Upgrade to a GTX Titan X (Pascal) or GTX 1080 (Aftermarket)

[pj-]

If you don't plan on also upgrading those soon, you will be wasting the potential of a Titan XP.

No one is going to tell you it's a good idea to spend $1200 on a gpu. If that's what you really want to do, just do it.

 

[Thinker_145]

Everyone was "sure" that the 1080Ti would be announced at CES.

Anyways I agree the Titan is just a terrible option. The 1080 while having worse value than 1070 is still considerably more powerful especially in the more demanding situations that you intend to run. So I would say for a high end gamer sure it is worth it.

What you just need to know is that in the next 1 year the 1080 will depreciate much much more than the 1070. I think one should stick to consumer level products which the Titan isn't. I mean at the end of the day even the Titan isn't the fastest GPU as we saw the latest Quadro outperforms it at a whopping $5000. So where do you stop? I say at the best aftermarket cards.

Do you live in the USA? Doesn't EVGA have a 3 month step up plan? There couldn't be a more safer option than that. If nothing comes out in 3 months then clearly waiting wasn't the right option.

 

[Thinker_145]

I just checked they have that program in the USA, Canada and EU. If I were living in any of these locations I wouldn't even think of another manufacturer. And yes I know they had serious issues with their recent cards but it's a one off blip in an otherwise highly reliable brand.

So just get the EVGA 1080 even if you have to pay a little more for it.

 

[mooncancook]

Why not just buy a GTX 1070 now for max 1080p gaming til the end of the year. Then when you get a 4k monitor (I assume around BF), sell the 1070 and buy whatever gpu that is best for 4k then. Buying the Titan now means you'll be wasting its potential for nearly a year, and by the time you get to use its full potential there is likely newer better and cheaper options around the holiday season at the end of the year.

 

[Dave3000]

Why not just buy a GTX 1070 now for max 1080p gaming til the end of the year. Then when you get a 4k monitor (I assume around BF), sell the 1070 and buy whatever gpu that is best for 4k then. Buying the Titan now means you'll be wasting its potential for nearly a year, and by the time you get to use its full potential there is likely newer better and cheaper options around the holiday season at the end of the year.

In that case I might as will hold off on the video card upgrade until the next series of cards come out. I'm not doing video card upgrades twice a year. I want a video card that will get me through at least 2 years. Maybe I might upgrade to an i7-7700k. I would rather have an i7-7700k over an i5-7600k even though the 7600k is a great CPU for gaming, in the same way I would rather have a GTX 1080 over a GTX 1070 even though the GTX 1070 is a great GPU for gaming. See what I'm saying?

 

[Capt Caveman]

I just checked they have that program in the USA, Canada and EU. If I were living in any of these locations I wouldn't even think of another manufacturer. And yes I know they had serious issues with their recent cards but it's a one off blip in an otherwise highly reliable brand.

So just get the EVGA 1080 even if you have to pay a little more for it.

Totally forgot about that. OP, Newegg has the EVGA GTX 1080 SC for $590 plus a $30 rebate card to make $560 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487244

 

[mooncancook]

In that case I might as will hold off on the video card upgrade until the next series of cards come out. I'm not doing video card upgrades twice a year. I want a video card that will get me through at least 2 years. Maybe I might upgrade to an i7-7700k. I would rather have an i7-7700k over an i5-7600k even though the 7600k is a great CPU for gaming, in the same way I would rather have a GTX 1080 over a GTX 1070 even though the GTX 1070 is a great GPU for gaming. See what I'm saying?

I'm suggesting a 1070 only because you are dissatisfied with your 780Ti and you are gaming at 1080p for a while, and that you are tempted to get a Titan Xp. I agree that it is best to wait since the 780Ti is still quite decent for gaming at 1080p. Save the money and get one of the top end card when you actual go 4k as price will only get lower. I upgraded to a GTX 1080 only because I bought a 4k tv, otherwise I would have stayed with the 1060 for my gaming htpc.

 

[ddogg]

I purchased both my 1080s for around 525 brand new recently. You need to keep your eyes open for deals on eBay, Craigslist, r/hardwareswap etc. Unless you're uncomfortable going that route. 1080Ti may release in March but it will be months before they sell at their MSRP value. 780Ti -> 1080 is going to be a massive upgrade. Might as well enjoy it now.

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[Dave3000]

The GTX 1080 Founder's Edition that I returned for a refund 2 weeks ago was a big upgrade from my GTX 780 Ti. I only returned it because it was defective. I got almost double the score in the Heaven 4.0 Benchmark and I could play Far Cry Primal at a constant 60 fps at 1080p whereas my 780Ti can only manage a constant 30 fps at the same settings. I can buy other computer related stuff with my money while I wait for the next series of Nvidia cards . I was thinking about building a headless Plex Media Server while I wait for the next series of video cards to be released. I already have 2x6TB hard drives and a spare 7 year old power supply (used for 4 years).

