I have about 160 in credit notes, a slightly battered iPhone 5c doing nothing and a GTX970, This all adds up to the price of a 980ti at the 2nd hand shop.
I have a CRT monitor that's capable of 2560x1440@75hz (2560x1600@68hz is also fine) but AMD doesn't do analogue so a no go there
Would there be any point in me waiting for something else and not getting a 980ti now since this generation of NV cards may be the last with DVI-I anyway?
Well, the panel technology has improved vastly since some time ago, when if you wanted good color representation and what not, your choice would have been CRT hands down.. There are panels, specifically made for color representation, panels made for refresh rate, etc... To answer your question as it is, Nvidia is expected to release Pascal in February, as far as i remember... So probably wait a couple of months...
I will have to wait for OLED UHD to be affordable before I wish to change monitor, If I'm forced to (get a current UHD) by nvidia dropping DVI-I for Pascal is another matter.
I could exchange the 970 and phone and get a placeholder card I guess...
well, when pascal comes out, 980Tis will not disappear from the world... you would still be able to get them, you will just have more choice... Even more, after you take in consideration, that 900 series have issues with DX12... Hopefully Pascal will resolve those issues...
I do dislike incremental performance increases so you make a persuasive argument for Pascal, Still I'll have to live in the entry level wilderness for a while since the 970 value will most likely plummet sharply soon enough.
If I buy pascal with no DVI-I it'll be blazing fast in 1920x1200 (maximum dp to vga converter resolution).
Oh, there are... I have still functional Viewsonic P95F, that does 1920 x 1440 @ 77Hz and that is 77Hz... Max resolution is 2048 x 1536, and this is what i found on the internet, but from using it for near decade, i think it have even higher resolutions... Just can't find the info on the web...
When it comes to GPU's I always SLI the gtx/Ti/top end cards and then wait two-ish generations to upgrade. Rinse, Repeat. You really can't go wrong with that in my opinion.
1440p 75 hz ... analogue ... I thought 980ti has no DVI-A or am I misinformed? Also atm with 6 months until the new consumer gpus will hit the scene it is maybe really not a bad time for waiting since we should massive improvements with the new generation.