Need advice on purchasing an rx 480

[Benverity]

So the RX 480 is out, and it's a pretty nice card. I just recently bought an r9 380x before it was announced though, so I need a few opinions, would you recommend me upgrading to an RX 480 or wait another year or 2 until an RX 490 is released?

 

[schwatzz]

Apparently the RX 490 is coming out before the end of this year, possibly in November. Might as well wait.

 

[Epicness937]

depends on a lot of things
first with your gpu at 1080p is my guess are you happy with the proformance and are ok with waiting for a better card

2nd pc specs and budget?

3rd are you planing on doing things like 3d modeling or video editing or is this only a gaming rig and are you planing on upgrading your resolution?

4th anything wrong with the 1070 to you or are you a amd fanboy 😛

5th for you a 480 from a 380x is not a huge upgrade as a 380x is between a 960 and 970 and a 480 is near a 970 in proformance

 

[Benverity]

depends on a lot of things
first with your gpu at 1080p is my guess are you happy with the proformance and are ok with waiting for a better card

2nd pc specs and budget?

3rd are you planing on doing things like 3d modeling or video editing or is this only a gaming rig and are you planing on upgrading your resolution?

4th anything wrong with the 1070 to you or are you a amd fanboy 😛

5th for you a 480 from a 380x is not a huge upgrade as a 380x is between a 960 and 970 and a 480 is near a 970 in proformance

I'm pretty happy witht he 380x's performance
These are my specs:
AMD FX 8320
ASUS R9 380X 4GB
8GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
2TB sata HDD
Cooler master hyper 212 evo CPU cooler

I only use this rig for gaming, and no I'm not an AMD fanboy, and I'm not an Nvidia fanboy.
I've been on and off with both companies but I feel like this year has been pretty good for AMD so far so they are my choice at the m inute, not to mention the amd cards are more affordable right now.

 

[Epicness937]

depends on a lot of things
first with your gpu at 1080p is my guess are you happy with the proformance and are ok with waiting for a better card

2nd pc specs and budget?

3rd are you planing on doing things like 3d modeling or video editing or is this only a gaming rig and are you planing on upgrading your resolution?

4th anything wrong with the 1070 to you or are you a amd fanboy 😛

5th for you a 480 from a 380x is not a huge upgrade as a 380x is between a 960 and 970 and a 480 is near a 970 in proformance

I'm pretty happy witht he 380x's performance
These are my specs:
AMD FX 8320
ASUS R9 380X 4GB
8GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
2TB sata HDD
Cooler master hyper 212 evo CPU cooler

I only use this rig for gaming, and no I'm not an AMD fanboy, and I'm not an Nvidia fanboy.
I've been on and off with both companies but I feel like this year has been pretty good for AMD so far so they are my choice at the m inute, not to mention the amd cards are more affordable right now.

came back 5min ago and you respond
budget? and as i asked what settings do you want i mean really if your happy with the proformance keep what you have and get a new cpu and motherboard with a 1070

 

[Benverity]

depends on a lot of things
first with your gpu at 1080p is my guess are you happy with the proformance and are ok with waiting for a better card

2nd pc specs and budget?

3rd are you planing on doing things like 3d modeling or video editing or is this only a gaming rig and are you planing on upgrading your resolution?

4th anything wrong with the 1070 to you or are you a amd fanboy 😛

5th for you a 480 from a 380x is not a huge upgrade as a 380x is between a 960 and 970 and a 480 is near a 970 in proformance

I'm pretty happy witht he 380x's performance
These are my specs:
AMD FX 8320
ASUS R9 380X 4GB
8GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
2TB sata HDD
Cooler master hyper 212 evo CPU cooler

I only use this rig for gaming, and no I'm not an AMD fanboy, and I'm not an Nvidia fanboy.
I've been on and off with both companies but I feel like this year has been pretty good for AMD so far so they are my choice at the m inute, not to mention the amd cards are more affordable right now.

came back 5min ago and you respond
budget? and as i asked what settings do you want i mean really if your happy with the proformance keep what you have and get a new cpu and motherboard with a 1070

I dont really have a set budget, just trying to spend as little money as i can while running games on high-ultra settings at 1080p 60fps. I will consider a 1070.

 

[RCS-Raincloud]

The R9 380x is a fine GPU, people will still be buying it after the RX 480 release, if the price is right. There is a performance difference between the 2 for sure, but if you can wait to upgrade you will get a better deal latter this year or during next year. Plenty of custom RX 480 to be released, GTX 1060, /rx 470, RX 490, etc. If the R9 380x is enough to carry you through the next 6 months while all the new cards are release and the prices settle down, then you are in a great position.

 

[Epicness937]

The R9 380x is a fine GPU, people will still be buying it after the RX 480 release, if the price is right. There is a performance difference between the 2 for sure, but if you can wait to upgrade you will get a better deal latter this year or during next year. Plenty of custom RX 480 to be released, GTX 1060, /rx 470, RX 490, etc. If the R9 380x is enough to carry you through the next 6 months while all the new cards are release and the prices settle down, then you are in a great position.

460 470 adn 1060 are coming soon and the 490 is not tell the end of this year

 

[newbuilder_41]

I'm waiting for the aftermarket 480's to hit the market but it's taking FOOOREEEEVERRRRR.

really testing my patience

 

[Epicness937]

I'm waiting for the aftermarket 480's to hit the market but it's taking FOOOREEEEVERRRRR.

really testing my patience

waiting for them is not whats bad its waiting for them to get in stock 😛

 

[RCS-Raincloud]

Even worst is waiting for prices to settle while gaming on integrated graphics. I'd love a R9 380x right now hahahaha