Buy now or wait for vega / possible further reductions?
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Szabster
10 Mar 174#17
People voted hot on a 1070 with some fancy cooler for almost £400. Buy this. Seriously. I bought my 1070 for 320 in September and quite possibly the best graphics card I've ever had in my entire life. I haven't left my computer room since last September. My wife probably divorced me already. Please send help!
I dropped a similar amount on their ASUS dual 1070 last month. Had the same thought "should I wait for another drop" and I have to say...BUY IT. Worth every penny, and even if it drops a bit in price later on, you get to run everything in ULTRA now (if your CPU doesn't suddenly become a bottleneck. My old i5 is being retired soon as some games just need more cores/higher clock speed).
dreamager to Nalwoir
10 Mar 17#18
1060/rx480 can play with everything on ultra too. It depends what resolutions you're wanting, how much you want your fps to be showing over 60 in the corner as you play, and whether you're wanting to dip into VR or not as to whether you need a card this beefy to begin with
nicccc
10 Mar 17#3
wait. this has dropped 10% in a week and more to go as 1080ti not yet released
BetaRomeo to nicccc
10 Mar 17#4
Eh? We've had plenty of £330 1070s since release - this is a fairly normal deal price. If you've found a £300 1070 somewhere, please submit it as a deal immediately!
Just.Wondering
10 Mar 17#5
Not a bad price , but under current circumstances , the price is bound to drop further...should be closer to sub £300 very shortly , due to this been considered as old stock and the newer 1070's will be having a refresh on the memory speed.....not the best time to buy !!!
BetaRomeo to Just.Wondering
10 Mar 171#6
The pound is continuing to fall, and at £330 the UK still (!) has what appear to be the cheapest non-blower 1070s in the entire world (US$335 pre-tax). I could see 1070 prices dropping... but not in the UK, not by more than a tenner or two, even with those new cards with Nvidia-approved faster VRAM.
Unless you're suggesting a new Golden Age where it's normal for Britain to get the cheapest tech in the world? Boris should have had that on the side of his bus! :man:
jakehorkan
10 Mar 17#7
I'm stuck in the same situation. Don't know wether to take the dive now or wait for another price drop???
Dacra to jakehorkan
10 Mar 17#8
Im waiting, mainly because I'm currently only playing CSGO and my 970 is more than enough for that :smile:
Latterman
10 Mar 17#9
Still using the Gigabyte 980Ti I snagged from the Amazon Warehouse student deal for £155! I'd expect to see the 1070 drop sub 300 in 2017.
Heated for a good price right now. :smiley:
jaydeeuk1 to Latterman
10 Mar 17#10
The 1070 has already been under £300.
Will probably drop again any day now.
minty_
10 Mar 17#11
Can I upgrade my GTX 750i to this graphics card?
As I want to play VR GAMES.
Latterman
10 Mar 17#12
I mean reputable brand/s with aftermarket cooler - to be sub £300 often.
waiting for a nice price drop on a 1080, my trusty 970 will hold out until then
heat added
BetaRomeo
10 Mar 17#15
Yes, it was that price for all of two hours, suggesting a misprice, and according to the few people who managed to get one, some seemed to have had their boxes opened already - possibly to have a peek at the memory modules (all the cards happened to have Micron memory).
Given that it was three months ago, if it was a new 'standard' price for 1070 deals, I think we'd have seen another one since then. :wink: Just a glitch, I'm afraid.
RedRain
10 Mar 17#16
vega is like a unicorn still gonna wait tho :sunglasses:
Szabster
10 Mar 174#17
People voted hot on a 1070 with some fancy cooler for almost £400. Buy this. Seriously. I bought my 1070 for 320 in September and quite possibly the best graphics card I've ever had in my entire life. I haven't left my computer room since last September. My wife probably divorced me already. Please send help!
shaunmorgan3994881 to Szabster
10 Mar 171#20
help? we need to join you, not send help!
hms_jasq
10 Mar 17#19
I was one of the people that managed to buy the card for £294 from ebuyer. My box was sealed and so far after 2 months still rocking with no issues, hasn't burned my house down. Yes all 2 hours cause it was a daily sale deal...u know first come first served!
joshy_b5
11 Mar 17#21
Amazon have price matched this listing without the TCB, beneficial for me with Amazon Prime delivery available!
