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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by lodore View Post
    I am on the fence at the moment. A Zotak amp 1080ti is £694 and amp extreme £719. Zotak 2080 is £778. 2080 cards give similar performance to 1080ti but have less vram and also ray tracing which hasn't been tested yet. Eiether card is overkill for my current monitor but i want a card that will last I have had my current cards for 5 years. I looked at the launch cost of my cards and the reviews. People were complaining at the cost of the 770 and 780 at the time and prices have hugely increased since then. If it wasn't for the fact my friends are pc gamers I would be tempted to get a PS4 for battlefield a and a switch for more casual gaming and still spent less than the 2080 card. I am generally happy with 1080p but I am looking at getting a 1440p 165hz monitor
    Lower end GTX1080TI cards can be had for just under £600 from Ebuyer.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-SIXTH View Post
    Lower end GTX1080TI cards can be had for just under £600 from Ebuyer.
    Now hold on a minute my dear mid ranger.
    On another thread you said a mid range phone was a lot less than £600 and yet here your saying that a lower end graphics card is £600 ... double standards i say

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    Lower end GTX1080TI cards can be had for just under £600 from Ebuyer.
    I can't imagine at what stage you consider 'lower end', old tech, at £600 to be worth buying.

    Don't get me wrong, a 1080Ti is still a serious bit of hardware. But there's still no way I'd part £600 for it. I'm not sure I'd consider a 2080 for £600.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    I've been waiting to see what reviews of the RTX 2080 were like. Must say that I'm a bit "underwhelmed" and that's before considering the price of a decent RTX 2080. So have decided to give this generation a skip.

    So I've just ordered an MSI 1080 TI gaming (around £600). That should do me for a couple of years at 1440p. Not cheap hobby by any means, PC gaming, but hell.... no pockets in a shroud.
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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by Myss_tree View Post
    Now hold on a minute my dear mid ranger.
    On another thread you said a mid range phone was a lot less than £600 and yet here your saying that a lower end graphics card is £600 ... double standards i say
    Quote Originally Posted by simonpreston View Post
    I can't imagine at what stage you consider 'lower end', old tech, at £600 to be worth buying.

    Don't get me wrong, a 1080Ti is still a serious bit of hardware. But there's still no way I'd part £600 for it. I'm not sure I'd consider a 2080 for £600.
    Irony does not travel well on forums,especially when he was talking about £800 cards and it certainly isn't lower end unless you are the Sultan of Brunei!

    Plus,oi,its all utter elite level to me!!

    I have never spent over £200 on any graphics card even when adjusted for inflation(although at current exchange rates it would be £300!!!) and that was for Crysis!!
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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    No...
    Quite simply it's too expensive even though I can see a use (once my programs catch up) for utilising the ray tracing side of it.

    It's basically the 'skip it generation' due to basically being no faster than previous gen and trying to introduce new proprietary tech (AMD will likely have their own implementation)and we'll need to wait 1 to 2 generations before it's fully standardised in all likelihood.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by LSG501 View Post
    No...
    Quite simply it's too expensive even though I can see a use (once my programs catch up) for utilising the ray tracing side of it.

    It's basically the 'skip it generation' due to basically being no faster than previous gen and trying to introduce new proprietary tech (AMD will likely have their own implementation)and we'll need to wait 1 to 2 generations before it's fully standardised in all likelihood.
    Well it appears Nvidia might be targeting commercial raytracing first before gaming:

    https://www.nasdaq.com/article/what-...care-cm1013070

    The really interesting use for ray tracing is show business, though. NVIDIA says the visual effects industry generates $250 billion a year. However, those familiar with visual effects know that ray tracing has been a part of the process for a while already.
    I feel this is more Nvidia trying to enter a new commerical market first,which explains why the top Turing bins are for commercial cards,and the lower focus on traditional FP32 performance which most games have and the shoehorning of tensor cores,and RT "cores" into gaming scenarios,but with software support being patchy for such an important feature.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    Lower end GTX1080TI cards can be had for just under £600 from Ebuyer.
    Thanks for letting me know.

    That will save me some money and allow me to get another ssd also. tempted to get a 1tb sata 3 ssd as games are using more space.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by lodore View Post
    Thanks for letting me know.

    That will save me some money and allow me to get another ssd also. tempted to get a 1tb sata 3 ssd as games are using more space.
    There was another model in the morning but its gone,so only this one:

    https://www.ebuyer.com/807456-inno3d...108t-1sdn-q6mn

    These ones cost £620:

    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigab...gx-000-au.html
    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-g...gx-34f-ms.html

    First is arriving next Monday onwards with 200~300 in stock.

    Scan has the Gigabyte in stock already with a free copy of Destiny 2:

    https://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...hz-gpu-1683mhz

    What is a shame is that Nvidia pushing up the price of the RTX2080 means minimal GTX1080TI discounts! It might be worth waiting longer to see if the GTX2080 eventually drops in price,but we will see.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Jeeeeesus.

    I REALLY hope that none of the financial analysts read this forum. Basically Hexus posted the hype, posted the review and then directly asked the target audience if they'd buy.

    And one said "maybe".


    I'm spending the money on a better telescope. One that raytraces. And has intact legs.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Quote Originally Posted by philehidiot View Post
    Jeeeeesus.

    I REALLY hope that none of the financial analysts read this forum. Basically Hexus posted the hype, posted the review and then directly asked the target audience if they'd buy.

    And one said "maybe".


    I'm spending the money on a better telescope. One that raytraces. And has intact legs.
    I don't think Nvidia's share price is in jeopardy because of a HEXUS article - influential though it may be

    However if the response is representative, that might.
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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Don't ever take financial services advice from a person with a Moose signature....true story.

    Now,that disclaimers out of the way,the Moose offers free and impartial financial advice dependent on how many bits of pond weed you bribe it with.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    God, NO !

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    No purchase from me unless they head below £400, which is so unlikely, I've got more chance of winning the Lotto.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    I'll buy nvidia again when they start supporting freesync.

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    Re: QOTW: Are you buying a GeForce RTX?

    Will stick with my RX580, I might even get second one cheap on ebay. The price is just too much for me to even consider it (£300 max on a GPU for me).

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