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I'm thinking about getting a 1080 since it had a nice little price drop and i can buy one for the price of a 1070.

I'd buy it somewhere in the summer because i am still a student and I have no job.

What I'd like to know is that a 1080 is overkill for 1080p gaming?

 

I was going to buy a 1060 but i saw that the 1080 got a price drop.

 

Current system specs:

CPU: i5 4690K (not yet overclocked because of motherboard)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 960 4gb windforce 2 oc

MOBO: Asus b85m-e

RAM: Hyper x blue 1x8 DDR3 1600mhz

Primary monitor: Asus vc239h 1920x1080 60hz

secondary monitor: acer x193w 1440x900 75hz

PSU: EVGA 600W w1-k2

 

I will buy a new monitor that is either 4k 1440p or 1080p 144hz.

 

Thanks in advance.

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wait until march 15, roll out date for new 1080TI. Official pricing will drop ...

 

Now, for 1080P playing, your bottleneck are the screen !!! 

Simple rules:

- If it works, dont update it.

- You don't know how, just do it, you will learn.

- Test, restest, test again, and maybe it will do it.

  

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The 1080 is probably a bit overkill for 1080p gaming, but if you are looking at upgrading your monitor then its a worthwhile investment to keep your rig futureproof.

A RAM upgrade is also not a bad idea.

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3 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

I would not go with 1080 on 1080p display with i5 CPU unless it's heavily overclocked.

why not? even the g4560 can use 80% of the 1080s power?

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in CPU-focused games you're gonna get fucked hard with that i5. 

It's horribly overkill for 1080p, but hey, """futureproof"""

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Just now, nobiggieBIG said:

why not? even the g4560 can use 80% of the 1080s power?

You sure? I am pretty sure that's on 1440p or 4k. Even if that's true for (which i doubt) for 1080p it is in some really CPU light demanding titles

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I mean I got to use a Titan X on a 1680x1050p60hz panel through DVI-D lol... not like we have money to buy all at once sometimes xD

 

I suppose the 1070 would be enough for the ultra 1080p experience then again some people do want to go in the graphical settings and simply max the shit out of everything and keep 60+fps on 1080p televisions... the GTX 1080 is the best card for that yeah, the 1080ti would already be completely pointless to the date... also the g4560 is good enough up to the 1060, more than that you gonna want to pair it up with the i5/7.

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6 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

You sure? I am pretty sure that's on 1440p or 4k. Even if that's true for (which i doubt) for 1080p it is in some really CPU light demanding titles

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Just now, stratege1401 said:

wait until march 15, roll out date for new 1080TI. Official pricing will drop ...

 

Now, for 1080P playing, your bottleneck are the screen !!! 

American pricing is not my terrtority, official prices maybe affect retailers to drop them even lower but i can already get one for 600$

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1 minute ago, Khaleesinikov said:

American pricing is not my teritority

WORLDWIDE !!! rolling out the new 1080TI will have effects on official princing everywhere.

 

Now, I can resell one for twice the price if the info bored you xD

Simple rules:

- If it works, dont update it.

- You don't know how, just do it, you will learn.

- Test, restest, test again, and maybe it will do it.

  

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Just now, stratege1401 said:

WORLDWIDE !!! rolling out the new 1080TI will have effects on official princing everywhere.

 

Now, I can resell one for twice the price if the info bored you xD

nice,

by the way did you see my full reply? cause you only quoted what i accidentally posted

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6 minutes ago, Khaleesinikov said:

nice,

by the way did you see my full reply? cause you only quoted what i accidentally posted

yep, well NO !!! INDEED ...  it is called bad timing, ain't the same with girl hopefully xD

 

maybee linustech is on S3... witch is failling a bit again ....

Simple rules:

- If it works, dont update it.

- You don't know how, just do it, you will learn.

- Test, restest, test again, and maybe it will do it.

  

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Well I'm getting a 1080Ti for 1080p @ 120Hz gaming until I can afford a better monitor

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Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270i  SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB, Samsung PM981 1TB  Case: Louqe Ghost S1

Monitor: Dell Alienware AW3418DW

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"We have the Technology"

 

ALL Day, Every Day.

Nvidia DSR

Find whats the perfect balance between sharp and smooth preferences with nvidias dsr smoothness slider and testing yourself with Ultra spec details at Higher Resolutions Vs FPS cost.

 

Everyone said the GTX970 once overclocked which many did... and 980 were overkill for 1080p gaming and not too long ago.

Now they are just about perfect for it but some titles still will cripple them at 1080p.

 

Use DSR or not, if not you can set an fps cap system wide and save temps.

If so, enjoy cleaner geometry details in game as you have the GPU headroom to use 1600-1800p and have ample frames above 50-80fps in most titles.

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1 hour ago, nobiggieBIG said:

why not? even the g4560 can use 80% of the 1080s power?

 

1) That's not how it works, some games demand more CPU (Cities: Skylines) some demand less (Doom) and some demand CPU and GPU pretty evenly (Witcher 3)

 

2) 20% is close to being the performance difference with the 1070 anyways

 

EDIT: Back on topic, I don't think the 1080 will be very overkill for 1080p gaming for long. As @SkilledRebuilds said many people thought the 970 and 980 where overkill for 1080p gaming and now they're the recommended cards for it for the most part (that is their equivalents roughly the 1060 and 480) I'm sure in one generation (that is, less than a year) my current card (1070) will be the recommended card for 1080.

 

I normally caution people against future proofing but when it's like 1 to 2 years away and you have power to spare I don't think it's "crazy" to go for this card for 1080 provided you can get a decent price on it not just the price drop but another discount or deal on top of it.

