Time For An Upgrade

[FreeWayPineapple]

I plan on upgrading from a GTX 980 to a 1080 or 1080 ti and a crap monitor to an X34 or PG348q. Although, I am not sure whether the 1080 ti would be worth the wait. I would just be able to afford it if it is no more than $1000. I also have an i5-4690k, so maybe it will be just a little bit of a bottleneck. What do you think? Should I go 1080 or wait for 1080 ti?

 

[MRBANG1]

It is always kind of hard to advise on non released hardware. If you wanted to wait and can, it does make sense as the Vega launch if nothing else might disrupt prices a little bit in that segment. Is there even an eta of when the 1090 TI might surface at this point?

 

[SgtScream]

I'd suggest staying with your existing setup and not upgrading. You have a very well balanced system. If you purchase the gtx 1080 or higher and pair it with your i5-4690k, it will only be a matter of time before you start to see newer cpu intensive triple A titles start to bottlekneck your cpu. This would especially be the case if you up your monitor resolution to 1440p. Take battlefield 1 for example. The minimum system requirements for that game is a 6600k cpu, and this game has been known to tax intel core i7 cpus tremendously. If you have to upgrade your monitor, i'd suggest getting a high refresh rate 144hz 1080p monitor with a low millisecond response time.