Question About how long till the next major GPU improvements?

[paperfist]

I have currently a GTX 1070/i7-6700k/950 Pro/32GB RAM

Was eyeing the 2080 Super, but that's really a lot of dough to spend, but it looks pretty nice compared to the 2070 Super and if I'm reading correctly does ray tracing which I know isn't a big deal right now. Just curious as to know if I should go all in now if the next big GPUs are a couple of years off.

Primary reason to upgrade is I want to run this beast: Samsung C49RG9 49" 32:9 120 Hz Curved Monitor and I doubt my 1070 will do anything but cry trying to push pixels towards it. I mainly play builder type games these days so maybe.

Anyway, I was looking toward a full build, but just with that monitor, 2080 Super and a new 970 Pro 1GB it's stupid first world problems type of money.

 

[JustMe21]

Rumors suggest the 7nm Nvidia Ampere GPUs sometime next year, so if you can wait, that might be the better option. You will also get to see what AMD's big GPU is as well.

 

[paperfist]

Rumors suggest the 7nm Nvidia Ampere GPUs sometime next year, so if you can wait, that might be the better option. You will also get to see what AMD's big GPU is as well.

Thanks! I’m not sure I can wait but it will give me pause on spending $800.

BTW, what's the difference between the 3rd party cards and the nVidia branded ones?

 

[Borealis7]

BTW, what's the difference between the 3rd party cards and the nVidia branded ones?

mainly the cooling, the power management and protection circuitry, and a slight overclock (when nVidia permits it).
In terms of chips, under the hood, its all the same GPU "engine" and perhaps the VRAM vendor may change.

 

[Zstream]

You do realize this monitor isn’t 4K worth of pixels? Not sure why your card wouldn’t be able to push it?

 

[Shmee]

It is pretty high res still, and for 120 Hz gaming especially he may need more than the 1070, though it depends on the game.

 

[amrnuke]

You do realize this monitor isn’t 4K worth of pixels? Not sure why your card wouldn’t be able to push it?

A 1070 Ti at 1440p (granted, ultra settings) has several games under 80 fps on average. Since the monitor is basically 2 x 1440p, you can imagine there's could be some performance issues in many, many recent games with the 1070 Ti. So I don't think his worry is unwarranted given that he doesn't even have a Ti, just a plain 1070, which is basically 1660S + 10% level of performance at 1440p.

 

[paperfist]

mainly the cooling, the power management and protection circuitry, and a slight overclock (when nVidia permits it).
In terms of chips, under the hood, its all the same GPU "engine" and perhaps the VRAM vendor may change.

That's good to know, thanks. I was wondering why they are about $70 cheaper than the aftermarket ones.

A 1070 Ti at 1440p (granted, ultra settings) has several games under 80 fps on average. Since the monitor is basically 2 x 1440p, you can imagine there's could be some performance issues in many, many recent games with the 1070 Ti. So I don't think his worry is unwarranted given that he doesn't even have a Ti, just a plain 1070, which is basically 1660S + 10% level of performance at 1440p.

I was just going off of user feedback on on the GPU not being able to push the pixels. I don't want to play a game with the details on anything but max.

You do realize this monitor isn’t 4K worth of pixels? Not sure why your card wouldn’t be able to push it?

Point taken, but more because maybe I shouldn't be investing in a monitor that isn't 4k.

 

[Guru]

Seems like Nvidia is readying their 7nm GPU's for summer 2020, while AMD are reading their 7nm+ GPU's for Autumn 2020.

So a good ways off for both companies.

 

[paperfist]

Seems like Nvidia is readying their 7nm GPU's for summer 2020, while AMD are reading their 7nm+ GPU's for Autumn 2020.

So a good ways off for both companies.

That’s actually not that far off? 6 months or so.