Are you ready for higher MSRP GPU's?!

Of course, being the addict that I am, I'm excited for the new GTX 2000 series GPU's.  It's basically been confirmed that Nvidia's next generation of cards will in fact have GDDR6 (This is great people... TL;DR about GDDR6.. essentially larger vram modules with 8-16GB vram modules confirmed from one of the three Major memory makers). 

Problem - GDDR6 will be more expensive, thus the MSRP of the cards will go up. 

Now I have no idea what the MSRP's will be, but if we look at today's pricing of say a 1080 - $550 (this is after the price drop from the Ti release, but let's say this was launch price), we can most likely expect something like a $600-$650 MSRP on launch.

GTX 1080 Ti - $700 MSRP.  Could easily be something like $800+ MSRP. 

Now don't start talking about how we are use to this because of mining farms driving the prices up.  I'm referring to MSRP.  If you want to take mining prices into considering.  Imagine today's prices (even though they are starting to drop finally [again]), and tack on another $100+.

So let's get ready for those nearly $500 GTX 2070 cards!.  GTX 2060's ~$450... yeah, ok. -_-

I need to win the lottery.  I can no longer afford to keep up with current gen hardware.


Edited by Meller - 05 Apr 2018 at 9:45am

I purposely skipped this generation of video cards (running x3 980TIs) for the 2000 series and am waiting for the better 4K monitors to come out too. It looks like I'll be going single card if that's the prices. Although, at this point, SLI is starting to become a dinosaur...

Edited by Dax Doomslayer - 07 Apr 2018 at 11:44am

Well that definitely stinks. Technology is great when it works but when it doesn't cooperate it is never fun!

@hoserator: I'd really be interested in your take on a quad or triple GPU experience. Back in the day of 1 GB GDDR 3, I could see it for some of those games like Metro 2033 which were a mess of poor optimization.

Clearly a lot of people either see much better than I, or are picky as all heck, and can't stand missing that gnat buzzing around 15 yards away and all those blades of grass you don't see with settings turned down.

But what about all that data on folks can't really see much above 60fps and so forth? Is it really worth chasing 144 fps if the perceptability diminishes with every extra frame over 60...or 70...or...? We watch movies and TV at 24 fps, but I haven't heard anyone say it's unwatchable yet.

Seriously, I'm just asking.

I think the real benefit (for now anyway until the GPUs get more 'beefy') is trying to go to 4K at good frame rates. Right now we're still not there with a single card. It's coming though...Maybe this next gen card will do it.

  Who said I didn't get what I was looking for?  I absolutely love my system and don't think I will ever get tired of looking at it. 
Oh, and it runs great also.


Edited by hoserator - 09 Apr 2018 at 2:55pm

Originally posted by Dax Doomslayer I think the real benefit (for now anyway until the GPUs get more 'beefy') is trying to go to 4K at good frame rates. Right now we're still not there with a single card. It's coming though...Maybe this next gen card will do it.

A single GTX 1080 Ti can, for the most part, get you 60 FPS at 4k.  You may not be able to have everything maxed out, but most AAA titles you can have everything set to "high".

People just have trouble with 60 FPS once they've had 144 FPS.  We're spoiled.  But I think within the next couple of generations we'll be having 4k at high FPS.

Problem is, 4k might be a dead area.  We might be skipping it and going straight to the next resolution point (8k maybe... 5k won't happen, no matter how hard Apple tries).  Manufacturing of 4k HDR and 4k 144hz monitors took too long.  And the demand for GPU's to be able to do high refresh rate 4k gaming never took off in the development sector.  Players just want 1440p 144hz.  So.. yea 4k could possibly be a dead market.  But who knows.

Originally posted by Dax Doomslayer Lol Meller! I'll be waiting for the TI version then I'll take the leap. Pricing will dictate if it's one or two for me...

I'm really curious about pricing.  I mean odds are, it'll be more expensive this time around.  But can they at least show us 35% increase in performance this time?

With those 200hz HDR Ultra wides, and 4k 144hz monitors coming out... It'd be nice if I could game at 3440x1440p with 144+ FPS.

I doubt it'll happen, but I can still dream.  We need AMD to put some pressure on Nvidia like they did Intel. 

Those estimates seemed pretty cheap. I just paid 930 for a 1080 ti and the price jumped to 1200 2 days later.

Ahh, that old adage; if you want to play, you gotta pay, is so true. That said, let's play...

1.) Email notifications are bleh.  use nowinstock's text/sms notifications for instant notifications.
2.) Paypal has buyers protection.  Redder has people with hundreds of verified positive trades, and manufactures honor warranties on the card not the original buyer. 
3.)  Most "reputable" retailers are doing massive mark ups.  Newegg, etc are still in the $700-$800 range.  Buying from a random third party reseller on a market place platform is the exact same thing as buying from a seller on Ebay. ;)

The more you know.

And yes, let's play!

Like the sound of all that!

Thanks for this thread.

Well that is certainly good news to hear!! I'm interested to see if in case that's the fact.

Good info to have. I'm looking a potential upgrade in early Fall, so this is timely. 

I'd like to change now but everything is working at max so I am also waiting for the next gen and bypass the 10xx. That forecast works fine. And like Dax Doomslayer, I won't do what I have now (4x sli) but will sli. Last push with the old X-99 platform. 

Good call Meller! On Amazon the prices for 1080 ti cards have dropped. I got the EVGA 1080 ti for $769 and I see an MSI 1080 ti for $799. This might be a great time to pick up a few cards if the new 1180s might be founder's edition only for a while.

The GTX 1080 KILLS the 980! I've seen scores from Fire Strike Ultra that has the 1080 over 48% higher. Also frame rates at 4K that run 30-50% higher on a variety of games. For 1440p gaming at 144 Hz, that's the card you want.

At 4K, the next gen top card should kill the 1080 Ti, which struggles. the 1080 Ti is only for the most impatient that want "pretty good" performance at 4K. Total waste of $ otherwise.