Upgrade my 970 or wait?

[delta5]

I was thinking about upgrading to the RX-480. I game in 1080P. Is the rx480 a good upgrade or should I just wait?

 

[Xemko]

RX-480 is performing on the same level as 970 in most titles.
1070 gtx could be a nice upgrade or you could wait for upcoming AMD gpus.

 

[maxalge]

I was thinking about upgrading to the RX-480. I game in 1080P. Is the rx480 a good upgrade or should I just wait?

side grade, for you minimum gtx 1070 as an upgrade

 

[10tacle]

First, wait for what? Like the other guy said, at 1080p they are roughly the same (in DX11 games) overall (and the 970 even beats the 480 in certain titles http://media.bestofmicro.com/ext/aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmJlc3RvZm1pY3JvLmNvbS9UL1kvNTkyMDU0L29yaWdpbmFsL2JmNC1mcHMtMTl4MTAucG5n/r_600x450.png ). However the 480 pulls ahead by 10% or more in DX12 games and the one with 8GB VRAM helps as well in newer titles that are becoming VRAM hogs even at 1080p (like the new Dues Ex).

Still, that's more of a lateral move in the larger picture of things. No need to upgrade until you start playing games and come across stuttering issues with the 970's 3.5GB direct access VRAM issue. And upgrading to a 1070 is overkill for a 60Hz 1080p monitor even at ultra and high AA.

 

[delta5]

Guess I will wait for 4k to come down and do a monitor, video card upgrade in one shot.

 

[Isokolon]

there is no reason to upgrade to directly following generation.
wait for Volta.

 

[delta5]

there is no reason to upgrade to directly following generation.
wait for Volta.

I was planning on buying the new Deus EX game and saw how much hungry it is.