- Jan 1, 2014
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I've been following rumours closely and it all seems to indicate towards what all articles describe as:
"Founders Edition card on June 15 and OEMs like Asus, Gigabyte, and others releasing their own custom GTX 1180 cards later on in either August or September"
Now I've build a gaming PC around two years ago, at the time the gtx 980 came out (MSI version). I've painfully realized it was an in-between card and decided to hold off on getting the 1080 and jump on the release after that. Which brings us to today.
Now my question is: Should I wait for the OEMs or just grab the founders edition? I have very little knowledge on how good it actually is and whether worth it waiting for OEMs or not. From what little I've gathered on googling it is it, seems to be okayish at what it does and just a tad overpriced. Now, I don't mind paying a bit extra if it means I get it in July as opposed to September (Sweden tends to get things later rather than sooner). Since I have the summer off for gaming. My main concern is that I'm an MSI guy and love the gaming app with factory overclock, so I assume that's something I'd be losing out on by not waiting for the MSI 1180?
I plan on gaming at 1080p 144 fps. I'll give 4k a try, but wouldn't be willing to spend money on upgrading rest of my PC for it.
All my specs:
Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core (OC 4.0)
Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Paste)
MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC EATX LGA2011-3 MOBO
Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800
MSI GTX 980 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB
Corsair Platinum 860W ATX12V / EPS12V (Modular PSU)
Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower
AOC g2460Pg 24" Full HD / 1ms / DP / 144Hz / 3 x USB / G-Sync
"Founders Edition card on June 15 and OEMs like Asus, Gigabyte, and others releasing their own custom GTX 1180 cards later on in either August or September"
Now I've build a gaming PC around two years ago, at the time the gtx 980 came out (MSI version). I've painfully realized it was an in-between card and decided to hold off on getting the 1080 and jump on the release after that. Which brings us to today.
Now my question is: Should I wait for the OEMs or just grab the founders edition? I have very little knowledge on how good it actually is and whether worth it waiting for OEMs or not. From what little I've gathered on googling it is it, seems to be okayish at what it does and just a tad overpriced. Now, I don't mind paying a bit extra if it means I get it in July as opposed to September (Sweden tends to get things later rather than sooner). Since I have the summer off for gaming. My main concern is that I'm an MSI guy and love the gaming app with factory overclock, so I assume that's something I'd be losing out on by not waiting for the MSI 1180?
I plan on gaming at 1080p 144 fps. I'll give 4k a try, but wouldn't be willing to spend money on upgrading rest of my PC for it.
All my specs:
Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core (OC 4.0)
Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Paste)
MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC EATX LGA2011-3 MOBO
Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800
MSI GTX 980 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB
Corsair Platinum 860W ATX12V / EPS12V (Modular PSU)
Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower
AOC g2460Pg 24" Full HD / 1ms / DP / 144Hz / 3 x USB / G-Sync
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