GTX 1070 or 1080?

[OD_Hindu]

I recently bought a 980 Ti for $600, I will be returning that card and buying either a 1080 or a 1070. I currently game on 1080p. Should I buy the 1070 for $380 and then buy a 4k monitor, or buy a 1080 for $600 and later along the line buy a 4k monitor. Also, what are the main differences between the 1070 and the 1080?

 

[Bezzell]

I'd wait for some actual DirectX benchmarks to be released by reviewers. The only info we have on the cards so far are Nvidia's wonky charts.

 

[hdmark]

what Bezzell said, but my guess would be none of those cards can really be played on 4k smoothly.

I'd probably stick to the 980 ti and get a 1440p monitor.
unless the 1080 is that much better, then maybe get it and a 1440

 

[PeppermintFangs]

I'd recommend the latter option - buying a 1080 now, and upgrading to 4k later. Unless 4k is absolutely a requirement for you, why not wait and benefit from the improved 1080 performance?

As for the 1070 and 1080 differences, we don't know too much as of now. What we do know is that the 1070 is supposedly capable of 6.5 TFLOPS - equivalent to the GTX 980ti - while the 1080 is capable of 9 TFLOPS, more powerful than a 980 SLI config.

Based on this alone it seems trading in the 980ti would be useless unless you planned to get a GTX 1080. Though it is still incredibly impressive that the 1070 will be introduced at such a low price bracket (relative to it's performance).

This is all of course speculative, there are no benchmarks yet, which means we have to take NVIDIA's words for actual performance numbers - which isn't 100% reliable considering they are doing their best to market this card. Still, it sounds very impressive.

In short, buy the GTX 1080 and wait to upgrade to 4k.

 

[photonboy]

1) GTX1080 is about 25% faster than a GTX980Ti

We don't know how after market will affect this. As said we only have NVidia's slides.

2) It gains about 40% to 60% boost on top of that for VR (if NVidia's plugin is in place. Not sure if program must include this)

*Too many people misquoting NVidia saying the GTX1080 is "2X faster than a Titan X" when the presentation said "almost" and it was specifically for VR with this support.

3) GTX1070 is going to be slightly faster than a GTX1080Ti by maybe 5% or so

4) There are other minor differences, but we need more info

5) 4K monitor?
So many people think 4K is better and rush to get one. 4K is actually problematic:

a) limited to 60Hz right now
b) scaling issues for certain programs


The BEST gaming monitors are GSYNC (Freesync for AMD) 144H+, IPS. It's about $800USD for a 2560x1440 panel though I'm waiting for prices to drop and more choice. Maybe HDR support.

Asynchronous monitors only refresh the screen once the GPU sends the new frame which solves a lot of issues. No issues with VSYNC (having to stay above a certain FPS to avoid stutter, but turning off VSYNC causes screen tear).

 

[gokitty199]

3) GTX1070 is going to be slightly faster than a GTX1080Ti by maybe 5% or so

lol typo

 

[ikaz]

Well as others have stated, you should return your 980 ti since you can get 1080 at the same price at launch (hope its not a paper launch) if you have already committed to spending $600. However if you are really thinking about doing 4k it could* be worth it (assuming you have the board and psu to match) to think about 1070 in SLI, since that sure its an extra $160 but it maybe able to handle it better. Problem with new cards stocks tend to be low so they sell for above MSRP. Good luck !.

 

[gokitty199]

Well as others have stated, you should return your 980 ti since you can get 1080 at the same price at launch (hope its not a paper launch) if you have already committed to spending $600. However if you are really thinking about doing 4k it could* be worth it (assuming you have the board and psu to match) to think about 1070 in SLI, since that sure its an extra $160 but it maybe able to handle it better. Problem with new cards stocks tend to be low so they sell for above MSRP. Good luck !.

and from what i heard, nvidia is only selling the founder edition cards, so thats $700. the so called *refrence* is just the chip that is going to evga/gigabyte/msi and so on for them to put their coolers on and sell.