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I'm planning to buy a used 1070 off eBay as they're pretty cheap now but I'm wondering how the card will hold up over the next few years, will it be sufficient for 1080, future AAA titles, or should I wait to see how Navi turns out? Any comments are greatly appreciated

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12 minutes ago, quakeguy81 said:

I use a GTX 1070 for 1080p gaming on a TV.  It'll play most games at highest/ultra settings at 60 fps (vsync on) without a problem.  FFXV still runs like hot garbage.

Would a 1070 Ti be even more futureproof for around $300, or should I just consider a different GPU at that price point?

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1 hour ago, Peiguy said:

Would a 1070 Ti be even more futureproof for around $300

The 1070Ti is of course better choice 

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1 hour ago, quakeguy81 said:

the RTX 2060 is comparable to the GTX 1080

Not benchmarks from this Earth.....

The 1080 is comparable to the RTX 2070!!!

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22 minutes ago, Peiguy said:

I'm planning to buy a used 1070 off eBay as they're pretty cheap now but I'm wondering how the card will hold up over the next few years, will it be sufficient for 1080, future AAA titles, or should I wait to see how Navi turns out? Any comments are greatly appreciated

Nothing is future proof. That's why it's the future.

 

Just buy what you think the best performance and best value is for your money right now. There's nothing wrong with either 1070 or 1070 Ti in that regard, except maybe their competition like GTX 1660 Ti (similar to 1070), RTX 2060 (faster than 1070 Ti), and perhaps Vega 56 (still don't have a good feel for how much you can tweak that card).

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1 minute ago, Constantin said:

Not benchmarks from this Earth.....

The 1080 is comparable to the RTX 2070!!!

AFAIK an overclocked 2060 can get very close to a stock 1080.

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The true comparable  GPU to the 1080 is the 2070.

As the 2070 a bit faster.

Every comparison on stock!

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2 minutes ago, melete said:

Nothing is future proof. That's why it's the future.

 

Just buy what you think the best performance and best value is for your money right now. There's nothing wrong with either 1070 or 1070 Ti in that regard, except maybe their competition like GTX 1660 Ti (similar to 1070), RTX 2060 (faster than 1070 Ti), and perhaps Vega 56 (still don't have a good feel for how much you can tweak that card).

A 2060 is pretty much a 1070ti. The 2060 is like 5 FPS faster in some 100fps games. 

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8 minutes ago, melete said:

AFAIK an overclocked 2060 can get very close to a stock 1080.

And an OC 1080 destroys a stock 2060.

 

Always compare apples to apples.

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1 minute ago, Sorenson said:

The 2060 is like 5 FPS faster in some 100fps games. 

+/-10 fps in such high number (100+fps) means a tie

If I want to max everything at 1080p 60hz, I would say RTX2060 can hold up quite well for 5yrs , then hope 1440p will become mainstream?

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Just now, jstudrawa said:

And an OC 1080 destroys a stock 2060.

 

Always compare apples to apples.

Absolutely, I'm just pointing out that 2060 and 2070 aren't really that far apart to begin with.

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8 hours ago, Peiguy said:

I'm planning to buy a used 1070 off eBay as they're pretty cheap now but I'm wondering how the card will hold up over the next few years, will it be sufficient for 1080, future AAA titles, or should I wait to see how Navi turns out? Any comments are greatly appreciated

Look for new VEGA Cards as well. They are pretty awesome as well.

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