Get rid of 1080's?

[Eric1987]

Should I get rid of my 2x1080's for a Ti or the new RX Vega?


Don't make threads asking for advice when you don't want any.

AT Moderator ElFenix

 

[alcoholbob]

What prompted you to want to do this in the first place?

 

[Elixer]

Should I get rid of my 2x1080's for a Ti or the new RX Vega?

Yeah, what reason would you want to dump them? SLI not working? Not enough performance?

You might get more $$$ than what you paid for, for the cards you have now, and then buy a 1080ti (if you can find one).
As for Vega RX, that is such a huge unknown, it could end up being worse than what you got now, or tie it or a bit faster. We just don't have solid facts until the end of the month.

 

[EXCellR8]

nope

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Could get rid of one and maybe make a small profit. Sell and replace the other one when gpu prices have normalized agian.

 

[Guru]

Don't see the point. 2x1080 are faster than a 1080ti, the issue is primarily lack of SLI support, therefore in some games you don't get the benefit of SLI.

You invested in two in the first place, so don't see why you should take a loss, downgrade performance in many cases. Again the only reason would be lack of SLI support for the game you are playing, but again you should have gone into double cards knowing this and being okay that you are not going to have the benefit of two cards in all games.

1080 also sell for normal price, since its gddr5x memory is actually slower for mining, therefore the 1070 is the mining king right now and more expensive than the 1080.

 

[guskline]

Short answer no.

Long answer, IF you have a sure buyer who is paying you as much as you originally paid for the GTX 1080s and you want to go to a single GTX1080TI with the proceeds sure. From all ccounts, the GTX1080TI is a monster single card but is expensive.

From what I read and see, RX Vega, if you can even buy one in the next few months may be slightly faster than a single GTX1080 stock ( I think the GTX1080 OC'd will still be faster). However, supply is likely to be very limited.

Moreover, unless you are going to run 2 RX Vegas in CF, a single RXVega will not COME CLOSE TO 2 gtx1080s in SLI.

I have a 3rd rig that I want all AMD (right now Ryzen 7 1800x and RX 480). I will at some point upgrade the gpu to RX Vega.

BTW, Eric1987, what are the rest of your computer specs?

 

[Mopetar]

I'd hold on to them as Vega doesn't look like it will be much faster than the 1080 when all is said and done, and unless you get 2 Ti's, you'll only see a performance gain in titles where SLI doesn't work at all.

 

[IEC]

GTX 1080 is the most efficient high-end graphics card out there. If you really need the 1080 Ti performance and can get good money for your 1080s, it might be worth it. That performance comes at the cost of drawing almost as much power as 2x1080, though...

 

[Eric1987]

Wow I honestly expected people to tell me to drop them. I use to have 290x2 in CFX for 4k and that sucked. I just don't like having to deal with SLI issues. Only reason I got it is because my roommate upgraded to a Ti and I got the second 1080 for fairly cheap.

 

[Headfoot]

Dropped my 290 crossfire for a single 1080 Ti and its so much better. I love never dealing with multi-GPU issues.

 

[Snarf Snarf]

If, and this is a huge if, the games you're playing aren't using SLI or are having problems you have another viable option. With jacked up GPU prices right now would be the ideal time to flip one of your 1080's for pretty close to MSRP. If you could get $500 for one of them, stick that in the bank and don't touch it. Then when GV104 launches early next year put that $500 towards the new Volta card, sell the second 1080 and basically get the GV104 for free which should be around 2x 1080 performance if launch history is anything to go by.

If you just want to upgrade because you have the itch, it's not worth it. Like everyone said above 2x 1080's when working is faster than a 1080ti, so it depends on how often your SLI is working to its full potential in the games you're playing.

 

[2is]

Wow I honestly expected people to tell me to drop them. I use to have 290x2 in CFX for 4k and that sucked. I just don't like having to deal with SLI issues. Only reason I got it is because my roommate upgraded to a Ti and I got the second 1080 for fairly cheap.

