How many of you who mainly game on a Pc can run all games on Ultra @ 1080P/60fps?

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Conina said:

If you really really need the performance of a GTX980 (or R9 390 soon?) NOW, of course you can buy them.
But I wouldn't invest in such 28nm-high-end-cards at this point when die-shrinks are on the horizon, better get a GTX970 or R9 290(X) (or R9 380?) if their performance is enough for you at least this whole year, they have a much better price/performance-ratio.

In September I had to choose between a stock GTX970 for €290, some custom GTX970 around €350 or a nice GTX980 for over €500... I went with the stock GTX970 because I was sure that its performance is enough for me at least until the 20nm-GPUs finally launch... the "second best" GPUs of each series are great stop-gap solutions.

That is true. Getting the second best GPU every 2 years or so is pretty much the most cost/performance effective one can do. But still, the best time to buy is when you need it and the best GPU is the best you can afford.

Though I doubt we will see the shrinks anytime soon. I don't know how far AMD is with production but Nvidia will not release Pascal within this year. That's why I'm going for big maxwell when it hopefully comes out soon. I kinda doubt that the performance cards of Pascal will be able to beat it. My next upgrade will be 2017 when they mastered the shrink and architecture :)