gtx 1080, or wait for 1080 ti?

Cedro02 · May 17, 2016

Hi, Im currently using a 980 ti OC and mostly game on 1080p.

I was wondering if the 1080 is worth the upgrade, or if I should wait for the 1080 ti. (probably coming around late summer/fall of this year I guess)

Thanks.

ahnilated · May 17, 2016

At 1080P there should be no reason to upgrade that video card. It should play EVERYTHING over 60 fps on ultra.

sizzling · May 17, 2016

Can't see why you need to upgrade if at 1080p. I don't think we will see a 1080Ti if it even exists for at least another 9-12 months

Cedro02 · May 17, 2016

Yea, that's what I thought

The Ti cards always seem to be A LOT better than the non ti versions, (780, 780 ti) (980, 980 ti).

The difference between a 780 ti and a 980 is not even close to the performace jump between the 980 to 980 ti. Especially if you OC it.

Thanks for the answer #teamTI

why_wolf · May 17, 2016

the Ti won't come out for over a year from now, likely timed to smack down any attempt by AMD to make a top end card with their 'Vega' stuff.

Cedro02 · May 17, 2016

AMD's cards are right around the corner... Im pretty sure we'll have a 1080ti by the end of the summer/fall. That's usually how it goes. Nvidia starts at around spring, then AMD comes around at the beginning of the summer/summer, and then Nvidia drops a TI version of the spring card.

why_wolf · May 17, 2016

AMDs Polaris cards are around the corner, those are their lower end / main stream lineup. So 1070 equivalent at most. Vega is their powerhouse (will rock HBM2 VRAM) line up and that is further down the pipeline (2017).

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/amd-gpu-vega-navi-revealed/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/amd-polaris-will-be-a-mainstream-gpu/

Cedro02 · May 18, 2016

There has never been a year where Nvidia has only released 1 set of cards, I doubt it'll happen this year

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 18, 2016

Cedro02 :

We'll see a Ti in around 8-9 months from now.

I'm more excited for AMD, if their 390x almost is on par with the 1080 in DX12, then NVIDIA better think of a new plan quick, before they get demolished.

Cedro02 · May 18, 2016

8-9 months... Yeah right...

If nvidia gives AMD THAT much time, they know they're screwed. They're not that dumb... Give it say 5-6 months

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 18, 2016

They can't do anything about the DX12 situation. Their market share is so high they won't have to do anything. People still bought more GTX cards when the 380 and 960 was equal for instance, but AMD priced slightly lower. I doubt they are worried.

Neurodrive · May 18, 2016

Cedro02 :

Last generation Maxwell releases:

970/980 - Sept 2014
Titan X - March 2015 (6 months after)
980 Ti - June 2015 (9 months after)

Definitely not seeing anything else come out by summer's end. Nvidia is more worried about cannibalizing their own products by releasing them too tightly together than they are of whatever AMD offers.

zornyan · May 18, 2016

honestly nvidia don't really care about amd, they have such a huge market share, as stated above, and regardless of what some forum figure says, I know several people that have recently finished degrees in game design, and all their home pcs are nvidia, both for creation or gaming, and all their computers at uni use nvidia.

it's the same with windows and Intel processors etc, to actually lose any substantial amount of business, intel/nvidia would have to release tech that's 5 years behind everyone else, that catches on fire and doesn't work.

OP I'd wait for the ti, even then you won't even need it, the 980ti is seriously specced out to annihilate 1080p gaming, unless you go onto 144hz monitors you quite literially, won't see a difference.

Cedro02 · May 18, 2016

I've got 3 144hz 1ms 1080p monitors...

I figured if I waited for the 1080 ti, I could also save up some money for a 1440p 144hz monitor, smash 2 flies with one stone you know.

It's not that I need more frames, My OC'd 980 ti gets well over the 1080's stock framerate. I just want to be up to date. Call me greedy if you wan't...

Thunderballs · May 18, 2016

Cedro02 :

You greedy .....

Episodic · May 18, 2016

I agree with the others, I have a 980 and I played everything on max settings at 1080p. I upgraded to 1440p recently so I'm personally going to wait for the 1080 ti for the extra power and future proof. Also because even at 1440p the 980 still plays everything at max so I can wait the months till the 1080 ti comes out.

Cedro02 · May 19, 2016

This.

Basically my exact situation, except I have a 980 ti.

Guest · May 23, 2016

Cedro02 :

If I were in your situation, I think I would just wait. The GTX 980 Ti is a great card at 1080p, as others have already stated.

However, if I was considering doing 2 x GTX 980 Ti (SLI), I would strongly consider a single GTX 1080 to start with, and then later add another, if I really felt the need. I would do the same if I was planning to be VR Ready and/or wanted to do higher resolution gaming, such as 1440p and higher. So, I would just wait to see how things develop.

Now, with the computer I actually own, a 2009 model Dell XPS 435T first gen i7 940 (with Samsung SSD & GTX 960 upgrades though), I plan on building a new computer soon, and it will have the GTX 1080. I want to be VR ready and do 2K+ gaming. If I had your system, I would wait, but not with my actual computer. I'm going for a huge upgrade.

OldToby · May 30, 2016

Cedro02 :

I think you may want to wait. I am going through the same decision. From what I have seen A) there are some signs already that the GTX 1080 is not perfect on all 4K games at 60FPS. I think on of the reviews I saw for example had GTA V with around ~30 FPS at 4K. B) The 1080 Ti is supposed to be released relatively soon (6-9 months) and will likely see significant gains C) it is also rumored the AMD Vega may be pushed to October release.

These are the reasons Im thinking of holding off. Hope it helps.

zornyan · May 30, 2016

I swear these benchmarkers use such useless settings for no reason what so ever, on my overclocked 980ti I get a solid 60fps at 4k native res, both with the in game benchmarking tool and with afterburner reporting fps in game.

all settings are ultra, the only things that get turned off are things like AA which have no effect at 4k, and I don't see why these testers use settings that have no benefit, it's literally the difference between 30 and 60 fps!

anyway, 1080 is a good cars I'd you have a 980 or under, it'll work fine but expect to upgrade within a year, which is pretty much what you have to do anyway to keep at the high end of the market.

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 30, 2016

The proper way to benchmark would be to literally max out every setting as long as it's not bound to a specific brand, i.e gameworks. But they don't, so to get your "accurate" numbers, you have to take several benchmarks and average them.

If there are multiple benchmarks, with different settings, say 5 of them (throwing up random numbers now), 36 FPS, 40 FPS, 34 FPS, 52 FPS, 66 FPS, get the Mean by

36 + 40 + 34 + 52 + 66 = 228
228 / 5 = 45,6

There's your Mean (average), 45,6.

All the best!

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