graphics card advice

[CENEBITE666]

LOOKING AT PURCHASING AN MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G JUST WANT TO KNOW IS IT A GOOD GAMING GPU OR IS 8GIG A BIT OF AN OVERKILL

 

[Mr Kagouris]

THE R9 390 IS A GREAT GPU AND WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD GAMING AND CASPLOCKING EXPERIENCE AT UP TO 1440P RESOLUTION.

 

[smorizio]

with the newer pascal and amd newer polaris gpu that are dropping i would hold off on the older cards.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/nvidia-2016-cards-upgrade-gtx-1080-x80
http://www.thecountrycaller.com/72455-heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-amds-polaris-gpu-architecture/

 

[10tacle]

^^What he said. But regarding release, it is highly unlikely the first Pascal will be here in May. Micron only recently started shipping GDDR5x memory modules, and Nvidia just started testing the GPUs six weeks ago. It will be logistically impossible for the first series of Pascals (1080?) from GPU OEMs to be shipping in a month. A more realistic timetable is well into summer (July-August).