i7-4770-K -- is there a limit to the graphics card? GTX 1080 overkill?

[avi8tir]

I was going to build a whole new system but was convinced by others on here that my current setup is perfectly good and the only real upgrade I could do is on the graphics card.

Would the Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 be overkill?

Current system:
i7-4770K
Asus Z87 Deluxe MB
2 x 8GB Corsair DDR3-1600
Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB
Samsung 1TB SSD

Monitor is an Acer XR34

 

[theyeti87]

The 1080 might be overkill depending on what games you play and at what resolution. A 1070 might present itself as a better option for price/performance ratio.

What games do you play?

 

[j3ster]

your setup is perfectly fine hahaha

and over kill? kind of. but i say go for it if you have the money. at least you wont need to upgrade for a good while.

 

[reedo_43]

I would have to agree with the rest of them as well as theyeti87

 

[j3ster]

besides you do play on 1440p. so its also not a bad investment.

 

[bignastyid]

At a resolution of 3440 x 1440 a GTX 1080 is not overkill at all. The 4770k should be just fine with a GTX 1080.

 

[Dugimodo]

Today's overkill is next years mainstream. Or something like that. I tend to upgrade every 18 months to 2 years and stay ahead of what I actually need so I rarely get to find out how long a machine would have lasted. I do this because I like to not because I need to, also the old hardware has better resale while it's still fairly current.

I sold one of my old gaming machines to a friends son cheap, with an i5 3xxx (I forget the exact one) and a GTX580 it was total overkill for him at the time. Now several years later he is still able to play any games he wants and it's turned out to be a great investment for him. He only recently stepped up to 1080P (He's a broke student) so a 580 really is more than he needed.

Point is a top of the range card from a few years back still manages to play everything now and performs somewhere around a mid range card of today (approx. 960 level I believe) so you can either go high end and replace it less often or buy a mid range card whenever you need to - price wise it's not actually a lot different to pay say twice as much half as often.

 

[avi8tir]

Thanks all! Looks like it'll be the 1080.... if they would make some already!!!

 

[Ripthruster]

No such thing as overkill. If the 1080 is too much gpu for your system then it's also getting close to the time you upgrade your cpu, mobo, ram.