Even waiting another gen will probably not get to that point. Games will have higher fidelity and GPUs will have higher prices for similar frame rates.
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**Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Thread**
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Even waiting another gen will probably not get to that point. Games will have higher fidelity and GPUs will have higher prices for similar frame rates.
I think Nvidia are just getting too greedy in the wake of the PCMR resurgence... which ironically, if AMD can't compete enough to bring prices down. Will mean people will move back to consoles (I'm talking general mass market gamers, not us
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It depends one graphics settings surely. I would take 4k at High over 1440p at Ultra. Ultra is often a massive performance hog for little visual improvement.
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Yeah that's pretty much what I think as well, but no more.
The fact you dropped £1100+ on a graphics card would tell me that an extra £100 wouldn't mean anything to you anyway, you can afford it.
What that is a ridiculous statement.
I haven't brought anything new for my system but when I last purchased it all I saved up the money needed and had a budget. Now to suggest because I spent £2.6k on a PC wouldn't mean that an extra £100 would not mean anything.
I will be waiting another gen again to make sure I have cash saved to be able to afford next time around and if the GPU I would like is £1000 I will save for that, doesn't mean I will be happy to drop an extra £100 and it doesn't mean anything.
Try telling that to the misses as well.
£800 and not even 'Titan' branded. The world has gone mad.
I'm sticking to used GPU's for now. I can't keep up with the rest of you xD
Maybe in a few years I will finally get to try em
As I've said before the used market is full of gems and wee guys looking to swing their epeen by buying the latest cards, means they sell their cards for bargains
If you can afford to spend £1100 on a graphics card then it's unlikely that £100 is going to damage your(sic) wallet. If you can afford to spend £2,600 on a pc then wow you're in a better place than I am money wise (jammy git
). I remember getting a fully loaded complete high end spec pc for £1000 back in the day, now that £1000 doesn't even get you a graphics card (titanP)
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lol. You kidding me mate???
I won't. GPU pricing is way out of control atm. PC gaming is becoming a rich mans game
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lol. You kidding me mate???
I won't. GPU pricing is way out of control atm. PC gaming is becoming a rich mans game
I don't see why, there is something you can get in every price bracket, so if you're not willing to spend £600+ then spend whatever you feel you can afford.
You can have a PC worth 5k+ or you can have one worth £500. The choice is yours.
By the time I get round to selling my titan xp they will be £1500 new so I might get all my money back
If you can afford to spend £1100 on a graphics card then it's unlikely that £100 is going to damage your(sic) wallet. If you can afford to spend £2,600 on a pc then wow you're in a better place than I am money wise (jammy git
I remember getting a fully loaded complete high end spec pc for £1000 back in the day, now that £1000 doesn't even get you a graphics card (titanP)
My first pc was £2,300. All pentium 60, 4 Mb ram, 1Mb graphics card, 3 x cd rom driver and a 15" screen...........In today's money it would be more like £4,000.
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don't get me started, I still remember how much I paid for a black and white screen ( as I couldn't afford a color one at the time ) and 4 mb of RAM. Yes it's mb not gb ....
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By the time I get round to selling my titan xp they will be £1500 new so I might get all my money back
Nice!
Yeah each extra Mb cost me £100. The standard pc came with just 1Mb
I remember the NEC 3x cdrom was a £350 optional extra as well. Thats just a reader, not writer.
If you can afford to spend £1100 on a graphics card then it's unlikely that £100 is going to damage your(sic) wallet. If you can afford to spend £2,600 on a pc then wow you're in a better place than I am money wise (jammy git
I remember getting a fully loaded complete high end spec pc for £1000 back in the day, now that £1000 doesn't even get you a graphics card (titanP)
Honestly I just don't think that holds true. If someone has saved up for a card and believe it is going to be around £1k say (the price most thought it would come out at). Then you have to find an additional £100 because it was £1100 so you are already over stretching your budget, then your saying that we wouldn't have to worry about the last £100 if we now paid the £1200 price.
Not saying the particular person would struggle, don't know their circumstances, however I certainly wouldn't be able to just fabricate the extra needed.
For instance I was thinking about the 1080Ti, I expect it to be around the £800 mark, I could probably stretch to £850 to pick it up but if it goes over to say £900 I can't find another extra £50 as I have other commitments.
In regards to when I spent that sort of cash, it was a few years back when I spent that just as the 9 series was released (June 2014) as got EVGA stepup from 780 6GB to 980 4GB for the cost of postage. So the cards themselves were £439 a piece. If they was £500 back then I wouldn't have got them for instance. My budget was originally £2500 because I got a yearly bonus scheme (10% of wage for hitting my targets) at my old company so once a year could afford something of that value. If it was more than I would need to scramble to find the cash which is very difficult.
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Part of me does feel that I should just get a 1080 and sell the 980 while the resale value is ok
This is true. I'm playing games at 3440x1440 at the moment on my Titan Blacks and reducing the settings I honestly can't tell the difference without really eyeballing the graphics. It's at a point where I can be completely immersed even without all settings being maxed out.
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Aye you got a bargain!
Still a large outlay though? I mean the 980 seems to be going for all of around £250 so lets say the £580 for the cheapest 1080 does the extra £330 make sense for the performance increase?
I mean I have two 980's and been thinking about it because the extra cost would only be £80 whilst gaining on all none SLI games as well as a lot that do even support it as scaling is pretty bad for most now.