GPU enthusiasts, how much are you actually willing to spend?

[Arachnotronic]

Someone who has 3 or 4 980ti's/TitanX's might be frustrated a little if they want an upgrade right now. They are in the same situation that an Intel customer is in: Buy 4 faster cores or get 6 slower ones? It all depends on scaling and software and maybe one is faster in one situation while the other is faster in another. Frustrating. Two 1080's or 3 or 4 980ti's? Damn.

I'd take two 1080, no question. 3-4 way SLI/Xfire scaling has never been that great, and I think with big overclocks the 2x 1080s will pull nicely ahead in most scenarios.

 

[moonbogg]

I'd take two 1080, no question. 3-4 way SLI/Xfire scaling has never been that great, and I think with big overclocks the 2x 1080s will pull nicely ahead in most scenarios.

Yeah, but at very high resolution maybe things will be different. Maybe things will be better on 4 titans in their frequently played games at 4K? Perhaps only a little better. Also, benchmarks😀 We all like a monster score and 3 or 4 titans/980ti's would be tough to beat I bet. That's frustrating if you ask me. If you are buying new top end GPU's you should expect the best of everything and this time they might not be able to buy that at any price. Imagine you just upgraded your GPU's and your 3DMark score went down by 1500 points. Ouch.

 

[IllogicalGlory]

I want my $400 Vega R9 290 succcessor with >2x performance.

 

[Sonikku13]

I limit myself to $750 maximum for a GPU. The three most expensive GPUs I bought were the 7970 at launch ($550), the 290X during the BTC boom ($700), and the Nano ($520).

I limit myself to only one beefy GPU cause my 3x 7970 setup had massive problems.

 

[DeathReborn]

Most I would spend on a single GPU is about £500 (~$725) but that's for my primary rig. LAN boxes & HTPC's put the total up to around £5,000 (every 3 years).

Normally I go for 1 or 2 rungs down from the top (290s, 5850s, 670s, 970s) but will be investing in top end this time around so may spend £500-600 x2 for Vega & GP100.

 

[Smoblikat]

I voted 0 - $300, my limit (per card) is about $250 max. If I could find a 780Ti for $250ish I would be pretty happy, otherwise im more of a $100 - $200 kinda guy. Picked up a 7970 for $100, a 680 DC2 triple slot for $140, and a 580 3gb for $120 and I was comfortable paying those prices. Back in the day I had 4X6970's that I paid about $350 for total.

 

[seitur]

Not as much as current trends in GPU prices are. EUV cannot come soon enough.

 

[DamZe]

I spent 570-something bucks on my EVGA GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 back in November 2014, it hasn't let me down yet in 1080p on my beloved 4ms IPS monitor. Nowadays If a card offers 50%+ performance over my 980 for around 350-400$ then that could really entice me.

 

[darckhart]

are we talking base cards? or with bells and whistles? them waterblocks and backplates are like the cost of a card right there. so I put myself in the $600-1000 range to cover those water expenses...

 

[Thinker_145]

I am personally willing to spend quite a lot but only if the price performance is reasonably good. But that is never the case with high end cards thus I don't buy them and simply upgrade more frequently if necessary.

I mean as good as a 980Ti was it simply was poor price performance compared to the 970/390.

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[Kallogan]

300 euros in my hard limit for a gpu. Never paid more than that and never will.

 

[stuff_me_good]

I'm sorry creator of this tread, but this poll has completely stupid options. :thumbsdown:

0-300 next is 300-600 and after that already completely irrelevant for most of us. If you would have used your brain a bit more, 0-100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and so forth would have made sense and we could actually see more meaningful results.

 

[antihelten]

Because that wasn't the purpose of the poll. The reason the price brackets are so wide is because he wanted to see how many here would support edging the price brackets up. He said it a few pages back.

Even if that was actually his goal, the poll options are still useless.

If you actually wanted to learn something about people's willingness to accept the rise in flagship GPU prices, then you would need to cover the relevant range with sufficient granularity.

In other words you would need price points like this:
$500 ("traditional" flagship price)
$550 (GTX 980, 7970, 290X and Fury)
$600 (1080 custom and 8800)
$650 (980 Ti, 780, 280 and Fury X)
$700 (1080 FE and 780 Ti)
$830 (8800 Ultra)
$1000 (Titan, Titan Black, Titan X and 690)
$1500 (295x2)
$3000 (Titan Z)

Furthermore you would arguably have to stipulate that people should answer what they are willing to spend on a single GPU, not on their entire graphics solution like this thread does, since that skews the numbers.

Making a poll like this would actually tell you something about where people's pain limit is with regards to flagship GPU prices. You could of course also add prices below $500 if you are interested in people not going for flagship GPUs.

 

[3DVagabond]

Even if that was actually his goal, the poll options are still useless.

If you actually wanted to learn something about people's willingness to accept the rise in flagship GPU prices, then you would need to cover the relevant range with sufficient granularity.

In other words you would need price points like this:
$500 ("traditional" flagship price)
$550 (GTX 980, 7970, 290X and Fury)
$600 (1080 custom and 8800)
$650 (980 Ti, 780, 280 and Fury X)
$700 (1080 FE and 780 Ti)
$830 (8800 Ultra)
$1000 (Titan, Titan Black, Titan X and 690)
$1500 (295x2)
$3000 (Titan Z)

Furthermore you would arguably have to stipulate that people should answer what they are willing to spend on a single GPU, not on their entire graphics solution like this thread does, since that skews the numbers.

Making a poll like this would actually tell you something about where people's pain limit is with regards to flagship GPU prices. You could of course also add prices below $500 if you are interested in people not going for flagship GPUs.

Well, it does look like he has no interest in people who want to spend $300 or less. He just clumps them all together. Presumably because that's not the market he plans on studying.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Even if that was actually his goal, the poll options are still useless.

I disagree. Thanks to his poll we learned that some people have no budget. This was confirmed when morons (sorry if someone here is one, but it's true) bought GTX 1080s for $1k+ off EBay.

 

[railven]

There is a high chance I'll be buying two GTX 1080's next Friday and will post one for sale. See what I can get (hey - why not?)

I'll run one until custom cards hit, if I sell the first once for nice profits hell I'll just sell the second one and sit on my stack of money until customs come out. Just bring the 290X upstairs and bunker down.

 

[DamZe]

There is a high chance I'll be buying two GTX 1080's next Friday and will post one for sale. See what I can get (hey - why not?)

I'll run one until custom cards hit, if I sell the first once for nice profits hell I'll just sell the second one and sit on my stack of money until customs come out. Just bring the 290X upstairs and bunker down.

Unless you provide receipt/ warranty for that second 1080 you plan to sell for a higher price due to demand, then I think you might get disappointed.

 

[railven]

Unless you provide receipt/ warranty for that second 1080 you plan to sell for a higher price due to demand, then I think you might get disappointed.

Oh they can have the receipt 😉 Warranty has nothing to do with me.

Worst case scenario I don't sell it and just return it.