Will you buy a an AIB 1080 ti if it's 799+ ?

[llamadal]

Rolex choice is personal preference (£800 or 8k) but so is what the minimum specs they want to play at. Like almost everything, it's the choice of the buyer and none of your business.

I see lots of things on these and many other forums that I don't care for, I do what any reasonable person does and keep my thoughts to myself rather than tell people they are stupid for spending x on x.

 

[BriT]

I don't care what you buy just annoyed at Nvidia for the increase in cost of graphics card price's year after year. Really hope AMD pull out a storker of a card for less money.

 

[hornetstinger]

Rolex choice is personal preference (£800 or 8k) but so is what the minimum specs they want to play at. Like almost everything, it's the choice of the buyer and none of your business.

I see lots of things on these and many other forums that I don't care for, I do what any reasonable person does and keep my thoughts to myself rather than tell people they are stupid for spending x on x.

Well it's your business when they post here. Otherwise you're just a yes man "buy the most expensive" lol. If you saw something where it's a bit faster but hell of a lot more expensive, and the person says buying the most expensive one because it's faster, wouldn't you say well you're paying £1000 for 5 fps?

You can save a lot of money by getting a slightly lower spec and it'll be darn close to one above it, and literally you'd be able to buy a another monitor with that difference.

It's quite obvious anyone who is into PC components knows what the premium for the upper range parts are. I bought a Pentium 200mhz MMX when it was VERY expensive. It wasn't worth it.
There is prograssion of scale.
Onboard will not play 95% of games smoothly
Midrange 60fps
upper mid range 100fps
High end will play say 150 fps

If the £ difference is not a lot until you get to 150fps card, and then it's three times the price of the 100fps, is it worth it? I'd say no
Same for HD size, biggest isn't best value for money, work out price per GB. And drop a GB capacity as it's better value for money per GB.

Anyone with more money than sense can throw money at it, it takes a bit more planning and knowledge to determine VFM (and that doesn't mean buying qtec PSU either)

 

[Gregster]

Well it's your business when they post here. Otherwise you're just a yes man "buy the most expensive" lol. If you saw something where it's a bit faster but hell of a lot more expensive, and the person says buying the most expensive one because it's faster, wouldn't you say well you're paying £1000 for 5 fps?

You can save a lot of money by getting a slightly lower spec and it'll be darn close to one above it, and literally you'd be able to buy a another monitor with that difference.

It's quite obvious anyone who is into PC components knows what the premium for the upper range parts are. I bought a Pentium 200mhz MMX when it was VERY expensive. It wasn't worth it.
There is prograssion of scale.
Onboard will not play 95% of games smoothly
Midrange 60fps
upper mid range 100fps
High end will play say 150 fps

If the £ difference is not a lot until you get to 150fps card, and then it's three times the price of the 100fps, is it worth it? I'd say no
Same for HD size, biggest isn't best value for money, work out price per GB. And drop a GB capacity as it's better value for money per GB.

Anyone with more money than sense can throw money at it, it takes a bit more planning and knowledge to determine VFM (and that doesn't mean buying qtec PSU either)

Thanks for this insightful post. I will deffo be buying now. Thanks

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I'm not sure. For various reasons, I've been putting off a new build for years, so I feel like I deserve to splurge out.

On the other hand, as a mature student, I should probably be more conservative with my limited dosh.

 

[easyrider]

A well thought out reply.

Your post wasn't worthy of any kind of detailed response...

Your logic is flawed...

A GFX card is a tool...if you want the highest minimums then you gotta pay for it....

It's not like Ryzen were a £319 chip is beating a £1200 Intel offering....

Nothing is out that beats a 1080ti...so if you want the highest frames you buy it....

If high frames don't bother you then don't buy it...

There really is nothing else to discuss...

 

[llamadal]

I can't believe I'm going to type this but easy is right, your ramblings have been bs. Just because you bought some expensive PC kit years ago and felt it was a bad choice doesn't make you an expert, doesn't mean that applies to anyone else and doesn't mean you can spout that total drivel.

 

[Panos]

Anyone with more money than sense can throw money at it, it takes a bit more planning and knowledge to determine VFM (and that doesn't mean buying qtec PSU either)

Do you smoke? Do you drink alcohol? Do you spend money on some other hobby? How much do you spend on your holidays and weekend breaks? How about cars?

For many of us, the PC is more than "a tool". Is a hobby. Hence we spend money on expensive gear, custom watercooling and fiddling with our hardware for better overclocking.
Is not only about gaming you should know. If we wanted value for money, we should use consoles not PCs many years now. That is value for money.

Many of us work hard every day (some even commuting an extra 3-4 hours per day), and we want to spend our money how we see fit.
For others that might be lunacy, but I could point out on what they (you) are spending money to is madness for some of us.

The matter if the GTX1080Ti would worth the extra money, if is good value for money, etc, is something completely different and each on their own can make a decision.
Yes personally I contemplate with the idea of buying an EVGA one, if is good enough and personally can justify what is offering and it's cost.


