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Giovanni Liuzzi

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Hi everyone! :)

I was planning to upgrade my 4 years old PC (Assembled by myself). I've got a Radeon HD 7970 as GPU and i7-3770k.

I'm starting to feel how old my GPU is, even if it's still keeping up. Don't know about the processor yet, maybe not that old, you guys could tell me this too.

Anyway, my question: Since I would like to upgrade my GPU, seeing the new 1070/1080 NVidia cards, is the 1080 too much for my PC until I upgrade my CPU? COULD the 1070 be good as a long life replacement?

I know they're not out yet, but I just need a really general idea. Thanks
 
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TBH 1080 is an overkill today. There is no game will be using 100% the goodies of this GPU. It will not dissapoint you even if it's a "bad" gpu. But how bad can it be? IMO go with 1070 for the next 4 years or 1080 for about 5 y.
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TBH 1080 is an overkill today. There is no game will be using 100% the goodies of this GPU. It will not dissapoint you even if it's a "bad" gpu. But how bad can it be? IMO go with 1070 for the next 4 years or 1080 for about 5 y.
 
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Giovanni Liuzzi

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Thank you very much. One thing I don't get; Why does the 1080 cost SO much more than the 1070? Are they that different?
 
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it could be but for future wise it would be great , 1080 is far away more powerful thank 1070


 
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Giovanni Liuzzi

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"Far"?! Okay, didn't think so, thanks! :)

 
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It's only 9% better. http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3505&gid2=1701&compare=geforce-gtx-1070-vs-geforce-gtx-1080

Only thing I can think of, is the GDDR5X. It's going to be a bit more. like 15% better. My opinion? I wouldn't go with 1080 except if I really wanted this 1 year future proof (max). I'm currently looking forward to the release of 1070.

BIG QUESTION. Do you want Ultra graphics VR gaming and future proof? Then 1070 for sure? If not choices like 970,980,980Ti would be much better for your bank acc. I would go with 980/980Ti mostly bcause of the 3,5GB 970
 
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Giovanni Liuzzi

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Well, I mean, doesn't the 980TI cost even more then the 1070?
But that's a good idea of it, thanks
 
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