Is it worth it to buy a $526 1080 Ti now or wait for RTX?

[hobnailspenguin]

Hello community, hope you're having a great day.

I am building my new PC and I only have the case and GPU left to purchase. I Have been eagerly awaiting the Aug 20th reveal, hoping it would give me some clarity on when to get which gpu, but I'm still confused, and I'd hate to have to wait until 9/20 or longer with all my parts collecting dust in the corner.

I need a GPU that will drive my 27" 2560x1440 monitor at 144hz, and I generally like to get a great rig together and then ride it as long as possible for gaming/streaming, 6 years hopefully. I know we know little for sure about how the RTX 2000 line will benchmark, but I'd like to get your opinions/conjecture all the same.

I see a conspicuously cheap 1080 TI for sale on Amazon at 526, and I'm wondering if I would regret buying that now for my rig rather than waiting for a 2070 or for prices to drop on existing pascal line of GPUs. Do we think it will get cheaper/Turing will blow pascal out of the water for value? I'll pay for the better cards if I have to, but I'd like to save a buck too.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated everyone.

 

[mahanddeem]

I would buy the 1080ti now. Or prepare to pay serious money for 2xxx series.
Turing will be expensive.
And no gaming system will live for 6 years. It'll start to shows its age (fps wise) in 2 years, compared to newer systems then.
I don't expect anyone to buy 2070 (with MSRP) comfortably at least til December.

 

[hobnailspenguin]

Hey now, my 680 and 2600k will still bop you little whippersnappers if the weather doesn't make their trick-hips start acting up! Or if it's too sunny out, or if their pills start making them drowsy... okay you have a point.

I see your point on buying now too, these new cards seem to be priced to keep the Pascals still relevant, so I don't know if we'll be seeing many more sales on GPU down the line, especially with all the variables at play like semi-conductor prices. I just want to make sure I don't end up making a foolish decision on the most important part of my PC. So thank you for being helpful.

 

[toshibitsu]

Unless you camp out at a local Fry's on September 20th, you most likely won't see an RTX card for MSRP for some time. Pre orders on them have already sold out and are appearing for nearly $2,000 on eBay.