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Vega 56 to 1080 ti good or bad move ?

Magic Eagle

Magic Eagle

Magic Eagle

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Hi, I'm currently using the Sapphire Pulse Vega 56 with my PC. I have the opportunity to grab an Asus Rog Strix 11GB 1080 ti for a very good price.

My question is quite simple, would taking the 1080 ti be a step forwards or backwards ?

I am right now using an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X cpu if that helps any, along with 32GB of 3600 Ram.
 
A friend is willing to let me have the 1080 ti for £280 which having looked around is something of a bargain. I know the card has been looked after and never overclocked etc.
 
Just thought I'd pop back to say again thanks for the advice. I got the 1080 ti and well it blows the Vega 56 out of the water ( I did manage to sell the Vega for a little over £200 which was a nice surprise ). I did have to change the fiber optic cable which I believe is a common issue with the lighting on the Rog Strix. I also replaced the thermal paste with some MX-4 just because I could.
I'm now wondering if this is as good as it is then the 2080 ti must be some beast, time to start saving !!
 
Magic Eagle said:
Just thought I'd pop back to say again thanks for the advice. I got the 1080 ti and well it blows the Vega 56 out of the water ( I did manage to sell the Vega for a little over £200 which was a nice surprise ). I did have to change the fiber optic cable which I believe is a common issue with the lighting on the Rog Strix. I also replaced the thermal paste with some MX-4 just because I could.
I'm now wondering if this is as good as it is then the 2080 ti must be some beast, time to start saving !!
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Cool story, glad you are happy with your new card :D
 
The only issue was the faded fibre optic, that was soon fixed by eBay, £4 and about ten minutes of time. The card itself functions perfectly. My only other problem now is persuading my wife that a 2080 ti is a good thing :)
 
Magic Eagle said:
Just thought I'd pop back to say again thanks for the advice. I got the 1080 ti and well it blows the Vega 56 out of the water ( I did manage to sell the Vega for a little over £200 which was a nice surprise ). I did have to change the fiber optic cable which I believe is a common issue with the lighting on the Rog Strix. I also replaced the thermal paste with some MX-4 just because I could.
I'm now wondering if this is as good as it is then the 2080 ti must be some beast, time to start saving !!
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Great deals you got there for both the 1080 Ti purchase and the Vega 56 sale.
 
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