rtx 2060 or gtx 1080 for half the cost?

[AmyTheBun]

Country: Iran 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming / Cad / coding / modeling /viudeo edditing (very slight amounts) etc

Resolution: 1440p

 

 

so I am building my PC and I am stuck on a decision. See I found a used GTX 1080 (used) for 350$, meanwhile a 6gb rtx 2060 (new) is 437$, and an 8gb is 620$ (yeah prices are insane here).

while the most rational decision would be to get the gtx 1080. but the DLSS 2.0 and the future of these card REALLY intrigues me. I'm paying for them with monthly payments since the store guy knows us well and trusts us. so I can kinda afford both but obviously saving money is always smart. the rtx 2060 with dlss 2.0 gets twice the performance! i mean there's rtx too but it's very lame IMO at it's current state. but I feel like the rtx thing can keep having new features in the future?

I also was intrigued to see if I can use the cores for just coding and using them for deep learning etc (tho i'm a beginner, but I mean i could always read a book and think?)

 

any advice? am I just being irrational?

 

[SavageNeo]

gtx 1080 is near rtx 2070 super performance. get the 1080

[Mateyyy]

The 1080 is somewhere between the 2060 and 2070/2060S in terms of gaming performance, being closer to the latter in general.

Future games might start leaving Pascal behind, so the 2060 might get closer to the 1080's performance, but the 1080's 8GB of VRAM might be useful at 1440p, as opposed to just 6GB on the 2060.

 

11 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

gtx 1080 is near rtx 2070 super performance

The 1080Ti is close or similar to the 2070S, not so much the regular 1080.

[Suika]

4 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

gtx 1080 is near rtx 2070 super performance. get the 1080

The GTX 1080 is actually a bit behind even the standard RTX 2070. There's a decent gap between the 1080 and 2070 Super.

 

For value, the 1080 definitely performs better than the RTX 2060, so if you're concerned primarily with gaming performance and value, the 1080 wins that bout pretty handily. However, the RTX 2060 does have a feature advantage that you have to weigh yourself. With DLSS 2.0 showing surprisingly strong performance in the few titles that support it, the 2060 could be the option to go with. There's also improved ShadowPlay video capture and Ray Tracing, but if it were me and I had to limit my budget, I'd stick with the 1080.

[schwellmo92]

4 minutes ago, Suika said:

The GTX 1080 is actually a bit behind even the standard RTX 2070. There's a decent gap between the 1080 and 2070 Super.

 

For value, the 1080 definitely performs better than the RTX 2060, so if you're concerned primarily with gaming performance and value, the 1080 wins that bout pretty handily. However, the RTX 2060 does have a feature advantage that you have to weigh yourself. With DLSS 2.0 showing surprisingly strong performance in the few titles that support it, the 2060 could be the option to go with. There's also improved ShadowPlay video capture and Ray Tracing, but if it were me and I had to limit my budget, I'd stick with the 1080.

The 1080 would perform better in cad, modelling and video tasks too thanks to its raw compute power advantage.

[Jae Tee]

My opinion, if the 2060 would perform well enough, then it might be worth it for the newer architecture, and features that it comes with. But the 1080 will perform better. 

[YT_DomDaBomb20]

29 minutes ago, AmyTheBun said:

Country: Iran 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming / Cad / coding / modeling /viudeo edditing (very slight amounts) etc

Resolution: 1440p

 

 

so I am building my PC and I am stuck on a decision. See I found a used GTX 1080 (used) for 350$, meanwhile a 6gb rtx 2060 (new) is 437$, and an 8gb is 620$ (yeah prices are insane here).

while the most rational decision would be to get the gtx 1080. but the DLSS 2.0 and the future of these card REALLY intrigues me. I'm paying for them with monthly payments since the store guy knows us well and trusts us. so I can kinda afford both but obviously saving money is always smart. the rtx 2060 with dlss 2.0 gets twice the performance! i mean there's rtx too but it's very lame IMO at it's current state. but I feel like the rtx thing can keep having new features in the future?

I also was intrigued to see if I can use the cores for just coding and using them for deep learning etc (tho i'm a beginner, but I mean i could always read a book and think?)

 

any advice? am I just being irrational?

 

The rtx 2060 was built for 1080p.

