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Upgrade to 1080Ti or wait?

Paladine

Paladine

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Hey peeps,

So I have an Inno3D iChill 980Ti Black Edition Hybrid (the liquid cooled one) - it is a nice card but I got it originally because I built this machine as a Hackintosh and at the time Pascal was not supported in OS X so the 980Ti was the best I could get.

That said I now own 3 MacBook Pros (one older 2011 and a 2015 & 2016) so tend to just use them in clam shell mode on my 4k display when I am working which leaves my PC for gaming which is - well lets just say underwhelming at 4k on a 980Ti.

I did consider getting a second 980Ti but without a custom loop I would struggle to fit a 3rd rad in my case (my existing 980Ti and 6700k both have AIO liquid coolers) plus I simply cannot find another Inno3d hybrid card anywhere. Also after reading some info on 4k gaming with 2-way 980Ti SLI - it seems it is still a bit underwhelming on newer games and will struggle to hit 60fps on many titles with max settings.

So I am considering a 1080Ti but again, from what I have read whereas the performance is very good the 1080Ti still struggles to hit 4k @60fps in many AAA titles currently so I expect in 2018 we will start to see more games coming out where max settings will not be possible.

So what to do? With all the news on the Titan V - do I just wait for desktop Volta cards - if so how long do we think that will be before they are released? If it is only going to be a couple or months then I guess that is worth waiting for but if it is going to be after Q1 2018 then that is quite a long wait.

So kinda stuck - would appreciate some thoughts/insights.
 
Since you have the 980Ti for that long, wait until the refresh cards hit the market in March-April.
 
Yep I would wait for prices to drop because the 980ti is a good card still. Or save up money to get a new card when they release
 
It’s a bad time to buy a 1080ti tbh with new cards coming soon. The 980ti is still a pretty good card. Yes 4K is a strech but hold on as you can either grab a new card or a 1080ti a fair bit cheaper
 
I suspect next gen will be 4k capable (on pretty high if not max settings for most games) without SLI so my gut is to wait for next gen - will see what happens at CES next week - NVidia are lining us up for some big announcement.
 
Kaapstad said:
Already got Volta but for day to day use I just use one of my watercooled Pascal cards as the performance difference is not really that noticeable for most things (about 35%).

There are some really nice 1080 Ti cards around at the moment that will not be seen as next gen NVidia card variants for some time yet.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4mb-gddr5x-pci-express-graphic-gx-007-au.html
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Problem is, I need 2 of those to play 4k at max settings on AAA titles - if I wait for next gen, I will probably only need 1 and then can buy a second 18-24 months later when newer games start to require much more performance.
 
Just wait, If you can pick up a 1080 Ti for dirt cheap then go for it but it's so close to GTC, In the grand scheme of things, That it's worth keeping your money to the side, It's what I've done so I can buy the top end single GPU card.
 
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I'm in the same boat,got a EVGA 1070 FTW and was looking to upgrade was even thinking of a 1070 Ti,1080 or 1080 Ti.
 
Hi, reading various reports online and watching as GPU prices go up. I actually say buy now as even when you do upgrade to Volta whenever that comes out you should get a good price for your 1080ti as its good for mining. Just read report that GPUs like 1070 are very scarce across the pond as crypto currency fever takes hold.
 
I'm on the same boat... for the life of me I can't make that decision for myself for some reason... if I knew I could max out Kingdom Come Deliverance and Far Cry 5 at 1440p/50-60fps on my 980ti (ASUS STRIX/i5 6600k at base speed/16gb ram) then I'll wait for the next generation GPUs... if my GPU can't handle those games, then I would like to know before I buy a 1080ti if it can max out those games at 4k/50-60fps... it's killing me :eek:.
 
Azrael1 said:
Hi, reading various reports online and watching as GPU prices go up. I actually say buy now as even when you do upgrade to Volta whenever that comes out you should get a good price for your 1080ti as its good for mining. Just read report that GPUs like 1070 are very scarce across the pond as crypto currency fever takes hold.
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That would be great and all but why, I would gain nothing from it and just throw money in the toilet - because the more I read, the more I understand that the 1080Ti will not handle 4k on Max Settings in many games (not just AAA titles) and on a 40" 4k display downgrading to 1440p resolution looks absolutely terrible (I am about 14" from the display). Plus there is a factor you have not considered when going out and buying a new GPU every couple of months (and it is not cost or affordability, I earn plenty of money) - it is called Wife (and they are not so easy to upgrade).

Very disappointed not to hear something from NVidia on a new consumer GPU at CES yesterday :(
 
Paladine said:
That would be great and all but why, I would gain nothing from it and just throw money in the toilet - because the more I read, the more I understand that the 1080Ti will not handle 4k on Max Settings in many games (not just AAA titles) and on a 40" 4k display downgrading to 1440p resolution looks absolutely terrible (I am about 14" from the display). Plus there is a factor you have not considered when going out and buying a new GPU every couple of months (and it is not cost or affordability, I earn plenty of money) - it is called Wife (and they are not so easy to upgrade).

Very disappointed not to hear something from NVidia on a new consumer GPU at CES yesterday :(
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That is the one thing that confuses me about the 1080ti. Some people say it can't handle 4k at 60fps, although when I look online at these benchamarks all I see is 60fps+ max settings at 4k for GTA5, The Witcher 3, Hitman - older games but still very GPU heavy, etc. and newer games 50-60fps like Ghost Recon Wildlands, Wacthdogs 2,etc. It's all conflicting...
 
EKAN87 said:
That is the one thing that confuses me about the 1080ti. Some people say it can't handle 4k at 60fps, although when I look online at these benchamarks all I see is 60fps+ max settings at 4k for GTA5, The Witcher 3, Hitman - older games but still very GPU heavy, etc. and newer games 50-60fps like Ghost Recon Wildlands, Wacthdogs 2,etc. It's all conflicting...
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With completely maxed setting the 1080ti cannot handle every single game with 60+fps@4k, i know this because my very own 1080ti will choke hard on games like Wildlands at 1440p if i max out the settings(dropping into the 40ish at time). Then again i wouldn't use games such at wildlands as a measuring stick. Proper optimized games however have usually no issues running everything blasted to max at over 120fps@1440p. Its a darn fast card for sure and i don't regret getting mine.
 
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