Upgrade from 980ti?

[AngelOfBodom]

hey all! planning to do a whole bunch of part changes: give my wife a r5 1600 (from an r3), swap her gpu with mine (980ti), and give hers tp a friend that's building his first rig (1060 6gb). as of now, i play 1080p 144hz. the 980ti does what I want it to do, but have seen a weird degradation of performance. Works great stock, but the OC has weird instability issues (even a slight OC makes it freak out). I do intend on moving to 1440 at some point but do wish to keep same/better performance if possible. Any 'affordable' cards up for recommendation? I know 1080s are at a low and I've been eyeballing several on Amazon. Just wanted an opinion on whether or not it'll be worth it. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

The 1080 would be the only upgrade from a 980Ti.

[App4that]

I run 2 980tis and a 1080ti. Iv'e run the 980tis in SLI as well up against the 1080ti. If you have the cash a 1080ti is a solid upgrade. 

[xAcid9]

1080 Ti is the only worthy upgrade from 980 Ti imo.

[STRESSMASTER]

4 minutes ago, AngelOfBodom said:

hey all! planning to do a whole bunch of part changes: give my wife a r5 1600 (from an r3), swap her gpu with mine (980ti), and give hers tp a friend that's building his first rig (1060 6gb). as of now, i play 1080p 144hz. the 980ti does what I want it to do, but have seen a weird degradation of performance. Works great stock, but the OC has weird instability issues (even a slight OC makes it freak out). I do intend on moving to 1440 at some point but do wish to keep same/better performance if possible. Any 'affordable' cards up for recommendation? I know 1080s are at a low and I've been eyeballing several on Amazon. Just wanted an opinion on whether or not it'll be worth it. 

1080 or 1080 Ti though get the one that has the extra RAM

[ad1das]

The 980ti is a solid card still.  You could try water cooling it to solve the issues when overclocked.  Im all about making older hardware work better than some newer stuff   Not to mention it would be cheaper, unless you sold it to pay towards the new card!

 

[AngelOfBodom]

3 minutes ago, App4that said:

I run 2 980tis and a 1080ti. Iv'e run the 980tis in SLI as well up against the 1080ti. If you have the cash a 1080ti is a solid upgrade. 

I'd love to dish out for a 1080ti but the price is just too steep. if it was a little closer to msrp i would have no issue, but if rent is less than a component, then it's not worth it to me

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

get the one that has the extra RAM

I have to question what you mean by this.

 

The 1080 only has 8Gb VRAM, the 1080Ti only has 11Gb.

[App4that]

7 minutes ago, AngelOfBodom said:

I'd love to dish out for a 1080ti but the price is just too steep. if it was a little closer to msrp i would have no issue, but if rent is less than a component, then it's not worth it to me

Unless you VR I'd just stick with the 980ti, or do a upper side grade to the 1080 that is at MSRP. Just picked one up myself for a build. Use it until the 11 series from Nvidia comes out and sell it. Or keep it as a backup. 

[STRESSMASTER]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I have to question what you mean by this.

 

The 1080 only has 8Gb VRAM, the 1080Ti only has 11Gb.

I thought I remembered seeing a 1080 card to were they had 8Gb and 12Gb for same type. I know that the Ti has more by default. It may have been like a founders edition or the like though.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, STRESSMASTER said:

I thought I remembered seeing a 1080 card to were they had 8Gb and 12Gb for same type. I know that the Ti has more by default. It may have been like a founders edition or the like though.

Might be thinking of a Titan, those all had 12Gb.

[Princess Luna]

At this point in time I'd stick to the 980 Ti until the 1180.

[aezakmi]

1080Ti, otherwise keep that 980Ti, it's a beast card

[STRESSMASTER]

4 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Might be thinking of a Titan, those all had 12Gb.

I don't think so. I was researching a new video card for me under $250USD and the titan is MUCH more expensive.

[Princess Luna]

15 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

1080 or 1080 Ti though get the one that has the extra RAM

There is no such thing as get one with extra VRAM* the GTX 1080 has always had 8GB and the 1080 Ti has always had 11GB.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, STRESSMASTER said:

I don't think so. I was researching a new video card for me under $250USD and the titan is MUCH more expensive.

Under 250 USD and above 4Gb VRAM don't go together.

[STRESSMASTER]

Spoiler

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

There is no such thing as get one with extra VRAM* the GTX 1080 has always had 8GB and the 1080 Ti has always had 11GB.

 

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Under 250 USD and above 4Gb VRAM don't go together.

 

Ok I admit I thought it strange at the time. I have not seen it since so maybe someone entered the wrong VRAM info on the newegg posting and fixed it. That actually makes more sense.

[ad1das]

@Crunchy Dragon 4GB Vram, in stock, under $250!  lol  https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1294345-REG/msi_geforce_gtx_1050_ti.html?ap=y&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInraUtcv22gIVDZ-fCh2HyQD1EAYYAyABEgJjw_D_BwE

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, ad1das said:

@Crunchy Dragon 4GB Vram, in stock, under $250!  lol  https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1294345-REG/msi_geforce_gtx_1050_ti.html?ap=y&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInraUtcv22gIVDZ-fCh2HyQD1EAYYAyABEgJjw_D_BwE

What I mean is, you don't find cards with more than 4Gb VRAM under 250 USD.

[Morgan MLGman]

25 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

The 1080 would be the only upgrade from a 980Ti.

Nah, if you have a decent 980Ti then it's not worth it tbh At least not performance-wise. I did an upgrade like that, from a top-end 980Ti to one of the best 1080s and there's not much difference in terms of performance... Maybe (like in my case) you want to do the upgrade for lower power consumption and less heat because the 980Ti is a very hot GPU Then it makes sense. But performance? The only worthy upgrade I see is a 1080Ti.

[Eduard the weeb]

I would wait till next gen cards come out hopefully soon because 980ti is about a equivalent of a 1070 so only the 1080 and 1080ti would make sense right now

[STRESSMASTER]

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

What I mean is, you don't find cards with more than 4Gb VRAM under 250 USD.

Maybe not now but isn't the MSRP of the 1060 6GB like 170USD?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, STRESSMASTER said:

Maybe not now but isn't the MSRP of the 1060 6GB like 170USD?

That seems really low, I'll go look that up.

[STRESSMASTER]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

That seems really low, I'll go look that up.

it was $240USD 

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

Maybe not now but isn't the MSRP of the 1060 6GB like 170USD?

GTX 1060 6Gb starts at 250 USD