1060 vs 1080

[iNICK20]

I currently have a GTX 1060 in my Pre-Built, I was planning on upgrading it to an GTX 1080 since the 1060 is on the lower end, and the 1080 is a lot better. My Budget is maxed out at $260. But I was able to find an MSI GTX 1080 for $260 or $270 with original box. With the 30 series dropping soon hopefully, am I wasting cash at this point? I think ray tracing is nice and all but isn't the best used on a 2060 card or so, and any 20 series card is outta my range to begin with honestly... So if I waited how much cheaper would a 1080 card, You think price wise would be?

[Slottr]

What cpu do you have?

 

That's a fine deal on the 1080, so it's  not such a bad idea

[iNICK20]

2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

What cpu do you have?

 

That's a fine deal on the 1080, so it's  not such a bad idea

i7-8700, with 32Gb of DDR4 Ram. I think the deal is good enough. I'm just worried, I'd be in the same situation in a year from now. So do you think the 1080 should be fine for a year or two from now?

Also do you think the price will drop significant enough to warrant waiting for the 30 Series? I haven't checked GPU pricing when newer gens drop. 

[Slottr]

Just now, iNICK20 said:

i7-8700, with 32Gb of DDR4 Ram. I think the deal is good enough. I'm just worried, I'd be in the same situation in a year from now. So do you think the 1080 should be fine for a year or two from now?

Also do you think the price will drop significant enough to warrant waiting for the 30 Series? I haven't checked GPU pricing when newer gens drop. 

For 1080 and 1440p gaming it's perfectly viable. I use a 1080 on a 1440 ultrawide and it runs games perfectly fine.

 

To the price drop question, I can't reasonably say. General pattern says that it most likely will, but I never rely on it.

[5x5]

Make sure your power supply can handle the card. A 1080 uses a lot more power and generates a lot more heat than a 1060

[iNICK20]

50 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Make sure your power supply can handle the card. A 1080 uses a lot more power and generates a lot more heat than a 1060

I got 600w PSU, Which should be fine I'm assuming?

[5x5]

30 minutes ago, iNICK20 said:

I got 600w PSU, Which should be fine I'm assuming?

Take a picture of it. Many OEM pre built systems come with falsely rated power supplies.

[5x5]

Post a pic of the side table which displays the rails

[frozensun]

if you plan to change graphics card again lets say in a year it's a bad idea.

Although still powerfull GTX 1080 is old,and on GDDR 5.,but it depends on how you play games,maxed out,what resolution and how much fps you want.

If you are on 1080p GTX 1080 will serve you long enough.

But if you want to cnage graphics card again,think that AMD cards drop in price so for that money in a year perhaps you could get 5700/5700XT,