Should I wait for Volta or get pascal?

[TandemCatz]

Hey LTT Forums this is my First Post on LTT Forums and on any tech forum in August this year I'm planning to get my build together consisting of a i7 7700k an MSI gaming pro carbon but for the graphics card I was originally planning for a 1070GTX but then after the Volta leaks I'm confused on waiting for Volta or buying the 1070 I can wait 3 months after august (I don't wanna make the same mistake as my cousin as he bought a 980ti and then 3 months later pascal launched) Pls Help Me Out LTT Forums!

[XR6]

Before you choose, wait until Volta is announced, then decide.

Or just buy it now because Volta's atleast a year away.

 

[Majestic]

How is buying a 980TI (topend segment) relevant to buying a 1070 (midrange segment). It won't nearly be the same cut in value. Besides, expect the top-end models to launch first, and that 3 month date could be a paper launch. The "2070" could still be a long way away, specially with VEGA being delayed.

 

FYI, the 1070 recently got a pricecut, if you've got the money and require the graphical performance now, just get it.

[3 Lions]

Just get the 1070, you'd be waiting at least another year for Volta. 

[MysticLTT]

If they announce Volta at SIGGRAPH 2017, then problem solved.

[Guest]

14 hours ago, MysticLTT said:

If they announce Volta at SIGGRAPH 2017, then problem solved.

Nvidia already said next year. 

[MysticLTT]

1 hour ago, FTL said:

Nvidia already said next year. 

When? I thought Huang said GeForce coming this year, at his Computex speech.

[rn8686]

Volta wont be out until around Q1-Q2 next year, up to you if you can wait that long. A used 980ti could be good until then (If you can find it at good price, otherwise 1070 if you want to spend a little for for one new). 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, MysticLTT said:

When? I thought Huang said GeForce coming this year, at his Computex speech.

They were referring to the GV100, which isn't a consumer product.

[MysticLTT]

55 minutes ago, FTL said:

They were referring to the GV100, which isn't a consumer product.

I will skim through a presentation again, because I swear he casually mentioned they will announce gaming GeForce this year, unless I was hearing things.

 

Do you have a link about next year's launch?

[Nocte]

I would also consider Ryzen for CPU and Vega (when it comes out) for GPU. 

 

We cannot say how Vega is going to put up against 1070/1080, but surely Ryzen offers more bang for the buck than Kaby Lake. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

No one knows when Volta is coming out. It's pointless to ask what gpu to get in early June if you're not going to be doing a build until August. Maybe the GTX 1080 gets a further price cut (I think it's already a better deal than the GTX 1070). Maybe AMD has a killer value cutdown Vega chip when they launch in July. And I wouldn't discount the possibility @MysticLTT mentioned, that Nvidia could launch GV104 early to spoil Vega's launch. It's exactly what they did to spoil the Fury X launch a couple of years ago. A couple of days before Fury X was to be paper launched Nvidia gave a hard launch to the GTX 980 Ti and AMD ended up pushing back their launch another couple of weeks. AMD was set to offer Titan X level performance for $800 and Nvidia swooped in and offered it for $650 with the 980 Ti.

 

By late July to early August we should know a lot more about the gpu landscape since Vega will have launched and Nvidia will have possibly done something to counter, be it a price cut, a launch, a launch announcement, a strong game bundle, or perhaps nothing if Vega flops. Who knows? Coffee Lake might even be nearing launch by then.