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GPU Bang For Buck

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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With new GPU's being released imminently, there's countless people making decisions on whether it is time to upgrade, which card to get for which resolution, best value for money (bang for buck) etc. The value for money aspect seems to be a real bone of contention these days, with claims of certain products being over priced. But, what is over priced in terms of the performance you are getting? How can it be measured?

When I dropped my 1080 in for my 980ti I noted that the upgrade was roughly 15% in the FS Extreme Benchmark. Looking at gaming performance, I'd say that was pretty accurate across the board. So value for money can surely be calculated as:

(Firestrike Extreme Points) / (Cost of card) = Bang for buck.

In other words, when you buy a GPU you are buying graphical performance and that can be translated into benchmark points for your money. It was easy to create a spreadsheet to calculate the figures, so I thought I would share here and see if anyone finds it accurate or helpful.

I think it would be handy to have a guide.

Edit: After comments raised, I've tried to change the chart but it's difficult to read... Will revisit this if I ever get the time. :(
 
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A nice idea, but I don't quite understand the point of it given the prices are for 'at launch', unless you're only applying it to those made available at exactly the same time. It would be more useful to have it tracking 'current' prices, if possible?
 
hughtrimble said:
A nice idea, but I don't quite understand the point of it given the prices are for 'at launch', unless you're only applying it to those made available at exactly the same time. It would be more useful to have it tracking 'current' prices, if possible?
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The initial chart is to show the bang for buck on launch, and yes we could have a chart for current prices as it could be interesting to see the difference between then and now. However, some current prices are no longer available (980ti for example).
 
String said:
Prices are in pounds (£).

The 1080 had generally hovered around the £630 mark, although the whole Brexit fallout had it fluctuating a lot.
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I know ... But 499 dollar is 400 pounds ... Current 1080 prices are approx 580 ... So the 1080 prices have come down with this announcement from nvidia slashing 20% of the MSRP

Which in return will make the 1080 more "bang for buck"
 
Dollars = £ these days give or take a few quid

e.g. Ryzen 1800x CPU $499 = £488

Whilst there are very minor discrepancies in the data, it's spot on for the most part. Save yourself some work, but if you want to crack on and it makes you happy, who am I to say 'stop'

Enjoy.
 
geordiejc said:
Dollars = £ these days give or take a few quid

e.g. Ryzen 1800x CPU $499 = £488

Whilst there are very minor discrepancies in the data, it's spot on for the most part. Save yourself some work, but if you want to crack on and it makes you happy, who am I to say 'stop'

Enjoy.
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There's no need to take the nip, I'm not criticising you. I appreciate the feedback and yes it appears similar so it'll save me some work. It's shifted my thought process, so again thanks for the feedback.
 
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