GTX 1070 - Upgrade now or wait?

[HeLord 17]

Hi!
 

I have GTX 1070 + 7700K @4.8 and I am running P3D and X-Plane in 4K. This setup struggles to maintain 25 or 30 fps on demanding scenarios and I am considering upgrading. I could get used GTX 1080 TI with warranty for 470€. What do you think, should I grab this or wait for the new Nvidia ´Super´ cards? New cards will probably lower the prices of used 1080 TI's.

My budget is around 500€.

Thanks!

[Montie 124]

At least wait for reviews on Navi next month.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

1 hour ago, HeLord said:

Hi!
 

I have GTX 1070 + 7700K @4.8 and I am running P3D and X-Plane in 4K. This setup struggles to maintain 25 or 30 fps on demanding scenarios and I am considering upgrading. I could get used GTX 1080 TI with warranty for 470€. What do you think, should I grab this or wait for the new Nvidia ´Super´ cards? New cards will probably lower the prices of used 1080 TI's.

My budget is around 500€.

Thanks!

A newer video card may or may not make much of a difference in your "demanding scenarios"..

Before you spend a lot of money.. are you sure that the GPU is indeed the bottleneck?

[Jude Bradley 659]

It's also worth waiting for the Vulkan update to X-Plane 11 to see what transpires.

 

[HeLord 17]

Thanks for the replies guys!

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

A newer video card may or may not make much of a difference in your "demanding scenarios"..

Before you spend a lot of money.. are you sure that the GPU is indeed the bottleneck?

I guess the bottleneck in my case is the GPU. For example when I am flying FSLabs at night and I have a certain amount of lights on, MSI Afterburner shows that my GPU usage is constantly 100%. CPU usage hits 100% only now and then.

[TurboKen 221]

Save up and get a RTX2080. Handles weather like a champ!

[9GTurn 6]

Just a 2080 or 2080ti?

[vortex681 806]

13 hours ago, 9GTurn said:

Just a 2080 or 2080ti?

Get the new 2080 Super.

[HighTowers 1,434]

22 hours ago, vortex681 said:

Get the new 2080 Super.

That one seems like a much better value. Just heard and read about that one.   Its too bad there isnt a 11gb vram option for it though.  With all this new scenery rendering and to get further distance, having more vram would surely help.  

[strider1 575]

13 hours ago, HighTowers said:

That one seems like a much better value. Just heard and read about that one.   Its too bad there isnt a 11gb vram option for it though.  With all this new scenery rendering and to get further distance, having more vram would surely help.  

8gb is not going to cut it in the future. I am pushing 8gb in xplane. 2080ti is 1K, grrrr. I will upgrade next year. Hopefully, AMD has something to compete in the high end that's more affordable.