Are you buying a GTX 1070/1080?

[RockinZ28]

If I can get a 50%+ increase over SLI 970 with one 1080, for sure.

Thinking that will have to wait for the Ti edition though.

 

[NomanA]

Until nVidia starts to support Displayport AdaptiveSync spec, I don't plan to buy any of their cards.

 

[RussianSensation]

I am waiting for reviews of 1070/1080 and Polaris 10. I want to see market prices of AIB cards and overclocking headroom of all 3 cards.

1) When will AIBs launch their cards in volume, June, July? Will it be possible to easily purchase GP104 or is it going to require 3-4 weeks of hitting F5 online?
2) How good will GP104 cards overclock? 2.1Ghz or 2.3-2.4Ghz (big difference!)
3) Will AIBs actually respect the $379 and $599 MSRPs? This part concerns me. If I am Gigabyte, MSI or Asus, why would I price a faster, cooler and better built Strix, Xtreme/G1 or Gaming card below NV's FE cards?

Here in Canada, I can already predict that prices will be too high for my liking.

$449 * 1.3 FX with tax = $660 CAD for 1070 FE
$699 * 1.3 FX with tax = $1027 CAD for 1080 FE

If Polaris 10 is $299 USD (~$439 CAD), I'd rather buy 2-3 of those for another mining rig to let them earn $ for Vega/Big Pascal cards.

I also want to see fire sale deals on 980/980Ti cards. If 1070 is really as good as a Titan X, I can see 980Tis dropping in resale to $350 USD, in which case it might be a sleeper card. $350 980Ti OC vs. a $600 25% faster 1080 OC? I'd take 980Ti x 2. If I was on 4K monitor or 1440p 120-165Hz, I'd want as much GPU power as possible. With 1440p 60Hz, 25% extra over 980Ti isn't worth $600-700 USD per card to me. The 1070 seems very interesting though.

For my main system, I am having a hard time letting go of my Hawaii cards even though I know 1070 OC and 1080 OC will be a great upgrade for me. My Hawaii cards are cool, quiet and earn up to $200+ USD a month. It's kinda hard to go from that to a single $1000 CAD 1080...esp. knowing that 700GB/sec-900GB/sec HBM2 Big Pascal and Vega cards are coming in 2017. I am still undecided because if 1070 Gigabyte G1 is $380 USD, then I'd be pretty tempted.

 

[Despoiler]

Not buying. Waiting for Vega.

 

[Bacon1]

Until nVidia starts to support Displayport AdaptiveSync spec, I don't plan to buy any of their cards.

Ditto

 

[cytg111]

Waiting for reviews of 1080, founders edition, what kind of headroom its got. I am on 780 kepler right now so it would be a pretty big upgrade.

 

[linkgoron]

I think that we need some actual benchmarks before we can decide if the 1070 or 1080 are worth it.

The 1080 is obviously going to be the best card, but we don't really know how the 1070 will behave. While the rumors are that people get great OCs (with the 1080), we don't know how the performance and perf/watt scales with OC.

So, poll is premature. I think you should just start one after May 17th.

 

[hawtdawg]

I'll get whatever the best big GPU is from either company next year. My rule of thumb so far has been to upgrade whenever a single GPU comes out that is as fast as my current SLI setup, and then buy 2 of them. Have 980ti's currently, and the 1080 thusfar is making them look like a good investment.

 

[monstercameron]

So is it safe to assume -based on this thread- nvidia launching earlier than AMD in the enthusiast sphere was a null move?

 

[Phynaz]

1060 or AMD equivalent for me. <150w

 

[Golgatha]

I want something at least 50% faster than my current 980 Ti at or below the $700 mark. If they can't deliver, I can still play at 1440p for the foreseeable future. The only reason I want to upgrade currently anyway, is so I can move the 980 Ti to my HTPC for some VR goodness.

 

[guskline]

I'm waiting for big Vega so I can replace both of my R9 290s with a big single card which I will WC and move to the 5960x rig and move the WC'd GTX980TI SC to the 4790k rig.

 

[Ken g6]

I might wait up to 6 months before deciding what to get. Last time I planned to get a 970...and planned...and planned...and got a 750Ti.

 

[n0x1ous]

I dont buy overpriced midrange cards. will purchase Vega and/or GP100 geforce

 

[R0H1T]

I might wait up to 6 months before deciding what to get. Last time I planned to get a 970...and planned...and planned...and got a 750Ti.

Looking at the staggered release schedules these days you should increase that span to 16 months & eat Ramen on the weekdays in order to achieve much better results

 

[Ken g6]

Looking at the staggered release schedules these days you should increase that span to 16 months & eat Ramen on the weekdays in order to achieve much better results

It's not that I couldn't afford the 970. I just couldn't justify the price, and I liked the efficiency of the 750 series. I might also want to stick whatever I get in a mini-ITX case.

 

[poohbear]

quite happy with my GTX 970 for this year's games thank u very much. I'll wait for the HBM2 video cards next year.

 

[thestbar]

I am curious about 1060 but probably I will go for Polaris or look for a good offer on 380X,390,970 after the new releases

 

[IEC]

I just purchased an ultrawide Freesync monitor... so no.

 

[R0H1T]

It's not that I couldn't afford the 970. I just couldn't justify the price, and I liked the efficiency of the 750 series. I might also want to stick whatever I get in a mini-ITX case.

I didn't mean it that way but Ramen makes the task apparently easier for lots of folks on this forum & many others, people swear by the mystical properties of soupy noodles.

I also bought the 750Ti cause of it's efficiency, but mostly because of the fire sale price of roughly 60$ over here ()

 

[DaveSimmons]

I just replaced my 680ti with a 980ti for Fallout 4 late last year, so I'm good.

 

[moonbogg]

I'll get whatever the best big GPU is from either company next year. My rule of thumb so far has been to upgrade whenever a single GPU comes out that is as fast as my current SLI setup, and then buy 2 of them. Have 980ti's currently, and the 1080 thusfar is making them look like a good investment.

That's pretty much my method basically. If its not a huge upgrade, it just doesn't tickle me enough to go for it. I came from GTX 670's, so I'm still hauling many different varieties of ass currently.

I'm waiting for big Vega so I can replace both of my R9 290s with a big single card which I will WC and move to the 5960x rig and move the WC'd GTX980TI SC to the 4790k rig.

Good move. Good man.

I dont buy overpriced midrange cards. will purchase Vega and/or GP100 geforce

Good move. Good man.

 

[MagickMan]

No, waiting for big Pascal (or maybe big Vega).

 

[Mezzanine]

No, going to fight the itch to upgrade and hang onto my 970 as long as I don't run into VRAM issues....but I only game at 1080p so I should be OK for a while.

 

[Vaporizer]

Not buying. Far to expensive. Looking forward to Polaris to suceed my 7870.