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Stay with 980 Ti or upgrade to 1080 ?

You have to be bonkers to upgrade a 980Ti to a 1080, it isn't enough of a jump and you are doing nothing but making the state of the GPU market even worse than it already is by lining NVidia's pockets and sending them the message that its ok to rip us off

If you really must upgrade don't get a Founders Edition, wait for the custom AIB cards but seriously, keep the money and skip this generation
 
Purgatory said:
Yes won't be long ... Just have to wait for Volta to come out and double the performance then they will be £200 on the MM ..
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Wind it in...You can wait all your like.:rolleyes:

But in the words of John Lennon

"life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

Its always the people who are poor who wait for dead tech...

Where is the fun in that!
 
easyrider said:
I'm looking forward to a boost on my x34;)..And please understand I regret selling it not one bit. seriously...




I'm actually thinking sli 1070 not a single 1070...
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SLI 1070 will be really nice, they will use a lot less power too than two 980ti's in SLI, so yes that will be a good move in that case for that resolution.

Remember not many people are on Ultra-wides 3440x1440 yet or 4K.


Also remember SLI is not great at most times but is once Nvidia get off their rear and make SLI profiles or the developer makes the games work with SLI. There is still a lot of games that don't take advantage of SLI, so again it is game dependent if SLI to you is a good move depending on the games you currently own and play that can use SLI, never trust in the future things will get better with SLI, of all things Nvidia is trying to ween us off it it seems with the recent 1080 SLI options..


BUT again ... if you still had your Asus 980ti that had a water block on it too and you got a second one it would have been a really nice system too and watercooled and had fans running to on them cards, it was a great card for SLI setups that one.
 
Purgatory said:
...is the 1070 is slower than a 980Ti as you will see from the reviews when they get released.
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Too early to say this just yet, especially when it comes to the AIB custom cards that could really push the 1070 beyond what it's obviously going to be more limited to in FE form. I don't think it will smash the 980Ti of course, but neither will it be the other way round. I think they'll each have their benefits and ultimately come out very close, but yes, I can't see how anyone could ever try to justify moving from a 980Ti to a 1070... definitely be a sidegrade. Bigger question is going to be for all those people with older cards, and whether it makes more sense to get a new 1070 or used 980Ti.
 
Purgatory said:
BUT again ... if you still had your Asus 980ti that had a water block on it too and you got a second one it would have been a really nice system too and watercooled and had fans running to on them cards, it was a great card for SLI setups that one.
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I don't have it so its pointless talking about it.

Life is moving on at a dramatic rate...
 
Legend said:
I can't see how anyone could ever try to justify moving from a 980Ti to a 1070... definitely be a sidegrade. Bigger question is going to be for all those people with older cards, and whether it makes more sense to get a new 1070 or used 980Ti.
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Loads of people will get a 1070 when it hits and sell their 980ti

Loads and loads.

Once its clocked, the extra V ram and depending on price, I can see the 1070 being one of the most successful GPU's to date.

Power consumption , heat, noise all play a factor and if the 1070 nips the toes of 980ti then people will jump...
 
OP you should just ignore all those reviews that report the 1080 is miles faster than the 980Ti...because it's not.

Vast majority of those results are best possible results from benchmarks no longer than a few minutes and done in an open bench instead of inside a PC case. The Founder Edition 1080 once placed inside a PC case and being stressed for more than 4-10 minutes, it will barely be any faster than the 980Ti if comparing both cards overclocked, as the temp of the card is not allowing the 1080's boost clock to go anywhere close to the short bench done in open air. Also someone has tried doing a DIY job on watercooling the 1080, and it's shown that when the temp is not the limitation, the power available to the card is.

If you MUST switch to 1080, at least wait for manufacturer 3rd party cards with custom PCB and cooler with more power available and better cooling capability than the "Founder Boost Clock not going anywhere Edition" 1080, which is pretty much just a sidegrade from the 980Ti due to the poor cooler.
 
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easyrider said:
Loads of people will get a 1070 when it hits and sell their 980ti

Loads and loads.

Once its clocked, the extra V ram and depending on price, I can see the 1070 being one of the most successful GPU's to date.

