Owners of new Titan x/980 ti/980 what and how do you feel/ think about new GPU release?

[Loleo]

PLEASE NOTE that this thread's intention is not to start a flame war nor bash on people decisions. It is meant purely as a way for me/ us to discuss the upcoming release of pascal and what it means for the people with a fairly new GPU.

 

Hello LTT forum!

Today I would like to discuss a very exciting matter, and that is the upcoming release of pascal. But not only that I would also like to converse with the people whom bought a high end card not long ago. 

So what do you think about pascal? Will it be as big of a performance gain as the hype says or will it fly down towards the ground like an arrow to the knee of an adventurer? Personally I think it won't be ''double the performance of the titan x'' as some people seem the believe around here I think they misstok it for the performance in vr  but I'm not sure but nevertheless I am hyped as I will be buying a 1080 as soon as it is available in Sweden. (Currently got a r7 360 matched with a 5960x processor) So I do really hope it will be a good card. Do any of y'all like the new reference design cooler and SLI bridge? I think it looks badass but it doesn't really match the shape and feel of my soft tubing. (picture for those of you who haven't seen it yet)

But what I really do wonder is what do you think, the people who own a 980ti or titan x, will you buy the new 1080/ 1070 or will you never upgrade or perhaps wait until a newer version like maybe a 1080 ti will release? (even though we can't know for sure if it will or when it will). And when did you buy your card? was it a month ago you posted a thread in ''new builds and planning'' asking for recommendations about what processor or gpu you should buy and was it then you ignored the people saying ''wait for pascal, it's gonna be much better''? Or was it a year ago you bought your card? 

 

Please tell me, I'm really curios about hearing you LTT members telling me when or why you bought your card and if you are going to buy pascal or if you think pascal sucks and should die. (lol) Anyways thanks for reading and have a good day(night for me lel)

[Shahnewaz]

They should feel indifferent. Simple as that.

[Enderman]

2x titan X is only for VR games where their new optimization technology is used

 

its only 30% better in regular games

 

still great considering its nearly half the price

[Loleo]

1 minute ago, Shahnewaz said:

They should feel indifferent. Simple as that.

But why? They are most likely pc enthusiasts and I would sure as hell be a bit salty if I just bought a new GPU for a cr*p ton of $$$ and then a better card comes out for less. 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Shahnewaz said:

They should feel indifferent. Simple as that.

i think they should feel bad because they are impulse buyers with no patience or budgeting skills

[Loleo]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

2x titan X is only for VR games where their new optimization technology is used

 

Yeah I know I even said it in little sized text, it's just most people on this forum got it mixed up with the 30% increase.

[Shahnewaz]

1 minute ago, Loleo said:

But why? They are most likely pc enthusiasts and I would sure as hell be a bit salty if I just bought a new GPU for a cr*p ton of $$$ and then a better card comes out for less. 

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

i think they should feel bad because they are impulse buyers with no patience or budgeting skills

 

6 minutes ago, Loleo said:

PLEASE NOTE that this thread's intention is not to start a flame war nor bash on people decisions. It is meant purely as a way for me/ us to discuss the upcoming release of pascal and what it means for the people with a fairly new GPU.

You people are going against the purpose of this thread.

[Deletive]

1 minute ago, Loleo said:

But why? They are most likely pc enthusiasts and I would sure as hell be a bit salty if I just bought a new GPU for a cr*p ton of $$$ and then a better card comes out for less. 

It's expected that a new card is going to come out, it's no surprise to anyone with a high end card that a year plus later something better will come out. Those with the pockets will upgrade anyways. 

[awesomeness10120]

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

i think they should feel bad because they are impulse buyers with no patience or budgeting skills

This is the enthusiast PC market. That's kinda a given.

 

[Loleo]

2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

 

You people are going against the purpose of this thread.

Lol what? @Enderman might have been a bit edgy but I wasn't. I feel like I would just be a tad upset if I bought a 980ti instead of the r7 360 when I was buying my components last month.

[ch0g0nda]

I got a used Strix 980 for $400 a few months ago - I'm not particularly bothered.

[Loleo]

1 minute ago, ch0g0nda said:

I got a used Strix 980 for $400 a few months ago - I'm not particularly bothered.

That is a nice deal and was even way better back then. But it's cool that you are indifferent, I mean that's how you should be if you aren't lacking performance. Thanks for your input mate.

[Shahnewaz]

7 minutes ago, Loleo said:

Lol what?

16 minutes ago, Loleo said:

But why? They are most likely pc enthusiasts and I would sure as hell be a bit salty if I just bought a new GPU for a cr*p ton of $$$ and then a better card comes out for less. 

Let them speak for themselves. If you would feel salty, then that's good, it shows you have good knowledge of the GPU market. But don't rub that on the GTX 980Ti/Titan X owners.

The reason I said they should feel indifferent is because this is normal generational leap in performance. Nothing is unusual here, and their flagship Maxwell GPUs won't perform any less than they always used to because Pascal GPUs are out.*

* Unless they gimp their previous generation GPUs with drivers. In that case, it's not their fault.

[Loleo]

6 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Let them speak for themselves. If you would feel salty, then that's good, it shows you have good knowledge of the GPU market. But don't rub that on the GTX 980Ti/Titan X owners.

The reason I said they should feel indifferent is because this is normal generational leap in performance. Nothing is unusual here, and their flagship Maxwell GPUs won't perform any less than they always used to because Pascal GPUs are out.*

* Unless they gimp their previous generation GPUs with drivers. In that case, it's not their fault.

