1070 vs 1080 and a $50 difference?

silencer32 · Mar 26, 2017

OK, here's the story.
I currently have a GTX1070 ($450) sitting on my desk still boxed. The GTX1080 came down in price ($500) and now I'm considering send back this 1070 and buying a 1080 instead for, ultimately, $50 more.

Should I return this 1070 I have now and pay $50 more for the 1080 or just keep the 1070 I have? WWYD?

Here is what I have now and what I would get:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=-1%7C14-125-936%5E14-125-936%2C14-125-876%5E14-125-876

Remember, not all models clock speeds are created equal.
So.. WWYD?

UPDATE:
Thank you!! I got the MSI GTX 1080 DUKE. Did my stress test and all good to go! I went from ~96% usage on medium settings to 43% usage on high settings in siege.

WiiUMasterGman · Mar 26, 2017

I would do it if money isn't a object and you could wait

Dingary · Mar 26, 2017

silencer32 :

OK, here's the story.
I currently have a GTX1070 ($450) sitting on my desk still boxed. The GTX1080 came down in price ($500) and now I'm considering send back this 1070 and buying a 1080 instead for, ultimately, $50 more.

Should I return this 1070 I have now and pay $50 more for the 1080 or just keep the 1070 I have? WWYD?

Here is what I have now and what I would get:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=-1%7C14-125-936%5E14-125-936%2C14-125-876%5E14-125-876

Remember, not all models clock speeds are created equal.
So.. WWYD?

Dingary · Mar 26, 2017

If you want it, just do it
You can use it longer than 1070

Virtual_Singularity · Mar 26, 2017

for $50 more? Get the 1080.

silencer32 · Mar 26, 2017

Thanks so much guys. I was just skeptical because I have a higher-end model 1070 and would be getting a lower-end 1080.... and the 1080 core and memory clock speed is lower than the 1070 sitting on my desk.

Solandri · Mar 27, 2017

Here are the hardware specs for the 1070 vs the 1080. Looks like they use the same core (7.2 billion transistors), but the 1080 has 33% more shaders, texture mapping units, and render units enabled, and 25% more memory bandwidth. I'd say it's definitely worth $50 extra. The slower boost clock speed only amounts to about 5% lower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_10_series

silencer32 · Apr 4, 2017

Thank you!! I got the MSI GTX 1080 DUKE. Did my stress test and all good to go! I went from ~96% usage on medium settings to 43% usage on high settings in siege.

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