How old is your primary GPU?

[R0H1T]

That's a poor upgrade. 780 to 1060 is hardly much of an upgrade. You might as well wait for Volta or get atleast 1070.

Sorry to bust your chops but you're dead wrong, again

The 1060 can match or beat the stock 980 very easily, especially when OCed ~ www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1493?vs=1442
The performance uplift is 40~60% with a fair bit of power savings.

 

[mohit9206]

Sorry to bust your chops but you're dead wrong, again

The 1060 can match or beat the stock 980 very easily, especially when OCed ~ www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1493?vs=1442
The performance uplift is 40~60% with a fair bit of power savings.

Yeah i agree acc. to techpowerup chart, 1060 is 45% faster than 780 but that is not what i'd call a significant upgrade. 1070 on the other than is 94% faster which is what i'd truly call an "upgrade".

 

[Gikaseixas]

Yeah i agree acc. to techpowerup chart, 1060 is 45% faster than 780 but that is not what i'd call a significant upgrade. 1070 on the other than is 94% faster which is what i'd truly call an "upgrade".

45% faster It's a pretty significant upgrade in my view. Remember that he's also getting 100% more memory.

Now, I respect your point but many here upgrade even for a 20% increase

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[Freestyle7]

My 7970 is old, but it's still kicking. Not too shabby in BF4. This will be my last AMD product for a while though. Never been excited about the drivers for this card.

 

[R0H1T]

Yeah i agree acc. to techpowerup chart, 1060 is 45% faster than 780 but that is not what i'd call a significant upgrade. 1070 on the other than is 94% faster which is what i'd truly call an "upgrade".

The 1070 is also significantly more expensive, the 1060 as it stands today is the best VFM card from Nvidia this gen. As for what classifies an upgrade, depends entirely on what he/she is looking for; if anything an increase of (at least) 40% cannot be objectively termed as insignificant.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Yeah i agree acc. to techpowerup chart, 1060 is 45% faster than 780 but that is not what i'd call a significant upgrade. 1070 on the other than is 94% faster which is what i'd truly call an "upgrade".

I'd call 45% a significant upgrade.

 

[kalrith]

My 7870 is 4 years old. I'm looking to replace it with a 1060 or 480 at Christmas.

 

[DiogoDX]

8800GTS G92 (2008) > 5970 (2010) > 7970 (2013) > GTX980Ti (2015)

I'm now on 4K so I'll wait for a single GPU 2X faster than the 980Ti for $700 max (custom cooler). End of 2017 here I go.

 

[zinfamous]

280X, nearly 2 years.

prior to that, 5850 for about 5 years.

 

[Makaveli]

My 7970 is old, but it's still kicking. Not too shabby in BF4. This will be my last AMD product for a while though. Never been excited about the drivers for this card.

Ya that's a pretty good card that has probably had the most legs out of any AMD card. As long as you don't go over 1080/1200p it still provides playable performance in most games.

 

[Randum]

I have been running my r9 290 for about 3 years now (HIS 4GB) and just as of this week I am moving to the 1080 GTX because the leap was just big enough. I anticipate getting another 3-4 years out of this one. Considering I game at 1080p too.

 

[zinfamous]

I have been running my r9 290 for about 3 years now (HIS 4GB) and just as of this week I am moving to the 1080 GTX because the leap was just big enough. I anticipate getting another 3-4 years out of this one. Considering I game at 1080p too.

Isn't that massive overkill if you are at 1080p? :hmm:

 

[Randum]

Isn't that massive overkill if you are at 1080p? :hmm:

For now.....

 

[Makaveli]

Isn't that massive overkill if you are at 1080p? :hmm:

Since he plans on keeping the card for 3-4 years its actually a good investment.

If he was on a 2 year upgrade cycle I would say ya a waste of money.

 

[Headfoot]

Isn't that massive overkill if you are at 1080p? :hmm:

Depends on the refresh rate of the monitor. I'd say its about right for a 144hz model

 

[Sonikku]

One day.

 

[Despoiler]

Sapphire Fury Air. Bought it in Nov of last year. My card is almost never more than 2 years old before I sell it for the newest generation of card.

 

[ctk1981]

290x, ~2 years.

 

[guachi]

My primary GPU is now one day old!

Installed my reference Powercolor 480 yesterday.

Thanks to the dx12 update, I can play TW: warhammer at 3840x2160, though I have it at medium settings for 35-40 fps on a Freesync monitor hacked to 32hz minimum rate.

That setting still has textures at ultra so the thing you look at most is still maximum quality.

Worth my $240 and an upgrade from my 5870.

BTW, you can, in fact, run Warhammer on a 1gb 5870.

 

[Zorander]

Sapphire 7950 purchased in January 2012. I'm running a 34" 3440x1440 monitor. The 7950 still runs what I play with the settings lowered. I am looking to upgrade but don't want to pay the inflated prices for the any of the new cards just released, I'll wait until the market settles down to upgrade.

Same here though, in my case, it's simply not currently playing games that actually tax the GPU. Been playing mostly indie 2D games (war of mine and FTL).

I'll have to upgrade once I buy something more 'current'. Not sure between rx480 or 970.

 

[Sheep221]

6850 - 6 years

 

[DrDoug]

R9 290 - 2 1/2 years... I game at 1080 so it still works fine for me.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

6850 - 6 years

I have a 6950, so I guess also 6 years. Wow.

Just tried to order a 470. Figured it's about time to consider an upgrade. Probably helps that I hardly play shooters anymore.

 

[AdamK47]

My 1080s are two months old. I can't wait to replace them next week with two Pascal Titan X cards. The cards are getting too old.

Took out these old cards and put in new Titan X cards. 1 day old.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Took out these old cards and put in new Titan X cards. 1 day old.

:thumbsup: