I think it's about time I upgraded my GTX 275, it's served me well so far, but I don't really game that much and it's mainly a bit too loud to be honest. I'm honestly fine playing on low-ish (high where it matters) and can still get to 60FPS if I really want it... but it's loud, not energy efficient, and I can get much more with less if I spend a little bit.
Now as I said, I don't really play that much anymore. When I do, it's mostly MP shooters, CS:GO for recreational purposes, Quake Wars every now and then (heh), but even then I mostly just go for lego/low settings anyway. Though I am interested in getting into DayZ at some point, and I want a card that can serve me through a generation of console ports, and I do like pretty graphics, just not online. Extraction/Dirty Bomb is also something I'm sort of looking forward to. Just don't have that much time to spend.
The Maxwell review thread got my attention, I really like the idea of a low power, quiet card that can get to 60FPS on most modern games with medium-ish settings. From what I understand it would cut my current power consumption to 1/3, and I like that. And the price is about right for what I can spend given how little I actually play nowadays. Would now be a good time to jump in on that?
At the same time, I have no idea what's going on with Mantle and whatnot, or what's up ahead in the lineup. The r9 270 isn't looking too shabby, what's the deal here?
I also kind of, sort of, like the idea of using my 275 as a PhysX card (is that even still a thing?), hehe, though I don't think that would let me get away from the noise it makes? Honestly, I'd really only be interested in playing Cryostasis with it on.
It wouldn't be that difficult for me to jump up to the GTX760 price range either. Though the noise and power usage puts me off.
So, given that long-winded, rambling series of questions, any suggestions?
