[SOLVED] GPU buying suggestions - Budget 40k

[EternalBlizzard]

AoA. so as the title says I'm looknig to buy a new GPU (not used) since my 7950 died a while ago. Czone is currently selling gtx 1660 for 38k and it's a pretty new card. The thing is I mainly do GPGPU Computing and I don't care about the 10-20% fps change in games. I was originally looking to get an AMD card since they natively support higher versions of OpenCL. Although NVIDIA also supports it but they limited their support for OpenCL till 1.2.

I checked the specs for gtx 1660 and rx 570 (35k on czone) and rx 570 while being a 2017 card still has significantly higher shader units, compute units (nvidia's streaming multiprocessors) and GFLOPS though significantly less clock rate. I'm guessing the new NAVI series will even that out. Now I need your suggestions. Should I wait for the AMD new NAVI series to show up? Anybody knows any details regarding the pricing so I can infer if they will fall within my range of 40k. I generally have experiences that AMD provides a better card for the same or less amount. So I'm guessing that there's gonna be a NAVI card outperforming the 1660 for the same or lower price. Also don't have much time to research on the NAVI series so if anyone can share the info and if he knows the price ranges that'd be a life saver.

 

[haroonshaikh]

All these years of gaming have taught me that the WAIT cycle for the new card almost never ever ends. With AMD's new release, Nvidia would be quick to respond and then you would start waiting for Nvidia cards. Then AMD will plan to drop prices to combat Nvidia and then you would wait for that. If there is any time for a GPU, it is NOW.
Considering how the dollar is fluctuating, new GPU imports and extensive Import taxation's being imposed, prices are likely to vary a lot. 1660 for 38k is a bargain. It is roughly 30%-40% ahead of Rx 570 at least. Leave alone the shader units and other technical specs. No matter how good they are, they are unlikely to compensate for such performance difference.

If I were you, I would buy that GPU tonight before it goes out of stock and then comes back at a price of 45k.

 

[EternalBlizzard]

All these years of gaming have taught me that the WAIT cycle for the new card almost never ever ends. With AMD's new release, Nvidia would be quick to respond and then you would start waiting for Nvidia cards. Then AMD will plan to drop prices to combat Nvidia and then you would wait for that. If there is any time for a GPU, it is NOW.
Considering how the dollar is fluctuating, new GPU imports and extensive Import taxation's being imposed, prices are likely to vary a lot. 1660 for 38k is a bargain. It is roughly 30%-40% ahead of Rx 570 at least. Leave alone the shader units and other technical specs. No matter how good they are, they are unlikely to compensate for such performance difference.

If I were you, I would buy that GPU tonight before it goes out of stock and then comes back at a price of 45k.

Hey I was discussing the same thing with my friend xD the cycle never ends. Ultimately I decided to buy that 1660. We decided that if there's a better amd card on release I'll buy that and give this 1660 to him