Power consumption , heat, noise all play a factor and if the 1070 nips the toes of 980ti then people will jump...
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I don't know about LOADS, not if they are really neck and neck in benchmarks. Given the wealth of advice advising people against upgrading to the 1080 for a minor performance bump, I'm really not sure I see droves of people heeding that and then jumping sideways on to the 1070. Not least because if that happens, second hand value of the Ti will plummet causing an even greater loss for those making that move. The 1070's biggest market by far is all those gamers with 970/980's and below.
 
Legend said:
I don't know about LOADS, not if they are really neck and neck in benchmarks. Given the wealth of advice advising people against upgrading to the 1080 for a minor performance bump, I'm really not sure I see droves of people heeding that and then jumping sideways on to the 1070. Not least because if that happens, second hand value of the Ti will plummet causing an even greater loss for those making that move. The 1070's biggest market by far is all those gamers with 970/980's and below.
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Exactly 100% correct. It really as simple as that statement there.
 
Legend said:
I don't know about LOADS, not if they are really neck and neck in benchmarks. Given the wealth of advice advising people against upgrading to the 1080 for a minor performance bump, I'm really not sure I see droves of people heeding that and then jumping sideways on to the 1070. Not least because if that happens, second hand value of the Ti will plummet causing an even greater loss for those making that move. The 1070's biggest market by far is all those gamers with 970/980's and below.
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Yea you can see people hyping and throwing rumors around like "1070 beating Titan X at £300-£400", when the 1080 itself (the Founder Edition at least) can barely beat the 980Ti by a little when both cards are overclocked and are inside a case.
 
IMO if you already have a 980Ti or Titan X, there is no reason to buy these cards at £620+

If however you are deciding between a 980Ti (new) or a 1080, then the newer 1080 card makes much more sense.
 
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If the early reviews are showing a oc ti and a oc 1080 about 10fps dif in games at 1440p a oc 1070 isn't going to be that fast? granted new drivers might change that.
 
beany_bot said:
Please bear in mind... the SPONSORED reviews are up for the 1080 and it shows quite a leap from the 980 Ti

All the people given cards were hand picked by Nvidia. They all receive kickbacks from Nvidia in one way or another. For example Hardware Cannuks especially he gets sent to E3 by and for Nvidia. And unsurprisingly his results were the best of them all! hmmmm....

I really would be waiting for the Joe Public reviews...
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I doubt every card was hand picked. There are many of reviews. All of them perform as stated. All of them perform closely to many many other 1080 reviews. Many reviewers I.e gamers nexus explain quite clearly that the FE is too pricey and cooler not good enough, aswell as throttling issues. But it's performance seems similar to that of "sponsored" reviews.

Regards to OP. If you feel a Ti is powerful for your current games and settings keep it. If you want more performance + features for better settings etc and you don't mind paying then get a 1080. I'd get an AIB though with better overclocking potential and thermals.
 
bb gun said:
I bought my 980 Ti because I was impatient and wanted a GPU to last me for couple of years playing games on 1440p
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A 980ti provides ample performance and if as you say you want a gpu to last a couple of years it will. Remember if you get a 1080 in roughly 6 months time there will be faster cards so what are you going to say then? You're never going to get a card that holds the top slot for years so be happy with what you got.
 
Relentless81 said:
You have to be bonkers to upgrade a 980Ti to a 1080, it isn't enough of a jump and you are doing nothing but making the state of the GPU market even worse than it already is by lining NVidia's pockets and sending them the message that its ok to rip us off

If you really must upgrade don't get a Founders Edition, wait for the custom AIB cards but seriously, keep the money and skip this generation
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Someone else with some sense :)
 
easyrider said:
Loads of people will get a 1070 when it hits and sell their 980ti

Loads and loads.

Once its clocked, the extra V ram and depending on price, I can see the 1070 being one of the most successful GPU's to date.

Power consumption , heat, noise all play a factor and if the 1070 nips the toes of 980ti then people will jump...
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You'll buy a 1080 friday. I can feel it in my bones :D.why wait/do a sidegrade to 1070. Get 1080 and enjoy the extra performance now then upgrade again later.this is the voice of your subconcious speaking.....
 
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