if you were going for the 1080 ti over the 2080 would you really spend that amount, i compared the evga ftw3 card which i have and under water its a monster (£728.99 at overclockers)
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Geforce GTX1180/2080 Speculation thread
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if you were going for the 1080 ti over the 2080 would you really spend that amount, i compared the evga ftw3 card which i have and under water its a monster (£728.99 at overclockers)
After having owned and tested 7 different 1080 tis (and likely 150 other cards), blowers to top of the line, it never ceases to amaze me how much more people will pay for a few more mhz and a a few less degrees. Under all those different coolers it's the same chip.
Incidentally my coolest and fastest-clocking 1080 ti was a bargain basement Zotac blower with a £40 Artic Accelero slapped on.
yea I think I'm going to go 1080ti,my 1070 has a waterblock on it so think ill keep my eyes peeled for a 2nd hand 1080ti with waterblock.
I have no interest in ray tracing whatsoever, only fps matters as I play only assetto corsa and iracing on triples at 5760x1080 and I think the 1080ti would be better suited for me as it doesn't look like the 2070 is going to surpass the 1080ti
I have no interest in ray tracing whatsoever, only fps matters as I play only assetto corsa and iracing on triples at 5760x1080 and I think the 1080ti would be better suited for me as it doesn't look like the 2070 is going to surpass the 1080ti
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No I wouldn't but when I was considering 1080ti around launch that FTW card was well over £800. Quite simply 1080ti has been a very expensive card for most of its life and coming from a 1080 it just hasn't convinced me, probably because most games run well enough during its lifetime at 3440x1440 on 1080 and its extra performance probably won't change my experience much. 2080ti does look like it will change that.
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I am thinking about buying the 2080 ti but I do believe that in 2019 they are going to make a refresh with 7nm so I don't know what to do... should I get a 2080 and then next year sell it and get the new fresh? or get a 1080ti and then next year go full with the 2080 ti 7nm refresh? or just shutup and buy thw 2080 ti and God knows what will happen next year?
What do you think guys? I have a 1080 right now and I just bought the Alienware aw3418dw so ideally I need 120hz on everything with max settings
What do you think guys? I have a 1080 right now and I just bought the Alienware aw3418dw so ideally I need 120hz on everything with max settings
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Yes I think the cheapest most sensible looking cooler card is normally the best. My palit in my sig has been by far my best card, really low noise, great performance and runs really cool. Gone for the gigabyte windforce this time as its by far the cheapest at £1050 (when I ordered it) and seems to have a sensible cooler.
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GPU releases are normally at least 18 months apart, not always but normally
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But a block, pump, liquid, tubing is going to make £728.99 about £900.
very true when the ftw3 card released it was super expensive, and thanks to crypo mining it surged but thankfully it has stabalised and has dropped around £40, when i bought it it was on affer at £769, but for all modern and current games now the whole 1080 ti series of cards are more than enough at 1080p they really come into there own at 1440p
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Newer cards will probably hold their value better, if the benches on the 2080 and ti are what we are being led to believe plus dlss makes it in to enough titles, the 1080ti is going to drop in value quicker than they do. But its all a bit crystal ball as no one really knows at this point. It will be a very personal thing, without knowing how much you normally budget on PC gaming or how many hours you spend playing, no one can really make that choice for you.
if i were to go for a second card i would only need a new card and the waterblock, as the rest is already cooled, granted it would be north of £850 but i would have 2 cards instead of one 20 series and would be fatser in everthing currently out and comming out in the near future
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TBH I'd rather spend the extra £300 for another 30%+ improvement in speed, current architecture, RTX cores, Tensor cores etc etc. I'd just stick with my 1080 rather than buy a 1080ti I think they are still quite expensive for a card that's been on the market so long it will be EOL soon.
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Why do you think it will be in 2019? Other people have been saying that. AMD have said they will be bringing a 7nm GPU next year but what they have mentioned will be a 32GB of HBM non-consumer product.
I personally don't think NVIDIA will be replacing the 20 series with another line up in much less than 2 years. There will always be something better coming next.
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Doubt NV will replace the 20 series in much less than 2 years but could do a refresh. However, my guess is they'll switch to 7nm at the same time as releasing the next gen, probably 2020, albeit maybe a little less than the gap between 10** and 20**. Chances of 7nm 20 series refresh with GDDR6X? Who knows though.
Gents the good 1080Tis (Xtreme, FTW3, Lightning) dont need watercooling. All of them are clocked at 2021, most with great coolers (eg Xtreme) will do 2063 on air, and you cannot get more than 2100 under water.. Is more cost efficient to replace the thermal paste with liquid metal and hit 2080Mhz and replace all VRAM silicon pads with Thermal Grizzly Pad 8 than watercool those cards.
Make sure you have good PSU because they need 330W+ above 2000mhz. Dont look at those stupid sub 300W reviews at 1850 clock...
Also you will find yourselves wandering if there is need to overclock for just a pitiful few FPS. Especially 2560x1440 & 3440x1440 there is no game to beat it....
Assuming you don't activate HDR.
Make sure you have good PSU because they need 330W+ above 2000mhz. Dont look at those stupid sub 300W reviews at 1850 clock...
Also you will find yourselves wandering if there is need to overclock for just a pitiful few FPS. Especially 2560x1440 & 3440x1440 there is no game to beat it....
Assuming you don't activate HDR.
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not from overclockers its nearly £700 for a 1080ti
You dont have to buy from here. Look around from reputable other suppliers.
Same with most of the Pascal range - atleast 1070 and above that I have experience with. Out the box with a good cooler they boost to close to 2GHz and no amount of extra cooling or voltage, etc. will get you much over 20xxMHz sustained - short of some serious firmware modification which might net you an extra 20MHz or so :s
True, I can understand someone wanting to push the GTX1080 to 2190 (looking such madman on the mirror), and want to watercool it, but 1080Ti doesn't need it.
What it needs is a nice aggressive fan to keep it quiet, while it working at 1990-2000 constantly.