PC advice

[vivster]

Eddie_Raja said:

vivster said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Well, that PC would certainly run it like cray cray but imo, it would be better if you were to wait a little longer before buying a new PC. The 8gb version of the 970/980 series should be released this year, DDR4 should also be released this year and granted the difference isn't zomfg compared to DDR3 but for future upgradability purposes, I highly recommend waiting for DDR4. And USB 3.1 should also be released this year and it has twice the throughput as USB 3.0!

So it would be really great if you could wait just a little longer for even more of a kickass PC

Sorry, but that's just nonsensical. Not only is DDR4 currently a bad idea since it's actually slower than DDR3 in some scenarios it will literally not make a difference at all. I also don't know what you would achieve with 8GB of VRAM on a single gpu. By the time 4GB aren't enough anymore it's time for a new GPU anyway.

The money saved by not getting DDR4 and overpriced GPUs could be put to better use in an upgrade from 970 to 980 which will actually make a big difference.

In 4K the 8GB version of the 290X beat the 4GB version by ~30% in some games.  It breezed right past the 980 in those benchmarks as well.  So already some games utilize 8GB.

No single GPU is currently strong enough to do 4k properly, especially not for current games. High RAM cards are exclusively for SLI/CF setups.