Current state of GPUs: AMD or Nvidia

[STiFU]

I usually alternate between getting a new graphics card or a new cpu-mobo-ram combo in a 2-years cycle (even years graphics card, uneven years mobo+...) and try to buy reasonably priced lower-high-end hardware. I keep the equipment for two years only so that the reselling value is still acceptable. This way, you always have a pretty good rig with relatively low expenditure. If you consider the reselling value of the hardware, the upgrade effectively costs 100 to 150 € a year, which boils down to something around 10 € a month for a top notch pc.

[Bikerdude]

• After thorough examination of my options, I decided to go with Gigabyte GTX760.
  
• The price was right, and my puny 500W PSU would not have liked the faster cards.
  

• Its not that puny, its a slightly updated version of my GTX670 but uses less power so runs cooler (and mine isnt exaclty hot to begin with), which was plenty fast enough to play Metro: Last light @1680*1050 w/high settings on my Corei5 setup - review
  
• Whats the make and model of the PSU and how much warranrty has it got left..?
  

[STiFU]

Ain't she a beauty?

[jay pettitt]

The new NVidia architecture looks interesting - doubling power per watt. The new 750Ti card is dinky and runs half as hot as anything close. So basically you're gonna be able to get laptops (and actual portable ones too) and all-in-ones with proper gaming chops and steam machines that aren't monsters.

[Sotha]

Heh. I've got my GTX 760 for a few days now. Installation was scary.

 

It was huge. I literally had to *ram* it in. Luckily nothing was torn up in the process.

 

There was something like 1 mm space in the case, and luckly the other end of the card had a metal piece that bended just slightly so that it fit in.

 

Runs like a charm now. More silent than my previous card. It is sort of strange, because now I'm not always sure my computer is on or not.

 

DayZ had a nice performance boost. I had to decide if I keep the same FPS as previously, but with lots of more eye candy, or get a nice fluent FPS almost everywhere with the same detail levels as with the old card.

 

I choose FPS!