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GTX 1070 Preorder just came up
- Thread starter CraigerGamer
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PHOENIXZERO
Member
Gonna be holding off until probably the Fall, let others be the guinea pigs and allow whatever revisions from AIBs that may come out do so and probably take advantage of the bundles that will show up, after it being pointed out in the 1080 review topic I'm expecting Mafia 3 now, value of my EVGA 970 SSC (ACX2.0+ revision) will drop further but oh well.
Haunted
Member
I was about to buy a 970 for a new PC build, but that just seems... wrong now with the 1070 so close and getting rave reviews. I don't think the 970 prices will fall substantially more further compared to the ~270€ we're seeing now (German price for KFA and Gainward cards at mindfactory.de) and I could fit another extra ~150€ in my budget for a partner 1070 card.
My only concern is that with the high demand I'm going to have to wait longer than I initially planned with everything, even if I go in on the first wave of partner cards.
Hellgardia
Member
that will be the prices for 2070 and 80
Sniffynose
Member
Aaaaaand sadly this will be five billion dollars here in Canada. Probably just going to pick up another 960 and SLI them and ride that out until I can't even play stuff on low
Our currency is garbage
Canada computers wants like $800 or some shit for it according to reddit. It's like double the conversion price =S
Haunted
Member
dgrdsv
Member
is it launch so hyped that you have to breath through paper bag?
Haha. But no. It's when no cards are available on the announced start of sales day. Which is 10th of June for 1070.
Yeah, and I'm sure an overwhelming amount of these people already have a GPU that can easily tide them over a few extra weeks.
Haunted
Member
Most of the "I gotta have it!" posts on reddit I've seen were by people who already have a 9XX card. >_>
Same with the 1080 FE.
Yeah, if cards are sporadically available in the face of high demand 3 days before the official release date then that's not a paper launch. Period.
No surprise, since you can make this argument about almost everything in gaming. If you can wait a year, you can get most games for half price or less on Steam, with the bugs and balance issues already patched out. Wait 5 years and you can play games on integrated graphics, so you don't even need to buy a GPU and the game is probably selling for $10 or less with a GOTY edition that includes all the DLC. Yet tons of people still buy games on launch day.
CraigerGamer
Member
I've never bought from B&H before but I always thought they were a reputable place of business. Why are they selling the pre-order for over a 3rd of the MSRP? It has to be a typo or these are really 1080s but someone made a mistake listing the product.
...and just like that, another notification of the same card, same price, same company. Guess it's real. I hope when they go live on AmZon in a few days the pre-orders there are more inline with the value of the card.
Also, remind to never buy anything from B&H. Just totally disagree with the way they do business.
...and just like that, another notification of the same card, same price, same company. Guess it's real. I hope when they go live on AmZon in a few days the pre-orders there are more inline with the value of the card.
Also, remind to never buy anything from B&H. Just totally disagree with the way they do business.
I don't understand this post.
KinofChaos
Banned
I am afraid to see the Canadian Price.
CraigerGamer
Member
A $400 card is up for pre-order for $600. It's not a scalper putting the price up. It's a store many people go to to get computer graphics cards. I'm not interested in doing business with a store who employs these practices onto its customers.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Hoping my Microcenter gets some, so I can take off and wait in front of the doors for hours, only to not get one.
No, seriously though, the pre-order mess is slightly annoying.
No, seriously though, the pre-order mess is slightly annoying.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Would it be a waste pairing this up with a PII X4 965? I was thinking of saving towards a new build this winter but can't afford to go get a new MOBO/CPU in addition to card.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Serious? Massive waste imo. You should concentrate on building a new system first.
That's a seven-year-old CPU, bro...
dgrdsv
Member
Depends on what videocard you have now. If it's CPU limited already then you're better off upgrading the platform first. If not then going with 1070 first will give you at least some performance.
GamePnoy74
Member
B&H had GTX 1070 FE pre-orders from some of the major graphics card distributors (ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA, etc.) for retail $450 when I checked this morning around 7am PST.
They all gone now. ¯\_(ツ
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They all gone now. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯opticalmace
Member
Where are the canadian preorders? ~_~
QuantumSquid
Member
I suppose. You'd have to be out of your mind to buy a Founder's Edition card though, they're more expensive and have thermal throttling issues that cheaper board partner cards like the EVGAs and MSIs won't suffer from. It's not like waiting a year or five years, it's waiting a month or two.
Same question with a i5 2500k @ 4.3 ?
You might have a small PC and want a blower card? But even then I'd get the cheap MSI one
opticalmace
Member
Go for it.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Probably fine, 2500k still going strong from what I can tell.
Prophet Steve
Member
It's okay, I'm in the same situation you'll still get a lot of value out of the card. However it is getting limited by the CPU seeing how the 9-series already performs better with newer CPUs.
Save up and get the whole thing. It's not worth getting a GPU that good with a CPU that bad. You'll be bottlenecked anyway so the GPU would go to waste.
I was thinking of getting a used 970 (currently using 950) but I will eventually end up replacing it with a 10XX in a year or so anyways. Seems better to pay extra now and not have the hassle and extra money spent later on when the 970 starts to struggle.
FlyingNorseman
Neo Member
I have an i5 4570. I'm thinking about getting the 1080 gtx. Will I be bottlenecked?
Why are you asking this in a 1070 preorder submission? There is a GTX 1080 review thread.
opticalmace
Member
You're probably fine. Would you get a bit more performance with a faster cpu, yes. Is it going to prevent you from having a great time, no. Will this sentence end with a question, maybe.
FlyingNorseman
Neo Member
Oops. Typo. I meant to say 1070. But I guess I would be interested to know about the 1080 too. Unless that extra bit of info offends your sensibilities in some way.
I like how at first you revealed that you in fact made a typo that made your post irrelevant to the thread, and then tried to say I was somehow offended lol.
And no you aren't going to bottleneck either with a Haswell iSeries anytime in the near future.
Stop being offended.
CraigerGamer
Member
I like the idea of this as a sticky note release. Made me laugh.
Because 1070s are cut-down version of 1080s, will they be more readily available? I imagine the 1080 has to be pretty pristine to pass the smell test where to qualify as a 1070 it can have a few blemishes, meaning more wafers are usable for the cut-down version.
Is it more random? Or do only a small percentage make the 1070 cut?
I'm sure I could google all this but what else are we going to do as we wait for NVIDIA to gets its act in gear?
Because 1070s are cut-down version of 1080s, will they be more readily available? I imagine the 1080 has to be pretty pristine to pass the smell test where to qualify as a 1070 it can have a few blemishes, meaning more wafers are usable for the cut-down version.
Is it more random? Or do only a small percentage make the 1070 cut?
I'm sure I could google all this but what else are we going to do as we wait for NVIDIA to gets its act in gear?
We need a new term then... Cardboard launch? Yeah, that works.
Smooth Operator
Member
Can't wait for Friday, even if i don't know which one i'll get yet (MSI, Asus or EVGA i guess).
Fushichou187
Member
Just to be clear, it's only FE/reference specs on 1070 cards that are going to be released Friday, correct?
CraigerGamer
Member
My 970 is ASUS and I have had no issues with it at all. But everyone says EVGA has amazing customer service so its a toss up between the two and who can get me the best performance/price.
LelouchZero
Member
I really want to see official prices for the UK, I've heard numbers around £300-350.