Already in Step-Up queue. 970 to 1070 time.
Same here. What version did you get?
Anyone what the usual turnaround time for EVGA Step Up program is from your experience?
Already in Step-Up queue. 970 to 1070 time.
Crazy cos I sold my 980 early thinking these would be freely available kinda about now and that card would plummet in re-sale value. I got the money from selling it so I'm either going RX 480 or a cheaper AIB 1070.
Newegg now has pages up for the ACX 3.0 versions except FTW. They're not in stock, but pages being up is a good thing.
I have absolutely no idea. It can't be longer than a couple of weeks though right? One run and when they are out of stock, start selling the regular ones?Any idea how long this will take?
Give it a month for the prices to settle down. The 970 was the popular card and card makers are probably marking it as such. The 1070 is exactly what I thought would happen when you make the founders more expensive, i.e. Higher prices on better performing cards. The $379 is the bullshit entry level like the 16gb iPhone that nobody buys. Hope we get lucky and can get something decent like an asus strix or gigabyte g1 for $400 in a month.
I think AIBs are forgetting just exactly why 970 was popular (price/performance ratio) and will get burned by their price fixing scheme.
350 for a GPU is hard to swallow for a lot of folks. 500 is straight up insane.
I think AIBs are forgetting just exactly why 970 was popular (price/performance ratio) and will get burned by their price fixing scheme.
€350 for a GPU is hard to swallow for a lot of folks. €500 is straight up insane.
Right, there is a literal chasm between the ~$300 the 970 did most of its volume at (discounts/sales were extremely common + free games) Vs. the $450+ all the 1070's are trying to charge. This is going to do a fraction of the numbers the 970 did unless the price points plummet. I have to think there are serious production issues though to be doing this. Hard to believe they're stupid enough to believe there's any sizable market for nearly $500 second rate cut down cards. That may work for the people who've gotta have the best and are willing to pay out the ass for it, it's not gonna fly in the value conscious X70 sector who are knowingly second class citizens.
Right, there is a literal chasm between the ~$300 the 970 did most of its volume at (discounts/sales were extremely common + free games) Vs. the $450+ all the 1070's are trying to charge. This is going to do a fraction of the numbers the 970 did unless the price points plummet. I have to think there are serious production issues though to be doing this. Hard to fathom they're stupid enough to believe there's any sizable market for nearly $500 second rate cut down cards. That may work for the people who've gotta have the best and are willing to pay out the ass for it, it's not gonna fly in the value conscious X70 sector who are knowingly second class citizens buying third tier cards. And before anyone points to "10 minute sell outs", it's meaningless without actual numbers. If a store servicing the entirety of the internet received 50 units and sold out in 5 seconds, that's evidence of nothing but an extreme shortage. A successful GPU model goes on to sell millions of units, not 5,000 or 50,000.
But its not though. The PC gaming market has grown way bigger over the last two years with streaming and youtubers and everything. PC is the sleeping giant that Sony and Microsoft are very very afraid of and doing everything they can to compete with. With such huge growth, there are heaps of people who will pay higher prices to get the latest hardware, and unforunately long time PC fans on a budget have to grin and bear it. The 1080 is selling out everywhere and the 1070 will too. The 970 was a huge seller for at least 1.5 years of its life. The worst that could happen, is that they don't sell at these prices, and they'll lower it, but they're going to take as much as they can, while demand outstrips supply.
The other thing that makes me sad are the launch prices in Australia for last gen and this gen.
970 - AU$450-$500
980 - AU$800-$850
980 Ti - AU$1000-1200
1070 - AU$780
1080 - AU$1200
The x70, x80 have effectively jumped one tier of pricing.
MSI Twin Frozr in Canada, maybe a placeholder price but... $650 CAD.
http://m.ncix.com/products/sku/132423
1797 boost clock?
The GTX1080 boost is around 1847 or so. That's pretty incredible. Are we going to see the 1080 in a weird place again this cycle?
No, the 1080 has a commanding ~30% lead across the board and will clock at least as high as any 1070 (likely even higher) to widen it even further. This is nothing like the 970, which would OC to effectively match a reference 980. A max OC'ed 1070 is going to be like 15% below a reference 1080.
Right, but when all is said and done the price of a 1070 will be 60% less, and receive a card only behind by 2.5% MHz. That's no joke...if these numbers are true of course.
Right, but when all is said and done the price of a 1070 will be 60% less, and receive a card only behind by 2.5% MHz. That's no joke...if these numbers are true of course.
I think I had edited after you quoted to address part of that. "Sell outs" are worthless without actual numbers. Newegg's first shipment of 1080 G1's was 100 units according to their newsletter ad, which would suggest the inventories are probably pitifully low. My point is if someone has $450 to spend on a GPU, they have an extra $200 or $300 for the 1080 or inevitable Ti. $450 is NOT a value proposition, it's not couch cushion savings, or jimmy's pooled birthday money, it's a completely different demographic. Those people have the extra $200 or $300 to buy "the best", and they want the best. A third tier card at that high a premium makes no sense.
