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Looking For an Excuse to NOT buy an RTX 2080

Sadly I think threads like this are born out of frustration, we want to spend our money but nvidia have pushed price performance to the limit, as you would expect. If it was a no brainer we wouldn't be asking the question.

At the moment for me the argument is just not convincing enough.
 
easyrider said:
Play Shadow of the tomb raider for RT....oh wait ! :p
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That is a disaster it has to be said!
Here's the latest Far Cry game without RT or DLSS by the way, using the NV recommended settings (including resoluition scaling 1.3). Averaging 70 FPS in that area. 1440P. Blurry? Changing the resolution scale to 1 from 1.3 does raise it to 90-100FPS but BFV is closing in on that, over in fact on some maps, with RT and DLSS.
While we're busy comparing RT on RT off with DLSS on and off in the same game, looking at other games at image quality/sharpness vs FPS too is interesting. THis uses less VRAM than BFV too.

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Teh_Next said:
Got a new 2k monitor and loving it. Now I'm wanting a 2080 to drive it but I have a 1070 ATM (non ti) which is doing ok.
I know I don't want to spend that kind of money but I've got that urge, you know that urge we get as pathetic followers of the PC path?
Next year or even the end of this year may see 7nm GPU's from nVIDIA and no doubt I'll then be kicking myself if I buy a 2080 now.
I'm not a rich guy, I'm not well poor. I'm an average earner that saves money for PC parts. It's a hobby.
I need someone to convince me NOT to buy :)
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Well the fact that you came here to ask the question is all the convincing you need really. Obviously your on the fence about it, so do your wallet a favour and turn down a couple of the more demanding settings and save a small fortune, or just keep saving for the next round of cards which either NVidia or AMD 'might' be worth considering.
 
Both amd and nvidia are too expensive imo, decided to keep my v56 and money this time around.
Even at 3840x1600 the vega 56 does a grand job
 
I've just done the upgrade from 1070 (non Ti) to 2080. At 2560 x 1440, I think a 1070 is really still very good.

I'm on an ultrawide monitor (3440 x 1440p). At this resolution, the 1070 still did pretty well, but the 2080 is more suitable and i'm loving the higher fps so no regrets

I got the EVGA 2080 XC for £650 + BF5 and Anthem games. Hopefully if I can sell these and my 1070 the upgrade will have cost about £350.

If I were you, at that res, I'd give it another year to see what crops up :)
 
Herojuana said:
I've just done the upgrade from 1070 (non Ti) to 2080. At 2560 x 1440, I think a 1070 is really still very good.

I'm on an ultrawide monitor (3440 x 1440p). At this resolution, the 1070 still did pretty well, but the 2080 is more suitable and i'm loving the higher fps so no regrets

I got the EVGA 2080 XC for £650 + BF5 and Anthem games. Hopefully if I can sell these and my 1070 the upgrade will have cost about £350.
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Apone70 said:
You can get a decent 1080ti for £500-£550. Unless you want DLSS or RTX then thats your best bet for 1440p
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Where though? (better not reoly to that as competitor talk is not permitted). On OCUK they're so EOL there are no 1080 Ti's shown at all now. In fact the 1080 Ti sales page has a 2070 :D.
£500 to 550 kinda sounds high to me now for an EOL product that could struggle to sell in the future. NV will be focusing all efforts on the 20 series and beyond too. Used is the best option for a 1080 Ti but don't overpay, ie, £500 is not a good price IMO for a used one that might be 2years old.
 
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I picked up an RTX 2080 after my VEGA died, it's a nice card, Fast, runs cool and quiet. If I had a working GPU I would have just waited tbh. But if you need to satisfy upgrade itch you won't regret it, it's a decent card.

I would avoid 2080Ti however, so much more money for a non comparable performance improvement over the 2080. Plus the failure rate is massive.
 
DarrenM343 said:
Well, that's way too high IMO especially for early Ti's. Not sure when they launched but must be about 2 years ago now.
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Depends which model, performance wise it trades blows with the 2080 and costs 20-25% less. Its all about supply and demand. Once RTX was announced the 1080ti sales went through the roof. There are lots of them selling on a certain auction site for £500+. I have been keeping an eye on them as i am tempted to get a 2080ti (the MSI lightening :D)
 
Nvidia said of bad sales that it wasn't prices, it was a lack of RT enabled games. The entire media, and customers are saying the prices are ridiculous, but up in the castle they are blaming anything and everything else.

Like a gentleman said, we want the perf they offer but the price is nuts. I have nothing against Nvidia, I just think they lost their way with greed lately, and as I said, with no real competition.. who can really blame them.

If Nvidia were the only company left then I think PC gaming would be taking a plunge right now. What does it really even offer apart from a keyboard and mouse above modern consoles. There really isn't that much between them even more. Discreet manufacturing has failed to stay far enough ahead of consoles IMO. They need to get there **** together and start making the PC a platform worth buying. RT is a step in the right direction, but right now it is a tech demo with little to no worth. Reflections in puddles that they keep reducing in quality to get perf up? Lol.

Get the 2080, but both AMD and Nvidia are not offering good enough perf for the money IMO. They got a healthy financial boost from crypto then got greedy.

TL;DR: The excuse it, you are being ripped off.
 
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When I bought my 1080ti for £579 back in October I had already stretched my budget an extra £79. The 2070 performance was underwhelming for the money and the 2080 were all £700. If I was buying today I would be getting a Vega 64 most likely.
 
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