Are you buying a GTX 1070/1080?

[Face2Face]

http://videocardz.com/59882/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-3dmark-overclocking-performance

If this is true, then Pascal scales like a beast. As far as I can see they were able to acheive 2.1GHz with no added voltage. If Greenlight is nice to us, and we're able to add +100mv, were hopefully able to see an additional 200Mhz or so on top of this. Looking at the temps, there should be no reason why the Founders Edition can't handle an extra +100mv as well. Imagine A custom BIOS + water...This card is looking like a real Overclockers Dream!

 

[Arachnotronic]

This card is looking like a real Overclockers Dream!

Yeah, this is pretty exciting. NVIDIA did good here.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

If the released benchmarks actually reflect real world performance (benchmarks will tell), than I will likely sell my GTX980TI and go for a 1080. If I wait, it will be for a 1080TI (if one ever comes out). I have a Gsync monitor and so am wed to nvidia tech (for now at least).

I know its not the most economical option, but I don't mind paying $600-700 for a top end GPU when I can sell it for ~$250-300 a year or two later. Paying a net of $300-$350 to enjoy the "best of the best" is fine with me.

 

[selni]

Even assuming a 1080 doesn't ever boost past 1733mhz (which they say it does in the previous article) isn't that scaling slightly better than the actual clockspeed increase? Could be just the benchmark margin of error but that looks odd.

 

[Taylor18]

No money for NVidia again from me.

Might grab a Polaris 10 for one system and for sure 1-2 Vega's plus EK blocks for my main system. I will be looking for a better monitor at that time as well.

 

[imaheadcase]

I like how in every thread people go "Just going to wait for xx product to see how it is". Yah, you do that, then you will constantly be disappointed.

Like Vega, everyone so sure its going to be super right away.

 

[Face2Face]

From Sweepr post:

www.ithome.com/html/digi/225244.htm

2.4GHz on a Gigabyte G1 card... Holy $&%#

 

[xthetenth]

I don't think that's how it works. There is a ceiling. NV will hit it. But people continue to cry crocodile tears citing the inflated Founder's Price. If we have a slew of non-Founder's cards on the market, I hope every single person here that keeps claiming $450/$700 eats crow. If the AIB's gouge us, I'll serve my crow (I've had plenty of it in my life time haha).

The real worry is that this is drawing out the time between the reveal slamming the previous generation with depreciation and being able to get the next generation for a good price. Non-founders cards need to come out for lower prices but they also need to come out quickly after release to minimize the time without a GPU for people flipping.

 

[railven]

The real worry is that this is drawing out the time between the reveal slamming the previous generation with depreciation and being able to get the next generation for a good price. Non-founders cards need to come out for lower prices but they also need to come out quickly after release to minimize the time without a GPU for people flipping.

There are some floating reports that they will be available plentiful early June, which is what I was hoping.

The Founder Card is a non-issue to me, and it never really was.

 

[MrTeal]

If 2.4GHz numbers are true and it does get over 50% faster than a TX @ 4k, I think there would be a 1080 in my future.

 

[caswow]

http://videocardz.com/59882/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-3dmark-overclocking-performance

If this is true, then Pascal scales like a beast. As far as I can see they were able to acheive 2.1GHz with no added voltage. If Greenlight is nice to us, and we're able to add +100mv, were hopefully able to see an additional 200Mhz or so on top of this. Looking at the temps, there should be no reason why the Founders Edition can't handle an extra +100mv as well. Imagine A custom BIOS + water...This card is looking like a real Overclockers Dream!

going from 1733mhz to 2114 gives more perf than it has been overclocked? whats wrong with this chart

 

[Face2Face]

going from 1733mhz to 2114 gives more perf than it has been overclocked? whats wrong with this chart

It could be bogus? We'll find out soon enough (17th)

 

[Headfoot]

If custom 1080s can truly hit 2.4ghz with regularity that may sway me enough to buy one and not wait for Vega/GP102/GP100

 

[CHADBOGA]

Yea, bundled with HL3, I'd get that card too.

Nah, there is no game out right now that would inspire me to spend money upgrading my GPU.

Nvidia should pay Valve money to make HL3.

 

[airfathaaaaa]

It could be bogus? We'll find out soon enough (17th)

ofc it is at least given that this card needs to operate on the laws of physics this worlds currently knows there is no way of a card having 11% oc and producing 24% that means the overall eff should have reached 136% which is impossible without using exotic materials(not to mention literally impossible to produce more energy that it consumes..)

