gtx1080 a good buy right now?

[Vayra86]

No that I think about it, I'm not that cartain. We might see nvidia launch the whole lineup this september, we've seen a 12GB GDDR6 +600mm2 "something" in pics. Therefore we might not see an 1180 hold the place for 1180Ti and get a pricecut later, we might see a 1180Ti launch early along with 1180 and 1170. If that is the case there might be a $350-400 card that blows that 1080 out of the water and a $500-550 one that smokes 1080Ti, while this top of the line 12 gddr6 600mm2 one will be +50% 1080Ti performance at least and might cost $700-750. TSMC has 7nm ready, 12nm is mature enoguh, I think there's no point for nvidia to drag the next gen release over two years. Drop them all at once in q3 18, then do a 7nm shrink in late 19.

In all fairness I'm expecting a Kepler Refresh repeat, with 10-20% performance increases at the same price points as we have the x70 and x80 now as MSRP. It would perfectly fit the GDDR6 move in terms of bandwidth at similar bus widths as well.

This way Nvidia has something in the tank for any kind of AMD response (which is likely also just a shrink/rebrand) and they will still sell cards because of the inflated Pascal pricing and there still being a serious demand in the market. They will use RTX technology and vastly improved performance using that tech to push the new gen, similar to how they leveraged Maxwells' improved Tesselation with stuff like Hairworks.

Economically it makes no sense for Nvidia to leap further ahead.

That would also mean the 1080 is going to remain a very relevant card for the coming year(s).

 

[arni-gx]

Well I was bidding up stuff on ebay and accidentally got a gtx1080 for $400

Seems like a pretty good buy performance/$ wise right now, according to my ebay tracking of prices and the latest TPU review for performance rankings...

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I figure I can hock it in a year if I need to since it will still be a fast card... but I'm a little nervous because I've never bought something so close to a new gen's release. Something tells me the new xx80 will be 600-700+ and will be in short supply....

you are lucky to buy a GTX 1080 8GB FE for USD 400, in my country, the price of a new GTX 1080 8GB varies, ranging from approximately USD 620 to about USD 760 ....

 

[hat]

Doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.

 

[fusseli]

you are lucky to buy a GTX 1080 8GB FE for USD 400, in my country, the price of a new GTX 1080 8GB varies, ranging from approximately USD 620 to about USD 760 ....

It's not an FE, it's a Gigabyte WF OC3. So far it's running fine at 1900 MHz boost, haven't done much research or oc attempts yet.

 

[John Naylor]

If it had been FE or EVGA SC = No / Decent AIB w/o too much wear and tear = Yes.

 

[fusseli]

Boom, sold the evga gtx970 SC for $126, net cost exactly $101

Trying 2050/10200 mhz on the 1080 now....

 

[RealNeil]

Yes, I think that you got a good deal. The GTX-1080 uses less power and performs better too.
I have a pair of GTX-1080FE cards in SLI in my i7-7700K system. Performance is great too.

You can always add a second one for real-wazoo performance if you need it.

 

[Junkie XL]

Depends. If you can get one on sale or used at a steal, sure. New? No. The 1070Ti is the better deal over the 1080 at that point. Both maxed OC, there is only a 5FPS difference on average. 1070Ti is 100 dollars cheaper. No brainer to get the 1070Ti.

Unless you stumble across a too good to be true deal on a 1080, best bet is just to wait. The Geforce 11 series will drop in a few months and if you grab one up close to launch you can beat the crypto price hike soon to follow.