Why would you expect that? A 1080Ti is just one step above a 1080, and you've got two of them. It's not like a full generation gap difference as would be the case if you compared a 980Ti to a 1080Ti

The mining craze hasn't really increased the value of 1080 and 1080Ti but what it has done is allow them to hold their value, so you'll probably see fewer people recommending to sell them compared to something like a 1070 or RX 470/480

 

[Eric1987]

I expected the rx vega to be a little more powerful than the 1080ti.

 

[tential]

I expected the rx vega to be a little more powerful than the 1080ti.

So... You're going to sell your 1080s for Vega then right? Those who risk nothing gain nothing!

Edit: I see your roommate made the smart hustle move and got a ti and sold you his 1080. You activated the midrange sli "trap card".
Sorry it ended up that way.

 

[2is]

I expected the rx vega to be a little more powerful than the 1080ti.

I expect, you're going to be disappointed.

 

[guskline]

Erik1987, relax. I expect RX Vega, at its best to be on par with the GTX 1080, NOT the 1080 TI.

The 1080 TI is in a class by itself right now. A year from now perhaps a modified second generation Vega will be close in select games. At that time Nvidia will be out with what? Volta. Navi better be rady to start its engine.

Keep in mind the RTG division of AMD had a shoe-string budget (it's now obvious the $$$ and focus of AMD went to the cpu division a/k/a Ryzen, soon Threadripper and Epyc.). AMD had to marshall it's resources between a new cpu for desktop, workstation and server. The last 2 are where the $$ and bigger profits are. AMD isn't out of the woods yet but it is shaping up to be very competitive with Intel on both performance and price with the ZEN core technology coupled with Infinity fabric.

Raja took over a gpu division with little on it's plate. Nvidia was killing it with more power efficient AND faster gpus the last few years.

Polaris started the ball rolling. Some would say Fury BUT that's a different story.

AMD/RTG admittedly ceded the higher end of the gpu market to Nvidia to focus on a new line of Polaris, then Vega and then Navi. That takes time, $$$ and programming expertise.

I don't think RX Vega will be a bad choice if the price is right, especially for someone like me who wants to upgrade his AMD rig's gpu (3 below in my sig) and stay with AMD instead of Nvidia.

Right now, short of the Vega FE, that would mean a Fury or Fury X but I already have a Polaris RX 480 which is a newer technology. I had 2 RX 480s in CF but they ran out of gas as reolutions climbed to 1440/4k even against the single GTX 1080 in my 5960x rig below.

You will notice I also have a GTX980 TI SC in my 6700k rig. It was and still is a stoudt card but the GTX 1080 is faster.

For me a RX Vega WILL be an upgrade from a RX480.

For you with 2 GTX1080s in SLI? NO Way. If you want to go to a single card it appears the GTX 1080 TI is the only answer in the forseeable future that would be near the performance of your 2 1080s.

 

[Eric1987]

Unless I got a killer deal I don't think I'd go to 1 1080ti now. I was just hoping the RX Vega would at minimum match the 1080ti and then I'd just put a nice water cooler on there and call it a day for 4k gaming.

 

[tential]

Erik1987, relax. I expect RX Vega, at its best to be on par with the GTX 1080, NOT the 1080 TI.

The 1080 TI is in a class by itself right now. A year from now perhaps a modified second generation Vega will be close in select games. At that time Nvidia will be out with what? Volta. Navi better be rady to start its engine.

Keep in mind the RTG division of AMD had a shoe-string budget (it's now obvious the $$$ and focus of AMD went to the cpu division a/k/a Ryzen, soon Threadripper and Epyc.). AMD had to marshall it's resources between a new cpu for desktop, workstation and server. The last 2 are where the $$ and bigger profits are. AMD isn't out of the woods yet but it is shaping up to be very competitive with Intel on both performance and price with the ZEN core technology coupled with Infinity fabric.

Raja took over a gpu division with little on it's plate. Nvidia was killing it with more power efficient AND faster gpus the last few years.

Polaris started the ball rolling. Some would say Fury BUT that's a different story.

AMD/RTG admittedly ceded the higher end of the gpu market to Nvidia to focus on a new line of Polaris, then Vega and then Navi. That takes time, $$$ and programming expertise.

