Water cool 1080 or buy 1080 ti
Water cool 1080 or buy 1080 ti
I believe many are missing the point. If you already have 1080, avoid spending on either choice you prefer. Refrain from investing in custom loops and don't purchase 1080Ti. Instead, save for the upcoming next-generation GPUs if you truly wish to, although I'm uncertain about the reason. At least this will provide you with the most significant improvement.
Gaidax suggests people aren't paying attention. If you already have 1080, avoid spending on neither choice you prefer. Don’t overspend on custom loops or 1080Ti. Save that for future high-end GPUs if you really want the advantage, though I’m not sure why. At least it will provide the strongest improvement. We’re pretty sure everyone was reading.
1) If you pick "upgrade from current 1080 to 1080Ti or invest in watercooling for vanilla 1080" – the answer remains 1080Ti.
2) We don’t know when new cards will come out, and we probably won’t until Nvidia gives a solid release date. All other details are just guesses, just like you said.
3) Custom watercooling isn’t a waste if someone finds it useful and sees advantages beyond standard air cooling. I don’t think one person has the right to force this idea on others without solid reasoning.
That's correct, no one should ever buy hardware since something new will be available in 6 to 12 months.
Depends when the OP wants to buy - a yearly quarter is 3 months. What is the date the new cards are available? What will their performance stats be in comparison? What price will they run in comparison? How good will product stock be when the cards are released - will there be shortages?
The 10-series cards will still be good when the 11-series cards are released. The 10 and 11 series will likely still be good when the 12 series is released with some of both 10 & 11 series being re-branded into 12-series cards. I feel this is simply an argument of 'the new stuff that we know nothing about is a no-brainer choice' instead of already available hardware that can easily be had, today, and for less than what the next-gen hardware will cost.
You win. Buy the 11-series.
I believe common sense suggests not pushing someone who already has 1080 to spend more money on a similar upgrade. Of course I’m winning—because anyone with some common sense wouldn’t upgrade from 1080 to 1080Ti when the next generation is just around the corner. It’s hard to say if 1080Ti is worth the extra cost compared to what they already have, especially with an upcoming new release on the horizon.
It was more sarcasm than actually conceding.
No one knows what the 11 series is going to be like, how much it will cost, etc. I've seen estimations with the flagship model costing close to $1200-$1500, to anywhere of $800-$1000. And we're speaking initial 'non-Ti' model flagship, much like the 1080 (non-Ti) was. Again, these are all best-guesses and we might get an 1180 Ti for $500, but that's most likely not happening.
Get me the Nvidia-sanctioned spec numbers and the true release date, and I'll agree with you.