What GTX 1080 is the best one to buy and is it worth upgrading regarding my current specs

UsaidYousaf · Mar 25, 2017

Specs: 970
I5 6500
16 GB ram

I was thinking of upgrading to a 1070 or even a 1080. I currently have an asus strix card and it works great. If i was to buy a 1080 or 70, which creator should i buy it from?
Ive done some research but i cant seem to come to a conclusion so.

Whats the best 1070 for the price?
Whats the best 1070 for Performance?
Whats the best 1080 for Price?
Whats the best 1070 for performance?

I understand that i might not even need an upgrade but im curious to see which ones are the best if i was to make that investment. Also, is my CPU sufficient enough or does that need an upgrade before i invest in the 1080.

Money is not much of an issue.

GamingEnthusiast420 · Mar 25, 2017

I would definitely recommend a CPU upgrade before anything else at this point.

raisonjohn · Mar 25, 2017

Your CPU is highly unlikely to hinder the performance of a GTX 1070 or a GTX 1080, only possibly in worst-case scenarios (depending on CPU-demanding games). So, investing in any of these GPUs is worthwhile especially if you are looking at gaming on 1440p resolution (or 1080p/144hz).

Whats the best 1070 for the price?
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($374.00 @ Amazon)
-or-
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card ($369.98 @ Amazon)

Whats the best 1070 for Performance?
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($454.98 @ Newegg)
-or-
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Xtreme Gaming Video Card ($442.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Whats the best 1080 for Price?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($489.99 @ NCIX US)
-or-
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 8GB XLR8 Video Card ($502.97 @ Amazon)

Whats the best 107(8)0 for performance?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming Water cooling Video Card ($609.99 @ Amazon)
-or-
Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz)
-or-
Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card ($559.99 @ Amazon)

RCFProd · Mar 25, 2017

GamingEnthusiast420 :

Lol come on It's a Skylake Intel i5. Still decent for most games..

GamingEnthusiast420 · Mar 25, 2017

RCFProd :

Sure, but just because a Pentium G4560 is a Kaby Lake doesn't make it suitable for pairing with a Titan X.
The minimum that I'd recommend for a 1080 would be an i5-6600K.

RCFProd · Mar 25, 2017

4 cores with Skylake IPC shows It's still great in most games. Besides, do you think CPU will matter as much if he plays at 1440p@60Hz for example? For 60 FPS an i5-6500 is still adequate for 99% of the games on the market. So before telling him to upgrade, you should've asked for more details aswell.

G4560 gap with Titan X is much bigger than an i5-6500 with a GTX 1080. Don't need to upgrade the i5-6500 yet.

raisonjohn · Mar 25, 2017

Pentium is way less powerful than an i5. A "Skylake i5" can pair with a GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 without hindering the GPU's maximum possible performance (it will only be in certain worst-case scenarios on a limited number of CPU-demanding games that it might, but still can be resolved by tweaking some in-game settings).

Even an i5-4690 (Haswell) can pair with the GTX 1070 (and, to a certain extent, a GTX 1080).

UsaidYousaf · Mar 25, 2017

Thanks for the input lads

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