- Dec 2, 2011
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Hello all, I am still pretty unfamiliar with the things that make a solid GPU tick. I am building a new machine and I was originally planning to pick up a 1060 but figured I would save a bit more and treat myself to a 1070. Today I saw the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 on sale bundled with Destiny 2 (a game I was already planning to buy so that is a plus) for right around the same price as most of the 1070s I am seeing. Specifically, the 1070 I had my eye on was the ASUS ROG Strix (links to both below).
While trying to decide between the two, I am having a hard time determining which specs are most important. It looks like the two cards are clocked very similarly but with the 1080 card having a bit more cuda cores.
Being roughly the same price, I am inclined to lean towards the 1080 for obvious reasons, however the reviews mentioning intense noise on this card are making me second guess whether I want to go with this card and looking at the specs, they appear very similar (perhaps high end 1070 vs low end 1080?)
I am having a really hard time finding benchmarks that include the Gigabyte 1080 which also seems odd to me.
Can anyone shed some light? Im sure this is probably a stupid question so I apologize in advance. I am open to other suggestions as well, however I want to stay away from Quadro cards. My budget is already being stretched at about $500. I could maybe go up a tiny bit but not by much. Being that I already plan to get Destiny 2, the bundle actually makes this card significantly cheaper than the 1070, which makes me start to wonder if it is really a 1080 on par with the other 1080s out there or if this is more like a 1070 with a fancier name.
For reference, the machine is not yet complete but will be an i7-7700k on an MSI pro carbon, liquid cooled, 32gb of gskill 3000 ddr4 and a 500gb ssd. Time on this machine will be split about 50/50 between AutoCAD/Revit/Navisworks 3D modelling (And messing around with photoshop on occasion) and the other half for casual-ish gaming. While my gaming will be fairly casual, I would like to build a system that will last a good few years.
Thanks
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814125880
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814126109
While trying to decide between the two, I am having a hard time determining which specs are most important. It looks like the two cards are clocked very similarly but with the 1080 card having a bit more cuda cores.
Being roughly the same price, I am inclined to lean towards the 1080 for obvious reasons, however the reviews mentioning intense noise on this card are making me second guess whether I want to go with this card and looking at the specs, they appear very similar (perhaps high end 1070 vs low end 1080?)
I am having a really hard time finding benchmarks that include the Gigabyte 1080 which also seems odd to me.
Can anyone shed some light? Im sure this is probably a stupid question so I apologize in advance. I am open to other suggestions as well, however I want to stay away from Quadro cards. My budget is already being stretched at about $500. I could maybe go up a tiny bit but not by much. Being that I already plan to get Destiny 2, the bundle actually makes this card significantly cheaper than the 1070, which makes me start to wonder if it is really a 1080 on par with the other 1080s out there or if this is more like a 1070 with a fancier name.
For reference, the machine is not yet complete but will be an i7-7700k on an MSI pro carbon, liquid cooled, 32gb of gskill 3000 ddr4 and a 500gb ssd. Time on this machine will be split about 50/50 between AutoCAD/Revit/Navisworks 3D modelling (And messing around with photoshop on occasion) and the other half for casual-ish gaming. While my gaming will be fairly casual, I would like to build a system that will last a good few years.
Thanks
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814125880
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814126109
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