Resale value of cards.

[jels]

Currently I'm putting together a computer to tide me over until 4K becomes a cost viable reality for me, probably 1 to 2 years. So my question is between the 380, 390 and 970 which card will loose me the least money when trading up to better things?

[DanceswithUnix]

I would expect it to be the cheapest, because it has less value to lose.

When 16nm graphics chips come out next year, things could be all up in the air. Or, like with Intel's latest and not really greatest, it might not make a jot of difference. I think this is a really hard time for crystal ball gazing.

[jels]

Would you say the loss after trading up is relative to cost then? As I had a feeling it might be better going for nvidia in terms of resale as they seem to hold their price 2nd hand.

[DanceswithUnix]

Would you say the loss after trading up is relative to cost then? As I had a feeling it might be better going for nvidia in terms of resale as they seem to hold their price 2nd hand.

I'm saying no-one can know, and the next generation is probably about a year away. I went for a 285 in the end, I could have bought a 970 but frankly for a card that could be looking very out of date in 12 months it seemed an awful lot of money so I went cheap. Now I am running a £120 card, I don't much care what happens in the future.

[kalniel]

They lose so much money that it's not really much of an economic reason to pick one over the other, or at least, there are other factors that should be higher up your decision list, it's certainly never going to make up for the difference in buying costs.

nVidia are more popular - that means both there are more buyers, but also there are more sellers.

Predicting longevity/relevance and therefore second hand prices is hard if not impossible. People who bought GCN cards from AMD lucked in, because they turned out to be very forward looking, while older nVidia cards (pre Maxwell 2) have dropped off a cliff as new game techniques favour technologies that were lacking. It doesn't yet look like this gen of nVidia cards are hugely forward looking *if* the big thing is async compute, but we can't know for sure.

If you want to lose the least money, buy second hand.

[jels]

Yeah that's about where I am at the moment with the 380 looking the cheapest option for the present.

[jels]

Thanks for the input guys I guess I'm just trying to justify spending more, despite this being a stopgap measure.

[DanceswithUnix]

Thanks for the input guys I guess I'm just trying to justify spending more, despite this being a stopgap measure.

Heck, this is a hobby, spending more is perfectly justifiable if it makes you happy and you have the money spare. But don't try and treat it as an investment.

[jels]

I've never been the most frugal person, but needs must and as this will only be a temp fix. I have to look at what I can get back from it down the line. Usually I buy premium and run it till the end of its useful life, but this build is designed to somewhat paint me into a corner sooner rather than later forcing resale and upgrade. I must say I am struggling to keep costs down as its not in my nature.

[cptwhite_uk]

Looked around for 380 for a friend a week ago and ended up settling on this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PowerColor-A...rds=r9+380+4gb

Using the "bespoke offers" website (works exactly like flubit) managed to get it for £153

[jels]

Looks like I'm going with the 380 (for now) as probably the best fit for the system I have put together. I'll probably get my family to pick one up state side and post it over, as they're living over there and pricing seems a little fairer. Now any recommendations as to which 4 GB 380 would be much appreciated.