Should I sell 2 980s for a 1080?

[Jacxel]

So my current system has 2 MSI gtx 980 4g Gaming cards in it which has so far been pretty good for gaming on my 4k monitor and in VR. A friend of mine is about to build a new system and was asking me for advice, his budget is about 800(euros). I have been considering selling my cards and upgrading before they completely lose their value so I've told him i would discuss selling mine to him. I've offered to do him a deal if he agreed to buy both, he can't realistically afford that in one go so i have told him i'll allow him to buy one now and one in a month or two which allows him to increase his budget a bit.

 

I'd appreciate some 3rd party advice.

 

Firstly, is it worth me upgrading from the 2 980s to the 1080? I know they seem to perform similarly but given i game in 4k/vr I'm assuming the 8gb of memory would make a difference, plus it gives me a better upgrade path, a second 1080 in the future is no doubt better than going for a 3rd or 4th 980.

 

Secondly whats a reasonable price? I had listed the cards online for €350, which is more than i actually expected to get for them but i was in no rush to sell them so it suited me. I dont want to dick my friend over by overcharging him but i need to make up most of the price of the 1080 for this to be anyway sensible. Currently i can find 1080's from €659 but i would be inclined to go for one that's a colour that matches my system (red/black mostly) The MSI gaming x would be my first choice, i could pick one of those up for about €790. but i could also get the Zotac amp for about €700, thats black and rgb lit so it would look ok too.

 

Thoughts?

[mattonfire]

DO IT! JUST DO IT! (Completely ignore my advice, I am useless to life and society).

[elago]

It's not worth for you, you'd get similar performance, but with 8 gigs of vram. 

 

[That Norwegian Guy]

It's either sell them now for a 1080, or in 1 year for half a snickers.

[McHox]

for a 1080ti i'd say yes,but for a 1080 no

[ohitsluca]

I'd say yes if you can get around $600 for them -- they are going for $300~+ used on Amazon right now. (I'm not sure how they compare to prices in your region, but I'd guess they'll be somewhat similar) You'd get a bit better performance, albeit with a single card so less issues with games that don't recognize SLI / have poor performance using SLI. And in 4K/VR this would definitely benefit you. 

If you can sell them for the cost of / damn near the cost of a 1080, why not?

[Hunter259]

40 minutes ago, elago said:

It's not worth for you, you'd get similar performance, but with 8 gigs of vram. 

 

Not really. SLI isnt perfect and it doesnt always work and the extra vram is very very useful.

[Guest]

yes. 

 

cause </3 SLI 

[Masada02]

Considering that in Unigine Valley SLI 970's beat a single 1080, I would definitely not sell your 980's to get a 1080. Maybe a 1080TI, but it's not like there's any good info on that to go off of.