Yeah but it might also be because I'm quite salty as a person (maybe because I'm Swedish, we add a lot of salt to our food) I bought a 5960x and got a tad upset when the 6950x (or whatever that 10 core pzzt is called) was rumored. I guess it is that childish and immature personality that's stuck in me since it's not like I would be able to use 10 cores. Heck even 8 cores is overkill.

 

Also this is quite a fun discussion but I'm honestly quite surprised that no one has any comments on the cooler design seeing how it was a bit of a rampage when it was first leaked.

[Enderman]

7 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Let them speak for themselves. If you would feel salty, then that's good, it shows you have good knowledge of the GPU market. But don't rub that on the GTX 980Ti/Titan X owners.

The reason I said they should feel indifferent is because this is normal generational leap in performance. Nothing is unusual here, and their flagship Maxwell GPUs won't perform any less than they always used to because Pascal GPUs are out.*

* Unless they gimp their previous generation GPUs with drivers. In that case, it's not their fault.

a normal generation performance increase is 30% improvement over the card it replaces

eg. a 1080 would be 30% better than a 980

 

not 30% better than the flagship titan X

not almost 80% better than a 980

 

this is NOT a normal "generation leap in performance" this is over double that

[Shahnewaz]

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

a normal generation performance increase is 30% improvement over the card it replaces

eg. a 1080 would be 30% better than a 980

 

not 30% better than the flagship titan X

not almost 80% better than a 980

 

this is NOT a normal "generation leap in performance" this is over double that

We're not talking about GTX 980 owners here. It's 30% for the people we're talking about.

And yes, it's a major performance leap, but what else did you expect from a die shrink?

Regardless, my point still stands. They should be fine with that they have now.

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

We're not talking about GTX 980 owners here. It's 30% for the people we're talking about.

And yes, it's a major performance leap, but what else did you expect from a die shrink?

Regardless, my point still stands. They should be fine with that they have now.

of course its "fine"

the titan X and 980ti still perform the same as they did before the product launch

 

the only thing is that they could have gotten much better value for their money had they waited a few months like literally everyone was telling them to do

 

Who doesnt want more performance for less money??

 

Most of the people ive seen on reddit are planning to sell their 900 or titan X card and get a 1080

but i bet quite a few people will just wait until the 1080ti and save up in the meantime

[ivan134]

15 minutes ago, Enderman said:

of course its "fine"

the titan X and 980ti still perform the same as they did before the product launch

 

the only thing is that they could have gotten much better value for their money had they waited a few months like literally everyone was telling them to do

 

Who doesnt want more performance for less money??

 

Most of the people ive seen on reddit are planning to sell their 900 or titan X card and get a 1080

but i bet quite a few people will just wait until the 1080ti and save up in the meantime

Pretty much. Starting about 2 months ago, no one should have been buying anything higher than a 390 or 970. We were telling to be patient and maybe grab a 950 if they really needed something to hold them over. 

[harrynowl]

Happens every time a new node releases, GPUs scale well cause more cores actually works, seeing a lot of annoyed people who bought $600 cards in the past month or so. Those who don't learn history are destined to repeat it.

[Enderman]

18 minutes ago, harrynowl said:

Happens every time a new node releases, GPUs scale well cause more cores actually works, seeing a lot of annoyed people who bought $600 cards in the past month or so. Those who don't learn history are destined to repeat it.

at least the ones who bought from EVGA have 90 days to get it upgraded

[harrynowl]

10 minutes ago, Enderman said:

at least the ones who bought from EVGA have 90 days to get it upgraded

there is that at least  

[Lurick]

Personally I don't care, there will always be something new on the horizon and unless I can time travel into the future and grab something and then return you'll never be fully future proof. I bought my 980TIs middle of last year and probably won't upgrade for a while.

[SuicideAnomaly]

9 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Personally I don't care, there will always be something new on the horizon and unless I can time travel into the future and grab something and then return you'll never be fully future proof. I bought my 980TIs middle of last year and probably won't upgrade for a while.

Pretty much. When it comes to technology, improved hardware is always right around the corner. Just purchase the best that you can, when you can, and don't give it a second thought. One could argue not to buy these new cards because in a month's time, manufacturers are going to start releasing their custom versions, which will be marginally better. One could then argue not to purchase those cards, because the Ti version is about to land, which will once again be, marginally better. So, yeah.

[done12many2]

1 hour ago, Loleo said:

I bought a 5960x and got a tad upset when the 6950x (or whatever that 10 core pzzt is called) was rumored. I guess it is that childish and immature personality that's stuck in me since it's not like I would be able to use 10 cores. Heck even 8 cores is overkill.

Just like Pascal, I wouldn't worry about your purchase of a 5960x over a 6950x much until we see actual hands on reviews of retail samples.  Overclocking on the 10-core isn't necessarily looking as good as the 6 and 8 core Broadwell-E variants.

 

As for how do I feel about Pascal?  I'll grab a couple of 1080s when they release and will probably look hard at Tis when they release.  Upgrading is part of the game.  

 

I don't know who's supposed to feel bad, but I sure don't.  

[Marinatall_Ironside]

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

Just like Pascal, I wouldn't worry about your purchase of a 5960x over a 6950x much until we see actual hands on reviews of retail samples.  Overclocking on the 10-core isn't necessarily looking as good as the 6 and 8 core Broadwell-E variants.

 

As for how do I feel about Pascal?  I'll grab a couple of 1080s when they release and will probably look hard at Tis when they release.  Upgrading is part of the game.  

 

I don't know who's supposed to feel bad, but I sure don't.  

Probably the ones who can't upgrade often. Someone like me (a college student majoring in Multimedia/Computer Graphics) who doesn't have a whack-load of cash walkin' around.