1080ti - upgrade or not

[qbhatti]

Hi

I have a 1080ti under water in my home server that I use mainly to transcode.
Very occasionally (when I can get steam working) I game on it.

Is there any reason for me to get a 3070 ?

 

[Captain_Bosh]

Depends on your monitor and whether you care about ray tracing or not.

 

[throwaway4372]

The lack of a problem you're trying to solve makes me think there's no point.

 

[qbhatti]

Ok that's what I thought.
I also got hold of a 1660super...should I pop that in as well as it's for transcoding

 

[Tetras]

I also got hold of a 1660super...should I pop that in as well as it's for transcoding

Does the software support multiple GPUs? Do you have a GPU bottleneck in your software?

Very occasionally (when I can get steam working) I game on it.

Is there any reason for me to get a 3070 ?

For gaming: a 3070 is 37% faster according to TPU, so if you're currently struggling and it is free, then I guess there's no harm in it. Would I pay a lot of money for one? No and I'd be aiming for a 4070 or higher.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

As above, unless the 3070 is totally free, I wouldn't bother going to it from a 1080ti. The 1080ti was a monster for its time, way faster than the next one down the 1080, just like the 4090 stomps all over the 4080.

I'd say 4070 as a start too, maybe even 4070ti if you have that kind of money.

 

[qbhatti]

Yeah, no, the 3070 would be money...