I'm waiting to buy the 1080, I've never bought a GPU in the first week. Seeing how it's a reference card and I won't have a GPU cooler for it. Should I wait for aftermarket 1080?
>>54546615
We don't know yet, wait for benchmarks. You'll probably be better off with an aftermarket card but the reference card should be fine.
>>54546634
I only ask because my GPU is toast and I don't current have one. So the sooner the better, I just wonder if it's safe to use reference without cooler.
Should I buy the 970 or wait for the 1070
When are board partners out?
>>54546849
dont buy a 970 so close to release of the new cards.
>>54546849
that would be a terrible mistake, like how your parents had you
>>54546615
wait for the ti
>>54546656
>without cooler
Wat
Wait for AIB's to make custom boards. Gigabyte already confirmed it will be launching a 2ghz factory OC'd card.
>>54547226
Waitfags fuck off
>>54546615
Just go for it, best card of year 2016.
you can buy aftermarket gpu cooler later on.
accelero extreme IV and other related
hijacking this thread for my own question.
what will give me better performance:
get i5 6600k + gtx 1070
or keep i5 2500k + gtx 1080
>>54547698
Don't forget you'll need a new motherboard for the skylake processor too, so it will probably be more expensive than the difference between the 1070 and the 1080
>>54546615
You'll have to get a founder's edition if you want it in the first week. I believe non-founders will release 2 weeks later, along with 1070s.
By the way, founder's is literally nothing but the metallic backplate and an extra $100. Don't go for it.
It'd be best if you could wait just one month longer for overclocked aftermarket versions of the card.
>>54547698
Performance difference between Sandy Bridge and Skylake is probably not big enough to justify the cost.
>>54547743
New RAM as well. Sandy Bridge uses DDR3, Skylake accepts DDR4.
>>54546849
Buy an used 970 now and upgrade to an hbm2 card next year.
>>54547815
The cost between sandy bridge and any other intel cpu post sandy bridge is absolutely nothing.
My i7 2600 still costs as much as a i7 ivy bridge or skylake. That's because there's barely any difference between these models.
Therefore: >>54547698
Keep your CPU, it's completely fine. Get a 1080.
>>54547874
> That's because there's barely any difference between these models.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0
It matters more than you might think in modern games
>>54546656
Reference has a cooler.
It's called a blower.
Blowers are loud fans with high static pressure. They're designed to be used in cramped configurations like 4x-SLI in a server farm.
Aftermarket GPUs use regular fans that are quiet and have low static pressure. They're suited to being used by themselves with lots of space around them.
more than likely they will come out 2-3 weeks after the founders.
you really should wait until june to see what is coming out
>>54547874
Your i7 2600 costs as much as an ivy bridge or skylake because stores refuse to discount prices on new old stock.
Take a look at an SSD made 4 years ago, the Crucial M4 256GB. Still the same price it was 4 years ago.
Prices on technology don't depreciate. If you want that, go to fuckin' ebay.
>>54547743
>>54547815
>>54547874
yeah I'm aware of the extra cost. bascially it's a whole new system vs just a GPU upgrade but it feels like it's time.
after almost 5 years this is the longest time I used the same mobo+CPU in my life.
logical increments has this blogpost about overwatch that says it's very CPU demanding. not sure if my old baby twofiddy still enough power.
>>54547950
I got completely stable 70 fps on a 2gb 770, it 2500k on stock clock at max settings, 1080p on Overwatch. On any map and in every situation.
It's plenty enough. I know your dilemma though, I also feel like upgrading, but even Intel know their latest shit really isn't worth upgrading to.
By the way, if you were going Skylake, you'd also need DDR4 RAM.
>>54547985
you would also need new motherbeard
>>54548066
yes he mentioned the motherboard already
it is obvious that a jump from sandy bridge to skylake would be on a different cpu socket
>>54547698
I have a 3570k, I could get away with just upgrading my GPU but I really want to do a broadwell-e setup for shits and giggles.
I bought a 670 right when it can out and it still runs fine to this day.
>>54549010
Same here, although now that I have a 1440p monitor it doesn't really have enough VRAM for it.
>>54547909
Reference are cheaper by hundred of dollars.
4670 won't be CPU bound for a 1080 right?
