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Personally if you can wait until the 7x nvidia or 8x amd then I'd do that. I really don't think it'll be long. Maybe July.
Based on?
Haven't both said it won't be until 2014?
There are some rumours about info being released about some new Nvidia cards this summer,but thats about it TBH. However,my current card is still worth some dosh,so I suppose that is probably another excuse for getting a newer card,plus I would have bought Metro:Last Light when it hit £15 to £20 anyway,so I can factor that into the equation.
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I always thought naming a video card company "Sparkle" after the sort of dots you get when video ram is failing was very brave of them
Last one of their cards I bought was an S3 chipset, was quite a decent card.
You didn't follow the herd on this then, if you have an itchy credit card then go buy an Android tablet?
Nah they have great names these Taiwanese companies.
Get a Ducky keyboard while you're at it
Well it's all rumour based. But there's some pretty firm news that a 7990 will be out this week.Originally Posted by Willzzz
IF you can wait, i reckon it's worth doing. I can't see AMD or Nvidia staying still for the rest of 2013. Especially as there's news on a Titan LE.
That's not a new card though, just two 7900 series AMD chips put together more or less. And it's not going to hit the £150 mark!
AMD/Nvidia are relesing filler cards because the actual next gen aren't going to turn up for some time.
We get 7790/7990 and Titan/Titan LE/650 Boost but we aren't getting 8xxx/7xx.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6751/a...islands-beyond
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6846/n...or-beyond-2014
I've seen this a while ago, but it'll be a real shame if these companies stand still! So overdue new cards!
Yes, sheer laziness I reckon!
Yeah! It'd be so easy to just create a better card that I'm sure any Hexite could do it
It's more the fact the AMD's 7 series cards are selling well and Nvidia are happy making some mega returns on their Titan series.
Whilst this continues, AMD will Milk the 7 Series and Nvidia will keep ripping customers off!
My next card is going to be a Darrensen RadForce 8950 Ti.
He'd better have it ready by August though.
LOL! I guess that's the problem, only 2 GPU firms. Maybe us Hexites should make our own GPU company???!!!
Well, 28nm has to last a few years still. No point in making a 2nd gen 28nm card and stretching that for two more years until the next node comes out. And I doubt either AMD or Nvidia want to design three generations at 28nm.
Node are getting far more difficult now. Even Intel who are spending cap-ex like there's no tomorrow are going to have to slow down soon since the volume and returns aren't there. SB>IB>Haswell seems to be as small an increase as they can get away with. Some of that is because AMD is not very competitive with their CPUs but another part must be that Intel's internal process roadmaps are telling them how much each wafer will cost at 32nm > 22nm > 14nm etc. and while they are currently able to deliver those nodes in time, the cost per wafer is going to be high. What's really been happing with Intel's CPU is that the die are has gotten smaller over the last few years.
If wafer costs rise, either the die sizes has to shrink or the cost has to rise. This gen both AMD and Nvidia are selling smaller dies for more.
I already have a tablet,ie, a HP TP when they were going cheap a while back!!You didn't follow the herd on this then, if you have an itchy credit card then go buy an Android tablet?
Anyway,for well under £50 including the game,its enough of an upgrade to keep me going for a while longer.
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