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Hey all,

I'm currently running a Gigabyte Windforce R9 280, and have been looking to upgrade for a while now.

I'm currently stuck trying to decide on which to get:

 

Based on my local pricing:

Asus Turbo GTX 1070 ti - $589

Asus Turbo GTX 1080   - $759

and the RTX cards being quite far out of my price range at over $950 for a 2070.

 

My question is am I really missing out by going for a 1070 ti vs the 1080 or the RTX cards?

 

I know at this point in time all of these cards will be a huge jump in performance that what I'm currently running, and the value of the 1070 ti seems really good. (I'm also not too keen on going used / there is basically no used market where I am)

 

Thanks in advance!

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I mean an RX 580 would give you a 2x jump in performance. Are you playing/doing anything that could even begin to touch the power of a 1080? What resolution are you playing at? What refresh rate? What CPU do you have? PSU? 

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I play a fair bit of Rainbow six siege at 1080p 144hz, I also have my diy racing sim which I run 3x 1080 monitors at 60hz (assetto corsa, project cars, forza horizon 3), I am also possibly looking at going an getting a 4k pannel in the near future for games like rise of the tomb raider but I don't mind a slightly lower frame rate then. Also hitman 2 when it comes out.

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4 minutes ago, JJHW149 said:

I play a fair bit of Rainbow six siege at 1080p 144hz, I also have my diy racing sim which I run 3x 1080 monitors at 60hz (assetto corsa, project cars, forza horizon 3), I am also possibly looking at going an getting a 4k pannel in the near future for games like rise of the tomb raider but I don't mind a slightly lower frame rate then. Also hitman 2 when it comes out.

Whats your CPU just curious?

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12 minutes ago, JJHW149 said:

1070 ti vs the 1080 or the RTX cards?

All depends on the games you play and what suits your fps

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1 minute ago, Vegetable said:

Whats your CPU just curious?

Currently have an Intel Xeon E3-1230v6

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19 minutes ago, JJHW149 said:

Based on my local pricing:

Asus Turbo GTX 1070 ti - $589

Asus Turbo GTX 1080   - $759

 

1070ti is a good buy, tune it a bit and it'll be great...if you can get a dual fan model for a bit more money i would jump on that though...also look for used cards around you.

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1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

...also look for used cards around you.

It's more that I'm in a some what regional area with basically no used market

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