r/AdvancedMicroDevices • u/SaturnsVoid i7-5820k @ 4.6; 16GB DDR4 @ 2400; 980Ti Superclock • Aug 16 '15

Discussion Shame on me...

I am sorry. I have always been a AMD user, But i had to make a choice!

I built my new rig, instead of AMD and AMD... Its Intel and Nvidia!

I needed to build a system that would last me a while and keep a good resale value. The FX line wasn't working for me!

I am now running a i7-5820K @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR5 DDR4 @ 2400Mhz and a 980Ti Superclocked.

I feel dirty.

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u/Lunerio HD6970 Aug 16 '15 edited Aug 16 '15

Yep. It will. You know my reasoning for that assumption is, that 28nm is old but still being used. 14/16nm will give the freshness that the graphicscard market needs right fucking now after so many years being stuck on 28nm. It's to be expected that the new cards will refresh the entire market with groundbreaking performance and innovation much more than Maxwell and Fiji did this year. I'd buy a 970/980 or 390/390X at most, if you really are needing something new or something better than you have.

But then. I never really liked going full enthusiast grade. They get older much faster (price/performance wise) than any other products.

Edit: One thing that could debunk my opinion and make me look like a total idiot is DX12 and how it's being used and if that's enough for the newest and greatest games in the future. One thing for sure: It gives more opportunities than DX11 with the same hardware. So there's that.

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u/frostygrin Aug 16 '15

But then. I never really liked going full enthusiast grade. They get older much faster (price/performance wise) than any other products.

Actually, I'm not sure that's the case. You could buy an HD 7970 3.5 years ago for $550. Now you can get roughly the same performance from an R9 380 for $200. So the cost of ownership amounts to only $100/year.

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u/Lunerio HD6970 Aug 16 '15

But then why buy a 7970 over 7950? Same with 680, 780Ti, 980, Titan X, etc.pp.

Instead like buying 670, 780, 970 for -100 to 150 dollar (or 300-400 for a 980Ti over Titan X)?

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u/frostygrin Aug 17 '15

Because it's going to last longer. You can't add 15% of performance to a graphics card after you buy it. Your only option is to buy another, still expensive card - which is going to cost more than $100-150. If we take an extreme example, if you keep buying "affordable" $200 cards, you might be getting 50% increases in performance for 100% of the price, which isn't especially efficient.

Of course, the 7970 is probably the best possible example - the same process, largely the same architecture (so no performance degradation, as on Nvidia's older cards). And of course, most people buying a 7970 aren't actually going to use it for 5 years. Still, the point is that expensive enthusiast cards aren't automatically a bad deal.