The time has come to build my kids a capable system...they are starting to hog mine and I'm getting sick of it!
Right now I'm using a 1080 in mine and I really feel zero need to upgrade any time soon...that said, I'm going to be upgrading mine and giving them my old parts; I don't really want to spend all this money and get nothing out of it . I was considering getting something like a 2080, but the "sale" prices in Canada are still pretty much in line with the 2080 Super...so I guess I'd go for the Super. Now here's where I get confused; the Super is over $1000 for any model plus tax, where as the 1080ti which benchmarks very closely it seems can be had used quite easily for about $650....with taxes factored in that's like $500 less. I'm wondering why would anyone bother with the 2080 Super? It seems like it can't even REALLY handle it's major selling point (ray tracing).
Of course the other option would be to just buy the kids a cheaper card (but then I lose my small upgrade lol). Maybe something like a 5700xt if I go new...then they could use a cheaper freesync monitor....or maybe even another used 1080 would be ok...
Really stumped on this. Everything else is an easy choice...just not impressed with the current state of GPU's and feel like they're going to be massively more worth while in the next generation.
Right now I'm using a 1080 in mine and I really feel zero need to upgrade any time soon...that said, I'm going to be upgrading mine and giving them my old parts; I don't really want to spend all this money and get nothing out of it . I was considering getting something like a 2080, but the "sale" prices in Canada are still pretty much in line with the 2080 Super...so I guess I'd go for the Super. Now here's where I get confused; the Super is over $1000 for any model plus tax, where as the 1080ti which benchmarks very closely it seems can be had used quite easily for about $650....with taxes factored in that's like $500 less. I'm wondering why would anyone bother with the 2080 Super? It seems like it can't even REALLY handle it's major selling point (ray tracing).
Of course the other option would be to just buy the kids a cheaper card (but then I lose my small upgrade lol). Maybe something like a 5700xt if I go new...then they could use a cheaper freesync monitor....or maybe even another used 1080 would be ok...
Really stumped on this. Everything else is an easy choice...just not impressed with the current state of GPU's and feel like they're going to be massively more worth while in the next generation.