Buy GTX 1080ti now or wait for GTX 2080 or 2070

[tehx]

Should I buy a GTX 1080ti now or wait for a GTX 2080 or 2070? (whatever has similar performance) I know some people will say wait for GTX 2080 then buy GTX 1080ti but I am not worried about the price of the card. I am worried about if the 1080ti will be made redundant when the new lineup of cards come out.

[Alexzz_]

it will be outperformed either way, no doubt nvidia is going to release something more powerful.

 

[tehx]

Just now, Alexzz_ said:

it will be outperformed either way, no doubt nvidia is going to release something more powerful.

 

wouldn't gtx 2070 or 2080 have performance somewhat similar to 1080ti though?

[stealth80]

I heard somewhere that Nvidia are gonna set MSRP of the next gen at around $850 .... make of that what you will

[tehx]

1 minute ago, Alexzz_ said:

it will be outperformed either way, no doubt nvidia is going to release something more powerful.

 

what I am asking if 1080ti will be made redundant because of the new ray-tracing technologies built into the 2080 

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

I heard somewhere that Nvidia are gonna set MSRP of the next gen at around $850 .... make of that what you will

even for 2080? I highly doubt it

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

wouldn't gtx 2070 or 2080 have performance somewhat similar to 1080ti though?

1080 was a lot more powerful than a 980ti, was better than 980 SLI, 1070 was roughly equal to 980ti, so I would "assume" something similar again, 

 

2070 ~ 1080ti

2080 ~ nothing

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Assassinguy2623 said:

even for 2080? I highly doubt it

If in doubt, wait.

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

1080 was a lot more powerful than a 980ti, was better than 980 SLI, 1070 was roughly equal to 980ti, so I would "assume" something similar again, 

 

2070 ~ 1080ti

2080 ~ nothing

I doubt that the performance difference between the 10 and the 20 series will be as significant as the difference between the 9 series and the 10 series just because of how powerful the 10 series already is

[stealth80]

Just now, Assassinguy2623 said:

even for 2080? I highly doubt it

why not? GDDR5 and HBM are in massive short supplies and demand is high. For Nvidia to make enough of these cards to satisfy demand theyre going to need a lot of nand memory which they are going to have to pay for, Samsung themselves are investing heavily into their own production of nand, so that investments will need to be recovered, Nvidia (not only them) will be required to pay a premium to secure their supply to be able to make the cards

[tehx]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

If in doubt, wait.

Meh. I will probs just get 1080ti. I am playing at 1080p 144hz so it should still last me a few years and I will still be able to use the upcoming raytracing technology on it right?

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

I doubt that the performance difference between the 10 and the 20 series will be as significant as the difference between the 9 series and the 10 series just because of how powerful the 10 series already is

again it isn't new, the performance jump from 7XX to 9XX was the same:

 

780ti ~ 970

980 ~ nothing

 

Nvidia need to make the performance jump worth it for people to invest, if they don't make the new card at least equal to the previous gen on SLI, people will just buy another 1080 and SLI if the new single card solution isn't enough of an upgrade - probably why they're slowly offering less and less support for SLI 

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Meh. I will probs just get 1080ti. I am playing at 1080p 144hz so it should still last me a few years and I will still be able to use the upcoming raytracing technology on it right?

wait your profile says you have a 1080? This would be a serious waste of money if that's the case for 1080P gaming

[tehx]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

again it isn't new, the performance jump from 7XX to 9XX was the same:

 

780ti ~ 970

980 ~ nothing

 

Nvidia need to make the performance jump worth it for people to invest, if they don't make the new card at least equal to the previous gen on SLI, people will just buy another 1080 and SLI if the new single card solution isn't enough of an upgrade - probably why they're slowing offering less and less support for SLI 

ok but i would probably only go for 2070 anyway because 2080 would be too expensive

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

ok but i would probably only go for 2070 anyway because 2080 would be too expensive

a 2080 is gonna probably be less than a 1080ti currently (unless my previous rumour/theory is true) 

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

wait your profile says you have a 1080? This would be a serious waste of money if that's the case for 1080P gaming

I have a 1080 but the coil whine on it is extremely bad so I was going to get another one but I thought I may as well get a 1080ti as I found a good deal 

[Jurrunio]

5 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Meh. I will probs just get 1080ti. I am playing at 1080p 144hz so it should still last me a few years and I will still be able to use the upcoming raytracing technology on it right?

Then go for it. Not like we can stop you. Just dont whine later on

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

a 2080 is gonna probably be less than a 1080ti (unless my previous rumour/theory is true) 

ok but I am not worring about the money. I am worrying about performance, if at least the 1080ti is equivalent in performance to the 2070 I will be happy

[stealth80]

Just now, Assassinguy2623 said:

I have a 1080 but the coil whine on it is extremely bad so I was going to get another one but I thought I may as well get a 1080ti as I found a good deal 

i would seriously not bother, the outlay for the performance jump at 1080P is not going to be worth it unless you can get a great price for your current 1080

[tehx]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Then go for it. Not like we can stop you. Just dont whine later on

why would i wine. isn't 1080ti still a beast of a card

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

i would seriously not bother, the outlay for the performance jump at 1080P is not going to be worth it unless you can get a great price for your current 1080

u would if u heard the noise it was making

[stealth80]

7 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Meh. I will probs just get 1080ti. I am playing at 1080p 144hz so it should still last me a few years and I will still be able to use the upcoming raytracing technology on it right?

No, raytracing is only for the newer cards, RTX that is

[stealth80]

Just now, Assassinguy2623 said:

u would if u heard the noise it was making

I had 970s in SLI that suffered coil whine, just turned my headset up 

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

No, raytracing is only for the newer cards, RTX that is

Oh. So I won't be able to do any raytracing at all on 1080ti even if the performance isnt as good as 2080

 

[tehx]

Just now, stealth80 said:

I had 970s in SLI that suffered coil whine, just turned my headset up 

Eh, you are trying to convince me to wait for 2080? Ok. When do you think they will be released