Hardware & Technical Gtx 980ti now or wait and get gtx1070?

Jon flint · May 18, 2016

I'm in a bit of an awkward position. I want to replace my aging gtx970, I've got a budget of £500. Ideally I'd wait for the gtx1080, but the confirmed uk price is £619, which is way over budget.

The gtx1070 is expected to be around £370-400, but being the slower of the new cards will it outpace a gtx980ti which I could get now for about £450??

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE · May 18, 2016

Remember that price is for the Founders Edition though (i.e. $100 extra for a reference cooler which won't be as good as the AIB coolers) so expect the AIB cards to be less than that. In theory they should be about $100 less but depending on features and markup for an early product the prices will vary considerably.

EDIT: I would actually wait until June 10 until the more respected UK retailers (scan, overclockers, amazon etc.) have a price on their website for both cards. Of course they might put the price on early even before you can order (amazon often do this).

EDIT 2: by the way this is a similar thread from a couple of days ago which you may find useful: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=251623

winterknight · May 18, 2016

I'd wait, the specs with prices given at http://videocardz.com/60127/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-has-1920-cuda-cores, says the 1070 has more cores: TMUs;ROPs, over twice the memory with wider bus and greater bandwidth. And will use less power, for a US price of $379, that's about $50 more than the stock 970.

I'll keep you company, and 970's cannot be aging, I'm limping along on a 670.

ghcannon · May 18, 2016

Wait. Definitely.

It's so close now that it's a no brainer. Get a non-reference 1080, or whatever AMD come up with.

winterknight · May 18, 2016

Short article about 1070
http://videocardz.com/60163/nvidia-...-gtx-1070-specifications-and-first-benchmarks

Benchmark for
Rise of the tomb raider ~1.8 above 970
The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt ~ 1.7 above 970

CMDR Heisenberg B. Damned · May 18, 2016

MAIN SEQUENCE said:
Remember that price is for the Founders Edition though (i.e. £100 extra for a reference cooler which won't be as good as the AIB coolers) so expect the AIB cards to be less than that. In theory they should be about £100 less but depending on features and markup for an early product the prices will vary considerably.

EDIT: I would actually wait until June 10 until the more respected UK retailers (scan, overclockers, amazon etc.) have a price on their website for both cards. Of course they might put the price on early even before you can order (amazon often do this).

EDIT 2: by the way this is a similar thread from a couple of days ago which you may find useful: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=251623

Yep I panicked when I got the email saying the Vive was on the way and I thought my current card wouldn't cope, for a week or two it's not really worth ordering now. At the very least the 980 ti will drop in price once the new cards are available and you can put the rest away for your next upgrade.

Thanks to Main Sequence and others for talking me down!

OT Vive stuff

Oh wow that moment you pick the controllers up and they're there just where they appear in game - I can't even describe it, its like some form of magic. Turn them round in your hand and they turn round in game, the quality (even on my lowly card) is way better than I was expecting but not tried Elite yet, that may have to wait a day or two.

Insomnia · May 18, 2016

1070 outperforms the Titan X. For less than 400 bucks.
I'm not buying anything until the 1070 releases.

Jon flint · May 18, 2016

Bit of a derp monent, i hadn't realised the "founders" version was just a new name for the reference card, a £100 premium for the reference 1080 seems a bit steep. Will definately wait and see if I can afford a non-founders/reference card (preferably msi). If not it will be the 1070 for me

Thanks for the advice guys

Patrick_68000 · May 18, 2016

The rumors say that the GTX 1070 will be also fast as GTX Titan. To wait for the GTX 1070, to have the last generation with all the advantages

GuruNot · May 18, 2016

Jon flint said:
I'm in a bit of an awkward position. I want to replace my aging gtx970, I've got a budget of £500. Ideally I'd wait for the gtx1080, but the confirmed uk price is £619, which is way over budget.

The gtx1070 is expected to be around £370-400, but being the slower of the new cards will it outpace a gtx980ti which I could get now for about £450??

GTX 1070 / GTX 1080 almost here (NDA lifted), Polaris 10 just around the corner (Computex ?? - although this is likely to be a mainstream card not enthusiast) and rumours of VEGA being brought forward to October. I would personally say that now is not the time to buy a card

Prices are going to be all over the shop. Let the dust settle between the Red and Green teams and in that time maybe you could save for a better card .....

In intend to sit tight until the 1080Ti (or whatever they call it arrives). Not that I need a new card, but you know ......