Switching to a 1080 from a 480.. maybe?

[RaZzZz]

Hi all

I was just wondering if it'd be worth going from my AMD 480 to the GTX 1080 be worth going ahead with?
I've the old legendary i5-2500k cpu which is still alive and kicking quite well, but perhaps the 1080 would be bottlenecked at this rate? definitely so when it comes to GTAV no doubt.

Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

 

[ixi]

I'm too lazy to search for benches, but out there in the wilderness you will find plenty of benches. And you will get higher fps with 1080. But is it worth it? Does it lag with 480?

 

[Lionheart]

TBH I wouldn't, even if your 2500K is highly overclocked, also what resolution do you game at?

 

[Black Haru]

It really depends. I believe REAYTH recently switched from a 2500k to a 7600k while keeping his 970, there was a noticable increase in framerate.
I dont think it's a worthwhile upgrade for a 1080p system, however if you plan on a higher resolution or you are dead set on a high refresh rate monitor you may need to to a full refresh.

Edit: i see you have a 144hz monitor, so you may consider a system refresh.

 

[qubit]

I've got a 2700K and it worked beautifully with my now sadly departed GTX 1080. The performance difference over an RX 480 is enormous, so it's definitely worth switching, plus you get the excellent FastSync, which is a killer feature in my book. Also, your CPU isn't that much slower than mine, so bottlenecking won't be a problem most of the time. Yes, these CPUs are getting old now and do show their limitations at times (eg Far Cry 4 framerates only 70-100fps) but wait until the second half of this year for Cannonlake before upgrading.

But...

The GTX 1080 Ti is gonna go on sale on the 10th, so definitely wait until then, since GTX 1080 prices are likely to go down even further, given the $700 price point of the 1080 Ti Founders Editions. You might also want to wait for Vega, but that's a bit further out and I reckon it won't topple NVIDIA, just like Ryzen didn't topple Intel.

I'm waiting until the 10th before deciding on what graphics card to replace my defunct 1080 with, so I recommend you do the same.

 

[Black Haru]

I was considering moving to an Asrock Z270 pairing with an i7-7700k, perhaps I should just consider a complete refresh in the end, as my 144hz monitor isn't getting used at all unless it's CSGO or BF1 at lower settings..tough decision to make unfortunately.

Look for deals on 6700ks, the difference is absolutely marginal.

 

[RaZzZz]

Look for deals on 6700ks, the difference is absolutely marginal.

Just watched a clip actually on that.. I was quite surprised now I've to check if the z170 or z270 will do the job for me haha