Need Help Picking The Right GPU

[Serban Ungureanu]

Dear Linus Community,

 

This is my first post here so hello everyone! Recently I got interested in buying a new graphics card for my PC, but my experience with hardware is not that well developed so I guess I would need your opinion!

I am a 3D artist and I want to use the GPU for 3D Rendering. I think about buying a new one in the next 1-2 months.

The obvious option, for my budget which is around £550 - £600, would be a GTX 1080 (please, correct me if I am wrong). Now, I tried to get some information about when would be a good moment to buy this new GPU and I found out that in the near future would be around 20th of September when the new generation of GPUs will be released. Here is where questions come:

- How much do generally old generations of GPUs decrease in price at such events? I understand if you cannot give me a precise approximation, but maybe there are people able to tell based on what happened in the last years?

- Now, let's say that I would go for 1080, how do I pick the right vendor (EVGA/Geforce/etc.)? Are the products of those similar in terms of performance or the price difference between them is visible? ( I can see that some vendors sell it for £490 and others for £540 ).

- Do you guys think I would need to consider other GPU than 1080? If so, which ones? Would I get better options if I will wait a bit more and maybe increase my budget a bit? I was thinking about RTX, but I think these may be extremely pricey. 

- Finally, I would like to ask you: Would I need to upgrade any other component if I want my pc to work with this GPU (like my power source)?

 

This is my humble old rig: 

 

i7 4770 3.4GHz

Gigabyte GTX 660

24 GB RAM

MSI H87-G41

Sirtec 500W

 

[Gleb K]

There are actually 1080 TI s on the market within your budget, such as: https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Express-Graphics/dp/B071Y78QG7/ . I don't think you need to upgrade anything to use a 1080 TI. They are already decreasing in price I think but I guess it would be better to wait bit.

[Krosis]

35 minutes ago, Serban Ungureanu said:

Dear Linus Community,

 

This is my first post here so hello everyone! Recently I got interested in buying a new graphics card for my PC, but my experience with hardware is not that well developed so I guess I would need your opinion!

I am a 3D artist and I want to use the GPU for 3D Rendering. I think about buying a new one in the next 1-2 months.

The obvious option, for my budget which is around £550 - £600, would be a GTX 1080 (please, correct me if I am wrong). Now, I tried to get some information about when would be a good moment to buy this new GPU and I found out that in the near future would be around 20th of September when the new generation of GPUs will be released. Here is where questions come:

- How much do generally old generations of GPUs decrease in price at such events? I understand if you cannot give me a precise approximation, but maybe there are people able to tell based on what happened in the last years?

- Now, let's say that I would go for 1080, how do I pick the right vendor (EVGA/Geforce/etc.)? Are the products of those similar in terms of performance or the price difference between them is visible? ( I can see that some vendors sell it for £490 and others for £540 ).

- Do you guys think I would need to consider other GPU than 1080? If so, which ones? Would I get better options if I will wait a bit more and maybe increase my budget a bit? I was thinking about RTX, but I think these may be extremely pricey. 

- Finally, I would like to ask you: Would I need to upgrade any other component if I want my pc to work with this GPU (like my power source)?

 

This is my humble old rig: 

 

i7 4770 3.4GHz

Gigabyte GTX 660

24 GB RAM

MSI H87-G41

Sirtec 500W

 

A GTX 1080Ti on sale can be in your budget. Wait and buy the 1080Ti as soon as it goes on sale.

 

- I can't answer this because there a lot of variables that decide this. I would say what I have noticed is that price drops can be anywhere form $100 to $300 for older generation GPUs. However, the prices already dropped when the RTX series announcement was made. See here: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-gtx-1080-price-drops-after-rtx-2080-announcement/

- There is generally minor differences between different vendors. You can look at the differences here:

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3141-the-best-gtx-1080-ti-graphics-cards-designs-asus-vs-evga-msi

- You can also consider Vega 64, as your primary use is 3D rendering, which it's not bad for.

- I would definitely upgrade that PSU to something at least 650W with a 80+ Gold certification. Also consider upgrading the CPU in the near future.

 

[olivia9051]

Before selecting a right GPU, you need to keep some factors like the resolution, the size of the GPU. It will be better to visit brother customer service to choose the best graphics card for your system. 

[Krosis]

30 minutes ago, olivia9051 said:

Before selecting a right GPU, you need to keep some factors like the resolution, the size of the GPU. It will be better to visit brother customer service to choose the best graphics card for your system. 

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