5700 XT Vs 1080ti. Upgrading from 980

Gibbo · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:34

Psycho Sonny said:
he had zero issues with his previous card. switched to AMD now constant.

Faulty hardware or most likely user error or a hardware clash in the system of some sort. AMD and both NVIDIA drivers are fine and work just fine.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Sep 2019 at 18:58

2070 Super just gone down to £459.

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:24

melmac said:
No way would I pay £400 for a second hand 1080Ti now.

Op is planning on paying more. That is the going rate and at that price what would beat it?

melmac · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:31

koooowweeee said:
Op is planning on paying more. That is the going rate and at that price what would beat it?

What the OP decides to spend on a new card doesn't matter. I am just saying that I would not pay £400 for a second hand 1080ti.

Buying a 5700Xt or 2070 Super you have

Similar performance (at the moment)
Better Warranty,
Peace of Mind,
New Features,
Better performance going Forward in new games,
Better Resale value.

I would only look at 1080Ti's that were selling for less than £350.

TNA · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:50

Psycho Sonny said:
he had zero issues with his previous card. switched to AMD now constant.

Need to do a clean install of windows mate.

I move from Nvidia to AMD graphics cards all the time. No crashes or anything.

Recently moved from a GTX 970 to a Vega 56 and I have no issues with AMD drivers what so over and I love the UI

TNA · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:52

LoadsaMoney said:
2070 Super just gone down to £459.

Needs to drop another £100 to be at the right price point in Q4 2019 IMO

z10m · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:54

Panos said:
AMD has far superior drivers in all aspects including the tools to do things that Nvidia doesn't have at all. So spare us the sht.

Don't know how AMD drivers are now but back when I had my RX 480 (purchased on the day it was released) I had nothing but problems. Wattaman would crash every time (not just for me but for most people), when trying to display 4k60 over hdmi the whole PC would just shut down immediately. Yeah those problems were fixed in later releases but the bitter taste stayed.
On the other hand I never had problems with Nvidia drivers (apart from not being able to display 10bit colours over hdmi and only 8 and 12bit possible on Maxwell and Pascal cards).

CuriousTomCat · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:06

I'd definately go for the used 1080 Ti. They've got no warrenty so it's less hassle. If it starts to artifact or fails completely, it only takes a second to throw it in the dustbin. For only £480 it's a no brainer.

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:23

melmac said:
What the OP decides to spend on a new card doesn't matter. I am just saying that I would not pay £400 for a second hand 1080ti.

Buying a 5700Xt or 2070 Super you have

Similar performance (at the moment)
Better Warranty,
Peace of Mind,
New Features,
Better performance going Forward in new games,
Better Resale value.

I would only look at 1080Ti's that were selling for less than £350.

That won't happen until next year. If I could find a 1080ti for £350 I would upgrade my 980ti. So still the best GPU used or not at that price. (£400)

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:26

CuriousTomCat said:
I'd definately go for the used 1080 Ti. They've got no warrenty so it's less hassle. If it starts to artifact or fails completely, it only takes a second to throw it in the dustbin. For only £480 it's a no brainer.

Haha did make me chuckle. If I was to upgrade I would look for a 1080ti with a year's warranty at least and it would need to be £400 mark. £480 is 2070s territory (ISH) with full warranty

OpenToSuggestions · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:28

The most cost effective option is to buy a new case and either use your 980 or upgrade to a 980ti for £120 on the MM.

The GPU market is absolutely awful in terms of value at the moment!

Panos · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:32

koooowweeee said:
Haha did make me chuckle. If I was to upgrade I would look for a 1080ti with a year's warranty at least and it would need to be £400 mark. £480 is 2070s territory (ISH) with full warranty

Only EVGA has transferable warranty though. And someone bought 1080Ti in 2017 has just 6 months left in it.

If the 1080Ti was £280 then we could argue that might be a good price, but when you can buy same speed card brand new pointless.

CuriousTomCat said:
I'd definately go for the used 1080 Ti. They've got no warrenty so it's less hassle. If it starts to artifact or fails completely, it only takes a second to throw it in the dustbin. For only £480 it's a no brainer.

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:40

Panos said:
If the 1080Ti was £280 then we could argue that might be a good price, but when you can buy same speed card brand new pointless

Can you? Send a link and I'll buy it right now.

Panos · 26 Sep 2019 at 21:54

koooowweeee said:
Can you? Send a link and I'll buy it right now.

Referring to the 5700XT/2070S brand new argument against £480 used GTX1080Ti

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:20

Panos said:
Referring to the 5700XT/2070S brand new argument against £480 used GTX1080Ti

There's always the argument that of you just stretch to this, etc. The 1080ti at £400 is decent in comparison.

Not for everyone I know. But if it was the case you had no problems with it then it would be a good buy (at that price)

Panos · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:24

koooowweeee said:
There's always the argument that of you just stretch to this, etc. The 1080ti at £400 is decent in comparison.

Not for everyone I know. But if it was the case you had no problems with it then it would be a good buy (at that price)

Glad sold mine £700 last year

koooowweeee · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:57

Panos said:
Glad sold mine £700 last year

Wish I'd of sold me titan xm in the boom for £500. Missed the boat and kept hold

Orange Nexus · 27 Sep 2019 at 11:37

Psycho Sonny said:
my mate just bought an AMD card the 5700. he says it's just constant crashes and the drivers are a mess.

I just bought AMD cpu and wanted to try out their GPU's but you need to feed this back to suppliers. AMD need to up their software.

Zero issues with my ref 5700. Undervolted to 951mv from 1050mv and consumes rougly 135w. Almost same as my old GTX 1060 at twice the speed.

Yaayuh! · 27 Sep 2019 at 12:13

Still got my GTX1080Ti since it launched, great card and still performs well today. However, like the others have said, the 5700XT is the right choice to make.

keylion · 27 Sep 2019 at 12:44

LoadsaMoney said:
2070 Super just gone down to £459.

Good spot, makes them very tempting at this price. Short warranty but I suppose you can't have everything.