I'm looking to upgrade my GPU because I want to get into VR and I'm currently running a Strix GTX 970 4GB OC which is the minimum required GPU for VR, I have no idea how VR and "minimum specs" hardware get along with each other but I don't want to get sick from VR because the FPS is low. I can only upgrade to either RTX 2070 or GTX 1080 (non Ti), those cards are withing my budget. On paper, both cards are very similar, same VRAM, similar cuda cores count ect. but I'm wondering which one would be better? For VR and general gaming. I'm leaning towards RTX 2070, not sure why, I think just because you get "RTX" bragging rights and it's newer architecture, not as if Pascal is old architecture. My specs are:
MSI P67A-GD55 B3
i5 2500k @ 5Ghz
Asus Strix GTX 970 4GB OC
4x4GB Kingston Fury HyperX DDR3 1600Mhz
CoolerMaster GX750W Bronze
Kingston 120GB SSD
Toshiba 1TB HDD
ThermalTake View 27 Case
Cooling;
Open loop with:
Freezemod UPR -2018 CPU Block
Freezemod PUB-FS6MA-14 Pump + 250mm reservoir
Freezemod SR-LF360G14 360mm Radiator + 4 x Corsair SP120 fans (3 radiator, 1 exhaust)
(I'm aware that my CPU will bottle neck the heck out of either GTX 1080 or RTX 2070, I plan to upgrade to i7-3770K temporarily because it's cheap and in a month or two, I plan to get new mobo and i7-8700k, I have bills to pay and I can only afford to upgrade one or two things a month.)
MSI P67A-GD55 B3
i5 2500k @ 5Ghz
Asus Strix GTX 970 4GB OC
4x4GB Kingston Fury HyperX DDR3 1600Mhz
CoolerMaster GX750W Bronze
Kingston 120GB SSD
Toshiba 1TB HDD
ThermalTake View 27 Case
Cooling;
Open loop with:
Freezemod UPR -2018 CPU Block
Freezemod PUB-FS6MA-14 Pump + 250mm reservoir
Freezemod SR-LF360G14 360mm Radiator + 4 x Corsair SP120 fans (3 radiator, 1 exhaust)
(I'm aware that my CPU will bottle neck the heck out of either GTX 1080 or RTX 2070, I plan to upgrade to i7-3770K temporarily because it's cheap and in a month or two, I plan to get new mobo and i7-8700k, I have bills to pay and I can only afford to upgrade one or two things a month.)