Next wave of NVidia GPUs out in October/November

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-release-date-gtx-880-gtx-870-october-november/

Worth getting in Jan / Feb next year perhaps?

I'm always very careful when I upgrade. Diminishing returns make me hesitant to buy high end cards, so I usually stick to mid range cards. Usually upgrading when something powerful and cheap enough goes on sale. If something costs twice as much, but doesn't offer double the performance, I'm not likely to get it.

Depends entirely whether you need to buy a new card.

Currently sitting pretty with a three year old GTS450 - yes I need a new card

Might want to wait a little. I feel like there might be driver issues. And PA really hates those.

maybe a lifetime loan will get me one of these.

Double the performance is easy enough to find. Getting a double performance boost that's noticeable, not so much.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1628-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-game-fps-benchmark-review

@varrak - any idea how well these will perform for PA?

The 980 should demolish any game that's already out.

And any game for the forseeable future, up to 4k resolution.

I run the game on Uber on a 660 Ti. That said, haven't tried large (large) battles yet / in a while

(would be more concerned about my RAM, really. Can't believe 8GB is a limitation, but in games as large as PA skirmishes can get, it can be!)

Wait for the 980 TI

Awesome. Look like it's upgrade season, boys and girls!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,review-33038.html

The 970 looks like the card to get (it's $330 so it costs LESS than an R9 290, which was great value already, and yet matches the 290X in speed).

This will probably prompt a price drop from AMD though so good all round imo

980 TI probably wont be based on this chip (this is the new 'GM204' there will also be a 'GM210' which will be larger, with wider memory bus etc, however I doubt we will see that for quite a while as the large die's take more time to develop and will be aimed at server cards first).

Well my guess is 3-6 month.

Been following your posts, sir. A gentleman, a scholar, and a wizard with memory allocation, you are

what is the big (potential) gain this time?