wait or buy a gpu now

[banker]

hey I was thinking of getting a gtx 1070 but I heard amd Vega is coming around when amd zen was coming which I'm waiting for right now but should I get the 1070 now or wait for vega, second question do amd gpus work on NVIDIA GeForce Experience

 

[spat55]

No Geforce experience is only for Nvidia. I'd just get a 1070 now otherwise you will continue waiting, when Vega arrives we have no idea how good it will be then when that arrives you will be thinking of Volta and so on.

What GPU do you have atm?

 

[banker]

a gt 730 that's why I need an upgrade

 

[spat55]

a gt 730 that's why I need an upgrade

What are the rest of your specs? Coming from that to a GTX 1070 is going to be like 4x the performance, a no brainer if the rest is fine.

 

[banker]

fx 8320 @4.2Mhz planning to upgrade to zen, M5A97-R2.0 motherboard, hyper Evo 212, 16gb of ddr3 I don't know the speed, cx 600w, 1tb WD hard drive and 320gb? WD hard drive, the thermaltake chaser mk-1, and a gt 730

 

[banker]

also I have 1 1080p screen and one 720p screen

 

[spat55]

fx 8320 @4.2Mhz planning to upgrade to zen, M5A97-R2.0 motherboard, hyper Evo 212, 16gb of ddr3 I don't know the speed, cx 600w, 1tb WD hard drive and 320gb? WD hard drive, the thermaltake chaser mk-1, and a gt 730

Yeah that would be an excellent upgrade, the FX 8320 will obviously bottleneck sometimes but it will be fine. I would try and overclock the CPU harder, try for 4.5ghz if possible and replace the PSU at some point, I had a CX 750 with my GTX 1070 and the coil whine was mental.

 

[banker]

the FX 8320 stopped at 4.2Mhz I got an ok overclocker

 

[spat55]

the FX 8320 stopped at 4.2Mhz I got an ok overclocker

Well it will be decent enough even at those clocks so it doesn't matter

 

[banker]

how do you think about this one https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08G-P4-6171-KR/dp/B01H74VTBK/ref=sr_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1474667864&sr=1-24&keywords=gtx+1070 or should I pay extra for the FTW card, I might overclock the 1070

 

[spat55]

how do you think about this one https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08G-P4-6171-KR/dp/B01H74VTBK/ref=sr_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1474667864&sr=1-24&keywords=gtx+1070 or should I pay extra for the FTW card, I might overclock the 1070

That is a fine card, the only difference in the FTW is that extra 8 pin PCI-E power connector so 8+8 instead of just one 8 pin connector and the FTW has extra power phases, which really doesn't matter unless you end up putting it under LN2! The SC has the same cooler so no difference there and both have a 3 year warranty, make sure to register when you get it though.

The only reason I got the FTW is it was the same price as a SC, I'd consider paying an extra £10/$10 for it but any more and I'd just get a SC.

 

[banker]

ok thanks