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**Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Thread**

beany_bot said:
How much was the 980Ti at release?

Also I'm going to make an assumption that the 1080Ti won't be the overclocker that the 980Ti was. Just going on how Pascal has overclocked much poorer than Maxwell.
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Best ones were a tad below 600. If the 1080Ti is 800+ that's a complete joke, prices getting higher and higher.. to silly levels even.

But if they do come in at that price it wouldn't surprise me at all, going to have to wait for AMD to bring competition and some sane pricing might come of it.
 
String said:
I'm only willing to pay £600-ish for a GPU. If the 1080ti is £800-£1000 then I'll just wait for the 1170 which will have the same performance.

If people want to pay £800-£1000 for a gpu then that's up to them, but I simply won't be doing it regardless of share price, or market share or whatever.
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^^^ This, plus there aren't many game releases this year which interest me.
 
dits said:
Have Nvidia royally ripped off consumers who bought the 1080?
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"Ripped off" is subjective, but I would tend to say yes they have. I certainly felt ripped off when I paid £480 for a 980 in March 2015 and then the 980ti came along at £70 extra... With my second hand value decimated after only three months :(

Nvidia royally shafted the Maxwell Titan X owners with that 980ti release too, and people who expect a 1080ti @ £1000 should consider what they did there.

As they say, fool me once...
 
String said:
It fell a fair bit pretty much straight away, but 970 prices where unchanged.
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Really? I seem to remember 980's being near £400 (they were just over £400 on release) right up until recently when Pascal came out.

I think they dropped slightly but not much at all.
 
beany_bot said:
So how can they justify such a huge jump for this gen? madness.
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It will be more, simply because during June 2015 when the 980ti came out, GBP to USD was trading between 1.55-1.6. At the moment it is trading at 1.32 and is unlikely to get better anytime soon - probably worse once we enact article 50.

So there is likely to be a 15- 20% hike just because of the exchange rate.
 
String said:
My G1 Gaming was £480 in March 2015 and I'm pretty sure it fell to £399 on the 980ti release.
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I just dont recall seeing a 980 for much under £370 or so until Pascal released ( i might be wrong but don't remember seeing any cheaper than that new). On launch you could get one for not much more than £400.
 
Jono8 said:
It will be more, simply because during June 2015 when the 980ti came out, GBP to USD was trading between 1.55-1.6. At the moment it is trading at 1.32 and is unlikely to get better anytime soon - probably worse once we enact article 50.

So there is likely to be a 15- 20% hike just because of the exchange rate.
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That is undoubtedly a contributing factor, and it isn't exclusive to nvidia or even GPU's. I bought my 5930k in February this year for £450... As I type, Ocuk currently want £570.
 
String said:
That is undoubtedly a contributing factor, and it isn't exclusive to nvidia or even GPU's.
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Exactly. A lot of people blame Nvidia and AMD for upping there prices this gen but in reality they havent done that by a lot , if at all.

Our expensive prices at the moment are mainly due to the rubbish value of our currency (relative to how it has been before).
 
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Jono8 said:
I just dont recall seeing a 980 for much under £370 or so until Pascal released ( i might be wrong but don't remember seeing any cheaper than that new). On launch you could get one for not much more than £400.
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Thing is, after the 980ti release you'd have been hard pressed to find anyone who bought a 980 or Titan X. It became a straight choice between a 980ti or a 970 unless it was 4k gaming involved.

Brexit has changed the numbers for this generation, but the marketing tactics from Nvidia and the denial amongst those who have been sucked in is exactly the same this time round.
 
String said:
Thing is, after the 980ti release you'd have been hard pressed to find anyone who bought a 980 or Titan X. It became a straight choice between a 980ti or a 970 unless it was 4k gaming involved.

Brexit has changed the numbers for this generation, but the marketing tactics from Nvidia and the denial amongst those who have been sucked in is exactly the same this time round.
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Exactly, if the 1080Ti does come out in the next 4 months it will steal the thunder off of the 1080 and Titan XP. That's why I think a lot of people feel the need to believe it's a myth that nvidia will release the 1080Ti.
 
Jono8 said:
Exactly. A lot of people blame Nvidia and AMD for upping there prices this gen but in reality they havent done that by a lot , if at all.

Our expensive prices at the moment are mainly due to the rubbish value of our currency (relative to how it has been before).
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Really? How many Dollars was a reference 980 on release compared to a 1080?

I heard a LOT of Americans complaining about pricing so I don't think this is a UK issue.
 
Jono8 said:
Exactly. A lot of people blame Nvidia and AMD for upping there prices this gen but in reality they havent done that by a lot , if at all.

Our expensive prices at the moment are mainly due to the rubbish value of our currency (relative to how it has been before).
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No i have to disagree. Our currency may not be as high of value as it was pre brexit but there is no way that the decrease in value is the reason why GPU prices have shot up so high. Ive not noticed things in other areas shooting up in price. Brexit is being milked a little and it's obvious. But all in all nVidia and AMD seem to have increased prices a tad this gen with nVidia taking the biscuit clearly seen in the US prices, then Brexit has increased prices with retailers also milking it a tad.
 
Brexit or no Brexit if anyone thinks the 1080's would have cost less £600 are kidding themselves.

..which still makes them way overpriced for a node shrunk, clock bumped Maxwell.
 
Seanspeed said:
You're still not explaining what that has anything to do with what I said.

And Nvidia *do* have price cuts. If not, they rely on retailers to discount where appropriate.


WHAT?

They released the GTX1070 with no competition. They released the GTX1080 - no competition. Then without provocation, they released the Titan X - obviously nothing remotely close to being called 'competition'.

Disregarding that you're still not at all explaining what any of this has to do with what I said, I have no idea what you're talking about.


And yet they are still at work anyways, because you dont stay ahead of the competition by sleeping.

For the third time - what does this have to do with the comments I made?

I'm quite positive that I was 100% correct in saying you were doing nothing but making some generic anti-Nvidia post that wasn't really riffing off anything I said at all. I just dont get the motivation for it, either. Do you feel it gets you forum karma or something?

Respond to what I'm saying or at least say something interesting and fresh for christ's sake. This is just boring to me. I'd love to have a good conversation but you are definitely not satisfying your end of the bargain.
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NVidia are overpriced and selling poor quality products. Try taking a Pascal Titan apart and you will know this is true.

RanxZy said:
Are you suggesting nvidia would not be interested in making even more money? I dare say they won't be selling at a loss with a 1080Ti at £800. Certainly wouldn't be throwing charity money at us at that price point. Would sell many more units than TXP too.
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Why should they sell a 1080 Ti for £800 when they can sell near enough the same thing for £1100 and cut out all the retailers which I think is disgusting. It is very good of OCUK to even allow us to talk about the Pascal Titan as they are not allowed to sell them.
 
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