1080ti or wait

[UnbounDxKilleR]

Hi All,

 

I am currently using a 980ti for 1440p 144hz gameplay, however I have noticed that it is lacking to hit 60fps on some AAA titles recently, I am a bit of a nut when it comes to keeping my games Ultra if I can to be honest, I know lowering settings help which I have been doing but sometimes I need to go to medium to get 60+ fps. 

 

I was wondering if I should go for a 1080ti or wait for the next generation of GPUs to come out and buy one then. 

 

But I have also noticed a massive spike in the price of GPUs recently and not sure why which is making my choice harder.

 

[BluJay614]

5 minutes ago, UnbounDxKilleR said:

Hi All,

 

I am currently using a 980ti for 1440p 144hz gameplay, however I have noticed that it is lacking to hit 60fps on some AAA titles recently, I am a bit of a nut when it comes to keeping my games Ultra if I can to be honest, I know lowering settings help which I have been doing but sometimes I need to go to medium to get 60+ fps. 

 

I was wondering if I should go for a 1080ti or wait for the next generation of GPUs to come out and buy one then. 

 

But I have also noticed a massive spike in the price of GPUs recently and not sure why which is making my choice harder.

 

The spike has been going on for a while, it's why gamers have been so upset with cryptocurrency miners. The shortages have been caused by a few things:

1) DRAM shortages due to the increased demand for them as well as the refinement of their manufacturing.

2) Increased cost of production due to DRAM shortages. AIBs have their cards priced to allow for fluctuations of ~$5 to the cost of production.... Just from the DRAM shortages, that cost shot up $20-30, thusly eating into their profit margins.

3) GPU mining cryptocurrency has become very profitable once more, thusly causing miners to eat up what there is commercially available. Thanks to economics, this has caused a drastic shift in supply and demand, where the supply can't possibly support the demand.

4) There have been people who have taken advantage of the increased demand and higher prices to buy and resell these cards at ridiculously inflated prices.

 

In short, I would personally wait unless you happen to find a good deal on a 1080 ti. Otherwise, you may want to see if there is something extra going on while you are playing games, as it is possible something could be eating some of your resources.

[thisforumsucksassdeletemya]

They're always going to be stupid expensive. If you can afford it now then it's not really a question, is it? That gets more into financial advice and we're here to tell you what performs better... although obviously we can say that the performance per dollar is damn stupid on the 1080 Ti right now and probably will be forever. They'll be so rare in 10 years that they will still cost $600 despite being outperformed by $100 cards of that time.

[stealth80]

Wait, the jump isn't worth it

[UnbounDxKilleR]

9 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

They're always going to be stupid expensive. If you can afford it now then it's not really a question, is it? That gets more into financial advice and we're here to tell you what performs better... although obviously we can say that the performance per dollar is damn stupid on the 1080 Ti right now and probably will be forever. They'll be so rare in 10 years that they will still cost $600 despite being outperformed by $100 cards of that time.

Yeah I am in the UK and it currently costs £850 which is like $1150 so it is a massive price jump!!! The 980ti was so much more affordable when I got it a year after it came out for £450-£500, I could get the 1080ti but not sure if it is worth just waiting till next generation when although the prices will be high at least I won't be spending out every generation, maybe I'll stick to buying a new GPU every other gen

 

10 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Wait, the jump isn't worth it

Thank you, the performance looks great but not great enough, are they bringing out Volta next generation? May just wait till then.

[stealth80]

Just now, UnbounDxKilleR said:

Thank you, the performance looks great but not great enough, are they bringing out Volta next generation? May just wait till then.

Over clock the 980ti, and drop some of ultra settings that eat gpu power and sit pretty until 1180ti/2080ti comes

[UnbounDxKilleR]

16 minutes ago, BluJay614 said:

The spike has been going on for a while, it's why gamers have been so upset with cryptocurrency miners. The shortages have been caused by a few things:

1) DRAM shortages due to the increased demand for them as well as the refinement of their manufacturing.

2) Increased cost of production due to DRAM shortages. AIBs have their cards priced to allow for fluctuations of ~$5 to the cost of production.... Just from the DRAM shortages, that cost shot up $20-30, thusly eating into their profit margins.

