Don't be so sure. The 970 also seemed overpowered for 1080p at the time, but I had to dial back settings a lot to maintain 60fps.For 1080P I would say your are safe for 3-4 years. 1440P hard to say, 2-3 depending on the type of games you like. These cards are so overpowered for 1080P its going to be years before engines over stress them.
What's cool is that this will help usher in 1440p as the new sweet spot.
1080p has been around too long and I can't wait to be rid of it.
What is this standard edition? Until nvidia or an aib shows us what a $379 card looks like, it doesn't have a $379 msrp.
What's cool is that this will help usher in 1440p as the new sweet spot.
1080p has been around too long and I can't wait to be rid of it.
I expect local retailers to offer it for around 400. If I can find myself a summer job, I'm definitely upgrading. I have a Sapphire 280X now, which I'm hoping to sell for around 150 if possible.
There is one "problem" though, I'm still gaming at 1080/60 so a lot of people will probably say it's overkill, but I don't think I'll see it that way since my current card (understandably) can't max out new games at 60fps. And otherwise downsampling, no? I want to get a 1440/144Hz screen but my budget won't cooperate. Maybe a 1080/144 as a middleground?
New games could get too performance heavy even for the 1070 at 1440p but yea if you are not obsessed with maxing everything out, it should be a good card for a while at that res.
What's cool is that this will help usher in 1440p as the new sweet spot.
1080p has been around too long and I can't wait to be rid of it.
Radeon R9 Fury doesn't have an official reference board design. Does that mean that it didn't have a $549 MSRP at launch? I don't see why it's so impossible for AIB cards to actually come out at the stated MSRP a couple of weeks after the cards sales start date.
Slighlty isnt enough for me to upgrade from a 980ti.
Your own post makes it clear that's an entirely different scenario. The reference card price has been what aibs have released around for literally decades. That's part of why it's a "reference" card. If an aftermarket card releases at the "msrp" prices within a month of the reference cards, and isn't a shit plastic blower cooler, I'll eat crow. But only if it isn't a result of NV lowering the price of the reference card to those prices within a month after release, but their statements so far suggest they want the founders cards to be at $450 and $699 for the foreseeable future.
2 x Titan X here. Holding on to them for now since it'll be a long wait for the 1080Ti / Pascal Titan, but it's getting pretty close.
Well, looks like its finally time to upgrade my 670.
Same boat, almost bit on a 980ti last year, but I can't wait anymore.Same.
Awesome.
Now all they have to do is price it right here in Australia.
yup, i feel bad about my 390 purchase last month.
Would you guys say this is a good investment if you plan to use your PC on a 4K tv?
As bad as you feel right now, it won't feel nearly as bad as how the folks that buy a pair of 1070s or 1080s feel when HBM2 cards are released late this year/early next.
Talk about being completely outclassed in terms of design and performance.
Going to replacey 780ti with this. Can't wait
Would you guys say this is a good investment if you plan to use your PC on a 4K tv?
Oh, to be clear, yes, the 1080 overclocked retains its lead over the 980TI with no problems, especially if you turn up the fan speed on the founders edition or (presumably) get a partner cooler on it. I meant that post exactly as written. A 1080 at stock is only 3ish% faster than a ~1400hz 980TI - which is only relevant as the leaked benchmarks for the 1070 put it at about 20ish% slower than a 1080 at stock.I'm not really sure where you read that, but it's simply not true. Check out this Hardware Unboxed article showing that GTX 1080 is 28% faster stock-at-stock and still 23% faster when both cards are overclocked.
The difference being that the GTX 1080 in question is obviously the Founder's Edition, which will likely be surpassed by AIB cards. Chances are the end result for maximum overclocking on both cards will still be around 28% performance difference, not trivial at all.