What would be decent upgrade for 7870 Taheti?

[Xellos2099]

I am wondering what would be consider decent upgrade for 7870 Taheti? I been checking and most $200 card are barely upgrade for it. I remember I made this same post a year ago lol.

 

[R0H1T]

I am wondering what would be consider decent upgrade for 7870 Taheti? I been checking and most $200 card are barely upgrade for it. I remember I made this same post a year ago lol.

The 380x or Polaris 11, though I'd say Polaris will probably not debut under 250$ IMO.

 

[Adored]

The cut down polaris 10 should be 250 bucks imo, 350 for the top version.

 

[Xellos2099]

Well, I am not exactly limiting myself to amd. I am still a bit ym shick my I5 2500k and 7870 taheti lasted so long

 

[Adored]

Nothing is worth upgrading to until we see Pascal and Polaris within a couple of months.

 

[tential]

Used market(eBay or Craigslist is what I've used so far. Our forum too I guess.) or Polaris.

 

[topmounter]

I am wondering what would be consider decent upgrade for 7870 Taheti? I been checking and most $200 card are barely upgrade for it. I remember I made this same post a year ago lol.

I have the R9 270 rebrand of the 7870 (which I thought was Pitcairn rather than Tahiti) and am also in the market for an upgrade. The 380/x and GTX 960 wasn't enough of a performance increase over the R9 270 for me to justify the money.

I was considering the R9 390 or GTX 970, but am sitting tight waiting on the Polaris (490/x) and Pascal (10x0) announcements and/or price cuts on existing inventory.

 

[RussianSensation]

Well, I am not exactly limiting myself to amd. I am still a bit ym shick my I5 2500k and 7870 taheti lasted so long

Wait another 2-3 months for GTX1060/1070 and Polaris 10 R9 480 to launch go evaluate the market. You will have a choice between new cards and discounted GTX970/980/390/390X.

I also recommend that you overclock the processor as a stock 2500K 3.3Ghz is starting to become a bottleneck in many modern games with cards like 390/970 and above.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Wait another 2-3 months for GTX1060/1070 and Polaris 10 R9 480 to launch go evaluate the market. You will have a choice between new cards and discounted GTX970/980/390/390X.

I also recommend that you overclock the processor as a stock 2500K 3.3Ghz is starting to become a bottleneck in many modern games with cards like 390/970 and above.

Or swap it for a 2600k. I got a huge boost from that.