No Pre Order or Official UK Price on the GTX 1080

GFX-Kid · 20 May 2016 at 12:50

Gerard said:
You better not pout!
You better not cry!
Jen's flogging a new card!
AND HE'S GOING IN DRY!!!!!

Dude, you are cracking me up over here

Legend · 20 May 2016 at 12:50

WesleyBurns said:
...And in two years time, exactly the same conversations will be going on, while people buy whatever they want and have buttery smooth frame rates (and with even less power this time around and some pretty nice technology enhacements)

No because in a couple of years Nvidia will have become more benevolent, instead releasing GPU's more sparingly but which more than double the power of the previous cards, and at the same price as the previous cards. Further to that, they will take back your old card paying you fair value, allowing everyone to upgrade painlessly and at reasonable cost. I am quite sure this will happen.

X-Mikuru_Beam-X · 20 May 2016 at 12:50

beany_bot said:
Except we already have buttery smooth frame rates at 1080p and this card won't give buttery smooth frames at 4K. So what exactly does this card offer?

The GTX1080? Buttery smooth frame rates at 1440p, especially nice on a high refresh rate monitor

WesleyBurns · 20 May 2016 at 12:50

beany_bot said:
Except we already have buttery smooth frame rates at 1080p and this card won't give buttery smooth frames at 4K. So what exactly does this card offer?

Even more buttery smooth frame rates

@1440p

Jono8 · 20 May 2016 at 12:51

beany_bot said:
Except we already have buttery smooth frame rates at 1080p and this card won't give buttery smooth frames at 4K. So what exactly does this card offer?

wacky

WesleyBurns · 20 May 2016 at 12:51

o and gaming at 1080p once you have gamed at 1440p is a no going back situation...

Ayahuasca · 20 May 2016 at 12:55

I sometimes wonder if beany_bot is in fact a bot.

beany_bot · 20 May 2016 at 12:55

WesleyBurns said:
Even more buttery smooth frame rates @1440p

1440p is just a stop gap. no point spending money on a 1400p monitor, the resolution is transient and will soon be obsolete. 4K is the "next" real resolution. (in my opinion).

X-Mikuru_Beam-X · 20 May 2016 at 12:55

WesleyBurns said:
o and gaming at 1080p once you have gamed at 1440p is a no going back situation...

Agreed! The 1080 is shapeing up to be a 1440p monster!

Relentless81 · 20 May 2016 at 12:58

beany_bot said:
1440p is just a stop gap. no point spending money on a 1400p monitor, the resolution is transient and will soon be obsolete. 4K is the "next" real resolution. (in my opinion).

Rubbish, the amount of people that upgrade from 1080P to 1440P because they want the high refresh rate without losing out on FPS is high

As are people who sell up 4K monitors to revert to 1440P for the same reason

Rusko187 · 20 May 2016 at 12:58

Will GTX1080 actually handle 4k well? I'm due a new monitor too so if I get that and the GPU in 1 swift transaction I don't want it to seem like I'm running a game on a potato.

Gregster · 20 May 2016 at 12:59

beany_bot said:
1440p is just a stop gap. no point spending money on a 1400p monitor, the resolution is transient and will soon be obsolete. 4K is the "next" real resolution. (in my opinion).

Having gamed on a 4K monitor for a few months and now gaming on 4K, I find your post kind of bizarre! Some people really like the Ultra wide as well.

GFX-Kid · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

beany_bot said:
1440p is just a stop gap. no point spending money on a 1400p monitor, the resolution is transient and will soon be obsolete. 4K is the "next" real resolution. (in my opinion).

You are lucky you finished that sentence with IMO or the handful of guys here who own ultra wide screen monitor's would have been all over you! :eek:

Jono8 · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

Rusko187 said:
Will GTX1080 actually handle 4k well? I'm due a new monitor too so if I get that and the GPU in 1 swift transaction I don't want it to seem like I'm running a game on a potato.

I wouldnt buy one expecting to get 60fps maxed out in games. Newer games will only make it struggle more as well.

4k on a single card for maxed out graphics and smooth gameplay is still a little way away yet. I don't think i would want to do it until volta.

RavenXXX2 · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

Rusko187 said:
Will GTX1080 actually handle 4k well? I'm due a new monitor too so if I get that and the GPU in 1 swift transaction I don't want it to seem like I'm running a game on a potato.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQTRlDoCVUw

WesleyBurns · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

4k is not there yet, 1440p is the sweet spot and looks vastly better than 1080p. 1080p IMHO is horrid now, and one day, yes 1400p will be horrid but not yet...

Gerard · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

PREPARE!

X-Mikuru_Beam-X · 20 May 2016 at 13:00

Relentless81 said:
Rubbish, the amount of people that upgrade from 1080P to 1440P because they want the high refresh rate without losing out on FPS is high

As are people who sell up 4K monitors to revert to 1440P for the same reason

This^ I bought my PG279Q because I wanted high refresh over anything else, its not like I couldnt have bought a 4K monitor....

Rusko187 · 20 May 2016 at 13:04

RavenXXX2 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQTRlDoCVUw

I'll check it out later, meant to be working :rolleyes:

WesleyBurns said:
4k is not there yet, 1440p is the sweet spot and looks vastly better than 1080p. 1080p IMHO is horrid now, and one day, yes 1400p will be horrid but not yet...

See I'm currently at 1080p which I've been happy with, never really witnessed 1440p as amazing as that claim sounds so I would be happy with that upgrade. You'll have to forgive me as I'm not fully clued up on SLI but I imagine a 1080p in SLI will run 4k a lot better? Just thinking down the line upgrade.

WesleyBurns · 20 May 2016 at 13:09

First of a GTX 1080 is a waste of time for 1080p.

Running 1080 SLI (or even 980 Ti SLI) would start to make 4k run at much higher better frame rates 80+ etc.

For FPS games and alike, once the FPS drops below 80FPS I cannot stand it (Once seen it cannot be unseen too), and yes, while dropping back to 1080p made my 980Ti "idle"(joke) with maxed out 120FPS I do not like 1080p, this is why I want the GTX 1080, so I can get the highest frame rates prossible without SLI at 1440p. That is my requirement.

I have run 980 SLI and it was awesome but I just don't rate SLI, the 980 Ti is an awesome single card, and now the 1080 is even better.