980ti stick with 980ti or let it go?

[hasib.zaman]

Hello good people, 

 

So this happened with me, I was being patient about the gpu since last year eversince I built my gaming rig as i was mostly out of my hometown I was staying solid with my decision of geting new pascal consumer version gpu which was rumored to be announced by the end of apri or 1st week of may 

now waiting desperately and not receiving the good news I lost my patience just 2 days before gtx 1080 was announced and went on buying 980ti (which in my country costs arround 800 usd) happy with my card woke up next day and saw online nvidia announcing special event and next day demonstrating thier 1080 gtx, and not just that but the price being only 599 usd  

 

Now that made me very upset 

so straight i went on and asked shopkeeper if it is possible to return it and he said NO

 

posted advertisement on Craigslist reducing a 150$ and people started lowballing and giving ridiculously low offers saying 1070 is much cheaper and it will beat 980ti just like that 

 

I am now stuck with brand new 980ti at the very wrong moment of time 

 

now i want you all good people to recommend me 

 

should i take thier ridiculously low offer and sell it and get the 1080 gtx or should I stick with 980ti 

just for better advice of you all i must let you know this..

i am using 1440p monitor with 144hz overclocked at 158hz now.

 

Quick info on my rig

i5 6600k (overclocked to 4.7 Ghz stable)

corsair gtx h110i 

asus gaming pro

vengeance lpx 3000 mhz 8x8gb

850 pro 250 gb

950 pro m.2 512 gb

corsair hx 850i

corsair 760t

 

 

thanks in advance and sorry for long post and bad grammar english isint my first language

Edited May 14, 2016 by hasib.zaman

[Vivilacqua1]

Keep it unless you're going to be doing VR super soon. The 1080 is most likely only a tiny bit faster in normal gaming.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, hasib.zaman said:

Hello good people, 

 

So this happened with me, I was being patient about the gpu since last year eversince I built my gaming rig as i was mostly out of my hometown I was staying solid with my decision of geting new pascal consumer version gpu which was rumored to be announced by the end of apri or 1st week of may 

now waiting desperately and not receiving the good news I lost my patience just 2 days before gtx 1080 was announced and went on buying 980ti (which in my country costs arround 800 usd) happy with my card woke up next day and saw online nvidia announcing special event and next day demonstrating thier 1080 gtx, and not just that but the price being only 599 usd  

 

Now that made me very upset 

so straight i went on and asked shopkeeper if it is possible to return it and he said NO

 

posted advertisement on Craigslist reducing a 150$ and people started lowballing and giving ridiculously low offers saying 1070 is much cheaper and it will beat 980ti just like that 

 

I am now stuck with brand new 980ti at the very wrong moment of time 

 

now i want you all good people to recommend me 

 

should i take thier ridiculously low offer and sell it and get the 1080 gtx or should I stick with 980ti 

just for better advice of you all i must let you know this..

i am using 1440p monitor with 144hz overclocked at 158hz now.

 

thanks in advance and sorry for long post and bad grammar english isint my first language

You can speak two languages, thats more than I ever will. Bro, its a 980Ti, you just feel bad that you got less for your money when in reality, you would probably never use the full power of the 980Ti anyway at 1440p. Dont sell it, keep it unless you are unsatisfied with the performance which you should not be. Its way better than my R9 380. 

[App4that]

Unless you can get good money for it, keep it. I have a 980ti and it was everything I dreamed it would be.

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

The 1080 is about 25% better if you are selling it wait until benchmarks come out and people realize how lame the next generation gpus really are so you will get more and have a better counter to low balls. 

[m_tieu]

I would just keep it and upgrade when they come out with a bigger pascal chip if you feel that you need more performance at that time.

[IntenseFATE98]

Keep it, its a good card. If you really want Pascal, wait till the 1080Ti or new Titan come out. The 980Ti is a great card and won't drop much in price.

[Hakiroto]

Keep it an enjoy it. It's an incredible card. I bought a Zotac 980 Ti AMP! Extreme last November (and it was expensive!) but I don't feel bad now the 1080 is coming out. When I bought it 6 months ago people were already talking about waiting for the Pascal cards. There's no way I was going to wait that long based on a (strong) rumour. The truth is that there'll always be something better just around the corner. Sure, my card is a 980 (Ti) and not a 1080 but games look and run incredibly well (at 1440p on my XB271HU) so I have no worries whatsoever. I'm not going for first-generation VR and I'm not running 4K so there's nothing to worry about. Well, unless I really wanted 95 FPS on The Division as opposed to 80 FPS.  

 

So many people are putting their awesome cards up for sale at super low prices just so they can get a 1080 but we haven't even had benchmarks yet. That's crazy.

 

Regardless of what you do, I hope you figure it out and you're happy with whatever you end up with.

[hasib.zaman]

7 hours ago, Berlihm said:

Keep it an enjoy it. It's an incredible card. I bought a Zotac 980 Ti AMP! Extreme last November (and it was expensive!) but I don't feel bad now the 1080 is coming out. When I bought it 6 months ago people were already talking about waiting for the Pascal cards. There's no way I was going to wait that long based on a (strong) rumour. The truth is that there'll always be something better just around the corner. Sure, my card is a 980 (Ti) and not a 1080 but games look and run incredibly well (at 1440p on my XB271HU) so I have no worries whatsoever. I'm not going for first-generation VR and I'm not running 4K so there's nothing to worry about. Well, unless I really wanted 95 FPS on The Division as opposed to 80 FPS.  

 

So many people are putting their awesome cards up for sale at super low prices just so they can get a 1080 but we haven't even had benchmarks yet. That's crazy.

 

Regardless of what you do, I hope you figure it out and you're happy with whatever you end up with.

i think you and all others are absolutely correct 

i will keep my card until 1080ti comes out

and yeah performance wise its a beast too 

 

thank you everyome for replying 

[App4that]

Enjoy the card and welcome to the 980ti club! May your fps be high, and your temperatures low.