- Jul 8, 2016
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Hi guys
I'm in the market for a new card to replace my R9 290. I currently game at 1080p@144hz and manage to achieve this occasionally with my aging (but still awesome) i5 2500K Sandybridge setup.
I have now got a taste for 60+ fps gaming and would like something that will push my fps closer to 144hz more consistently and also allow me to move into into 1440p@60fps in the future(or close to it)
I was looking at the Gtx 1070 which would be perfect for this, but I now have a few doubts and was hoping that someone with a bit more wisdom could advise.
Due to Async Compute, DX12 and the current trend that AMD seem to be getting a longer stretch out of their cards, is it worth waiting until the RX 490?
I know it's a way off yet and a 1070 will be a great card until then, but I've lost a bit of confidence with NVIDIA as of late. It seems that they release cards at a premium and then supersede them within the year. Couple that with the fact they are likely to have better DX12 support by then making the 1070 and 1080 redundant and the RX 490 will likely compete with the 1070 with full DX12 support, it's kind of wavering me at the moment.
In a nutshell, I don't want to regret not waiting for a better option.
I'm in the market for a new card to replace my R9 290. I currently game at 1080p@144hz and manage to achieve this occasionally with my aging (but still awesome) i5 2500K Sandybridge setup.
I have now got a taste for 60+ fps gaming and would like something that will push my fps closer to 144hz more consistently and also allow me to move into into 1440p@60fps in the future(or close to it)
I was looking at the Gtx 1070 which would be perfect for this, but I now have a few doubts and was hoping that someone with a bit more wisdom could advise.
Due to Async Compute, DX12 and the current trend that AMD seem to be getting a longer stretch out of their cards, is it worth waiting until the RX 490?
I know it's a way off yet and a 1070 will be a great card until then, but I've lost a bit of confidence with NVIDIA as of late. It seems that they release cards at a premium and then supersede them within the year. Couple that with the fact they are likely to have better DX12 support by then making the 1070 and 1080 redundant and the RX 490 will likely compete with the 1070 with full DX12 support, it's kind of wavering me at the moment.
In a nutshell, I don't want to regret not waiting for a better option.