I don't think RX Vega will be a bad choice if the price is right, especially for someone like me who wants to upgrade his AMD rig's gpu (3 below in my sig) and stay with AMD instead of Nvidia.

Right now, short of the Vega FE, that would mean a Fury or Fury X but I already have a Polaris RX 480 which is a newer technology. I had 2 RX 480s in CF but they ran out of gas as reolutions climbed to 1440/4k even against the single GTX 1080 in my 5960x rig below.

You will notice I also have a GTX980 TI SC in my 6700k rig. It was and still is a stoudt card but the GTX 1080 is faster.

For me a RX Vega WILL be an upgrade from a RX480.

For you with 2 GTX1080s in SLI? NO Way. If you want to go to a single card it appears the GTX 1080 TI is the only answer in the forseeable future that would be near the performance of your 2 1080s.

Polaris is on par with Pascal at the low end.
Vega is worse than Pascal at the high end despite being a new architecture?

Unless I got a killer deal I don't think I'd go to 1 1080ti now. I was just hoping the RX Vega would at minimum match the 1080ti and then I'd just put a nice water cooler on there and call it a day for 4k gaming.

If you want the next best upgrade, I can say with extreme confidence now that your next best card to purchase is the GTX 2080Ti.

Or whatever Nvidia calls it.

I'd follow the Gsync 144hz 4K monitor release reviews if I was you as well as those begin to trickle out between now and this cards release.

 

[Eric1987]

I won't ever get over 60hz unless I get a damn good job tripling my pay. I would rather the games look better than run over 60 fps.

 

[tential]

I won't ever get over 60hz unless I get a damn good job tripling my pay. I would rather the games look better than run over 60 fps.

It's more for versatility.
You don't need to run games over 60 hz.

However, if you're playing a shooter, it's nice to be able to go over 60 hz (overwatch, CS:Go, etc.)
That's the beauty of adaptive sync with high refresh you use what you need.
So for a visual game, I'd probably target 55-60 FPS and crank visual fidelity (DA:I)
For a shooter, I'll lower settings and get my refresh rate capped so I can get maximum visual clarity. (Overwatch)

I do understand that many people believe 144hz is for those that are using it solely at 144hz and are gaming triple A single player titles at ultra settings at 144hz.
That isn't a necessity and isn't the only use case.

If you never intend to play shooters, then well... get a 4K 60 hz gsync monitor when you can and be happy.

If you're price conscious... Nvidia is the wrong brand for ya.

 

[Eric1987]

You're not selling me on the 144hz. I don't play shooters competitively. If I was price conscious I would go to consoles.

 

[tential]

You're not selling me on the 144hz. I don't play shooters competitively. If I was price conscious I would go to consoles.

Nor am I trying to.

"If you never intend to play shooters, then well... get a 4K 60 hz gsync monitor when you can and be happy."

It really helps if you read the whole post....

 

[tential]

You're not selling me on the 144hz. I don't play shooters competitively. If I was price conscious I would go to consoles.

Unless I got a killer deal I don't think I'd go to 1 1080ti now. I was just hoping the RX Vega would at minimum match the 1080ti and then I'd just put a nice water cooler on there and call it a day for 4k gaming.

I won't ever get over 60hz unless I get a damn good job tripling my pay. I would rather the games look better than run over 60 fps.

Wow I honestly expected people to tell me to drop them. I use to have 290x2 in CFX for 4k and that sucked. I just don't like having to deal with SLI issues. Only reason I got it is because my roommate upgraded to a Ti and I got the second 1080 for fairly cheap.

Lol... keep telling yourself you're not price conscious....


Quit being a dick.

AT Moderator ElFenix

 

[2is]

This is almost starting to sound like a troll post

Talks about swapping 2 1080's for a 1080Ti
Thinks Vega will outperform a 1080Ti
Needs triple pay for a 144Hz display despite owning 2 1080's and talking about purchasing a 1080Ti even though that's the single best upgrade he can do to improve his gaming experience given the hardware he already has.