How Stupid of an Idea Would Upgrading from an RX 580 to a Blower 1070Ti Be?

[PlayStation 2]

I tend to make my titles very descriptive, but I do wonder: how bad of an idea would it be if I upgraded from my current 8GB RX 580 to a blower-style used GTX 1070 Ti? 

I've desired a GPU that could offer me some more grunt at 2560x1600 (predominately for Forza Horizon 4 and game emulation) and with OpenGL shit, but I just wanna know if it'd be worth the time (and potential money, around $230-270?) to jump from my 580 to a 1070 Ti. I don't need a CPU upgrade right now, so that's not a concern for this.

Anyone who's done a similar thing have any insight on going for a GPU upgrade right now? Are there better options for the $250 range?

 

Since I'm also making this thread, what would be the downsampling range on a 1070 Ti or so? I would like something that could do better than 3840x2400 for games like Team Fortress 2.

[emosun]

I don't think i'd bother with such a minor upgrade. You're barely getting any improvement from it.

[Fasauceome]

$270 canadian, australian, or USD? Cause in USD it's a bad price.

[it_dont_work]

While a good performance upgrade, probably not worth the money at that price. It's not a stupid upgrade by any means 

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

$270 canadian, australian, or USD? Cause in USD it's a bad price.

USD, although to be fair, I can find them cheaper than that on eBay. I have no qualms going for a used card, just is it a bad idea or not?

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

USD, although to be fair, I can find them cheaper than that on eBay. I have no qualms going for a used card, just is it a bad idea or not?

For the price, and this close to new reveals and releases, I think it's worth waiting just a couple months. You're pretty close to 2060 money which would offer non-blower noise levels and a fairly similar gaming experience.

 

If you do manage to scoop a blower model close to $250 or maybe even less, I think that would be a worthwhile deal, but otherwise it's not worth the upgrading trouble, even if you've got the itch right now 

[Praesi]

Performance would be alot more. But im no fan of blower cards.

WIth the new Generations comming, im sure you can get a better deal.