Worth upgrading 1070 to 1080?

[Coreac13]

After the release of the 1080ti the prices of the 1080 dropped $100, I was curious if it it might noe be worth it to get the 1080 instead of a 1070 for 1440p gaming. I recently built my computer, with a Asus gtx1070 OC and I use the PG278QR for my monitor. With the new price of the 1080 I'm curious if it would be worth it for me to get the extra performance for the pice.

[thenastyjbenny]

Not unless you can sell your 1070 for the same as you got it, no. It also depends on the games you want to play.

[Guest]

Since you already have a pretty decent graphics card, it might be worth it to wait for Vega before deciding to upgrade to a more powerful graphics card. Or you can SLI, but you will defitnely run into issues.

[Princess Luna]

No, wait for the GTX 2080 Volta

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

No, wait for the GTX 2080 Volta

would it not be 1180?

[Ashiella]

3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

No, wait for the GTX 2080 Volta

I'm waiting for Volta. Lol pascal was good but not worth the extra cash IMO.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, stealth80 said:

would it not be 1180?

I wish it was for the sake of sense but the next line up is going to be 2050/2060/2070/2080 Titan XV... for whatever reason nVidia has

[ArduinoBen]

I don't really think so.  Since you just built your rig recently, it's a bit too early (and late) to change.  I'd say be aware of future releases for your next build (so you could have waited then bought the 1080 for cheaper), and just get a new card the next time you upgrade your rig or feel your Graphics Card is not powerful enough for your needs.  Of course, your budget may also complicate things a bit.....

[Coreac13]

I thought the next gpu's coming from nvidia were ganna be a pascal refresh. Then volta, but also is volta like in 2018 about a year or more out?

[Renton577]

No I think its something like an 18% performance delta between the two cards, not worth it in my opinion, go for a 1080Ti if you want to upgrade from the 1070.

[ivryk]

11 hours ago, Coreac13 said:

After the release of the 1080ti the prices of the 1080 dropped $100, I was curious if it it might noe be worth it to get the 1080 instead of a 1070 for 1440p gaming. I recently built my computer, with a Asus gtx1070 OC and I use the PG278QR for my monitor. With the new price of the 1080 I'm curious if it would be worth it for me to get the extra performance for the pice.

The 1080 is about 12%~29% more powerful than the 1070  ( depending on the game, resolution, cpu used, factory overclocks and others). It is NOT worth it, your 1070 should be able to hold you at night until Volta/Vega releases, i am adamant that you will feel mad if you pull the trigger on the 1080 and then Volta/Vega stomps it for way cheaper which is usually the case with new architectural launches.

 

Just wait.