 

[monkeydelmagico]

I also want to see fire sale deals on 980/980Ti cards. If 1070 is really as good as a Titan X, I can see 980Tis dropping in resale to $350 USD, in which case it might be a sleeper card. $350 980Ti OC vs. a $600 25% faster 1080 OC? I'd take 980Ti x 2. If I was on 4K monitor or 1440p 120-165Hz, I'd want as much GPU power as possible. With 1440p 60Hz, 25% extra over 980Ti isn't worth $600-700 USD per card to me. The 1070 seems very interesting though.

My budget strategy is similar only I am watching for $350 Fury card leftovers. It worked for me when 970/980 was released and I got a new Asus 780 card for around $300.-.

 

[Dice144]

I got two 290x in what 2013?

Current have two systems, one with on-board. My 4k monitor needs some power, so either SLI 1070 or AMD Crossfire. Itching to buy a real upgrade.

 

[DidelisDiskas]

Too expensive, no open source drivers for linux and too powerful for my linux gaming needs anyway. So barring a disaster by amd, i'm probably getting polaris.

 

[RussianSensation]

My budget strategy is similar only I am watching for $350 Fury card leftovers. It worked for me when 970/980 was released and I got a new Asus 780 card for around $300.-.

What's the motivation behind a $350 Fury/Fury X? Even if 1070 barely beats a Titan X, it should have 20-30% overclocking headroom. I don't think Fury/X would even be good value at $300. Back during 290/290X era, AMD was able to drop prices, those cards had 15-20% OC headroom and same VRAM. This round, 1070 has double the VRAM, half the power usage, even more advanced features/IO, and way bigger overclocking headroom than Fury cards do.

AMD might as well discontinue the Fury line entirely and just price the smaller Polaris 10 8GB chip at $249-299.

 

[x3sphere]

Not sure yet. My 980 Ti handles 3440x1440 pretty well but I have one of the 100 Hz ultrawides, so would definitely benefit from moving up to the 1080. I think I'll only take the plunge if it's a consistent 30% faster OC to OC. If the ridiculous clock speeds end up being true then it looks like that's a possibility.

 

[ElFenix]

It begins...
980 Ti aftermarket 475 with 25 rebate.

http://slickdeals.net/f/8731567-evg...gddr5-video-card-475-after-25-rebate-shipping

i'm not sure that's a good deal, though its probably the right price if the 980ti is faster than the 1070 (especially during the early adopter's tax founder's edition pricing period). the $225 970 at microcenter seems like a legit deal, though. there's still 960s out there you'd be paying that much for (especially at retail rather than newegg). and it'll probably be the end of summer before any 1060 comes along (and i wouldn't be shocked at a higher price).

 

[IEC]

i'm not sure that's a good deal, though its probably the right price if the 980ti is faster than the 1070 (especially during the early adopter's tax founder's edition pricing period). the $225 970 at microcenter seems like a legit deal, though. there's still 960s out there you'd be paying that much for (especially at retail rather than newegg). and it'll probably be the end of summer before any 1060 comes along (and i wouldn't be shocked at a higher price).

Yep. The 1080/1070 teaser announcement dropped prices on 980 Ti/970 by $100 almost overnight. If performance is anywhere near as good as the supposed (leaked/fabricated/clickbait, take your pick) benchmarks indicate, then you'd be silly to buy a 980 Ti unless it dropped to $350 or something.

 

[selni]

Too expensive, no open source drivers for linux and too powerful for my linux gaming needs anyway. So barring a disaster by amd, i'm probably getting polaris.

Eh you really need to use the blob drivers from either AMD or NV to get anything performing even half decently on linux. Granted the NV open source driver is in a much worse state, but unless it's very lightweight gaming you're not going to want either.

 

[Timmah!]

Yep. The 1080/1070 teaser announcement dropped prices on 980 Ti/970 by $100 almost overnight. If performance is anywhere near as good as the supposed (leaked/fabricated/clickbait, take your pick) benchmarks indicate, then you'd be silly to buy a 980 Ti unless it dropped to $350 or something.

Not around here. Cheapest 980Ti on one of the major hardware shops/e-shops in my (and neighbouring) country = 655 EUROs. And there are still cards sold for over 800 too.

 

[007ELmO]

the 980Tis in Ohio are still $600+.

I've got an HTC Vive coming tomorrow, my main gaming rig has a 980TI in it. I was thinking of building a new rig for VR, I'll wait for the 1080 now.