 

[tential]

The GTX 1080 Founder's Edition that I returned for a refund 2 weeks ago was a big upgrade from my GTX 780 Ti. I only returned it because it was defective. I got almost double the score in the Heaven 4.0 Benchmark and I could play Far Cry Primal at a constant 60 fps at 1080p whereas my 780Ti can only manage a constant 30 fps at the same settings. I can buy other computer related stuff with my money while I wait for the next series of Nvidia cards . I was thinking about building a headless Plex Media Server while I wait for the next series of video cards to be released. I already have 2x6TB hard drives and a spare 7 year old power supply (used for 4 years).

CPU/Hardware Upgrade + Monitor upgrade (1440p/high refresh or 4k 60 hz. GSYNC!!!!!)
Then TITAN XP!!!!!

Do it. You won't. Don't wait. Waiting sucks. I've waited forever right now, don't do it. Just enjoy the fun now.

 

[wanderica]

This boards obsession with "waiting" is borderline annoying. We don't know jack about anything but people must "wait". I am sure stuff like this would be highly discouraging for someone new to PC gaming and yes I know the OP isn't new.

The GPU is the component which experiences highest depreciation no matter what you buy and when you buy. I would understand the obsession with waiting for a component that has the potential to last 5+ years but with a GPU it makes no sense.

Waiting only makes sense when we have an announced date for an upcoming GPU release.

Normally, I would agree. I usually advise against waiting, instead favoring the "buy from what's available when you need it" approach. In this case, though, OP is running 1080p with a possible upgrade to 4k down the line. He's considering a GPU that far outshines his current needs, so why not buy more of a stop gap solution now and purchase again when and if another upgrade is necessary for making the 4k jump? He might even spend less money overall if it turns out that a Titan XP isn't necessary 8 months from now.

 

[wilds]

I game at 3840x2160 60hz on my 1070 just fine. It can't do maximum settings, but right now only shadows and ambient occlusion are the only settings that are down to medium or high depending on the title. 60 fps at 2160p isn't that hard to achieve even for a 1070.

I went with a cheap 4k gsync monitor and a 1070 as a stopgap to 21:9 2160p 120hz OLED. It is working quite well so far. At this point I would splurge more on the monitor and less on the GPU. Titan XP will do 4k60 at maximum settings quite well for some time. The 1070 can do maximum settings without AA @ 4k at about 40fps in every title I play. Dropping a couple things down with a barely noticable reduction in image quality gets an easy 60.

I can't recommend Titan XP because we don't have 4k 120 hz monitors yet. If you need Ultra/Maximum settings then the Titan XP is for you.

 

[zinfamous]

It's a "YOLO" buy for a 1080p gamer, but if you are running 4K, it's pretty much the only card that can handle the latest games at ~60fps consistently.

heh, fair enough. But one can further argue that at this point, 4k alone falls in that YOLO category, but to each his own. 😀

Everyone hates the waiting advice, but I think most here would agree that it is especially applicable to this point in time, as OP is also considering CPu upgrade as well. Here he has new release options for that right now, which will give him another month or two of savings to make the leap to a newer GPU...though it seems to me that a GPU upgrade is more "necessary" for OP than what he currently has compared to CPU. :\

 

[nurturedhate]

In that case I might as will hold off on the video card upgrade until the next series of cards come out. I'm not doing video card upgrades twice a year. I want a video card that will get me through at least 2 years. Maybe I might upgrade to an i7-7700k. I would rather have an i7-7700k over an i5-7600k even though the 7600k is a great CPU for gaming, in the same way I would rather have a GTX 1080 over a GTX 1070 even though the GTX 1070 is a great GPU for gaming. See what I'm saying?

If your goal is to keep a card for 2+ years you are far better off buying it when a new generation releases and not 8+ months into it's life.

 

[MrTeal]

In that case I might as will hold off on the video card upgrade until the next series of cards come out. I'm not doing video card upgrades twice a year. I want a video card that will get me through at least 2 years. Maybe I might upgrade to an i7-7700k. I would rather have an i7-7700k over an i5-7600k even though the 7600k is a great CPU for gaming, in the same way I would rather have a GTX 1080 over a GTX 1070 even though the GTX 1070 is a great GPU for gaming. See what I'm saying?

If your goal is to keep a card for 2+ years you are far better off buying it when a new generation releases and not 8+ months into it's life.

You'd definitely be better off waiting at this point in the product cycle, IMO. That being said, why do you want the card to get you through 2+ years? If it's that you don't want to mess with a working system, that's fine. If it's a cost thing, I would say buying a Titan XP at this point is the worst thing you could do. You'll have much more consistent performance buying an aftermarket 1080 now, and then a 1080 Ti this summer when you upgrade to 4k, and then a Volta Ti when it becomes available, and you'd still probably not spend anymore cash than if you'd buy the Titan XP now and use it for over two years.

 

[ddogg]

I was thinking about building a headless Plex Media Server while I wait for the next series of video cards to be released. I already have 2x6TB hard drives and a spare 7 year old power supply (used for 4 years).

I have a headless Plex server as well. You should do it if you can since Plex is awesome. I paid for the lifetime subscription since I'm a heavy Plex user.

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[Capt Caveman]

EVGA 1080 FTW is $590(after $20 MIR) on Newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487245 Could get that then step-up to the 1080Ti when it comes out.

 

[tential]

Forget this post just going to make a thread.