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1080ti Vs 2080 Super... is it worth it for me?

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So I'm currently rocking a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC BLACK that I've had for the past year or so. It's a good card apart from some slight coil whine. I have had some persistent issues that I believed where down to the GPU but I sent this into OCuk for testing and they couldn't find any faults. They graciously sent it into Gigabyte for testing also and again it came back without any fault.

Oddly enough, testing my system with a 2080 Super loaned from a mate for the day, I didn't have any such issues. For that reason I'm considering upgrading if it fixes the issues I'm having. Considering the 1080ti still holds decent value I should be able to get around the £400 mark, possibly more if I flip it on the bay. Bringing me to around the £200 to £300 mark to upgrade.

I've also recently bought a LG 34GK950F Ultra wide monitor and am wanting more performance from it for games like RDR2 & Assassins Creed Odyssey as I struggle to stay above 60fps currently and I've heard these games have much better optimisation for the Turing stuff.

So is it worth a £200 to £300 outlay? I know new cards should land within 6 months but a 2080 Super should hold more of its value if I decide to trade up I guess?

Which of the 2080 Supers would you go for? I'd prefer a UK based RMA so Gigabyte or similar would be ideal and I'd prefer a longer warranty if the cost is worth it.

So what would you guys do?
 
In general a definate no but it depends on the issues you've been having and if you feel the additional outlay is worth it to sort them out. I know it can ruin the gaming experience when you're aware of a problem but I suppose it's your call.
 
Naa, skip a generation. Maybe even two.

Try capping the FPS to under 100, that usually reduces coil whine a lot (it goes completely on my Vega64 if I do that). It can happen with any card so even if you get a brand new one you can have the same issue again.
 
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I don't think the performance improvement will be even noticable. Just drop your graphics settings from ultra to a mix of medium and high.
 
I'd find it a tough sell.

Were I you I'd wait until next generation and see what's on offer, coming from a 1080ti I'd personally want improvements only seen by the 2080ti, and the cost would by a huge turn off on my end.
 
I know your 1080ti has been tested and found to be OK but you wouldn't want the situation where you sell it and then get comebacks having spent the money on a new card.
 
If you can get £400 for your 1080TI then you should sell it and get a 2070 Super.

It will cost you nearly nothing to switch and you will have a card that will be worth more than 1080ti when the next generation of cards come out.

That's what I did.

I wouldn't get the 2080Super because the performance difference isn't worth the price you pay over the 2070S.
 
If you can get a good price for your Ti then do it, your issues look like they'll be solved and then you can comfortably skip the next gen I reckon :)

2070S is probably the more sensible choice.
 
if u can do a swap to a 2070S without losing money, sure.

but that would be purely to get some ray tracing and driver optimisations with a newer card.

i wouldn't spend more to get marginal performance increase of 2080s.
 
@melmac as someone who likes the trade up that's one consideration I have.....

Thanks guys, for the sake of £50 or so I think that seems like the best option, will we be likely to see post christmas deals?
 
Probably more down to Nvidia routinely not bothering to optimise drivers for old cards (aka Nvidia gimping).

You can tell by the way AMD cards from the same era always creep up on them. Vega64 used to be slower than a 1080 for instance, now not far behind the 1080Ti and beating it at 4k.
 
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Bit of a waste. I went from a 1080ti to a 2080ti and anything less wouldnt of been justifiable even though I generally never justify anything to myself if its new and shiney!

To be honest, at 3440x1440 my 1080ti was smashing it and I only upgraded as I went full 4k or I would still have it.
 
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Probably more down to Nvidia routinely not bothering to optimise drivers for old cards (aka Nvidia gimping).

You can tell by the way AMD cards from the same era always creep up on them. Vega64 used to be slower than a 1080 for instance, now not far behind the 1080Ti and beating it at 4k.
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You are taking a card at the towards the end of its life (1080) and putting it against a new card though. Nvidia do slow down on drivers but it had reached peak performance vs the Vega card which was starting out really so of course it will pull ahead more over time
 
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