should I buy a 1070ti ?

[iftekhar3927]

the prices if msi 1070 tis and zotacs have dropped a lot lately. so should I buy a 1070 ti or wait for the rtx series?
and if I do buy a 1070 ti, which one will be better ?
1.msi 1070 ti gaming x
2. msi 1070 ti armour
3. msi 1070 ti duke
4.msi 1070 ti titanium
5 . zotac 1070 ti amp extreme
and do mention why.
My specs are
Cpu: i5 6600k
Motherboard: msi z170a krait gaming 3x
ram: gskills tridentz 16gb 3200
ssd: corsair force 128 gb
hdd: wd blue 1 tb
psu: coolermaster g550m
Case: phanteks p400 tg
cooler: masterliquid 120L

 

[Lutfij]

I'd say to wait and see what reviewers and benchmarks have to say about the upcoming card. If you're impatient, then it's a good opportunity to get the card at the price it was meant to be from the get go.

Where are you located and how much do they cost? Got a link to the cards you've listed? Mind sharing your system's specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
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How old is your PSU?

 

[Karadjgne]

1. To power what? If all you are doing is 1080p/60Hz than anything will work.

2. #1, 3, 4 are the same thing just slightly different levels of factory OC. #2 is closer to reference, doesn't have the cooling capacity or OC overhead of #1, 3, 4. #5 is different brand but basically the same performance as #1, 3, 4.

There's not that much difference in fps between any of them, obviously the armor is on the bottom of the scale, cheapest model too, and the better value of just using out of the box with msi software. If you are after maximum OC ability, the Amp or Titanium are the best performers.

Waiting or jumping on a 10 series card is your choice, obviously there's prolly going to be a large price difference between older stock and just released models, so the question becomes is that price difference going to be worth the value you'll get out of the card or not.

 

[nobspls]

Wait for the RTX benches and then we will see real prices, and they will cause the 1070ti to drop. Sept 20th is when you can expect benches to be published as that is the day people can actually get those RTX cards.

 

[iftekhar3927]

all of these cards are between 480-520$ in my country and I'm worried that the 1070 ti's will be out of stock by 20th sept since the initial price was 600$+

 

[nobspls]

I don't know which country and their market situation with respect to your situation. But my gut feeling is that there is glut of GTX 10XX series cards out there, so if they run out by the 20th, they will be in stock in the next month or so. I don't see there price going high any time soon, and you might regret not using that money for an RTX or having spent too much on a 1070ti that will get a price drop once the RTX becomes available at the street level. But there is no guarantees to any of this, but consider how bad will you feel to miss out on a 1070ti before the 20th, and how badly you will feel if you could have used that money for the RTX or saved more money or even use that same money for a 1080 because of the price drop. Then you can decide how which action you want to do.

 

[Karadjgne]

According to the news, nvidia had a sizable overstock of many of its 10 series cards. More than likely nvidia didn't slow production when the mining craziness all but quit. They also have contracts with asus, msi, Gigabyte, Evga etc to supply a certain amount of cards in a specified time. Well supposedly, those contracts were upheld and nvidia dumped a ton of cards, quick like, on its aib partners. So, now a those companies will have a ton of 10 series cards they'll need to sell, so the reference card styles like the Asus dual and msi armor etc should be quite readily available for quite some time, even if the custom pcb models aren't.

I'd not to too worried about stock running out any time soon.

 

[iftekhar3927]

thanks everyone for your answer