The Nvidia GTX 980 is to date the best GPU I have ever owned. Six years old now and it still runs everything flawlessly, even brand new titles on ultra settings.
Every time I've considered upgrading, I've come to realize there's no real need to do so yet.
Shout out to my fellow 980 bros. They honestly do not make them like this any more.
1080ti was better, it'll have a longer lifespan than the 980 as well.
Prepare to get dabbed on hard by next gen, especially when the 20GB vram cards hit.
GTX 960let here
upgraded cpu und board last month, now my gpu is a severe bottleneck
it hurts bros
I think you meant the radeon hd 7970 or geforce 2 gts
i have 1080 but only because my 980 died on me after 2 years
>it'll have a longer lifespan than the 980 as well.
That's hell of a prediction to make this early, sparky.
you're forgetting the Radeon 9800 PRO
That thing was a beast and affordable too. 8800 GT was pretty good too
Got 980Ti since 2015. Don't have a problem with 1080p at max. Good shit.
My 290X can still play games like RDR2 at 30fps 1440p, not bad.
I've got a 1070 I snagged for $200 last month. It was a used crypto mining card, the fan was going bad but I replaced it and now it seems to run perfectly.
Should I be concerned that the card was likely running non stop for 2 or 3 years? Or will I still be able to hold onto it for a while?
I have a 1080 and I feel like my i7-7700 is bottlenecking it.
>radeon hd 7970
That thing probably lasted that long because the consoles have the very same architecture. the extra ram helped out alot too. Might pick up a RDNA2 card for the same reason
with the money you've saved you can buy any cheap ass offmarket amd or nvidea card to tie you over. Or just wait 2 years when consoles have hit and buy AMAZING quality for nothing.
I'm waiting for RTX 3000s, but I'm been searching for a 980Ti in good/perfect condition with a dvi-d for CRTs
You should be a little worried, but my 980 has worked fine for 6+ years with medium-high stress every day.
Miner cards are usually on 24/7 until they die or the retard running them realizes the crypto bubble has burst. There's no telling what kind of damage that stress does to a card.
1080 with i7-6700k
Plays new games at ~100 fps at high/ultra in 1440p
Yeah, I'm not saying I can run everything on ultra, but I feel like it could run things better if not for the CPU. MHW with the HD patch is very CPU demanding.
>290x
Nice. I have 2 r9 390s in crossfire. No reason to upgrade yet.
I can't run*
>9800 series
Okay.
But the 8800gt only had good price/performance when nothing else did, but didnt last long. Struggles to reach 60 fps in plenty of game releases not even a year later.
whats the best gpu out right now thats under 300 bux?
Before upgrading I had a RX 480 and that thing ran games like a champ. Is sounded like a jet engine most of the times but it took it like a man. I gave it to my brother and it's still going.
Yes the card is probably fucked somewhat and will not last very long or you might notice intermittent issues immediately. Storage and graphics cards is not something you should buy used. Motherboards could have a million issues too.
probably the 1660 super or 5600xt
The guy who sold the card had excellent reviews on ebay (as in, one of those guys whose been selling since 2003 and has 30k positive feedback).
I looked up reviews for that model of card itself and apparently their fans are very prone to failure anyway. So far the card has operated flawlessly, I got some crazy graphics related kernel panics at first but I havnt had any issues since I updated the drivers.
My main concern is the light corrosion on the heatsinks, where the fins and the mounting hardware meet, but that looks like its probably more to do with the metals used In the heatsinks itself reacting to eachother, rather than it being wet at some point. Plus, i live in florida and bought it from a guy in Orlando, so humidity is to be expected.
>nvidia was supposed to announce the new generation last month but it got delayed because of corona virus
Fuck off and give me a 3070/80 already
My 3.5 gb meme card cant handle much longer
What CPU did you get?
Same. Runs all VR games nominally at 90fps too. Thanks to consoles there is no need to ever upgrade it.
that stutter triggers me more than it should
Took me 20 seconds to truly understand the gif.
Is 3600 going to be a decent CPU for next few years with overclocking? just made my first build with it few weeks ago before corona made prices go up.
also got a 2060 but im not sure how well that will last playing at 1080p 144hz
Such is life with a 970 nowadays
The HD patch is just textures. That loads your VRAM. Your CPU is barely impacted by better textures, some would argue it isn't even impacted at all.
I have the same GPU but i'm still stuck with a shitty fx6300 that bottlenecks the shit out of this already old card in all new games. I can't run anything at locked 60 FPS, it's always fluctuating between 40 and 55 no matter on what graphical settings i play. Fuck me man, shit sucks
You could always get a CPU upgrade. The 960 isn't even bad, even if it doesn't hold up as well as the 980 or 980TI.