[AmyTheBun]

damn now i'm confused.

so get the gtx 1080? regardless of the architecture and stuff? I was more hoping nvidia would release more features to boost the RTX sales.

[AmyTheBun]

2 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

The rtx 2060 was built for 1080p.

technically might be. but it performs great in 1440p. heck you can get by a gtx 1060 if you are okay with lowering some settings some barely have a visble effect

[AmyTheBun]

32 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

gtx 1080 is near rtx 2070 super performance. get the 1080

what about dlss and future features tho? not worth it?

dlss 2.0 doubles the FPS and supports every game from what i know!

[AmyTheBun]

22 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

The 1080 is somewhere between the 2060 and 2070/2060S in terms of gaming performance, being closer to the latter in general.

Future games might start leaving Pascal behind, so the 2060 might get closer to the 1080's performance, but the 1080's 8GB of VRAM might be useful at 1440p, as opposed to just 6GB on the 2060.

 

The 1080Ti is close or similar to the 2070S, not so much the regular 1080.

wait leave pascal behind? what does that mean.. i mean i'll still be able to game on even the oldest of GPU. just slowly right?

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, AmyTheBun said:

what about dlss and future features tho? not worth it?

dlss 2.0 doubles the FPS and supports every game from what i know!

get the gtx 1080. it wins by raw performance. And no dls doesnt douple the fps and its not supported in all games

[YT_DomDaBomb20]

1 minute ago, AmyTheBun said:

what about dlss and future features tho? not worth it?

dlss 2.0 doubles the FPS and supports every game from what i know!

Okay. You are right about dlss  and features, but even if you just needed rtx, the 1080 supports it, just download drivers

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, AmyTheBun said:

wait leave pascal behind?

they wont leave pascal behind

2 minutes ago, AmyTheBun said:

what does that mean.. i mean i'll still be able to game on even the oldest of GPU. just slowly right?

yes you can play but just little less fps

[AmyTheBun]

thanks all! it worries me that the 1080 is used (second hand) but i'll get that! it's awesome ;3

I'M SO HYPED

but so scared  used stuff are so scaryy

[Mateyyy]

22 minutes ago, AmyTheBun said:

wait leave pascal behind? what does that mean.. i mean i'll still be able to game on even the oldest of GPU. just slowly right?

Of course you'll still be able to play, it's just that developers might worry more about optimising for Turing than for Pascal after a certain time period.

 

18 minutes ago, AmyTheBun said:

but so scared  used stuff are so scaryy

If it's been used normally, as in not for mining 24/7 while also being overclocked etc., then there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

[AmyTheBun]

6 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Of course you'll still be able to play, it's just that developers might worry more about optimising for Turing than for Pascal after a certain time period.

 

If it's been used normally, as in not for mining 24/7 while also being overclocked etc., then there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

my dad who barely knows the seller just told me.... he used to be into mining and recently abandonded it. the timing is toooooo suspious >.< i still could buy it from another person.

[Mateyyy]

Just now, AmyTheBun said:

my dad who barely knows the seller just told me.... he used to be into mining and recently abandonded it. the timing is toooooo suspious >.< i still could buy it from another person.

Depends how much he used it for mining. Generally it should be alright, a few years back I used to mine a fair bit with an R9 290 and still works to this day. Unless it's been used heavily 24/7 I reckon it should be fine.

[Dirtnapper]

Look into a EVGA 2060 KO  - the one that has the 2080 neutered chip

[AmyTheBun]

26 minutes ago, Dirtnapper said:

Look into a EVGA 2060 KO  - the one that has the 2080 neutered chip

what does that mean?

[williamcll]

What about used 2060/2060S/2070/2070S?

The GTX 1080 seems like the better deal here. Nvidia doesn't really improve as much driver optimization as AMD does.

[igormp]

6 hours ago, AmyTheBun said:

I also was intrigued to see if I can use the cores for just coding and using them for deep learning etc (tho i'm a beginner, but I mean i could always read a book and think?)

 

any advice? am I just being irrational?

 

If you're looking into DL and 3d modeling (specially if you're using blender), the 2060 performs way better, as long as 6gb of vram is enough for you (most modern models won't do with anything less than 8gb, and even so isn't enough sometimes). The 2060 also has the advantage of the warranty since you're buying new.

[Dirtnapper]

On 5/3/2020 at 11:17 AM, AmyTheBun said:

what does that mean?

I sent you a PM