Upgrading from a 1070 to a 1080ti. Advice?

[Wolfz]

Hey everyone, so I've had a 1070 for quite some time now and saw how inflated the GPU market was, so I thought it might be a good chance for me to sell my 1070 (since I'd get more out of it than I originally paid for it) and upgrade to a 1080ti for an additional $100 - $200 on top of what I get out of my 1070.

System Specifications:
Processor: i7 4770k @ 4.4ghz
CPU Cooler: Seidon 240m (water)
Motherboard: Asrock Pro4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16gb @ 2400mhz
GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 Amp! Extreme @ 2.1ghz on core and +500mhz on memory
Storage: 2x 250gb SSDs, 1tb HDD, 320gb HHD
PSU: Corsair 750W v2 80+ Bronze

So, my primary question, with this system, is it worth it to upgrade to a 1080ti? I have a 4k monitor that I use for gaming and then two companion monitors (1080p) for web browsing, etc. Most of the time I'll drop the games down to 1440p to get a smooth 60fps in the games I play, but I'd like to be able to play them at 4k and (if possible) at 60fps or close to. Is anything in my system going to hold back a 1080ti, if so what should I upgrade to remedy that problem. Or, will a 1080ti even be worth upgrading to for an additional $100 - $200 out of pocket? At the moment I have been contemplating upgrading my entire system, but the overall computer market just doesn't seem like it's progressed far enough for it to be worth it yet. Thoughts/Advice? Thanks!

If you have any other questions (or I omitted a detail you think I need) let me know and I'll be sure to answer asap.

 

[drtweak]

No way you are going to be able to sell your used 1070 and then get a new 1080ti for only 200 more. 1070s alone go for over 1k on newegg now and i doubt you will get 1k for your 1070 used

 

[Dunlop0078]

For an additional 100-200 dollars, yeah it wold be worth it to me. However I highly doubt it's going to work out that way with the current absolutely ridiculous price of 1080 ti's and pretty much all modern GPU's.

 

[Wolfz]

Currently I'm selling my 1070 for about $750 and I'd plan on buying a used 1080ti. I've found multiple 1080ti's for $800 - $1000, so it's really whether or not I should upgrade to a 1080ti or wait for a more stable market and wait for new GPUs to come out.

 

[brandxbeer]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

 

[Wolfz]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

So would there be any specific type of 1080ti I should get or are they all pretty much the same? I know that my Zotac 1070 has been really good compared to other third party sellers I've had, but I was curious if anyone else had any preferences for the 1080ti's.

 

[brandxbeer]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

So would there be any specific type of 1080ti I should get or are they all pretty much the same? I know that my Zotac 1070 has been really good compared to other third party sellers I've had, but I was curious if anyone else had any preferences for the 1080ti's.

I have a founders edition. There isn't any bad 1080 tis. The biggest difference would be a couple frames and the warranty with different manufactures
Find one you like and check out the benchmarks for it. I had zotac 980 sli and loved them.

 

[toshibitsu]

Had stopped by a local Bestbuy yesterday for an external hard drive and just about all of their video cards were out of stock(except for old/cheap ones that I'm surprised are still on the shelf). I was surprised to see they had 1 GTX 1050 Ti for $319.99. Even my local Fry's is in the same boat. Although the best video card Fry's has is a RX 460.

I have an MSI Gaming X 1070 I've had for awhile. Been wanting to upgrade to a 1080 Ti for some time. Have noticed my card currently selling used for $600 - $700. Although the cheapest 1080 Ti I can find around here(craigslist) is $1,000.

With the big crash of Bitcoin yesterday, I'm hoping it continues and ends this video card nightmare. If that happens, lots of miners would be selling 1080 Ti's really cheap.

 

[Wolfz]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

So would there be any specific type of 1080ti I should get or are they all pretty much the same? I know that my Zotac 1070 has been really good compared to other third party sellers I've had, but I was curious if anyone else had any preferences for the 1080ti's.

I have a founders edition. There isn't any bad 1080 tis. The biggest difference would be a couple frames and the warranty with different manufactures
Find one you like and check out the benchmarks for it. I had zotac 980 sli and loved them.

