Upgrading from GTX 1080 to RTX 4080?

[bill_windowz]

I'm currently running a 8gb GTX 1080. Its a great card for gaming at 1440p and I'm very happy with it. Besides gaming, I'm also a graduate architecture student so productivity is also important to me. I've been wating to get into 4k gaming a ray tracing. As for productivity, quicker renders in vray would be great. I'm also looking to mess around with machine learning and image generation. 

 

Would an upgrade to the 4080 be a good idea- assuming i can get one at msrp? Or would a 2nd-hand 3080 be more bang for buck?

[goatedpenguin]

price to performance is not justifiable instead u should wait a little longer for the 4070 and on top of that ur cpu may be a bottleneck I am assuming with gpu u have now? 

[lopj245]

No, if you look at benchmarks a 3080ti or 3090ti would be the ticket. I only bought my 4090 because im a snob lol. Ill buy the 4090ti when it drops also; usually I hook my little brother up when the TI cards drop haha

[Shimejii]

No. 4080 is a pretty hefty waste of money for both the 900$ and 1200$ one. Also do note, 4k Gaming monitors are pretty pricey still. Even the "barebones" ones are around 600-900$ and they do vary on quality quite a bit. 

 

If your coming from a 1080 it would be a MASSIVE improvement for performance, but i would honestly say see what you play and what you may enjoy and then make that choice.

 

Overall this gen so far is just Way too expensive for a honest recommendation 

[bill_windowz]

2 minutes ago, swabro said:

price to performance is not justifiable instead u should wait a little longer for the 4070 and on top of that ur cpu may be a bottleneck I am assuming with gpu u have now? 

Thanks for the comment! I might have to upgrade my mother board and cpu. Currently have an i7 8700k

[goatedpenguin]

1 minute ago, bill_windowz said:

Thanks for the comment! I might have to upgrade my mother board and cpu. Currently have an i7 8700k

that cpu may be a be a bottleneck but if u are feeling adventurous and want to save a buck u may be able to overclock it a bit and it should be good enough but I highly don't recommend it

[dizmo]

I'll always, always recommend going used. Always.

If you have to go new, you can still get 3090s and 3090Ti's for pretty "reasonable" prices.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[goatedpenguin]

The better option however would be to go for a 3080ti or 3080 depending if u want to spend a bit more as the 3000 series are not covered by the 4000 series yet as they still have amazing performance and price to performance another option also is to wait for amd to release the 7000 series and save the day as there prices for current gpus are pretty completive, sure Nvidia is generally better in storymode games but u are only scarifying like 10fps which u can barely tell the difference  

[bill_windowz]

3 hours ago, offweek said:

A770 for 'off the shelf' AI compute is proving to be an absolute beast/belle.

 

What processing do you need for architecture?  CATIA/Solidworks will run on a potatoe. What monitor are you planning to do your 4K gaming on?

Hi! Are the intel gpus good for gaming too? I guess ai computation is the last on my list of features I want. Specifically, I have been working with GANs for image generation with Keras on Tensorflow.

 

For architecture, I mainly work in Rhino which is cpu bound. I'm looking for faster rendering in Vray and Enscape. For the monitor I'm looking at the LG27GP950-B. I'll also be gaming in my 4k tv. Does it make more sense to go for a 32" for 4k? Also, I do need a color accurate monitor for post-processing renders.

 

Any suggestions would be great!

Edited October 15, 2022 by bill_windowz

[Gohardgrandpa]

23 hours ago, dizmo said:

I'll always, always recommend going used. Always.

If you have to go new, you can still get 3090s and 3090Ti's for pretty "reasonable" prices.

 

Welcome to the forum.

Used is the move, you can easily get 3080 for $500

[PcBeExpensive]

On 10/14/2022 at 3:45 PM, swabro said:

price to performance is not justifiable instead u should wait a little longer for the 4070 and on top of that ur cpu may be a bottleneck I am assuming with gpu u have now? 

the 12 gig 4080 is basically a 4070 just branded as a 4080. Look at the specs. Huge difference in cuda cores.

 

Edit: NVM just realised it got cancelled.

[Gorn21]

4 hours ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

Used is the move, you can easily get 3080 for $500

That is sadly not true for alot of regions. Here in Germany used market is pretty pricey just a few € less than a brand new one which is kinda sad.

[goatedpenguin]

just wait for amd to release and see what happens than if u however really wanted a upgrade right just get A770 as its ai computation has all the bells and whistles u need