3) GPU mining cryptocurrency has become very profitable once more, thusly causing miners to eat up what there is commercially available. Thanks to economics, this has caused a drastic shift in supply and demand, where the supply can't possibly support the demand.

4) There have been people who have taken advantage of the increased demand and higher prices to buy and resell these cards at ridiculously inflated prices.

 

In short, I would personally wait unless you happen to find a good deal on a 1080 ti. Otherwise, you may want to see if there is something extra going on while you are playing games, as it is possible something could be eating some of your resources.

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Sorry missed your reply, thank you.

 

Yeah cryptocurrency miners makes sense, although I am hoping with the gradual build of it getting harder and less profitable to do it should ease off soon. 

 

I think you are right and waiting may be the best option here, I have checked in Resource monitor and I just have the basics and the game running, but I have just reduced AA down a notch and helped by 10-15 Fps on the games I checked, AC Origins and Battlefield 1

[UnbounDxKilleR]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Over clock the 980ti, and drop some of ultra settings that eat gpu power and sit pretty until 1180ti/2080ti comes

Does overclocking it actually help, I have heard it only helps by a couple FPS most of the time?

 

Yeah I am going to drop some AA settings and stuff which seems to help, I am just a nut for the best, but unfortunately it comes at a HUGE price.

[General Winter]

i would definitely wait https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga104-gpu-geforce-gtc-2070-gtx-2080-launching-april/amp/

[UnbounDxKilleR]

Just now, General Winter said:

i would definitely wait https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga104-gpu-geforce-gtc-2070-gtx-2080-launching-april/amp/

April, damn a lot closer than I thought it may be

 

[BluJay614]

1 minute ago, UnbounDxKilleR said:

Does overclocking it actually help, I have heard it only helps by a couple FPS most of the time?

 

Yeah I am going to drop some AA settings and stuff which seems to help, I am just a nut for the best, but unfortunately it comes at a HUGE price.

Overclocking can help, but it can depend on how hard of an OC you give it. I would think a 15-20% increase at absolute best.

[General Winter]

1 minute ago, UnbounDxKilleR said:

April, damn a lot closer than I thought it may be

 

its still a rumor atm

 

even then i would wait cause if a 2070 is going to be on par with a 1080ti and they're making more gpus; it should stabilize the gpu market and you'll be getting more for your money by a large margin

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, General Winter said:

its still a rumor atm

 

even then i would wait cause if a 2070 is going to be on par with a 1080ti and they're making more gpus; it should stabilize the gpu market and you'll be getting more for your money by a large margin

its not a hard rumour to presume either if we look at previous launches:

 

970 was =/> 780ti

1070 was =/> 980ti

 

so by that 2070 =/> 1080ti

[KoeppColto024470]

Just wait when they release them I bet they'll be just as much or close to how much the 1080TI goes for right now. Honestly you can buy a Titan XP for like $200 more US. Also are Manufactures like ASUS not deciding to produce Titan XP models cause its almost been a year and the only way to buy one is directly though NVIDIA

[General Winter]

Just now, stealth80 said:

its not a hard rumour to presume either if we look at previous launches:

 

970 was =/> 780ti

1070 was =/> 980ti

 

so by that 2070 =/> 1080ti

i know, im just saying its not even at leak tier; so if anything were to change just know the article isn't from nvidia themselves

[UnbounDxKilleR]

3 minutes ago, General Winter said:

its still a rumor atm

 

even then i would wait cause if a 2070 is going to be on par with a 1080ti and they're making more gpus; it should stabilize the gpu market and you'll be getting more for your money by a large margin

 

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

its not a hard rumour to presume either if we look at previous launches:

 

970 was =/> 780ti

1070 was =/> 980ti

 

so by that 2070 =/> 1080ti

Yeah so by your responses I could just get a mid range 2070 when it's released and it'll hopefully be around the price of a min range card usually £500-600

[stealth80]

19 minutes ago, UnbounDxKilleR said:

 

Yeah so by your responses I could just get a mid range 2070 when it's released and it'll hopefully be around the price of a min range card usually £500-600

well 1070 was £400 on release, I would expect a 2070 to be around £430 or so (depends on state of market and crypto muggers) , but you should strive for the 2080 to get a big jump