So spare us the mothering. We buy what we want, when we want, and making the decisions as we see fit to our own WANT not NEED.

 

[Klo]

And this thread is why depression rates are high. Materialism and consumerism is not good!

 

[bells]

And this thread is why depression rates are high. Materialism and consumerism at it's worst.

Yes true but 'free will' ? graphics cards at the high end are becoming the elite that ordinary people can afford them !

But that can be applied to many things in life

But i am on a 290 with freesync and waiting for Vega which will hopefully be in my reach

 

[Klo]

Yes true but 'free will' ? graphics cards at the high end are becoming the elite that ordinary people can afford them !

But that can be applied to many things in life

But i am on a 290 with freesync and waiting for Vega which will hopefully be in my reach

I can appreciate people spending money lets say on carpentry equipment if they are good at making tables or whatever as that is a skill, but anyone can just spend money and buy top end graphics cards/CPU's to get *insert number here* higher FPS which they probably wouldn't notice in a blind test anyway. To me that would lose satisfaction pretty quickly.

Saying that, they are funding the R&D that trickles down to the cheaper cards, so I guess I can't complain to much.

 

[easyrider]

but anyone can just spend money and buy top end graphics cards/CPU's to get *insert number here* higher FPS

So?

Why do you care ?

 

[Klo]

So?

Why do you care ?

Because I'm a caring person.

Why do you care that people care so much?

 

[Kaapstad]

Well it's your business when they post here. Otherwise you're just a yes man "buy the most expensive" lol. If you saw something where it's a bit faster but hell of a lot more expensive, and the person says buying the most expensive one because it's faster, wouldn't you say well you're paying £1000 for 5 fps?

You can save a lot of money by getting a slightly lower spec and it'll be darn close to one above it, and literally you'd be able to buy a another monitor with that difference.

It's quite obvious anyone who is into PC components knows what the premium for the upper range parts are. I bought a Pentium 200mhz MMX when it was VERY expensive. It wasn't worth it.
There is prograssion of scale.
Onboard will not play 95% of games smoothly
Midrange 60fps
upper mid range 100fps
High end will play say 150 fps

If the £ difference is not a lot until you get to 150fps card, and then it's three times the price of the 100fps, is it worth it? I'd say no
Same for HD size, biggest isn't best value for money, work out price per GB. And drop a GB capacity as it's better value for money per GB.

Anyone with more money than sense can throw money at it, it takes a bit more planning and knowledge to determine VFM (and that doesn't mean buying qtec PSU either)

It is up to people what they do with their money and spare time.

I have just been playing BF1 maxed out @8k in a 64 player game just for the hell of it and it was fun.

 

[Wucked]

I can appreciate people spending money lets say on carpentry equipment if they are good at making tables or whatever as that is a skill, but anyone can just spend money and buy top end graphics cards/CPU's to get *insert number here* higher FPS which they probably wouldn't notice in a blind test anyway. To me that would lose satisfaction pretty quickly.

Saying that, they are funding the R&D that trickles down to the cheaper cards, so I guess I can't complain to much.

Your whinging isn't going to change how people spend their money. People tend to do what makes them happy, various hobbies, including purchasing ludicrously expensive graphics cards.

 

[Dicehunter]

It is up to people what they do with their money and spare time.

I have just been playing BF1 maxed out @8k in a 64 player game just for the hell of it and it was fun.

Come on tell the truth, You actually live on mount Olympus and your real name is Zeus !

 

[Safetytrousers]

£700 is eye-watering, but if you have a 1080 and can sell it for £400+ (if) you would not be £700 down.
£300 is not trivial though.

 

[easyrider]

Because I'm a caring person.

Why do you care that people care so much?

Cause I feel compassion for people like you.The mere fact you can't afford one and then obviously are so green with envy that you need to spout it on the internet Fills my heart with sadness...

Awww bless...I've seen this behaviour before...how can we help ?

Your whinging isn't going to change how people spend their money. People tend to do what makes them happy, various hobbies, including purchasing ludicrously expensive graphics cards.

The mind boggles as to why anyone would be upset and angry by another persons purchasing...

It's bizarre

but if you have a 1080 and can sell it for £400+ (if) you would not be £700 down.
£300 is not trivial though.

But your logic is flawed...the person with a 1080 has still bought the 1080 in the first place...so I'm unsure why they would still be not 700 down...

 

[Dicehunter]

I use to care about peoples spending habits then I realized it's none of my frakking business.
Even if people want to spend 1 million on something it's up to them.
I swap and change hardware A LOT, Why ? Because I love experiencing new performance and features etc...which I can guess is the same with a lot of people in this community and hobby.
People should keep their eyes on their own money instead of other peoples.

 

[easyrider]

People should keep their eyes on their own money instead of other peoples.

That's the problem...people who care about others money usually don't have any of their own to keep an eye on...