Consumer GPU for machine learning AND gaming

[richu.val]

Hi,
So I've recently bought a GTX 1070 for €350 (That's a low price for where I live), but then Nvidia went and announced the release of the RTX 2060 - which supposedly will be better for deep learning (like the already released rtx chips demonstrably are)

so now I'm wondering about whether to return the GTX and either
a) wait for the RTX 2060 and order that - gaming wise I'm still on 1080p, so I don't think there will be a marked difference between the GTX 1070 and the RTX 2060 on my 60 Hz monitor.
BUT it will have only 6GB of memory - so I'll be limited by that for large data in deep learning applications.

b) wait a bit more until I can afford the RTX 2070 (approximately 500€) - which would also not make a lot of difference in 1080p performance, but would almost double the performance for deep learning. (http://timdettmers.com/2018/11/05/which-gpu-for-deep-learning/)
BUT there has been a series of failures in RTX 2070 chips and I'm reluctant to save up for something that will just decide to die randomly.

Team red sadly doesn't do well in machine learning, which is actually why I have bought the 1070. (from a r9 380x, good riddance)

Thank you for reading until here - what would you do?

 

[leksaloffe]

Hi,
So I've recently bought a GTX 1070 for €350 (That's a low price for where I live), but then Nvidia went and announced the release of the RTX 2060 - which supposedly will be better for deep learning (like the already released rtx chips demonstrably are)

so now I'm wondering about whether to return the GTX and either
a) wait for the RTX 2060 and order that - gaming wise I'm still on 1080p, so I don't think there will be a marked difference between the GTX 1070 and the RTX 2060 on my 60 Hz monitor.
BUT it will have only 6GB of memory - so I'll be limited by that for large data in deep learning applications.

b) wait a bit more until I can afford the RTX 2070 (approximately 500€) - which would also not make a lot of difference in 1080p performance, but would almost double the performance for deep learning. (http://timdettmers.com/2018/11/05/which-gpu-for-deep-learning/)
BUT there has been a series of failures in RTX 2070 chips and I'm reluctant to save up for something that will just decide to die randomly.

Team red sadly doesn't do well in machine learning, which is actually why I have bought the 1070. (from a r9 380x, good riddance)

Thank you for reading until here - what would you do?

If I were you, I'd probably save up for the 2070. It's a well balanced card, and it will do great in both gaming and machine learning. And if it somehow does end up dying, you should be covered by the warranty.

 

[RobCrezz]

2060 seems to be the best bang for the buck for that.

 

[richu.val]

Thanks for your answers, I've decided to get the 2070 after I've returned the 1070^^
The 6GB of the 2060 will probably too little for what I plan to do with the card.