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- Dec 13, 2015
I know there are a lot of these, so I thought I'd add another one (ha ha). Can't have too many card recommendations, right? I was waiting on Vega (like I'm sure a lot of people were), however, after seeing some benchmarks and the increased power draw of the Vega cards, it might be time to switch to Pascal. It's not just that the Vega 64 doesn't beat the GTX 1080, my one big issue actually is the power draw. Something that isn't even better than now a mid to high end card (with the 1080 TI being the top of the gamer cards...I know it's not the Titan Xp, but I'm not counting that because I was never in the market for a Titan and the TI is still really good) should not be sucking power like it's the best card ever. I have a good enough PSU (I think...an EVGA 850 G2) for Vega, but the power to performance ratio is not good enough, to me. I'm looking to finally get an enthusiast card. I've been with ATI/AMD forever (I have the RX 480 now) since I thought NVIDIA was really doing a money grab with their cards (I didn't think they were worth the money NVIDIA was asking) and for a long time AMD was all I could afford. Now that I have some extra money, I'm looking at a GTX 1080. I realize I am only gaming at 1080p and the GTX 1080 is overkill (most likely). I just wanted to not have to care about my card for the next 3 years or so. I'm thinking of starting to get my cards near the end of their life cycle (a 1080 now, then Volta toward the end of its cycle, etc) It would be a little cheaper but still be really good for a few years worth of gaming.
I read that Volta is not in production right now because there is no way NVidia could make it cheap enough for consumers (which is saying something, since the 1080 TI is around $700 right now...makes me wonder how much Volta would cost). Anyway, with Volta not on the horizon (actually, the site I read speculated next spring is when NVIDIA would start production), and Vega not beating a 1080, my question is this. Do I wait for the holiday season to get a 1080 a little cheaper, or just buy one now? Does anyone have recommendations for what 1080 to get? I'm looking more at more noise reduction than aesthetics (although my RX 480 is an MSI, great low noise but I'm kind of tired of the red/black color). I was thinking an ASUS STRIX because I have an all black case with a window side panel (Fractal Design ARC Mini R2). The STRIX is 298 mm long which would fit just fine in my case. Of you who have the STRIX, do you like it? How's the noise? Would you recommend another card (just not MSI, like I said, I'm tired of the color). Thanks for any responses. I've been using this community for a while now for advice and you guys haven't let me down yet.
I read that Volta is not in production right now because there is no way NVidia could make it cheap enough for consumers (which is saying something, since the 1080 TI is around $700 right now...makes me wonder how much Volta would cost). Anyway, with Volta not on the horizon (actually, the site I read speculated next spring is when NVIDIA would start production), and Vega not beating a 1080, my question is this. Do I wait for the holiday season to get a 1080 a little cheaper, or just buy one now? Does anyone have recommendations for what 1080 to get? I'm looking more at more noise reduction than aesthetics (although my RX 480 is an MSI, great low noise but I'm kind of tired of the red/black color). I was thinking an ASUS STRIX because I have an all black case with a window side panel (Fractal Design ARC Mini R2). The STRIX is 298 mm long which would fit just fine in my case. Of you who have the STRIX, do you like it? How's the noise? Would you recommend another card (just not MSI, like I said, I'm tired of the color). Thanks for any responses. I've been using this community for a while now for advice and you guys haven't let me down yet.