Also the GTX 1070 Asus Strix regular and overclock edition prices are out. $429, $449 respectively.
Meanwhile, in Europe... 479€Looks like the MSI Aero OC (which should actually be under $400) may come sooner than expected.
I like how most of the reviews I've seen run with the official nvidia press statement of $380/£330/419 for their price/performance analysis.
I was helping a friend of mine build his first gaming PC a few weeks ago. He was on the edge of getting a 390, but I managed to convince him to hold off buying a GPU for another few weeks. He was considering both the 1070 and 480.
I saw how insanely fast the 1080 went out of stock last go around. I made damn sure I got a 1070 order in, just in case he wanted it. But, after talking with him, he considered his budget. The 480 just makes a lot more sense for him. So he passed on the 1070.
I ordered the card on Amazon, so it's no big deal to cancel it. But I guess I'm one of the first orders, because my estimated shipping was updated to "Arriving Wednesday". Considering how hard the card is to get right now, I wanted to see if anyone here wants it first. It's an EVGA Founders Edition 1070. I have Prime, so free 2-Day, but I live in California, so 7.5% sales tax. Total ends up at $475.47. I'm not looking to make a profit. I'd only ask for whatever the total ends up being after taxes and such (if I can change the shipping to your address on Amazon. If it can't be changed, then I will ship it myself after it arrives, I'll add the cost of the shipping you chose to the Total. I have a verified Paypal as well.
One caveat I'll add. There's enough scalpers for these cards already. Please buy with the intent of using it.
Well Fuck.
The 1070 finally got priced in Norway.
A FE will set me back 4495 NOK, which is 543 murican dållars.
That's not 970 money at all.
Any idea how much cheaper the non-FE cards will be?
The other thing that makes me sad are the launch prices in Australia for last gen and this gen.
970 - AU$450-$500
980 - AU$800-$850
980 Ti - AU$1000-1200
1070 - AU$780
1080 - AU$1200
The x70, x80 have effectively jumped one tier of pricing.
To all thinking the non refs will be less down the road I pulled this from 2014.
"NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Official MSRP Will Be $299 US Non-Reference Models Will Retail Around $329-$349 US"
I bought a 970 in January this year and there wasn't anything retail under $329 US......What $299 msrp 970s did anyone ever see??
Not sure where else to ask this but with the 1070 being too expensive, is it still worth getting a 970 this year? Im on a 2 year old 770 GTX atm, but it doesnt hold 60 FPS on most games anymore. I only want to play on 1080p too, so I wouldnt need the very best of cards. I would want to get atleast another 2 years out of a new card
That doesn't justify them costing more than the FE. But to answer your question, reference cards and plastic blowers.
Not sure where else to ask this but with the 1070 being too expensive, is it still worth getting a 970 this year? Im on a 2 year old 770 GTX atm, but it doesnt hold 60 FPS on most games anymore. I only want to play on 1080p too, so I wouldnt need the very best of cards. I would want to get atleast another 2 years out of a new card
There's plenty of used 970's floating around, and after RX480 release those will go for <200$. For such a price it would still be an ok 1080p card. Otherwise I'd just get the RX480.
To all thinking the non refs will be less down the road I pulled this from 2014.
"NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Official MSRP Will Be $299 US Non-Reference Models Will Retail Around $329-$349 US"
I bought a 970 in January this year and there wasn't anything retail under $329 US......What $299 msrp 970s did anyone ever see??
Are the prices actually going to drop? I didn't realise the non-stock cards were doing the FE thing as well. Have 1080 prices gone down any since release?
To all thinking the non refs will be less down the road I pulled this from 2014.
"NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Official MSRP Will Be $299 US – Non-Reference Models Will Retail Around $329-$349 US"
I bought a 970 in January this year and there wasn't anything retail under $329 US......What $299 msrp 970s did anyone ever see??
I just want a 1070 with ACX cooler. EVGA has a customer for life out of me, unless MSI releases some super-cheap Twin Frozr 1070 but that's probably not going to happen given how pricy MSI cards have been in the past few generations.
There's plenty of used 970's floating around, and after RX480 release those will go for <200$. For such a price it would still be an ok 1080p card. Otherwise I'd just get the RX480.
A 970 will be fine for 1080 unless you need to run super ultra mega at 60 fps for everything. Or are not waiting for vr.
If the 480 lives up to the promisies when benchmarks are released then yes it's worth it.
I was able to snag the 1070 FE but I really need them to release the new Cuda toolkit so apps like Ocatane can start to support the 1070.
I'd like to get another to SLI. Would I need to buy another FE, or can I go with a non-FE?