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Not Sure What Card To Buy Have £360

Gibbo said:
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 "Reference Blower" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (70NSH6DHK6VK) @ £349.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ess-graphics-card-70nsh6dhk6vk-gx-090-kf.html



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Thanks, Gibbo, but I think I'll try and wait until there's a 1070 deal where I can hock the extra stuff to bring the price down to £360. I had a Zotac, nice hefty warranty, I'm doing a high end buy as a treat and would be using it for many years.

With price fluctuations and additional promo stuff I'm sure I can try and get one down to that. Or I'll cop out get a 470 and wait for Vega.
 
Realise you made a mistake selling the original 1070 you had and get one bought. Ditch the ridiculous "must be less than £350" or whatever parameter, you're playing psychological game with yourself. Pick a good 1070 and buy, even if it means paying more than your did originally.

:D
 
genericjim101 said:
Fair enough, as for 144hz? Is it worth the downgrade to TN?

I was looking at this http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/lcd/XG2401.php
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You can go IPS with 144hz today, There's both freesync and gsync models that fit the bill, Obviously if you are buying a card today you only have Nvidia to go for so that means G-sync which hold a higher premium but G-sync does appear to be the better option due to the fact that the monitor makers do not use panels with working sync ranges that are big enough, G-sync panels tend to work from 30 to 144 where as freesync a mixed bag, half avoid telling you the working range and the others go from 40 at best so whatever you decide do plenty of research first.


genericjim101 said:
No-one's answering about my inquiry of 144hz being worth going to a TN panel : <

I can get one for £350 new.
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Not enough info, There are some good TN panels about nowadays, What monitor?

IvanDobskey said:
Cracks me up that people are still trying to sell second hand 980ti's for over £300 :p
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Just buy another 1070.

Shouldn't have sold the fist one.

I know I've paid slightly over the odds for mine but it's the new going rate. So you just have to suck it up if you want the performance now (said through gritted teeth).

I'm happy enough with my EVGA SC for under £400 for the performance it gives. Almost totally silent too.
 
DarrenM343 said:
Realise you made a mistake selling the original 1070 you had and get one bought. Ditch the ridiculous "must be less than £350" or whatever parameter, you're playing psychological game with yourself. Pick a good 1070 and buy, even if it means paying more than your did originally.

:D
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Parameters are what stop people needlessly spending money and ever inflating their budget. I'm trying to be wary of being rude, but throwing more money and having done with it is too easy. £360 is the challenge can you rise to it?

What's Palit's reputation like?
 
nashathedog said:
You can go IPS with 144hz today, There's both freesync and gsync models that fit the bill, Obviously if you are buying a card today you only have Nvidia to go for so that means G-sync which hold a higher premium but G-sync does appear to be the better option due to the fact that the monitor makers do not use panels with working sync ranges that are big enough, G-sync panels tend to work from 30 to 144 where as freesync a mixed bag, half avoid telling you the working range and the others go from 40 at best so whatever you decide do plenty of research first.


Not enough info, There are some good TN panels about nowadays, What monitor?

+1
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http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/lcd/XG2401.php

This for example.
 
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genericjim101 said:
Parameters are what stop people needlessly spending money and ever inflating their budget. I'm trying to be wary of being rude, but throwing more money and having done with it is too easy. £360 is the challenge can you rise to it?

What's Palit's reputation like?
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:D
But you had one before, probably paying £399.99 or more, get one bought and get back to gaming.

I can rise to the challenge. You'll be able to get a good 1070 brand/warranty in a while, possibly a long while :)
OR, try to pick one up second hand?

£350 to £399 for a reference, only £49.99 in it. How much is time worth? Time spent looking for one for £350, time spent not gaming ?

Think you deserve a 1080 personally, seeing as you sold your 1070, might as well go up a level in performance if buying again - he hehe. You owe it to yourself

It could have been worse, you could have sold the 1070 for a loss and be in the same situation.

I'm good at helping people spend their money, apparently
 
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DarrenM343 said:
:D
But you had one before, probably paying £399.99 or more, get one bought and get back to gaming.

I can rise to the challenge. You'll be able to get a good 1070 brand/warranty in a while, possibly a long while :)
OR, try to pick one up second hand?

£350 to £399 for a reference, only £49.99 in it. How much is time worth? Time spent looking for one for £350, time spent not gaming ?

Think you deserve a 1080 personally, seeing as you sold your 1070, might as well go up a level in performance if buying again - he hehe. You owe it to yourself

It could have been worse, you could have sold the 1070 for a loss and be in the same situation.

I'm good at helping people spend their money, apparently
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Well I am replying to this inbetween talking on Skype. 1080's are way out of my price range FAR out of it, put simply if I'm honest I probably sold the 1070 out of being a mid range joe who cam into some extra money, at first I was looking at 480/1060 but thought I'd treat myself. Then the guilt and other things set in "Bloody hell, could have bough new ram, card and SSD for that"

Long story short when you've spent two years accruing parts and the last bit is the card not sure how big to go!

Gigabyte sounds a sensible choice, one fear with the Zotac was having to deal with sending it to Hong Kong, didn't know KFA2 had a centre in Wales!
 
GTX1070 is easily good enough even for 4K ;)

By the time games which actually fully utilise the 1070 are out will not be for another few years most current games do not even utilise 970-980 series properly let alone anything else!

GTX 980 Ti is about the same as GTX 1070 FPS wise but the new price has shot up as stocks are depleted so I would not buy a new GTX 980 Ti anymore only a good used card now.
 
AWPC said:
GTX1070 is easily good enough even for 4K ;)

By the time games which actually fully utilise the 1070 are out will not be for another few years most current games do not even utilise 970-980 series properly let alone anything else!

GTX 980 Ti is about the same as GTX 1070 FPS wise but the new price has shot up as stocks are depleted so I would not buy a new GTX 980 Ti anymore only a good used card now.
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You have a very good point, I'll see if I can hold off til Black Friday, in the meantime God Eater, R6 Siege, most of the stuff I play isn't that demanding

calp0l said:
Before I bought my 1070 2 weeks ago. I couldn't find a cheap used 980ti. They were still crazy money and still are...
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The 980 and TI prices remaining high and some people trying to sell them for as much as a 1070 give me giggles. I did look at the reasonable 980ti's here but held off due to waiting for payday.

I did end up buying some nice ram and an SSD with the money I made though, it's funny how DE:MD's performance increased more from that than anything.

How much would you say backplates are a selling point? I can take it or leave it but the bonus of dust protection is nice and ITX models seem to miss them.

What are you guys playing?
 
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