[SOLVED] Just Got GTX 770, But Maxwell May Be Out In 1-2 Months

[Appletax]

I just got an EVGA GTX 770 SuperClocked ACX GPU for my 1st gaming PC. I wanted Maxwell, but didn't want to wait until March or May to build my system. I heard that Maxwell GPUs are just a month away from being releases. Since Maxwell may be out soon, should I return my GPU to Amazon or sell it when the new GPU comes out? I would like to do SLI in the near future. I was thinking about getting another GTX 770 until I saw people talking about Maxwell coming out soon. I don't know what my card would be worth if I sold it nor how I would go about selling it. I want it bad lol.

 

[Appletax]

Bump.…

 

[phaZed]

I would stick with what you have. The Maxwell chips are supposedly going to be released in a Bottom to top order starting at the 28nm scale and over a period of time, reduced to the 20nm scale. This release order is, if the rumors are true, going to be a departure from the normal best card first, then inferior cards after. Also, the Maxwell cards will sport their own ARM CPU - which is really what makes this next set of cards different, but not necessarily better than the current generation when it comes to raw speeds/fps/what-have-you... In fact there was a supposed leaked benchmark that showed the Maxwell chips performing slower that the current offerings. But really, only NVIDIA knows.

 

[TAPtech]

it's a computer. no matter what part you buy, a better one will be released within 3 months.

 

[Appletax]

I would stick with what you have. The Maxwell chips are supposedly going to be released in a Bottom to top order starting at the 28nm scale and over a period of time, reduced to the 20nm scale. This release order is, if the rumors are true, going to be a departure from the normal best card first, then inferior cards after. Also, the Maxwell cards will sport their own ARM CPU - which is really what makes this next set of cards different, but not necessarily better than the current generation when it comes to raw speeds/fps/what-have-you... In fact there was a supposed leaked benchmark that showed the Maxwell chips performing slower that the current offerings. But really, only NVIDIA knows.

I figured that they'd start at the bottom and slowly release the better stuff considering they're starting the architecture out under the 700 series with a mediocre card. I think this is very smart. I'd rather have a more mature piece of hardware than one loaded with bugs and issues.

it's a computer. no matter what part you buy, a better one will be released within 3 months.

Right I think that everything else in my system is super-high-end, so I should only need to upgrade the GPU to get a performance boost. I can't imagine there being any bottlenecks, except perhaps the PCI-e 3.0 bus.

I'll keep the GTX 770 I have now and swap it out in the future and get myself a nice, shiny Maxwell from EVGA. But, I'll see how the performance compares first.

How much will my card be worth in 6 months and 1 year?

I still need to figure out which PSU wattage I need for SLI so I can exchange the one I have now so I'm not stuck losing money on the one by having to sell it.

 

[AndyM]

I have a single one of these. It works with everything that I've thrown at it, even when the software turns round and warns that there will be system degradation because I just turn all the graphics and rendering to max

Andy