GTX 770, GTX 780, GTX 780 Ti or wait for GTX 880?

[Azuwi]

What should I do? What graphic card should I buy?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

GTX 780 or GTX 780 Ti would be solid investment and there are rumors that GTX 880 would not be better then GTX 780 Ti.
Or could go for R9 290 if you want to get away cheaper.

[Azuwi]

I don't like Radeon.

What about GTX 980?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

GTX 980 and GTX 970 NDA lift date is suppoused to be September 19th. Maybe wait until then and see what specs they would actually have.

[Azuwi]

and the GTX 880 dates?

I kinda need the graphic card now. bah :(

[Trevor]

What rez and how many moniters are you going to use.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Well if you need graphics card right now and can afford it then cant really go wrong with GTX 780 Ti.

[Air]

Messaggio originale di Rumpelcrutchskin:

GTX 780 or GTX 780 Ti would be solid investment and there are rumors that GTX 880 would not be better then GTX 780 Ti.
Or could go for R9 290 if you want to get away cheaper.

Huh, I've heard that it's supposed to be 40% faster.

[Azuwi]

Messaggio originale di CDT | Trevor:

What rez and how many moniters are you going to use.

1 monitor (2 with my TV) and standard 1920x1080 resolution (however might get a bigger screen in future).

[ElenOfTheWays]

Also purchasing Nvidia meaning you can stream via Shield tablet if you're going to get one. I believe Nvidia are being smart because they are offering a complete ecosystem for gamers with ShadowPlay, Geforce Experience and Shield tablet. I wonder what AMD are going to do about that because they look a bit stuck by just selling fast cards and nothing much else - they ought to do something fast.

[presto668]

I highly doubt it's going to be 40% faster. We're in an era where 15% is a pretty good improvement.

[Azuwi]

So you guys recommend GTX 780 Ti or wait, not GTX 780 or GTX 770?

[PyroPanda]

If you need one now bad then I say get the 780ti. Even when the 800 series is out that 780 is going to keep kicking ass for a while.

[Chocolate]

980. 30% better than 780 Ti.

[billsōn]

What cpu you have? Whatch out for bottleneck

[Astraea Kisaragi]

I think the current main goal of nVidia is to create high performance cards while have low consumption as is possible. As energy prices raise, more and more players will watch out even for things like that, not just for brutal speed.
Many where dissappointed when GTX 750 had only 25% performance raise compared GTX 650, but then they noticed that almost half wattage was used.
In theory is a small wonder alone to have cards which can play almost any current game on high, while using only 55-60W and run those on office level power supplies.

So if you really need a card urgently and willing to pay, the 780 will have a real bang even for another 3 years, playing anything on Ultra or run displays with anything on 1440p.
But then again the GTX 880 might have much lower wattage - and with that a whole chain of goodies like less heat, less cooling needed, less noise produced.
And of course it will support newer technologies as well.