Would You Buy an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in 2020?

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It appears that EVGA is trying to get rid of its remaining stock of NVIDIA’s Pascal-generation flagship, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Various B-Stock models, which include the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition GAMING and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 DT GAMING, are on sale for the relatively low price of $349.99. That happens to be half the price that the legendary graphics card debuted at way back in March 2017.



This seems like a pretty cool deal for a GPU that can still power through today’s titles at lower resolutions (e.g., 1440p), even at their maximum graphics presets, but EVGA’s fire sale has made us wonder: how many of you would actually buy...
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I still have two.
They are more than adequate for my gaming needs.
I play alot of Half Life Alex and that 1080 Ti is all I need.
I plan to finally upgrade when/if I can get a 3080 FE.
 
I am sitting on my 1080ti for now. It's a great card. I may upgrade once the dust settles. Not ruling out a switch to an AMD card.
 
Hmm..

Depends I suppose. It's certainly an upgrade to what I have now, and I'm not exactly lamenting the lack of RTX.

My understanding was the 1080 Ti roughly matched the 2080 in non-RTX performance.
We don't have benches yet, but we are expecting the 3070 to roughly match the 2080Ti. That ~probably~ means a 3060 will come in around a 2080. That's a huge assumption though...

1080Ti when it was released was $700
2080 when it was released was $700

3070 MSRP is around $500
2060 MSRP was around $330, so I'm guessing a 3060 will be +/- that.

$350 for a 1080Ti looks about right in that context. I'd still wait to see what AMD brings around the corner - lack of DP 2.0 / HDMI 2.1 is my biggest hangup right now with everything older, and even the 3000 series lacks DP 2.0, but does have HDMI 2.1.

Yeah, yeah, I know a 1080Ti isn't exactly going to drive anything meaningful that requires all that bandwidth, nor do I have a monitor that uses any of those standards right now. But that is what would hold me up from dropping some dough on a new GPU, because the next monitor I plan on buying (whenever the stars align) will support those.
 
If I had one already, I'd definitely use it for a 1080p or 1440p system.

If I were buying though, I'd probably go with a 2060 Super instead. More modern, support for DLSS 2.0, some light RYX support, etc.
 
Zarathustra said:
If I had one already, I'd definitely use it for a 1080p or 1440p system.

If I were buying though, I'd probably go with a 2060 Super instead. More modern, support for DLSS 2.0, some light RYX support, etc.
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The 1080ti wipes the floor with the 2060, "more modern"? What does that mean?
 
Brian_B said:
Hmm..

Depends I suppose. It's certainly an upgrade to what I have now, and I'm not exactly lamenting the lack of RTX.

My understanding was the 1080 Ti roughly matched the 2080 in non-RTX performance.
We don't have benches yet, but we are expecting the 3070 to roughly match the 2080Ti. That ~probably~ means a 3060 will come in around a 2080. That's a huge assumption though...

1080Ti when it was released was $700
2080 when it was released was $700

3070 MSRP is around $500
2060 MSRP was around $330, so I'm guessing a 3060 will be +/- that.

$350 for a 1080Ti looks about right in that context. I'd still wait to see what AMD brings around the corner - lack of DP 2.0 / HDMI 2.1 is my biggest hangup right now with everything older, and even the 3000 series lacks DP 2.0, but does have HDMI 2.1.

Yeah, yeah, I know a 1080Ti isn't exactly going to drive anything meaningful that requires all that bandwidth, nor do I have a monitor that uses any of those standards right now. But that is what would hold me up from dropping some dough on a new GPU, because the next monitor I plan on buying (whenever the stars align) will support those.
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Agreed. I am sure the 3060 will be around $350, so at the same price you would be stupid to put down cash on a 1080 Ti over a 3060.
 
I bought my EVGA 1080 Ti in Summer 2019, brand-new for $430, from a dude in the [H] forums. Works out great for my 1440p 144Hz VRR display. I upgraded from a GTX 970 that I got in 2014 (which I used for 1200p gaming). At the time I was considering a Radeon 5700 XT and GeForce RTX 2070 Super. It would have been awesome to snag a 1080 Ti for $350, but if I had waited until this year, I think the RTX 3070 is the card I would have ended up with. I'll continue to use the 1080 Ti until it can no longer run games at max settings above 60fps at 1440p. I've been really pleased with the purchase.
 
I would choose the 3060 for myself, but the 3060 or 3060ti if we are lucky will be in short supply. How long will we have to wait to get our hands on one.
I appreciate the comments saying that it is a good deal, since after all, you can buy it today.
The 1080ti reminds me of a 1968 Camaro, and the 3060 is a new Toyota Camry. I'm not sure which would win a drag race.
 
WaltMan said:
I would choose the 3060 for myself, but the 3060 or 3060ti if we are lucky will be in short supply. How long will we have to wait to get our hands on one.
I appreciate the comments saying that it is a good deal, since after all, you can buy it today.
The 1080ti reminds me of a 1968 Camaro, and the 3060 is a new Toyota Camry. I'm not sure which would win a drag race.
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A new V6 Camry would beat the '68 Camaro, easily :ROFLMAO:.
 
eVGA is already selling highly binned iCX versions of the GTX 1080ti for $350 in there B-stock. Also 2080ti's as low as $800-$900.
 
By the way, my pops 68 Marrow sleeper would put all Yotola's in the strugglebus lane.
 
MadMummy76 said:
The 1080ti wipes the floor with the 2060, "more modern"? What does that mean?
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I was talking about the Super variant.

My stepson has one and, yes the 1080ti is a little bit faster, but it is not significantly so. Only about 15% from the benchmarks I have seen And if one can use DLSS 2.0 and the other can't, that can more than make up for that difference and actually make the 2060S the better performer.

And that's what is meant by more modern features. DLSS 2.0 is almost indistinguishable from full res rendering at this point, and is sometimes actually better than native res rendering, all while performing much much better.

Also, while the 2060S only has limited capability when it comes to RT, it does support RT.

It also is on a slightly smaller process, creates less heat and noise.
 
I'm stuck with a non Ti version 1080 so I'm going to wait and pick up a 3080 whenever I can scrape up enough cash. But I think it would make more sense for those looking to upgrade now... to wait and just grab something like the 3060 for around $400.
 
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