03-01-2017, 06:39 PM
(02-23-2017, 12:23 AM)RolloTheGreat Wrote: Price will be interesting this time.
$699 and a price shift downward on the stack and they sell all they can make of anything 1060-1080Ti.
$799 and I think they'll see a shorter sales run, and more wait and see for Vega.
If they do what I "think" they will do ($899-$999) the fifteen guys on the forums who always buy such cards will and the rest of the world will not.
It doesn't matter that the performance justifies it, the market is just small for $1000 video cards.
Look at GStan- he's been bargaining with SB on APJ over which one has enough room on their credit card to buy a 1060.
I learned my lesson on the $1000 parts with my Titan and 990X, no way jose'. (and I could buy one with cash any week of the year)
I was shocked to see the $699, although I suppose with AMD saying Vega beats 1080 and is going to cost $450 the price adjustment through the line makes sense.
I bought the EVGA 1080FTW for $580 AMIR 30 days ago, so if the 1080Ti makes EVGAs Step Up list in the next 60 days I'll be getting one.
If not, I'm OK with the 1080FTW for now. It definitely handles my 3440 X 1440 resolution fine. (and my guess is it would work pretty well with my 4K GSync monitor as well)