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**Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Thread**

Kaapstad said:
The Titan has always been a reference cooler card so it is easy for NVidia to sell them direct.

With the Ti it is a different game where people expect a choice of quality AIB coolers.

Most people with Titans are going to use watercooling so starting with a reference cooler is no big deal. With the Ti most users will stay on air so being stuck with the reference cooler could be a sales disaster for NVidia.
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Its more of the fact its this supposed Step Up system for Ti owners. Would scream FE edition , since this is the first time around that nvidia has done this.

Guessing it will be given to 3rd parties as there would be uproars just like with the Titan ( retail/distributors losing a lot of cash) . most likely an FE version for themselves .
As with people expecting, they never expected an FE version this time around or having to wait for 3rd party design and stock :)/
 
Dicehunter said:
People do need to start voting with their wallets though, Cards are becoming stupidly expensive for what they are, If sales dropped off Nvidia would have to lower prices.
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Never going to happen.We are pawns in the never ending nvidia gpu shuffle game.
 
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Dicehunter said:
People do need to start voting with their wallets though, Cards are becoming stupidly expensive for what they are, If sales dropped off Nvidia would have to lower prices.
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With this kind of logic you'd never by anything. If you think a GPU is way too much, what about a £2.000 TV? Where does it end?

Do you have any idea how much tech used to cost 20 years ago? I remember when I had to pay something like the equivalent of £150 for 4 mb of RAM.

Tech is always expensive if that's how you want to look at it. 3 years from now you'll probably make fun of the people who bought their VR systems now for £700. It is what it is and this expectation of people not paying for tech is flawed. Prices are not going to drop anyway.
 
String said:
Agreed, which is why I didn't buy one.
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But sales haven't dropped hence the demand is there at these higher prices.

With the Ti a question I have is how much is someone will to pay for one who thinks a Titax X is too costly? I reckon it'll have a good market around £750-800 (reference design) or a bit more if they have some advantage over the TXP, but doubt that will happen, but 900+ is still expensive. Would someone pay £900 for a slower performing card where the architecture is already quite mature now? Maybe people would be £900 for a top-end aftermarket cooled product I suppose. Would make me wish I just picked up the TX x months earlier at that price tho to be honest
 
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DarrenM343 said:
But sales haven't dropped hence the demand is there at these higher prices.

With the Ti a question I have is how much is someone will to pay for one who thinks a Titax X is too costly? I reckon it'll have a good market around £750-800 (reference design) or a bit more if they have some advantage over the TXP, but doubt that will happen, but 900+ is still expensive. Would someone pay £900 for a slower performing card where the architecture is already quite mature now? Maybe people would be £900 for a top-end aftermarket cooled product I suppose. Would make me wish I just picked up the TX x months earlier at that price tho to be honest
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Very good questions.

To be honest, having the advantage of hindsight, I think the best idea this generation would have been to pick up a 1080 right before all the price increases and then keep that until it lost its oomph factor.

Was considering selling mine to pick up a TI but seeing the kind of power it has, there is no need for that. I can however see a case for a stronger card for someone who games in 4k and wants top quality, then yeah TI, if it can deliver the magic 60 fps then it will be worth the cost over a normal 1080. There is also a case for those big ultra wide monitors or people who need something to power 3x those big monsters.

With these things you can't focus on price alone, if you pay 1k for a monitor then you won't blink an eye to a decent GPU to power it properly.

For me, I think I reached the max I was willing to spend on a GPU at the moment. Bought mine on the morning the referendum results were announced, right before the price increases so I am quite happy abut that :).
 
Griffildur said:
With this kind of logic you'd never by anything. If you think a GPU is way too much, what about a £2.000 TV? Where does it end?

Do you have any idea how much tech used to cost 20 years ago? I remember when I had to pay something like the equivalent of £150 for 4 mb of RAM.

Tech is always expensive if that's how you want to look at it. 3 years from now you'll probably make fun of the people who bought their VR systems now for £700. It is what it is and this expectation of people not paying for tech is flawed. Prices are not going to drop anyway.
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Was pretty sure out first vhs recorder was £1000 :eek::eek:
 
I'm not sure the early tech prices are a relevant comparison. GPUs have been out for years.

A 980 to a 1080 isn't even equivalent to a VHS to DVD... More like a VHS to a newer model that can fast forward 16x instead of 8x.
 
String said:
I'm not sure the early tech prices are a relevant comparison. GPUs have been out for years.

A 980 to a 1080 isn't even equivalent to a VHS to DVD... More like a VHS to a newer model that can fast forward 16x instead of 8x.
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HDD's are still being sold today...:confused:
 
easyrider said:
HDD's are still being sold today...:confused:
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What's your point? HDD prices have been stable for long enough. Even SSD prices are in the stable affordable zone now. M.2 prices are high, but when you look at HDD>SSD>M.2 each increment brings new technology to the table.

A 980 to 1080 is equivalent to Samsung SSD to Samsung Pro (faster SSD).
 
String said:
What's your point? HDD prices have been stable for long enough. Even SSD prices are in the stable affordable zone now. M.2 prices are high, but when you look at HDD>SSD>M.2 each increment brings new technology to the table.

A 980 to 1080 is equivalent to Samsung SSD to Samsung Pro (faster SSD).
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You can buy a 1080 now cheaper than what you could get a GTX 7900 for

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/EN7900GTX2PHT512M/

People moaning about prices is so boring and dull...They have short memories or are too young at the time to notice that 500 quid top ends cards are not a pascal phenomena.
 
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String said:
What's your point? HDD prices have been stable for long enough. Even SSD prices are in the stable affordable zone now. M.2 prices are high, but when you look at HDD>SSD>M.2 each increment brings new technology to the table.

A 980 to 1080 is equivalent to Samsung SSD to Samsung Pro (faster SSD).
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The point was that tech was never cheap and when something new comes out it costs a hand and a leg. People need to stop with this, "don't buy and Nvidia has to drop prices". That's neither here nor there. These particular cards are flying off the shelves so people clearly think they're worth the price and we here are irrelevant from a sales point of view.

I just hope that both NVidia and AMD stay at it and bring us advancements and if that means higher prices, well, I'll just have to plan a little better, that's all.

I'd prefer to see a EU based company build GPUs but these days all this tech is coming out of US only. That's the biggest shame of all.
 
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