PC build thread

[noiseredux]

Friggin gorgeous. I need to take new PC and game room pics soon. Happy with my setup.

[emwearz]

After the letdown of the GTX1070 specs, I imagine I will be holding onto my 290 for another generation at least.

And post those pics!

[noiseredux]

you felt they were a letdown? How come?

I'm currently very happy with my 970. I see no reason to upgrade for any current games, so just curious your take.

[emwearz]

you felt they were a letdown? How come?

I'm currently very happy with my 970. I see no reason to upgrade for any current games, so just curious your take.

The gap in CUDA cores is massive, 1920 with the GTX1070 compared to the 2560 on the GTX1080, so a 25% drop. Compared to the GTX970 to the GTX980, which is 2048 dropped to 1664 and we have a 18.75% drop. Go back to the 6XX series and the difference is closer to 15%.

Paired with the 1070 using GDDR5 while the 1080 is using GDDR5X, the price difference does not reflect the raw power difference. My opinion anyhow.

I don't know, maybe it is just me, but I the specs of the GTX1070 seem lackluster, the GTX970 was a great price point for performance, I don't think the GTX1070 is quite in the same place.

EDIT: It will still be a very powerful card, Nvidia have just dropped the specs further behind the GTX1080 than I thought they would. You won't be making up the gap with a decent overclock. I am sure it will still be a great performer, but as it stands I think we are better off saving for a GTX1080 considering the price they are releasing at.

[noiseredux]

Oh gotcha. You're talking 970 vs 1070. Got it.

[emwearz]

No I am talking about 1070 v 1080. The difference between the 1080-1070 is much larger than previous generations and because of the pricing of the 1080, for me at least, it makes the 1070 a much less attractive card.

[noiseredux]

Oh oh. This time I got it haha.

[ElkinFencer10]

I think I just creamed myself. I have to swap out my 980 for a 1080 when I get my supplement check in November.

I'm a little fuzzy on the regular version vs the Founders Edition; is the FE worth the extra $100?

[isiolia]

I'm a little fuzzy on the regular version vs the Founders Edition; is the FE worth the extra $100?

Founder's Edition = reference board. The objective benefit is that you know what you're getting, and they plan to offer it through the life of the product. For, say, a system integrator, that's a good thing.

From what I've seen in reviews, the reference cooler is decent, but has plenty of room to be improved on. So, partner cards with better coolers are probably going to net better performance for (likely) less money.

The widespread feeling is that the $100 price premium is essentially an early-adopter tax. nVidia has since stated that partner cards will be available at the same time, instead of the 27th being the Founder's Edition launch date...but we'll have to see. Practically speaking, the RAM for the 1080 is in fairly short supply. So, it won't be surprising if the only ones readily available wind up being Founder's Editions, if any at all.

[emwearz]

The RX 480 (which is AMD's Polaris launch card, though they are releasing their mid-range level cards before their high end cards) from initial reports will sit somewhere between the GTX 970 and the GTX980 (or around a R9 390X), the kicker, it will retail for $199.

That is a crazy low card for the performance, can't wait to see benchmarks, while it sounds about on par with what I am currently sporting, for those looking for performance on a budget. I am so interested to see what Nvidia fire back with as well as what AMD plan to do with their high end cards.

Paired with AMD's recent track record with drivers (they have been releasing game specific drivers at a rate of 1 - 3 a month over the last year), AMD might be getting a few customers back.

Theoretically when in crossfire with a 8GB card, you should be able to get yourself GTX1080 performance or better at less than $500.

AMd have hit back hard, just before the release of the GTX1080, surely anyone thinking of buying a GPU should now sit back for a few months and see what both teams bring to the table, either with AMD's new GPU or price drops on Nvidia's side to be competitive.