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RE: 2017: The year of the CPU
I had a GTX 680 before (really regret that purchase, 7970 turned out a much better GPU). I bought an RX 480 as a stop-gap. I was tempted to get a GTX 1070, but couldn't get myself to buy Nvidia again. This year, bought a Vega 56. I must say, it's a huge jump from RX 480, let alone R9 380. ?That said, it's overkill for 1080p/60, so it depends on your gaming needs. Mine is 4K/~50fps with Freesync, so Vega 56 makes a huge difference.
My needs these days are spending my money elsewhere. I frankensteined my components together from my last build with the Ryzen 7. My 380 can actually still drive games quite well, even on a 2560x1440 screen.
The thing that stops me buying a new gpu is the huge jump that would incentivise me, as well as non-crap games, (non-EA) like a new Elder Scrolls game (I Wish). But at the moment, all I play is Factorio, which needs could more than GPU.
And yes, I do have a HTC Vive, but the games are gimmicky, overpriced and short to warrant me actually using it, and therefore needing the higher end GPU to drive the 90fps.
I feel that largely apart from AMD with Ryzen, games and innovation have largely been stagnating.
This is when also looking at the Mobile Phone market. The phone has 6gb ram (ok...), It's got a 30% faster CPU (like I notice these days), it had an 8k screen (exaggeration but still true, also it's not needed in my view, 1080p is just fine)
The huge leaps we used to see isn't really there anymore, it's more.... Incremental. I think we are ready for the next True era, the age of the implantable, wearable, contact lens type thing with full FOV, power, and AR supported, like if the hololens, magic leap, Vive, mobile phones all had a Frankenstein baby, which turns into something beautiful.
Sidenote.. my comment seriously diverged from the original purpose...
Lol