The GTX 1080 thread

I just find my self periodically(once or twice weekly) checking for a GTX 1080.

Must not get one. But if I find one for a good price I don't think I will resist.

This comment is mostly for my self so I can get it out of my system.

Must wait for bigger Pascal.

 

Will be curious about your experience with it, getting rid of SLI and all
Still not sure if I should get rid of mine and grab a 1080, or wait for a TI, or even wait longer for Volta or Vega...

 

You can always wait for a bigger Pascal while rocking a 1080. :giggle2:

 

That's what I'm doing. I doubt the 1080 prices are going to shift much, especially if the August Titan P frametime is true. I'll just sell my 1080 and get a Ti when it comes out.

Someone better put out a 144hz 4K by then too, with HDR.

 

Me too, but I would settle for a monitor with a proper 1440p 144Hz IPS g-sync panel as well... can't believe I'm still on my U2711.

Prices won't shift much until AMD puts out a direct competitor to 1070/1080, but we will lose a bit from the premium we paid for having the cards bought so early, with **** availability and all.

 

That's exactly what I'm thinking too.

But I think it would be better to avoid the trouble and that loss on the price when I would sell it and go straight to the big one.

I would love play with the new card and to benchmark/compare it to my current 980Ti.

Maybe I should better ask to borrow one just to satisfy the urge.

Don't wanna sound like a broken record or "look at me, I wanna buy a GTX 1080 but blah blah", its just something that's been "bugging" me.

 

True but you will have a way bigger loss on sell price with the 980Ti by then, there's no straight good / straight bad path I'm afraid.

 

One quick question... Is my pc good enough to keep up with a gtx 1080?
Will I get better performance in gaming if I upgrade to say a z170 motherboard, ddr4 and a 6700K?

 

1. yes
2. yes if you're playing 1440p - 4k

 

Thanks. An upgrade it is thenc1:

 

If I were you I wouldn't think for a second to downgrade from a 4.2GHz 6 core. Sure the performance per core from a 6700K is quite a bit better, but imo the platform is overpriced for what it offers.

Rather get Broadwell-E, or even better wait for Skylake-E. What you have now will last you easily till that comes out.

 

with 1080 he'll get a better experience @ 4k like DOOM can easily run 4k/60fps @ ultra graphics on one 1080

the division can run 4k/57fps @ ultra settings if AA is off and shadows to medium or anything other than PCSS/HTFS ( tested that myself )

Tomb Raider 2016 same thing , 4k/55fps minimum if AA is FXAA and HBAO+ is off


my answer was general not specific to his 1st question

 

i guess i rushed that answer :nerd:


but he will get a better performance with a faster and cooler CPU under stress + an up to date mobo with DDR4 memory than whatever he's got

 

I agree too. Kaby-X or Sky-X would be better upgrades and not that far from now. Hold on a bit longer imo.

 

Okay. Thanks for the input. Itching to do a new build, but maybe I'll manage to wait a bit longer

BTW, gaming at 3440x1440

 

Anyone found a place to buy it? :|
Its sold out everywhere in the US

 

Only some crap FE here and there in my country, but this lol...

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Waterforce

...straight 1000 euros, holy ****! Out of stock of course though. :O

 

After several delays i have now pulled my order on my 1080.. my 970's will have to do the job until the ti arrives..
I guess they did not see the demand for these cards comming, so they manufactured to few.

 

I am looking to buy it somewhere in the US It is all sold everywhere!
If it keeps that way i may need to buy the 1070 instead even though i want the 1080 ;[

 

I'm gaming at 4K with the setup in my sig... and I'm very happy with it so far. I haven't seen any need for a CPU upgrade (for gaming esp) yet and I'm on the little sibling of your CPU. I wouldn't worry about it just yet unless you have $ to burn for a small benchmark boost. :nerd: