At current pricing 1070 or 980 Ti

[Tommy_Here]

Hello everyone sorry to start another topic, but you guys are great and do help me quite a bit in making up my mind, now I had a 1080 on order in which I've cancelled and decided sod it I'll be happy with either 980 Ti or 1070 now looking at the prices I was going to get either a

Asus strix 980 Ti for £359.99 OR MSI GTX 1070 for £399.99 now the strix card is at reference speeds, so the 1070 will be around 10% faster at stock now overclock them both and from what I could tell they'd be about on par? or do you think the 980 Ti would edge it for also less money? not too bothered about power consumption as my G2 1000 watt PSU will handle it so what would you do thank you p.s I'm gaming at 4k and don't mind dialing back some settings so maybe the 8gb Vram on the 1070 could be a factor is choosing what I go for? thank you

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

Wouldn't the 1070 have better direct X 12 support also? I'd get the 1070 personally.

 

[XeNoNF50]

Been wondering the same myself. Hopefully someone informed can reply.

 

[cib24]

It's a good question but there is plenty of information out there to help make that decision. Whilst the 980Ti is cheaper by£40-60 depending on where you look the 1070 is newer and Nvidia does not have a great track record of supporting older cards so I would be tempted to pony up the extra coin for the latest as it will ensure you get good driver support until at least the next big thing comes along from Nvidia.

 

[Tute]

Second hand 980Ti > 1070 > New 980Ti.

 

[adrichardson81]

Depends not driver support ultimately - if the 780/980 is anything to go by, expevt the 980ti to be confined to the abyss in terms of support very quickly (given its architectural similarities to the last gen, this is likely to be more of an issue for dx12, where driver support is still very immature).

 

[Brazo]

I had the same dilemma as you and just went for one of the cheaper 1080 cards. You simply won't get an extra 20fps for what little more than £100 (over 1070 price) in any other area of PC upgrading.

 

[Tommy_Here]

I suppose you're right about driver support and soon the 1070 will start beating the Ti but then again I don't intend to keep whichever card long as I'll be getting 1080 Ti when that releases and my twin who is at 1440p will get either the 1070 or the Ti in which they'll both do the job very well

 

[PieEater]

I suppose you're right about driver support and soon the 1070 will start beating the Ti but then again I don't intend to keep whichever card long as I'll be getting 1080 Ti when that releases and my twin who is at 1440p will get either the 1070 or the Ti in which they'll both do the job very well

1070 will have better resale value than a 980Ti if you are only keeping the card for a short while.

 

[harney]

Second hand 980Ti > 1070 > New 980Ti.

This

 

[Amatyr]

1070 will have better resale value than a 980Ti if you are only keeping the card for a short while.

Very good point.

 

[davecarter]

1070 all the way unless the 980ti drops below 300 quid

 

[melmac]

I suppose you're right about driver support and soon the 1070 will start beating the Ti but then again I don't intend to keep whichever card long as I'll be getting 1080 Ti when that releases and my twin who is at 1440p will get either the 1070 or the Ti in which they'll both do the job very well

You are going to be replacing it with big Pascal, drivers support isn't going to stop on Maxwell cards in that space of time. And I don't think it ever will as Maxwell and Pascal are very similar. So it's not something to even consider.

1070 will have better resale value than a 980Ti if you are only keeping the card for a short while.

Not if he buys a 1070 now at the height of the gouging. When stock levels settle the 1070 will drop in price and when the 1080ti appears on the horizon the 1080/1070 cards will drop even more in price.


OP, the performance difference between the 980ti and 1070 shrinks to nothing when you overclock the 980ti. Surely if you are changing to big pascal later on you can survive a few months on the minimal performance difference between them? It's really not worth paying extra for a 1070 in your case.