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GTX 1070 - any takers?

initial reports show that it's going to be around 980ti performance or better.
I think price wise it should be £400 for a decent version (asus/msi), which would make it cheaper than 980ti.
 
l2ez4m said:
Only thing matters how OC 1070@2000 (+/- 50) gonna fare compared to 980ti@1500 (+/- 50). Judging by Fire Strike results it flops magnificently.
While 980ti on Ebay starting to go ever so low as £360, it is becoming unreasonable to waste more than £350 on decent 1070.
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agree. 980ti is the main competitor of 1070
 
Mayh3M said:
I have a EVGA 1080 Hybrid on preorder. If the high end 1070 models end up around £350 (which I personally doubt), I'll have to seriously consider cancelling my 1080 order and buying two 1070s.

One thing the reviews show though is that the 1080's performance jump over the 980 Ti is not insignificant at all as some have made it out to be.
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I personally wouldn't go sli.
had 970 in sli and found single card setup better (as long as you can get fps you want)

yeah, def. if you want significant jump over 980ti, 1080 isn't the card as it will only give you 10-30% boost. wait for 1080ti
 
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Will Lucky said:
This will be the one I opt for I believe unless something more solid about the AMD offering is released. Since jumping to 1440p at Christmas the 970 just hasn't had the right amount of kick.

So hopefully these will be reasonably priced.
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Yeah, I may do the same. gtx 1070 looks like a very good 1440p card for a (hopefully) reasonable price.
970 is very good card for 1080p but struggles in 1440p if you want to get over 60fps.
 
Mayh3M said:
I used SLI 980 Tis for almost ten months and the experience was very good overall. Only the heat and noise were proving disruptive for me, which is why I want to move to a setup that's quieter and cooler, even if it's less powerful overall.
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- heat
- noise
- little things (e.g. enabling sli after new drivers installation)
- lack of sli drivers for some games
- microstutters / frametime issues
- minimum framerates not great
- OC not as high as with a single card

Apart from that I enjoyed sli :)
 
Where does it leave 1080?

in no man's land...just like 980 was
for 4k 1080 is just about acceptable now...which means it won't be tomorrow.
1080ti is going to be 4k card I think
 
valerislysander said:
Anyone thinking of "free upgrading" to the 1070 from the 980ti? Benchmarks look decent around 5-10% increase from the 980ti to the 1070, extra 2GB vram & less power consumption.
Considering they will release at around £350 (hopefully) which I could probably make from my 980ti its not bad for no extra cash?
Worth it or not going forward?
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You may want to look at this before you make a decision

According to his tests 980ti is a better overclocker. But then again test were not done on 3rd party 1080/1070
 
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1080 doesn't look to shabby in these reviews have to admit :) around 30% over 1070. If only it was priced at £500 I think nvidia would have a winner like 970 was back in 2014.

Another way of looking at the attractiveness of 1070 over 1080 and vice versa is resale value. If you get 1080 for £650 (let's say asus) and sell it for £550 when you upgrade next time round (let's say in 1yr time 1080ti), you are down £100.
The same can happen in 1070 scenario if you buy for £400 and sell for £300. The only difference is the initial price.
 
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