GTX 1170 upgrade?

[Wjjm75]

Right now I have a gtx 1060 6gb which I bought in June, I would prefer to buy a GPU for £450 and have it last a long time, so my question is do I sell my GTX 1060 6gb later in the year and buy a gtx 1170 and have it last me ~5-6 years, or get a gtx 1160 when my gtx 1060 slows down?

 

My parents think I should weigh up the costs of both options (I have a job so I just wanna to go the least expensive over time route)

 

Edit: The 1070ti is also an option, really just looking for extremely future proof cards

[ZeouLs]

I'm not sure if there is going to be a 1160 at all, they might juts shove out 1170 and 1180

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, ZeouLs said:

I'm not sure if there is going to be a 1160 at all, they might juts shove out 1170 and 1180

True

[Jurrunio]

I'd still recommend the 'two generations per upgrade' scheme.

[Wjjm75]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'd still recommend the 'two generations per upgrade' scheme.

 I haven’t heard of this before, wym?

[ZeouLs]

5 minutes ago, Wjjm75 said:

 I haven’t heard of this before, wym?

If you lets say have a 980 dont upgrade to a 1080 but wait for the 1180 I guess

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Wjjm75 said:

 I haven’t heard of this before, wym?

you have a 1060, then you should wait for the 1260 unless you can aim for a higher end card like the 1170 or 1180. The more times you upgrade your stuff, the more you end up spending for the performance you get because you pay the 'new stuff' tax every time you do so.

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, ZeouLs said:

If you lets say have a 980 dont upgrade to a 1080 but wait for the 1180 I guess

 I see, but I have a 1060, The 1060 won’t last me till the 1260/2060

[AidenBear]

3 minutes ago, Wjjm75 said:

 I see, but I have a 1060, The 1060 won’t last me till the 1260/2060

Then a 1070 or 1080 would have been a better option if you wanted it to last. Might as well upgrade your 1060 to an 1170 or 1180 then which should last you till the 12 series.

[ZeouLs]

Well I can tell you I played a couple of AAA games on my shit hd8670m notebook thats like 6 years old, graphics were on low but it did run so I bet if you reduce the graphics a bit you can surely make it to two generations

 

P.S. I played games like Tomb Raider, MGSV, Arma 3, SC2, GW2, Elder Scrolls Online and many other demanding games and yes HD8670m is garbage

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, ZeouLs said:

Well I can tell you I played a couple of AAA games on my shit hd8670m notebook thats like 6 years old, graphics were on low but it did run so I bet if you reduce the graphics a bit you can surely make it to two generations

 

P.S. I played games like Tomb Raider, MGSV, Arma 3, SC2, GW2, Elder Scrolls Online and many other demanding games and yes HD8670m is garbage

I had an rx550 for 6 months and tbh because I have a source of income, I don’t see a reason to deal with low FPS and low settings, the rx550 is just a shit gt1030

[ZeouLs]

1 minute ago, Wjjm75 said:

I have a source of income

If you have quite an income, get a 1080Ti, where is the issue ._.

[Wjjm75]

10 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

If you have quite an income, get a 1080Ti, where is the issue ._.

I mean I work school holidays and i gotta save up for uni etc so i don’t have a bottomless pit

[Amazonsucks]

49 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

I'm not sure if there is going to be a 1160 at all, they might juts shove out 1170 and 1180

Why? They always have a midrange chip

[GameMate]

Let's clear something: if the 11 series will come the 1080 will still be much more powerful and futureproof than the 1160 AND almost the same price (for example the GTX 980-1060 6GB's price). You shouldn't always buy the fanciest and hottest new cards, the older but higher-end cards are could be still more powerful. 

[Amazonsucks]

12 minutes ago, GameMate said:

Let's clear something: if the 11 series will come the 1080 will still be much more powerful and futureproof than the 1160 AND almost the same price (for example the GTX 980-1060 6GB's price). You shouldn't always buy the fanciest and hottest new cards, the older but higher-end cards are could be still more powerful. 

How is the 980, a $550 GPU in the same price category?

 

Youre also excluding the possibility of architectural changes like adding Tensor Cores and GDDR6 vs GDDR5.

 

Also the 980 is about even for a lot of things withe the 1060. Its marginally more performance in some cases but not by much usually.

 

The 1080 outperformed the 980ti despite being 104 vs 102 GPU.

 

 

[GameMate]

 

4 minutes ago, Amazonsucks said:

How is the 980, a $550 GPU in the same price category?

 

Youre also excluding the possibility of architectural changes like adding Tensor Cores and GDDR6 vs GDDR5.

 

 

Oh boy... okay than I write it down...

You really compared the price of a new GTX 980? I mean a 1-2 year old card in good condition on a 'Used tech' webpage (you'll find a salute one for sure) which costs around ~300-350 bucks. Trust me when the new 1160 will get announced and buyable on Amazon the 1080's price will get significantly lower than it's now and drop to the 'affordable' category for the poster of the topic.

 

[Amazonsucks]

8 minutes ago, GameMate said:

 

Oh boy... okay than I write it down...

You really compared the price of a new GTX 980? I mean a 1-2 year old card in good condition on a 'Used tech' webpage (you'll find a salute one for sure) which costs around ~300-350 bucks. Trust me when the new 1160 will get announced and buyable on Amazon the 1080's price will get significantly lower than it's now and drop to the 'affordable' category for the poster of the topic.

 

Well the prices of the 1080 have staed the same or gone up since launch. Now is an atypical time for GPU prices...

[Wjjm75]

58 minutes ago, GameMate said:

Let's clear something: if the 11 series will come the 1080 will still be much more powerful and futureproof than the 1160 AND almost the same price (for example the GTX 980-1060 6GB's price). You shouldn't always buy the fanciest and hottest new cards, the older but higher-end cards are could be still more powerful. 

I agree but I was never gonna buy the 1160 lol

[Jurrunio]

3 hours ago, Wjjm75 said:

 I see, but I have a 1060, The 1060 won’t last me till the 1260/2060

Then get the 1170 or 1180? The performance gain of 1060 --> 1160 wont be big enough to justify the expense. High end 11 series cards are rumoured to have $100 higher MSRP than high end 10 series, expect at least $50 increase in mid range cards like the 1160.