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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-pascal,4572-12.html

http://www.pcgamer.com/gtx-1080-review/?utm_content=buffer400a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer-pcgamer

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-review/

Looks like it kicks ass all over the place. In most cases it is faster or as fast as 980 SLI.

The true question is... buy on release of wait for Ti.
Post edited May 17, 2016 by Alaric.us
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And here I am... with my GTX 650...
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bram1253: And here I am... with my GTX 650...
GTX 560Ti here.

It will be interesting to see the pricing once these are released. I'm getting the itch to build a new rig, but I don't know if I want to blow half the budget on a graphics solution...
Isnt't buying new hardware like buying a new car? You can watch it losing its value in real-time.
Haha I used to have a GTX 650 was a nice little card for it's day.
Since my budget is definitely in the red I doubt I'll get one, but I'm interested in seeing how much it'll cost over here.
I'm assuming the usual 2xUSA price.
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bram1253: And here I am... with my GTX 650...
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GR00T: GTX 560Ti here.

It will be interesting to see the pricing once these are released. I'm getting the itch to build a new rig, but I don't know if I want to blow half the budget on a graphics solution...
GTX 970 here. But only 10 numbers short of the recommended requirements for Warhammer Total War :P

OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @ 1080p
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 35 GB available space

At least my processor is better I got an Intel Core i5-4670
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Elmofongo: At least my processor is better I got an Intel Core i5-4670
Yeah, I'm still running a Core i7 920. Really, my rig's running fine with my games, but I'm jonesing to do another build.
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Acriz: Isnt't buying new hardware like buying a new car? You can watch it losing its value in real-time.
I think most things (at least when it comes to any kind of technology) are going to lose value over time. Unless you wait long enough for them to become antiques. =)
Luckly I have a lot of old games to play while I wait for these GPUs to lower their prices..
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Wait till they depleted their stock of ancient GDDR ram and start shipping these new cards with HBM2 ram.
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Elmofongo: At least my processor is better I got an Intel Core i5-4670
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GR00T: Yeah, I'm still running a Core i7 920. Really, my rig's running fine with my games, but I'm jonesing to do another build.
In that case you could do as I did and install a Hexacore Xeon on your existing X58 motherboard.
It's a fun experiment and it turns out that even on stock clocks it's faster than my OC'ed (to 3,8 GHz) i7 920 :)
Good good. Release new 1080, so 980ti can get cheaper for me to upgrade to. :p
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skimmie: In that case you could do as I did and install a Hexacore Xeon on your existing X58 motherboard.
It's a fun experiment and it turns out that even on stock clocks it's faster than my OC'ed (to 3,8 GHz) i7 920 :)
I'll have to look into that, since I'm gonna have a tough time convincing my wife I need to biuld a whole new rig. :P

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k1bell: Good good. Release new 1080, so 980ti can get cheaper for me to upgrade to. :p
Crikey, those things are expensive. A guy could build an entire reasonably decent gaming rig for only a couple hundred dollars more than the price of one of those cards.
I'm more interested in GTX 1070 but I don't intend to upgrade as the GTX 970 is still a beast especially since I still play at 1080p but I've noticed how great DSR is, both by bringing out the crisp quality of texture and the AA effect, I don't need 4K resolution but 2K is great (twice the pixels of Full HD).

As for upgrading, there's really only two interesting questions:
1) Do you need it?
2) Can you spare the cash?
If you answer yes to both, then avoiding an upgrade is irrational. ;)