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So I was sold a super clocked 780 for $150 from a friend almost a year ago. It's been great but now that I've got my 3440x1440 21:9 with another monitor ( 17:9 4K) coming soon I've decided I should get a new GPU. OF COURSE NVIDIA is releasing the new GPU's just as I'm ready to buy a car >.>. My 780 has more CUDA cores than the 1070 (which I'm considering) BUT my PC pulls double duty as a video editing work station and a gaming PC. Adobe loves them CUDA cores. What I'm considering is the following. 1070 assuming it'll out perform the 980 if not then I'll go 980 depending on the price drop. I've considered the 1080 as well, but ONLY if it'd be better to wait and get the 1080 instead of the 1070... I'm so lost

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6 minutes ago, mbryant said:

So I was sold a super clocked 780 for $150 from a friend almost a year ago. It's been great but now that I've got my 3440x1440 21:9 with another monitor ( 17:9 4K) coming soon I've decided I should get a new GPU. OF COURSE NVIDIA is releasing the new GPU's just as I'm ready to buy a car >.>. My 780 has more CUDA cores than the 1070 (which I'm considering) BUT my PC pulls double duty as a video editing work station and a gaming PC. Adobe loves them CUDA cores. What I'm considering is the following. 1070 assuming it'll out perform the 980 if not then I'll go 980 depending on the price drop. I've considered the 1080 as well, but ONLY if it'd be better to wait and get the 1080 instead of the 1070... I'm so lost

for that, wait for a bit, like untill 15th june, then check stuff, look for an sli setup too.

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2 hours ago, DeezNoNos said:

for that, wait for a bit, like untill 15th june, then check stuff, look for an sli setup too.

i dunno, i've been trying to avoid SLI, seems like more trouble than it's worth

plus since I'm getting a car soon I can't really afford SLI lol

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Probably 980 after it drops in price would be best for your situation.

 

But nobody knows when it happens, could be next week preparing for the launch but could also happen 3 months from now...

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2 hours ago, Thony said:

Probably 980 after it drops in price would be best for your situation.

 

But nobody knows when it happens, could be next week preparing for the launch but could also happen 3 months from now...

I'm not worried about it assuming I don't have to rush. I'm hoping they don't discontinue the 980 because then I'd almost have no choice

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5 minutes ago, mbryant said:

I'm not worried about it assuming I don't have to rush. I'm hoping they don't discontinue the 980 because then I'd almost have no choice

 

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