To upgrade or not

[Jonnygrunge]

Hi All,

I have at the moment a 980Ti AMP Extreme. I am seriously considering upgrading to the very well reviewed Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium Edition. I reckon I can sell my Ti easily for between £300 to £350 as its an excellent over clocker , meaning the upgrade will only really set me back a few hundred.

My gaming setup is in my sig below. I game at 1440p (60Hz) on an excellent Dell Ultra TN panel.
Question is the upgrade viable?, seems to be reading reviews, especially the clocks that can be achieved on the GameRock Premium. Nice little FPS boost and lower power consumption.
I was looking at the 1080Ti but I have no immediate plans for VR or 4K gaming and I think it would be a little overkill and expensive to be honest.

Nothing or little has yet been said of Vega benchmark wise, but I have had horrendous driver issues in the past on AMD and really like NVidia cards, although not a complete fan boy. I reckon it will be on a par with the 1080, and given NVidia's recent price drops makes it an attractive card. I am concerned that although VEGA sounds great it may run into similar teething issues as the Ryzen CPUs (RAM issues).

Any thoughts as ever appreciated.

Jon.

 

[smogsy]

i doubt you will get that for your 980Ti unless their idiots, 1070 beats 980tis in most cases and would have warranty.

1080 would be fine at 1440p 60hz. but will you stay their?

 

[Jonnygrunge]

My Zotac still has just over 3 years warranty left on it. Really like my Dell and would be reluctant to upgrade, not with the prices of a decent adaptive sync TN panel! Reckon I would get at least £300 for the Zotac as its factory overclocked and then some - Stable and cool and quite sought after. Cheers for the input.

 

[Tommy_Here]

980 Ti is a good card but you won't get £350 for it I've just sold mine for 250 and clocked to 1500mhz

A 1080 will be a good card but wouldn't wow me over a Ti

 

[Radox-0]

My 1080 was about 10% or so quicker then my Titan X Maxwell, both OC'd and at stock comparably, so a small bump up in performance. IMO personally unless you get a decent price, performance jump will not be massive per say.

 

[Poneros]

Are you actually having FPS problems with the games you play? If you aren't, then forget it. It's just upgradeitis.

 

[Razor Time]

nvm

 

[Griffildur]

the only reason to upgrade would be if your card is not up to scratch in the games you're playing. If it's doing the job well then I wouldn't bother tbh. As for getting £350 for a second hand 980TI, that feels quite a lot considering you can get a brand new 1070 for that money.

However, if you have the upgrade itch ... then just get whatever you want, that itch must be scratched indeed whether you actually need the card or not