Should I switch my GTX 980 or keep it?

[eAs]

Hello guys,

I want to upgrade my PC from an AMD FX-6300 to a Ryzen 5 2600 because I was told, that it is similar to an I5 8400.

My question is if I then should upgrade my GTX 980 to ZOTAC GTX 1070 Ti with 8 GB.

 

Best regards from Germany.

[Jurrunio]

A good choice but you don't have to do it. Bottlenecked hardware still works after all

[jj9987]

Are you lacking performance? Do you want (potentially) better graphics/FPS? Are you bottlenecking?

Do you have the money for an upgrade? Are you willing to make that expense?

[MrCupHolder]

What's games do you play and at what resolution?

 

I currently have a 980 in my system and have decided against upgrading even though I'm running a 4K monitor because I just don't play AAA titles often enough. I currently play Oxygen Not Included, Don't Starve Together and Borderlands Pre-Sequel.

 

It's only Borderlands where I notice some stuttering in the graphics occasionally but I don't play it often enough to care. I should probably just drop the quality settings a little.

 

I used to have 2x 980 in SLI in the system (first time running SLI) and in the end I felt it wasn't worth it. I felt too often I was having to go into the nVidia control panel and switch off SLI for particular games in order to just get them to run that I felt it was a waste. I honestly don't know how many games I ended up playing that actually took advantage of SLI. I felt like it was 0 (maybe WoW, but it was several years ago I played that last). In the end I ripped out the 2nd GTX980 and put it into a second system so that I could invite friends around to play a game with me.

[Antares23]

I'd say wait until AMD introduce Navi card, rumour has it that the "RX 3080" would have GTX 1080 class performance for 250$

[zhubaohi]

Ryzen 2600 is a pretty good choice, and it is overclockable, unlike 8400. Although AMD is planning to release ryzen 3000 series next month on CES, waiting until next month might be a good option.

1070ti would be a big improve compare to 980, but I would recommend a 2070. I know it's a bit more expensive, but it has way better DX12 performance and DLSS, which means it will last longer.

[zhubaohi]

1 minute ago, Lysergatek said:

250$

The price is probably not true.

[Antares23]

Yeah probably, that's just rumours, but that's the usual price for the RX X80 model, but still, It may well be cheaper than the 1070 Ti

[zhubaohi]

4 minutes ago, Lysergatek said:

Yeah probably, that's just rumours, but that's the usual price for the RX X80 model, but still, It may well be cheaper than the 1070 Ti

If their navi flagship card is as powerful as 2080, I'm buying the hell out of it. AMD pushed intel out of their comfort zone, and I wish AMD do the same to Nvidia.

 

[Antares23]

Me too, I think Nvidia is actually in its confort zone like Intel was few years ago before Ryzen as you mentioned, AMD needs to be more aggressive in its GPU side, but I have great hopes for Navi, I may sell my GTX 1060 if the price/performance ratio is really good

[ch3w2oy]

2 hours ago, Lysergatek said:

Me too, I think Nvidia is actually in its confort zone like Intel was few years ago before Ryzen as you mentioned, AMD needs to be more aggressive in its GPU side, but I have great hopes for Navi, I may sell my GTX 1060 if the price/performance ratio is really good

I'm hoping so too. I'm trying to sell my like new Strix Vega 56 right now and just hold out with an RX 580 for now.