Deciding between GTX 1080 or 1070.

[bill52600]

Hello,

 

I'm in a jam trying to decide between the GTX 1080 and 1070. Prior to my motherboard crapping out and having no working PC (stuck on a Mac) for over a month, I had been dead-set on getting an EVGA GTX 1080 FTW. However, now that I'm "back online", I'm presented with a whole variety of options. I love my GTX 750 Ti FTW for its history with me but it's doing equally as well as Hillary Clinton's efforts to try to appeal to young people in the U.S. Politics aside, I want to get back in the game (literally).

 

Here are the requirements, challenges, and guidelines I am aiming to meet with this purchase:

 

- EVGA only

- No 1060 (would've SLI'd it anyway, but there's no SLI, so...)

- i5 4670k CPU bottlenecking it (and how bad it does)

- I have a 1080p monitor but may upgrade within the next 2 years to 1440p or above

- Game that's fueling my demand for a better card is GTA:V but more demanding titles will be purchased if Gaben puts out a sale for them (money permitting)

- Monetary value not much of an issue but would still like to spend less if possible

- VR not in much consideration for another year or two down the road

- EVGA SC, FTW, or Classified versions only

- RGB preferred

 

I feel like I'd be saving a lot of time and money getting an EVGA GTX 1070 FTW (or similar) instead of a 1080, but I'd also feel like I'm missing out and come short later on.

 

If you purchased a 1080 instead of a 1070, why? If you purchased a 1070 instead of a 1080, why?

 

Thanks.

[Skiiwee29]

Get yourself a 1070 and upgrade your CPU to the i7 4790k

[Techicolors]

8 minutes ago, bill52600 said:

 

If you purchased a 1080 instead of a 1070, why? If you purchased a 1070 instead of a 1080, why?

 

i can probably answer this one. 1080's too expensive lol. but if i wanted i can do evga's step-up program to move up to a 1080. the 1070 is sufficient for 1440p 60fps. 

[vong]

16 minutes ago, bill52600 said:

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1080 would be overkill for 1080p imo. Even the 1070 handles 1440p fine.

[TrigrH]

I have the same CPU and I had the same problem, I wanted to go for the $609 EVGA 1080 blower then install an AIO myself, but my GPU died a few months ago and the card still isn't out yet so I decided on this one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1262893-REG/zotac_zt_p10700c_10p_geforce_gtx_1070_amp.html

as I felt it wasn't worth paying soo much for for a 1080 and getting such a little performance gain.

But if you want EVGA, I recommend either the normal or the SC the more expensive models are not worth the extra cost (as the reference PCB can OC well). 

[bill52600]

8 minutes ago, vong said:

1080 would be overkill for 1080p imo. Even the 1070 handles 1440p fine.

How well does it handle 4K?

[Nexxus]

1 minute ago, bill52600 said:

How well does it handle 4K?

[bill52600]

Just now, Nexxus said:

Based on that chart, I'm getting the sense that there isn't really noticable difference whatsoever between the two at 1440p and below.

[TrigrH]

Just now, bill52600 said:

Based on that chart, I'm getting the sense that there isn't really noticable difference whatsoever between the two at 1440p and below.

try and take a close look at the minimum framerates also