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- Dec 13, 2015
I'm looking to upgrade my video card. My RX 480 is starting to not be enough for recommended requirements for games. I'm posting this in the "General" area because I want to ask about both companies. I really don't like upgrading to a refresh of an architecture (up to the RX 580, in this case). However, with no real news from AMD about their next gen cards this past year (I've seen that the code name is Navi, but no news on when they might be released...I take that back. I've read early 2019, but nothing real definitive from AMD, just speculation really. I also just read an article that Navi was again going to be mid tier, like Polaris was).
Secondly, as much as I love being on the cutting edge when it comes to computer parts, I agree with a lot of things I have read about ray tracing, that this first iteration won't be great because developers haven't had a chance to develop with the technology yet, so games won't take advantage of the ray tracing technology (even games that come out in the six months or so probably won't take full advantage of ray tracing). Maybe the next cards (or at least new games in a couple years, when ray tracing has been around for a while) can take advantage of it.
So my question is, do I upgrade to the RX 580, move to the GTX 1080 (because they will be cheaper with the release of the RTX 2000 series), or go with the RTX because I know it will be a good card for a while since ray tracing will become more prevelant in the future with games that come out? It's hard though, because what if ray tracing doesn't become a technology that games take advantage of, and then I spent $700 to $1000 for nothing? Last thing I will say is I don't have a 4K monitor, so I know the 1080 will be enough for me (ok, maybe too much) but I still think I may keep it in mind, along with the RX 580 and RTX, because it will be cheaper with the RTX cards releasing. What do you guys think?
Secondly, as much as I love being on the cutting edge when it comes to computer parts, I agree with a lot of things I have read about ray tracing, that this first iteration won't be great because developers haven't had a chance to develop with the technology yet, so games won't take advantage of the ray tracing technology (even games that come out in the six months or so probably won't take full advantage of ray tracing). Maybe the next cards (or at least new games in a couple years, when ray tracing has been around for a while) can take advantage of it.
So my question is, do I upgrade to the RX 580, move to the GTX 1080 (because they will be cheaper with the release of the RTX 2000 series), or go with the RTX because I know it will be a good card for a while since ray tracing will become more prevelant in the future with games that come out? It's hard though, because what if ray tracing doesn't become a technology that games take advantage of, and then I spent $700 to $1000 for nothing? Last thing I will say is I don't have a 4K monitor, so I know the 1080 will be enough for me (ok, maybe too much) but I still think I may keep it in mind, along with the RX 580 and RTX, because it will be cheaper with the RTX cards releasing. What do you guys think?