Should I upgrade to the GTX 1060, GTX 1070, or GTX 1080?

[Kloudkicker1]

I would like to upgrade from my 8800 gt, but I want this card to last for a long time. I'm leaning towards the 1070 currently but the 1060 is tempting price wise. The rest of my system is an i5-2400s @2.5ghz, 8 gb RAM, and a RM1000i from Corsair. (Slowly upgrading my system from being complete shite)
My new system will be:
An i7-7700k (i7-6700k, or i7-6800k, not sure yet)
Keeping the 1000W PSU.
Asus's Z270-e Motherboard if the 6700 or the 7700. The Asus ROG Maximus IX if the 6800.
16 or 32 GB of Corsair's LED Ram
Corsair's 570x case
I plan to be able to run everything at max in 1080, and possibly running things in 4K at medium to high.

 

[greens]

I agree that the 1070 would be a good choice.
A GTX 1080 would probably be fine but your CPU could be lacking a little bit for it.

 

[Eximo]

Well you should have saved your money on the power supply, 1000W is for tri/quad GPU and that has pretty much fallen out of favor. Nvidia only supports 2-way with the 1070/1080/Titan, and AMDs high end offerings aren't out yet. 3 or 4 RX480 just doesn't make sense with the 1080 being available.

You might have to make this decision yourself though, depending on your future plans. With your CPU right now, I would say a GTX1060 is probably about right. Unless you have a high resolution screen like QHD or 4K, then the 1070 or 1080 make sense. GTX1070 would certainly last longer, but the 8800GT is going back a long long way in terms of graphics performance.

 

[SgtScream]

If you plan to run your monitor at 1080p, i'd suggest not purchasing a gtx 1080. Your frame rates will be "through the roof", which will cause a significant increase in cpu load.

 

[gasaraki]

If you are just gaming in 1080, the 1070 is enough for you. And listen to the other guy, you don't need a 1000W power supply. 850 would be plenty.

 

[Eximo]

850W is typically also too large. 750W is about right for a top of the line SLI or Crossfire setup with a power hungry CPU. 650W for a consumer CPU, and about 500W for a typical single GPU system.

850W is what I have at the moment, but I have a small justification in that I've overclocked my system as much as possible, run a water cooling system and have 7 140mm fans, and may, at some point re-consider going back to multiple GPUs.

Nothing wrong with having the extra power, just a little inefficient and it costs a lot. Some argument can be made for fanless operation on some of the higher end models though.

 

[Kloudkicker1]

I would like to upgrade from my 8800 gt, but I want this card to last for a long time. I'm leaning towards the 1070 currently but the 1060 is tempting price wise. The rest of my system is an i5-2400s @2.5ghz, 8 gb RAM, and a RM1000i from Corsair. (Slowly upgrading my system from being complete shite)
My new system will be:
An i7-7700k (i7-6700k, or i7-6800k, not sure yet)
Keeping the 1000W PSU.
Asus's Z270-e Motherboard if the 6700 or the 7700. The Asus ROG Maximus IX if the 6800.
16 or 32 GB of Corsair's LED Ram
Corsair's 570x case
I plan to be able to run everything at max in 1080, and possibly running things in 4K at medium to high.

850W is typically also too large. 750W is about right for a top of the line SLI or Crossfire setup with a power hungry CPU. 650W for a consumer CPU, and about 500W for a typical single GPU system.

850W is what I have at the moment, but I have a small justification in that I've overclocked my system as much as possible, run a water cooling system and have 7 140mm fans, and may, at some point re-consider going back to multiple GPUs.

Nothing wrong with having the extra power, just a little inefficient and it costs a lot. Some argument can be made for fanless operation on some of the higher end models though.

I actually got the RM1000i for the same price as the cheapest 850W I could find so I felt like it was a good enough deal that I should just go for it. Thanks for the advice though.