciding whether to get a new GPU or monitor first. This is all about games and content, and I plan to go with a 970 or 980 ti, and a ROG swift gen 2. Those are set, I just don't know if I should grab the monitor first and wait for may to see how the 1080 is going to be, or grab the gpu first. I am currently running a 950 on a 1080p tv.
P.S. With the micro shuttering issues the 970 had before, is it good for 1440p for current and new games?
Especially if you plan on playing on a 1440p monitor I wouldn't recommend a 970, I would say buy the monitor first because of what I hear Nvidia is having driver issues right now so maybe that will be resolved when you get your 980 ti.
970 or 980 ti is a pretty odd choice since the 980 ti costs double the price.
save your money and buy a 380. If you want higher end get a 390 or nonX fury. Nvidia prices their stuff too high and gsync won't be worth it in the end.
I will agree to wait on the cards otherwise if you want a nvidia card. I will advise to look for freesync rather that gaync as free has been standardized.
Isn't the next wave of GPU's coming out pretty soon??? I think the prices will be taking another drop pretty soon.
Monitor first then buy GPU after they launch in a few months. There is no reason to buy a 970 especially when you can get a 390 for the same price and get better performance from that card. And if you're already considering going w/ a 980ti then get that because it is currently the best performing single GPU card out there. Additionally, if you were going to try to SLI the 970s then that would be a huge mistake compared to the 980ti because sli adds a ton of issues. Yes the benchmark performance of 2 970s is a little higher than a 980ti, but, that's only when sli is supported and implemented properly. A 980ti will get you the better performance in all games not just the ones where sli is working properly.
But back to the main point here... Get the monitor first so that you know the pixels and refresh rate you have to drive and make an appropriate decision for GPU based on that.
The reason for Nvidia is because the of the swift monitor. That g-sync, the reason for the 970 is to have an upgrade until the next flagship comes out. After all I am running a 950 at the moment.
You pay a nonexistent premium for it though...
I would start looking for killer sales on both. When one pop up on either jump on it IMHO.
970 doesn't really have micro stuttering issues, but its a bit of a oddball card.
I would really really REALLY suggest you avoid TN panels in that price range like a plauge, you wont notice the response time difference but the difference in color and viewing angles are pretty large.
800 for a TN panel is unheard of.
Just wait a little while for 21:9 gsync/freesync monitors to become slightly cheaper, they offer a better experience by far for gaming, you get a much better monitor for your money as well.
Acer high end 21:9 monitors have full sRGB coverage, freesync/gsync and high refresh rates.
Once you have owned a good 21:9 its all you're going to want.
You do know the 2nd gen swift is a 165hz ips right?
Should save up for a 4k display if you're going to upgrade to anything, then upgrade your GPU, not too much reason to go past a 950 for 1080p
also you might want to go AMD so you save upwards of $100 on your display with free-sync vs G-sync.
Not a fan of 4K. Too much horsepower need to run at medium to high settings and otherwise. Plus 1440p looks great.
Also the 970 shutters when going from its fast vram to the slow stuff
You can simply run games at 1080p on a 4k display, and the next wave of GPUs will be able to push 4k fairly well
otherwise as for 1440p IPS 144hz displays
Free-sync $550, This acer model has the full range for free-sync
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/acer-monitor-xf270hu
G-sync, for the Swift at 165hz $799, I'm highly doubting that $250 more is worth the extra 21hz
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pg279q
and 27" 4k IPS free-sync display, $450 though 32" or higher would be better for productivity
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-27mc67b
Maxwell and Fury was suppose to run 4K well, but the market loves to aggrandize. Also I was thinking about getting the acer rival to the swift, but they are basically the same price, and I might wait on g-sync the more I think about it. Is there a need for g-sync @ 144 or 165hz? I can see many cards running games that fast at 1440 on the high to hugest settings
From what I have read, AMD around summer and NVidia around Fall. AMD the lower end cards are supposed to be a re-badge with the higher end being the new ones, haven't really seen anything about the new NVidia yet.
Seems that way, I don't think we've seen any real pascal silicon yet
GTX 970: Do you even VRAM, bruh?
R9 390(X): Kicks off a ton of heat and chugs power.
GTX 980ti: Highway robbery.
None of those are worth it at this point in time, unless you snag a good deal on a 980ti. And i mean REALLY good deal.
The 390 should only consume about 50W more under a gaming load, and you can always undervolt the card to get that down potentially
In my testing...
R9 390X: 380 to 410w total system load. (Stock)
GTX 980ti: 360 to 390w total system load.(OC'ed)
GTX 970: 240 to 270w total system load.(stock)
A non-x 390 probably won't be as high as a 390x, but it's not going to be a huge amount lower.