1070 or 1080?

[Crusader93]

Hi!

Im gonna buy one of those, but im still not entirely sure about which one i should pick. Im gaming in 1080P for now, and not going to upgrade monitor anytime soon. I know 1080 has the most horsepower, but will it be worth the extra cost of 1080P gaming in your opinion?

Thanks for replies!

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Crusader93 said:

Hi!

Im gonna buy one of those, but im still not entirely sure about which one i should pick. Im gaming in 1080P for now, and not going to upgrade monitor anytime soon. I know 1080 has the most horsepower, but will it be worth the extra cost of 1080P gaming in your opinion?

Thanks for replies!

no the 1080 is not needed what about a RX480??

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Generally the *60 is the price/performance sweet spot, and stepping up to a *70 is an increase in performance, but a greater increase in cost.  Stepping up to a *80 is the same thing again.  Only do it if you need to.

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Crusader93 said:

Hi!

Im gonna buy one of those, but im still not entirely sure about which one i should pick. Im gaming in 1080P for now, and not going to upgrade monitor anytime soon. I know 1080 has the most horsepower, but will it be worth the extra cost of 1080P gaming in your opinion?

Thanks for replies!

niether, wait for the RX 480 which will crush 1080p for $200. Dont be a fool a buy Nvidia without waiting for AMDs response. You may regret it.  

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

no the 1080 is not needed what about a RX480??

EVERYONE is forgetting about the RX 480 and its making me angry.  

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

EVERYONE is forgetting about the RX 480 and its making me angry.  

lol 

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1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

EVERYONE is forgetting about the RX 480 and its making me angry.  

I don't think "everyone is forgetting about it".  The hype is huge.  Just, 10* hype is huge too...

[QueenObama]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

niether, wait for the RX 480 which will crush 1080p for $200. Dont be a fool a buy Nvidia without waiting for AMDs response. You may regret it.  

Im building a new system http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q34mGf I choose the 1080 because it will last me the longest in the long run instead of an RX 480 for the short run for cheaper

 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

lol 

im concerned about their wallets, not how good the card is or the brand that its from. 

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1 minute ago, QueenObama said:

Im building a new system http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q34mGf I choose the 1080 because it will last me the longest in the long run instead of an RX 480 for the short run for cheaper

 

You shouldn't really buy way too much power hoping it will last longer, since you'll probably end up paying more per year overall for the same experience.  Reason being what I said in my first post up a bit

[Crusader93]

I have read that the 480 will be like the 980 in performance, which i find kinda waste to switch out my 970 for. Do you think the 480 will match the 1070 in performance?

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, QueenObama said:

Im building a new system http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q34mGf I choose the 1080 because it will last me the longest in the long run instead of an RX 480 for the short run for cheaper

 

"future proofing" does not exist in the world of PCs. Just letting you know, anything can change at anytime and you could be left in the dust. 

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1 minute ago, Crusader93 said:

I have read that the 480 will be like the 980 in performance, which i find kinda waste to switch out my 970 for. Do you think the 480 will match the 1070 in performance?

It's too early to tell.  Not even all the 1070s are out yet, and the 480 doesn't even release until the end of the month.  It might be a great overclocker but we have no real solid data yet.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It's too early to tell.  Not even all the 1070s are out yet, and the 480 doesn't even release until the end of the month.  It might be a great overclocker but we have no real solid data yet.

its all speculation, great and promising speculation.....but still speculation 

[QueenObama]

15 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

its all speculation, great and promising speculation.....but still speculation 

How can you say that you can't future proof with a gtx 1080 that card will be able to run any game for a very long time.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, QueenObama said:

How can you say that you can't future proof with a gtx 1080 that card will be able to run any game for a very long time.

Nothing is for certain. The only things that are are death and taxes. Something new could come around next year making the 1080 obsolete. 

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1 minute ago, QueenObama said:

How can you say that you can't future proof with a gtx 1080 that card will be able to run any game for a very long time.

Because there is very likely a 1080 ti coming soon enough.  and a 1180.  And Vega from AMD.  Life moves on

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Because there is very likely a 1080 ti coming soon enough.  and a 1180.  And Vega from AMD.  Life moves on

This again! xD

[Crusader93]

But do you guys think that its worth picking the 1080 over 1070 for 1080P? I dont wanna spend more money if its not worth it.

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1 minute ago, Crusader93 said:

But do you guys think that its worth picking the 1080 over 1070 for 1080P? I dont wanna spend more money if its not worth it.

I don't think so.  In fact it's almost a hard argument going with a 1070 over an RX 480 at 1080p

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Crusader93 said:

But do you guys think that its worth picking the 1080 over 1070 for 1080P? I dont wanna spend more money if its not worth it.

the GTX 1080 is overkill and a waste of cash for 1080p unless you plan on never upgrading ever

[Crusader93]

5 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

the GTX 1080 is overkill and a waste of cash for 1080p unless you plan on never upgrading ever

I will not upgrade monitor until we have graphics cards that can run 4K at 60 stable fps in most games, which is not the case right now. That means there will be alot of new graphics cards on the market before i will upgrade the monitor. Do you think the 1070 is the best choice here then?(not counting the rx480)

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Crusader93 said:

I will not upgrade monitor until we have graphics cards that can run 4K at 60 stable fps in most games, which is not the case right now. That means there will be alot of new graphics cards on the market before i will upgrade the monitor. Do you think the 1070 is the best choice here then?(not counting the rx480)

There is currently no single GPU capable of running 4k 60FPS with high/max detail settings. 

[Bcat00]

I don't get why you people keep bringing up amd because his question is very clear.

 

1080 or 1070 which should he get for 1080p monitor.

 

What gpu he wants is his choice and lets get real, amd is in the gutter already and the trend in their market share says it all.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, Bcat00 said:

What gpu he wants is his choice and lets get real, amd is in the gutter already and the trend in their market share says it all.

This is a fourm where I would hope people would set their personal bias aside and go with the objectively better product. From what we know now, AMD seems likely to be the company releasing that card. The OP can choose to go Nvidia, but we offer alternatives that would make more sense and would be a wiser purchase. If the Rx 480 is anything like what it is said to be, It will be very hard for me to recommend Nvidia for a long time on price alone.