Upgrading my 1080ti

[DudeWazap]

I was looking to finally upgrading my GTX 1080ti Strix i bought on launch like 7 years ago. lol

It seems to be finally showing it's age where i can no longer play Overwatch 2 at max settings 1440p, 165FPS on my Gsync monitor.
I also started to play Cyberpunk 2077 now that's been fixed. And later plan on playing Hogwarts Legacy.
I game at 1440p with a Gysnc monitor.

I really don't want to spend over $1k on a GPU rightnow as I have trips planned for the end of the year plus hopefully LTX in addition to the 40 series seems like being insanely priced.

 

Would it be best to just get a used 3080 for $550-$650 instead of a 4070ti for $850?

[Dedayog]

I'd turn down settings until prices settle a bit more and the 40 series (as well as the 7xxx AMD series) production and frenzy stabilizes.

 

I don't recommend a used 3080 nor a $850+ 4070Ti at this point.

[IceCold008]

I have a 1080ti and play at 1440p on a Gysnc Monitor. I have three matter of fact but use 1 for gaming only. Anyway went abit off topic there. The reason why i didnt buy the 3000 series was due to the shortage at the time plus the gap in preformance between my 1080ti and the 3080 or 3080ti. I didnt warrant it enough at the time for me. So i waited for the 4000 series which when came,the 4090 was the only card worth getting becuase we all no what has happened to the 4080 cards etc etc and the 4070ti basically being a 4060 super in sleep clothing. I didnt want to spend 2000 pounds (live in the uk) on a card. Plus at the time with the power cable burnsouts with the 4090 i didnt want to take a chance. But since that is all over now. I am waiting for the 5000 series even if i brought the 5080 or 5080ti should techinically be faster than the 4090 at launch. The way i see it if i am throw down alot of money on a GPU might as well get my moneys worth in terms of preformance from my 1080ti to the 5000 card. 

 

So saying that if you can wait and have some patience WAIT 2 or 3 more years for the 5000 series to come about. Trust me you might not thank me now but you will 2 years from now.

[Mick Naughty]

My 1080ti barely gets 120 frames on 1080p with mw19. Updates seem to have killed the frames. Got a used 3090 and back on 1440p. Should last quite a while and can go back to 1080 if I get a better cpu. 
I'd get anything, it beats staying on such an old card when it struggles. 

[Sir Beregond]

1080 Ti is roughly equivalent to a 3060 these days. A used 3080 for $550 might be worthwhile from a pricing standpoint, but then again that's really what any new 3080's should cost at this point too. A used 3090 wouldn't be bad either if you can get it for less than a 4070 Ti, i.e. under $800.

 

I don't know, its a tough market right now from a value standpoint. For anything new on the Nvidia side, pricing just sucks. You might be able to find a 6900 XT for $600ish give or take. Not sure if you care about DLSS/RT though which you'd probably want to stick with Nvidia for.

[DudeWazap]

2 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

My 1080ti barely gets 120 frames on 1080p with mw19. Updates seem to have killed the frames. Got a used 3090 and back on 1440p. Should last quite a while and can go back to 1080 if I get a better cpu. 
I'd get anything, it beats staying on such an old card when it struggles. 

I Saw a couple 3090s going for $750 so less than a 4070ti. So will be looking at those.

[DudeWazap]

1 hour ago, Sir Beregond said:

1080 Ti is roughly equivalent to a 3060 these days. A used 3080 for $550 might be worthwhile from a pricing standpoint, but then again that's really what any new 3080's should cost at this point too. A used 3090 wouldn't be bad either if you can get it for less than a 4070 Ti, i.e. under $800.

 

I don't know, its a tough market right now from a value standpoint. For anything new on the Nvidia side, pricing just sucks. You might be able to find a 6900 XT for $600ish give or take. Not sure if you care about DLSS/RT though which you'd probably want to stick with Nvidia for.

I think my plan now is to get either a 3080 or 3090 and just sell my 1080ti to get some money back as I see people buying them for $300 or so.

Then Just hope that the 50 series have a price correction and upgrade again. I'd atleast have a better card and noticeable upgrade for the next 2 years. ha

[h3ll0]

I made a bit of a sidegrade. Ended up picking up a RX 6750 XT for $500CAD and sold my 1080ti for $330CAD. In some less optimized games (mostly unreal engine) there isn't a noticeable difference, however with SAM + FSR I saw Cyberpunk go from 45fps at 1440p ultra with the 1080ti to 65 fps with the RX 6750 XT and with SAM enabled and FSR 2.1 at Quality I got 75FPS. So, while on paper the RX 6750 XT is around 20% faster, in practice because it's a new card well optimized and new games can see gains of 40-50% more performance than the 1080ti. Same thing in Forza Horizon 5 as well, 95fps with the 1080ti, over 120fps with the 6750XT with SAM on. I would have loved to buy a RTX 3070 ti or RX 6800 but they make no sense with current prices with those cards being around $800-$1000CAD for only 15% more performance than the RX 6750 XT but 50%+ more money. 

 

Anyways I'm happy with the upgrade and it's nice to get 20%+ more performance for a few hundred dollars. 

[hollyh88]

i would wait till prices settle down more. but a 3090/6950xt would be a good upgrade yes. maybe there will be better prices over the upcoming months. But it can also get a lot worse if the world decides it needs more chaos. So there isnt really a certainty for lower prices. 

a 1080ti can still benefit from fsr. so what i would do is wait and see what performance you will have in hogwarts. as it is only a few more weeks till it comes out. and then decide on whether you can still hang on a bit or need to upgrade in the near future.