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23 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

 

1) That's not how it works, some games demand more CPU (Cities: Skylines) some demand less (Doom) and some demand CPU and GPU pretty evenly (Witcher 3)

 

2) 20% is close to being the performance difference with the 1070 anyways

 

EDIT: Back on topic, I don't think the 1080 will be very overkill for 1080p gaming for long. As @SkilledRebuilds said many people thought the 970 and 980 where overkill for 1080p gaming and now they're the recommended cards for it for the most part (that is their equivalents roughly the 1060 and 480) I'm sure in one generation (that is, less than a year) my current card (1070) will be the recommended card for 1080.

 

I normally caution people against future proofing but when it's like 1 to 2 years away and you have power to spare I don't think it's "crazy" to go for this card for 1080 provided you can get a decent price on it not just the price drop but another discount or deal on top of it.

id recommend a 1060 for 1080p

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2 hours ago, stratege1401 said:

wait until march 15, roll out date for new 1080TI. Official pricing will drop ...

 

Now, for 1080P playing, your bottleneck are the screen !!! 

The price drop was effective immediately as per Jen Hsun during the launch event. So march 2nd. It's up to retailers to catch up. The price of my 1080 Hybrid is already 589 on Amazon as of yesterday. Also launch date is march 10

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2 hours ago, Khaleesinikov said:

I'm thinking about getting a 1080 since it had a nice little price drop and i can buy one for the price of a 1070.

I'd buy it somewhere in the summer because i am still a student and I have no job.

What I'd like to know is that a 1080 is overkill for 1080p gaming?

 

I was going to buy a 1060 but i saw that the 1080 got a price drop.

 

Current system specs:

CPU: i5 4690K (not yet overclocked because of motherboard)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 960 4gb windforce 2 oc

MOBO: Asus b85m-e

RAM: Hyper x blue 1x8 DDR3 1600mhz

Primary monitor: Asus vc239h 1920x1080 60hz

secondary monitor: acer x193w 1440x900 75hz

PSU: EVGA 600W w1-k2

 

I will buy a new monitor that is either 4k 1440p or 1080p 144hz.

 

Thanks in advance.

1080 with i5 ? heh..... for 144p 144 hz ? lol.....

 

U need an i7 buddy

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3 hours ago, DoctorZeus said:

The price drop was effective immediately as per Jen Hsun during the launch event. So march 2nd. It's up to retailers to catch up. The price of my 1080 Hybrid is already 589 on Amazon as of yesterday. Also launch date is march 10

Sorry, i live in France, and the date are not the same ...

Simple rules:

- If it works, dont update it.

- You don't know how, just do it, you will learn.

- Test, restest, test again, and maybe it will do it.

  

https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?u=919931

 

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5 hours ago, Owlman said:

Well I'm getting a 1080Ti for 1080p @ 120Hz gaming until I can afford a better monitor

Im getting a 1080ti for my 1080p 120hz monitor as well but i can afford to get a better monitor im just not sure. Proparly 1440p 144hz gysnc. 4K too demanding atm and when the 144hz versions of 4k comes out the prices will be insane too much atm.

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Guessing everyone who says overkill doesnt like downsampling from higher resolutions?

The i5 wont be much issue when using DSR.

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1 hour ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Guessing everyone who says overkill doesnt like downsampling from higher resolutions?

The i5 wont be much issue when using DSR.

I like DSR. I use 4k resolution DSR with my 1080p monitor. Helps make full usage of my 1070 oc :) 

 

That said, a 1080 wouldn't even be overkill for a 1080p monitor if you use DSR to go in 4k "resolution". You should get a real 4k native resolution monitor if you want best quality image, but i mean, for people like me who are poor xD and use 1080p monitor, just use DSR to simulate that 4k and there you go buddy, the 1080 is struggling to maintain 60 fpsa  in some games in 4k :P 

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19 minutes ago, smokefest said:

I like DSR. I use 4k resolution DSR with my 1080p monitor. Helps make full usage of my 1070 oc :) 

 

That said, a 1080 wouldn't even be overkill for a 1080p monitor if you use DSR to go in 4k "resolution". You should get a real 4k native resolution monitor if you want best quality image, but i mean, for people like me who are poor xD and use 1080p monitor, just use DSR to simulate that 4k and there you go buddy, the 1080 is struggling to maintain 60 fpsa  in some games in 4k :P 

:) Also some game settings can easily be tuned for much gain. (Particle Density in games for one, eG: the effect is still there, not taken away, but less plumed/more sparse smoke /w +5fps AVG) You CAN use lower than 4K and still get most games to look better, 4K isn't the only magical unicorn to get to, 1600p-1800p is great,.. the hard part is getting the sampled text to look right.

But I've used 2800x1600 and 3300x1800 over 1920x1080p and I can read text well enough (or the game scales it fine) and the rest of the game is uber-gorgeous as well.

If your PC has the power, try it out IMO.

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Hey,

 

As you can see in my sig, I paired an OC'd 3570k with my GTX 1080.  I game either on my 1440p monitor or on my 1080p big screen TV depending on my mood.  I believe the GTX 1080 is the perfect card for 1440p, not a single game I play drops below 60fps.  That being said, there is a bottleneck when gaming at 1080p, but you'll never notice it unless you're constantly monitoring your system using Afterburner's OSD.

 

That's just my 2 cents -- my CPU is older than yours, however, given the overclock, I feel our systems would be on par with each other.  At 1440p, there's MINIMAL bottleneck -- when it does occur, it'll make sense (mayhem in GTA V, walking through the crowded streets of Novigrad in the Witcher 3, etc).

 

If you decide to keep your 1080p display, I'd recommend playing around with dynamic screen resolution.  That way, you can actually increase the image quality and push a lot of the system workload onto the GPU.

 

 

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