Upgrade GTX1080?

InSecDec · April 3, 2020

Hi,

fast question: Is it woth upgrading GTX1080 to an RTX as of April 2020? I'm asking to hear opinions about the heading of price change for future cards and for 2.-handed ones. Should I wait for 3000 series release or not because of the currently unstable situation? Anyway, here's what I would be choosing from: MSI GeFoce RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio (590USD pre-outbrake); Gigabyte Aorus RTX2070 Super (565 USD pre-outbrake); MSI GeFoce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio (720~740USD pre-outbrake). Are these good deals for 2.-hand? If not, what price would you buy these cards at? Which one should I choose? Also, I'm planning to sell the 1080 for 260-280USD pre-outbrake. Is this a good idea or should I change the price?

BTW, is this true that Aorus are troublesome cards? I've read that people had some problems with fan control, noise and software.

Note: I am writing the "pre-outbrake" value, because the currency of the country I live in (PLN, Poland) skyrocketed incredibly (~7.6%) and posting current value with current exchange rate may have lead to confusion and misunderstanding of the price, so please judge the viability of these deals taking into account the situation before outbreak happened.

boggy77 · April 3, 2020

the 2070 super is about 10-15% faster than a 1080. unless you usually upgrade every year/every two years and have a lot of cash to spend, I would wait for 3000 series. usually it makes sense to upgrade every 2 generations (so roughly every 4 years)