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More than 3 years on...and the 1080ti is still beasting it...
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Sadly, I can only see it getting worse as businesses up their pricing to try and get back some of the lost profits over the Coronavirus period.
There may have been a brief spike in purchases to grab tech to work from home or to fill the void of lockdown but the following depression will see much fewer people purchasing gaming hardware.
There may have been a brief spike in purchases to grab tech to work from home or to fill the void of lockdown but the following depression will see much fewer people purchasing gaming hardware.
Soldato
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Short term perhaps to test the market but if people don’t buy then that pricing strategy won’t last. The problem I fear though is people being forced into low tier products with higher margins and only market competition will save us from that
That card was also a beast. I have a 1080ti myself and at 4k it still beasts 99% of games
It wasn't ahead of the game it was part of a consistent pattern of GPU improvement that had continued for two decades. Then Nvidia decided they needed more profit and with a lack of any meaningful competition they bumped the 80ti price up to where Titans had been before. Enough idiots lapped it up to keep 2080ti prices grossly inflated ever since. I say this as someone who went 980ti SLI, Titan Xp SLI then 1080ti SLI so I've been guilty of drinking Nvidia Koolaid but never again. The more $ you give Nvidia the more they keep taking the p$$.
The 2500k was a monster chip for the cost. Lasted me for many years
Agree, card is still very solid. Got three of them in main rig and forth in the HTPC in living room for playing games and still do very well. Hope to upgrade to 3xxx (or see what AMD offers) but this has been the first generation in a while that I have not upgraded.
Not unique, but hardly common given the example you gave with the 8800GTX being similar as a card that came out nearly a decade and half ago. I imagine the price wonk of the new 2xxx series being uplifted through the range is partly what shines the 1080Ti in a nice spotlight.
Not unique, but hardly common given the example you gave with the 8800GTX being similar as a card that came out nearly a decade and half ago. I imagine the price wonk of the new 2xxx series being uplifted through the range is partly what shines the 1080Ti in a nice spotlight.
Totally agree. On the plus side, it now means less money spent by me as I will wait until there is the normal improvement in performance before upgrading. They shot themselves in the foot in my case as I refuse to pay more for less improvement.
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My 1080Ti hybrid is happily ploughing through games at 1440p, best gpu I've owned..
Interesting video from a few months ago by about how the 1080Ti came to market.
Interesting video from a few months ago by about how the 1080Ti came to market.
Don't forget the cost of these cards... It's been what.. two years since gibbo did his super duper eol deals on 1080ti's for £500 & something squid 
Ryzen may have rocked the CPU cradle.. as for GPUs it's us that's been played... Ooof yeah it's late
Ryzen may have rocked the CPU cradle.. as for GPUs it's us that's been played... Ooof yeah it's late
And two years on we're still getting the same performance for £500 quid thanks to the 2070 super!.Don't forget the cost of these cards... It's been what.. two years since gibbo did his super duper eol deals on 1080ti's for £500 & something squid
