buy 1080 or wait until 1180

[marcemarc30]

I am looking to upgrade my gpu, What would you do in my position?? buy a 1080 now/next few weeks or wait for the new 1180??  I can get a strix 1080 on amazon for just under £600, i dont want to wait months for 1180 just to find out they going to cost £1000 bearing in mind i have a 1440p monitor

cheers

[Guest]

We have no definitive proof when next gen cards are dropping, although the general understanding is that they'll arrive in Q3 2018 at earliest. 

 

 

 

[AlTech]

8 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

I am looking to upgrade my gpu, What would you do in my position?? buy a 1080 now/next few weeks or wait for the new 1180??  I can get a strix 1080 on amazon for just under £600, i dont want to wait months for 1180 just to find out they going to cost £1000 bearing in mind i have a 1440p monitor

cheers

What GPU do you have right now?

 

Also, how much does a GTX 1080Ti cos for you right now where you live?

[marcemarc30]

 

5 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

What GPU do you have right now?

 

Also, how much does a GTX 1080Ti cos for you right now where you live?

i have a rx480 at the moment, a 1080 its just under £600 and a 1080ti is just under £1000

[ChernobilChuck]

In my opinion it really depends on your current one, if you can play the games you want at a decent framerate then you might aswell wait a few months.

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

i have a rx480 at the moment, a 1080 its just under £600 and a 1080ti is just under £1000

Ok. To be totally honest with you, the GTX 1180 is rumored to cost the same amount as a 1080Ti.

 

So, if you absolutely need more performance (which is what I'm guessing is happening) then maybe a GTX 1080 right now or a Vega 56/64 would be a good idea. I only bring up the Vega 56 because of the GPP and Nvidia's anti-competitive behaviour going on. I know the Vega 56 is slower than the GTX 1080 but honestly if Vega 56 is too slow for you then the GTX 1080 is also too slow for you.

[ChernobilChuck]

Just now, marcemarc30 said:

i  have a amd rx480

It should be able to handle esports games at 1440p like rocket legaue, csgo, league, etc.. So it comes down what you want to play, is med-low settings enough if you play demanding games, i would wait if you think about buying a 1080 because you can and not because you can't run the game you want to.

[marcemarc30]

20 minutes ago, ChernobilChuck said:

It should be able to handle esports games at 1440p like rocket legaue, csgo, league, etc.. So it comes down what you want to play, is med-low settings enough if you play demanding games, i would wait if you think about buying a 1080 because you can and not because you can't run the game you want to.

i mostly been playing battlefield 1 and cod ww2, and also some older single player games for practice as i am new to pc gaming 

 

21 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Ok. To be totally honest with you, the GTX 1180 is rumored to cost the same amount as a 1080Ti.

 

So, if you absolutely need more performance (which is what I'm guessing is happening) then maybe a GTX 1080 right now or a Vega 56/64 would be a good idea. I only bring up the Vega 56 because of the GPP and Nvidia's anti-competitive behaviour going on. I know the Vega 56 is slower than the GTX 1080 but honestly if Vega 56 is too slow for you then the GTX 1080 is also too slow for you.

i looked for vega cards but all i can find is reference cards for around £650/£700, i been told never buy the reference cards lol

[AlTech]

Just now, marcemarc30 said:

i looked for vega cards but all i can find is reference cards for around £650/£700, i been told never buy the reference cards lol

The references card are alright if you're fine with the GPUs being hot. You can fix the temps by applying a pretty aggressive fan profile but it'll be somewhat loud.

[marcemarc30]

 

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

The references card are alright if you're fine with the GPUs being hot. You can fix the temps by applying a pretty aggressive fan profile but it'll be somewhat loud.

thats cool but dont really want a red hot gpu id rather have a custom gpu like strix or msi etc with better cooling

[LaPiNN93]

personally, i waited 6 months or more to buy my system, worst thing i've ever done... I was gonna buy for about 550$CAD a 1070 zotac before all the mining craze came, told myself i might just have to wait after christmas for the prices to drop... what a bad decision... so now we are later, i decided to buy a 1080 since i was tired of waiting, paid about 800$CAD which is close to msrp if you convert USD msrp to CAD (659$ USD = about 820$ CAD, gtx 1080 g1 gaming as stated in a LTT video)

 

In my opinion, and the opinion of some youtubers, If you want it and need it NOW, buy it NOW, get the best deal, if you don't mind waiting some more (up to a year) then wait.

 

Nobody knows how much it will be next week, maybe 400$CAD maybe 1200$CAD (how much it was here not long after christmas)

 

And ask yourself, Do i really need to play gtaV ultra at 100+fps? is your monitor 144hz? Is the earth going round the sun? Is my mousepad big enough to fit my keyboard, mouse and doritos bag?

 

Don't just listen to me since i HAD to upgrade, my only other gaming rig is i7 6700hq, GTX960m Lenovo y700, so for rocket league on the go its perfect... for 1h30 to 2 hours without the power supply, but i NEEDED to know what it was to get 100+fps in any games NOW, so i probably overpaid my whole system about 500$CAD, but if you are like my dad, you are able to wait for years before buying LOL.

 

Hope this was helpful!

[AlTech]

5 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

 

thats cool but dont really want a red hot gpu id rather have a custom gpu like strix or msi etc with better cooling

You could buy a Sapphire aftermarket Vega card. But otherwise, the GTX 1080 isn't a bad product.

[LaPiNN93]

Or if the PSU is enough, sli 970's or 980's if you don't mind thinkering.

[marcemarc30]

7 minutes ago, LaPiNN93 said:

personally, i waited 6 months or more to buy my system, worst thing i've ever done... I was gonna buy for about 550$CAD a 1070 zotac before all the mining craze came, told myself i might just have to wait after christmas for the prices to drop... what a bad decision... so now we are later, i decided to buy a 1080 since i was tired of waiting, paid about 800$CAD which is close to msrp if you convert USD msrp to CAD (659$ USD = about 820$ CAD, gtx 1080 g1 gaming as stated in a LTT video)

 

In my opinion, and the opinion of some youtubers, If you want it and need it NOW, buy it NOW, get the best deal, if you don't mind waiting some more (up to a year) then wait.

 

Nobody knows how much it will be next week, maybe 400$CAD maybe 1200$CAD (how much it was here not long after christmas)

 

And ask yourself, Do i really need to play gtaV ultra at 100+fps? is your monitor 144hz? Is the earth going round the sun? Is my mousepad big enough to fit my keyboard, mouse and doritos bag?

 

Don't just listen to me since i HAD to upgrade, my only other gaming rig is i7 6700hq, GTX960m Lenovo y700, so for rocket league on the go its perfect... for 1h30 to 2 hours without the power supply, but i NEEDED to know what it was to get 100+fps in any games NOW, so i probably overpaid my whole system about 500$CAD, but if you are like my dad, you are able to wait for years before buying LOL.

 

Hope this was helpful!

And ask yourself, Do i really need to play gtaV ultra at 100+fps? is your monitor 144hz? Is the earth going round the sun? Is my mousepad big enough to fit my keyboard, mouse and doritos bag?

 

Yes to all them questions, thinking a 1080 now is the way to go lol

[James Regan]

14 hours ago, marcemarc30 said:

 

i have a rx480 at the moment, a 1080 its just under £600 and a 1080ti is just under £1000

you can easly get a 1080ti for just under £700, look on ebuyer. Well worth spending a little more and getting a 1080ti

 

[Darkseth]

Do you want to start playing Games? Buy what's available today.

 

Can you go 2018 without gaming and waiting, and watching lets plays? Then wait.

 

Simple as that. ^^