Dacra to joshy_b5
11 Mar 17#24
Could also get 5 for topping up 100.
Szabster
11 Mar 17#22
I just notice that you have two options when you purchase it: for honour / ghost recon or no thanks. These guys at Novatech are funny.
mark6220
11 Mar 17#23
I've got the msi 1070 gaming X 8g. Can I use the armor gpu in sli mode with my 8g or does it have to be the same card in sli mode?
mark6220
11 Mar 17#25
Can i use this card in sli mode with my msi 1070 gaming X 8g or do I have to use two identical cards in sli mode?
Dacra to mark6220
11 Mar 17#27
I was considering spending more for a second in sli, I'd sell the first and get a 1080ti instead..
minty_
11 Mar 17#26
I want to upgrade my graphics card to play VR, and mainly oculus rift. Been looking at this graphics card
My pc is:
Processor
6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home (64Bit)
Memory
16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2133MHz SDRAM
Hard Drive
2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive + 32GB M.2 SSD
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750Ti with 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
Base
XPS Desktop 8910 Base
FGA Module
VMAX1705_135_R/GB/BTS
XPS 8910 Black EPS Chassis
XPS 8910, EPA Chassis (460W)
Nate1492 to minty_
13 Mar 17#30
Get this card and get an SSD. Asap.
Seriously, the card might be nice, but the SSD will change your computing life forever.
mark6220
11 Mar 17#28
Yes that's a possibility. I read in custom that twin 1070 gpu in sli mode were seriously fast at 4k. They clocked the sli set up as being the fastest 4k Set up they'd seen. Of course this was before the ti came out. The 1070 cards could drop to! Less than £300. This makes twin 1070 cards very appealing.
balvi
11 Mar 17#29
thx OP
my saphire nitro+ 480 8GB OC died today :disappointed: on way back to amazon for refund so this is lovely price and good that amazon price matched CS unbeatable.
minty_
13 Mar 17#31
It says:my tower can support up to 225W full size graphics cards.
This graphics card:
Max Power Usage150WMinimum
PSU Requirement500W
ZaGaZ
13 Mar 17#32
32GB M.2 SSD. :wink:
minty_
14 Mar 17#33
Cheers for your help zagaz,
Can you tell me why I need a 32gb m.2 SSD.
What does it do with the graphics card
Cheers
creg
14 Mar 17#34
If amazon are price matching, strongly advise avoiding novatech.
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Buy now or wait for vega / possible further reductions?
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Overclocks nicely past 2GHz
Unless you're suggesting a new Golden Age where it's normal for Britain to get the cheapest tech in the world? Boris should have had that on the side of his bus! :man:
Heated for a good price right now. :smiley:
Will probably drop again any day now.
As I want to play VR GAMES.
heat added
Given that it was three months ago, if it was a new 'standard' price for 1070 deals, I think we'd have seen another one since then. :wink: Just a glitch, I'm afraid.
My pc is:
Processor
6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home (64Bit)
Memory
16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2133MHz SDRAM
Hard Drive
2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive + 32GB M.2 SSD
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750Ti with 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Memory
Base
XPS Desktop 8910 Base
FGA Module
VMAX1705_135_R/GB/BTS
XPS 8910 Black EPS Chassis
XPS 8910, EPA Chassis (460W)
Seriously, the card might be nice, but the SSD will change your computing life forever.
my saphire nitro+ 480 8GB OC died today :disappointed: on way back to amazon for refund so this is lovely price and good that amazon price matched CS unbeatable.
This graphics card:
Max Power Usage150WMinimum
PSU Requirement500W
Can you tell me why I need a 32gb m.2 SSD.
What does it do with the graphics card
Cheers