Questions about my video card

[Gusto]

Hi, Ive been in the process of building my pc for a little over a year, the last part I need is a video card. I have an msi geforce gtx 1080 listed, but it’s lowest price is $860 on amazon. A friend of mine pointed to the new MSI GeForce Rtx 2070 which is $300 cheaper, but newer? Just a bit confused, should I stick to the GTX 1080 or get the RTX? Whichever ones best for streaming and gaming is what I need, my build is listed below and I already have the parts besides the video card.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler	Scythe - SCNJ-4000 84.64 CFM CPU Cooler	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	Gigabyte - Z370XP SLI (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Western Digital - RE4 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$97.34 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB DUKE OC Video Card	$862.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	Purchased For $0.00
Operating System	Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$99.39 @ OutletPC
Monitor	Acer - GN246HL 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$174.95 @ Walmart
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1244.67
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1234.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-01 01:49 EDT-0400

 

[Ankerson]

No GTX 1080 is worth that much.

 

Just get an RTX 2070, or a RTX 2080 if you have the budget as they match GTX 1080Ti performance.

[GoldenLag]

Get a 2070 or Vega 64.

 

The 1080 is out of production, as such it skyrockets in price.

[lightning_po]

2070 has considerably more power (around 8% faster). I got my 1080 on eBay in October for like $475 with shipping and everything included. That 1080 is massively overpriced.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, lightning_po said:

2070 has considerably more power. 

Its roughly 7-10% faster iirc

 

 

While technically yes, its not really. 

[191x7]

@Gusto

The RTX 2070 offers the level of performance of a GTX 1080 but with added Ray Tracing and a better NVENC (Nvidia ENCoder) for game streaming/recording.

A GTX 2060 costs 30ish % less while offering some 80-90% of the performance which makes it a better choice value-vise.

On the Radeon side, the Vega 64 performs nicely, offers a lot more memory bandwidth but also consumes more power.

[lightning_po]

I may have overhyped the adjective I used to describe it. considering it's the middle of the stack for the rtx line, and the 1080 was the higher of the stack (till Ti), I'm standing by my statement saying 7-10% is considerably better