Awesome, I suppose I should make another thread for this, and I probably will, but should I consider upgrading my cpu/mobo/ram this year, or should I hold out for another year or so? I've had my 4770k for 3 or 4 years now I believe. It's definitely been a beast of a processor.

 

[Wolfz]

Had stopped by a local Bestbuy yesterday for an external hard drive and just about all of their video cards were out of stock(except for old/cheap ones that I'm surprised are still on the shelf). I was surprised to see they had 1 GTX 1050 Ti for $319.99. Even my local Fry's is in the same boat. Although the best video card Fry's has is a RX 460.

I have an MSI Gaming X 1070 I've had for awhile. Been wanting to upgrade to a 1080 Ti for some time. Have noticed my card currently selling used for $600 - $700. Although the cheapest 1080 Ti I can find around here(craigslist) is $1,000.

With the big crash of Bitcoin yesterday, I'm hoping it continues and ends this video card nightmare. If that happens, lots of miners would be selling 1080 Ti's really cheap.

I'm in a similar boat to an extent. I'm selling my card on eBay at the moment for $750 and I have found 1080ti's on eBay for under $1000. My only qualm is that I'd be buying a used card on eBay (which I am hesitant about). Truthfully, I do wish the market wasn't inflated by crypto-currency mining, but I do not think it will be going anywhere, especially since we're seeing manufacturers such as Samsung making cards specifically for mining now. But you do bring up an excellent point that, if the market crashes, there will certainly be a lot of under-priced (or at least normally priced) 1080ti's on the market from miners.

 

[aquielisunari]

Hang on to the 1070 for a few more months and see what happens with Volta.

 

[brandxbeer]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

So would there be any specific type of 1080ti I should get or are they all pretty much the same? I know that my Zotac 1070 has been really good compared to other third party sellers I've had, but I was curious if anyone else had any preferences for the 1080ti's.

I have a founders edition. There isn't any bad 1080 tis. The biggest difference would be a couple frames and the warranty with different manufactures
Find one you like and check out the benchmarks for it. I had zotac 980 sli and loved them.

Awesome, I suppose I should make another thread for this, and I probably will, but should I consider upgrading my cpu/mobo/ram this year, or should I hold out for another year or so? I've had my 4770k for 3 or 4 years now I believe. It's definitely been a beast of a processor.

At 4k, your cpu will be more than fine. If you really want to update wait for the coffee lake refresh to come out. Or grab an i5 8400. It's pretty cheap at around 230.

 

[Wolfz]

Honestly if you can, absolutely make the leap. The only thing holding you back would be your cpu. But seeing as you have a 4k monitor and hopefully gaming in 4k with your 1080ti. That cpu would be more than fine (remember the higher the resolution, the more your gpu takes over and the less your cpu is being used).
A 1080ti will max pretty much any game out in 4k. Most benchmark sites turn on useless frame stealing settings.

So would there be any specific type of 1080ti I should get or are they all pretty much the same? I know that my Zotac 1070 has been really good compared to other third party sellers I've had, but I was curious if anyone else had any preferences for the 1080ti's.

I have a founders edition. There isn't any bad 1080 tis. The biggest difference would be a couple frames and the warranty with different manufactures
Find one you like and check out the benchmarks for it. I had zotac 980 sli and loved them.

Awesome, I suppose I should make another thread for this, and I probably will, but should I consider upgrading my cpu/mobo/ram this year, or should I hold out for another year or so? I've had my 4770k for 3 or 4 years now I believe. It's definitely been a beast of a processor.

At 4k, your cpu will be more than fine. If you really want to update wait for the coffee lake refresh to come out. Or grab an i5 8400. It's pretty cheap at around 230.

Okay, thanks! I'll probably either wait for the refresh, or wait until the next generation of their CPUs since I will buy one of the higher end i7's purely to future proof.

 

[Wolfz]

Hang on to the 1070 for a few more months and see what happens with Volta.

Truthfully, I hadn't even considered Volta. But I'd be shocked if we saw any consumer grade Volta GPUs in Q1 or Q2, most-likely either Q4 this year or Q1 next year would be my guess.