Would there be any benefit to selling my 980ti for a 1070?
No, the 980ti won't be remotely obsolete until they release a 1080ti and even then the 980Ti is still a fucking amazing card. It's like selling your 780ti for a GTX 980 when the 900 series launched. No point, card is already top of the line.
Lower power draw, less heat.
>>54813393
You could make some profit off of it without down grading.
980tis are going for around $450-500 on ebay.
1070s are going to be $380-420
>>54813415
This. The 1070 draws like a 960. Otherwise don't bother.
>>54813453
If you get $500 for a 980 may as well spend the extra for a 1080 and shell out your soul for a 4k monitor
Ok better question. Should I consider 980ti sli after they start dropping in price?
>>54813520
Yeah, then buy 1080ti
Wait for 1180, buy 1080 ti sli
Rinse, repeat
I'd rather buy single flagships just cause
Everything is a cycle
>>54813520
IMO you would be better off doing sli 1070 if you are wanting 2 gpus.
You'd have the extra ~$70 towards the 2nd 1070 from selling your 980ti, plus a much lower power draw from sli'd 1070s
>>54813598
Power draw can be managed, it really depends what youre trying to achieve imo
Consistent long term goals vs immediate benefit
>>54813559
>>54813598
>>54813636
Honestly now I'm just thinking about holding off until the 1080ti releases then seeing what's up. Or just wait another year and see what's up then, at least I'd be keeping my bi-annual upgrade cycle intact.
>>54813393
IF you want to collect insurance money maybe.
>>54813665
When the 1080ti comes out, you will say "I think i'm going to hold off untul the 1180" etc..
just fucking buy it you pussy bitch
The 980Ti is much faster than the 1070 if you OC.
>>54813393
Nah. The 980 Ti is 7-15% faster than the 1070 once you overclock both of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMr7grvBljk
>>54813393
Only if you use VR
>>54813393
Just wait a couple of weeks, you will get the same performance from a 1060.
>>54813598
>>54813520
SLi = joke and waste of money
>>54813393
Power draw and that's it, if you oc the 980 ti you'd be at 1080 performance.
Maybe equity. If you can sell your 980ti for about $450 or so to some retards, and then you could buy yourself 1070 for about $380-400 when it comes out.
The only issue I see is if the 1070 doesn't overclock well, then 980ti OC might beat it in performance. However it shouldn't be power limited, so most likely it will overclock nicely.
>>54818270
>Power draw
who cares? honestly. look at: >>54813497
idle power is all the same, and how long are you going to be at max, and how expensive is electricity where you live?
it's irrelevant unless you care about thermals for OC, but even then the 1070 is proving to be a shit OCer
>>54818320
I don't but he was looking for benefits.
If he was ever planning on sli for whatever reason every bit of heat reduction is appreciated.
>>54813393
980ti oc is around 10% better than a 1070 if you want to downgrade just do it.
>>54818421
then just install a simple watercooler and you're done
>>54813393
yes, how much
>>54813393
>hardware DRM
No! Don't buy a NVIDIA CPU!
should i sell my normal 980 for a 1070 or save up more for the 1080 playing @ 1440p
>>54819713
Sell 980 for $300-400 if you can right now.
Then buy the aftermarket 1070 or Polaris10, whichever is the best bang/buck.
>>54819713
who would be stupid enough to pay $400 for a used 980??
>>54819817
an nvidiot, duh
>>54819817
People that don't keep up with the latest GPU news.
About 80% of US has desktop computers in their home. Lets say 90% of those 80% buy prebuilt and don't know or care about the latest GPU or CPU. Then of those 10% of 80%, 50% care about the latest/greatest GPU/CPU hardware.
320 million * 80% * 10% * 50% = 12.8 Million.
Thats about 0.04% of the 320 million. So the answer is a very very small number of people.
