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1080ti or 2080 for the Rift S

RiverDave
Honored Guest
I could get the 1080ti for 500€. I guess that would be the smarter move. I'll get this one: https://www.asus.com/de/Graphics-Cards/ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING/

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falken76
Expert Consultant
I'd go with the 1080ti, nothing will come out for Rift S that will push that card to it's limits, the 2080 is overkill unless you want to walk around and brag about how much you wasted on a GPU by showing off your receipt.

RedRizla
Honored Visionary
I'd get the 2080. 

TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP
I'd get the rtx 2080 ti if I was buying it with your money, lol!  

Otherwise, I'd go with the gtx 1080 ti.  More VRAM than a 2080 (11 vs 8GB).  I doubt better passthrough is a must have and ASW 2.0 is probably not going to be a big deal for guys running i7-i9 cpu's at ~5 GHz.
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Comic_Book_Guy
Superstar

falken76 said:

I'd go with the 1080ti, nothing will come out for Rift S that will push that card to it's limits, the 2080 is overkill unless you want to walk around and brag about how much you wasted on a GPU by showing off your receipt.



I mean, you're sort of on the right track, but the 2080 will  likely be cheaper, and the 1080ti is out of date basically.

Anonymous
Not applicable
Honestly wouldn't both with the 1080 Ti at this point, unless you get a good deal used. It is pretty old and you might as well invest in the latest generation.

Richooal
Consultant


, and the 1080ti is out of date basically.



They don't go "out of date". You keep using them as long as they're working okay and meet your current requirements.
Also, I should add that software for the Rift S is compatible with the Rift. The "recommended" graphics card for both is still the 1060.
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Comic_Book_Guy
Superstar

Richooal said:



, and the 1080ti is out of date basically.



They don't go "out of date". You keep using them as long as they're working okay and meet your current requirements.
Also, I should add that software for the Rift S is compatible with the Rift. The "recommended" graphics card for both is still the 1060.


Don't play semantics please. The 20xx replace the 10xx is what I meant. The 2080 is a better buy, and it will likely be cheaper.
Your logic is flawed. He isn't gonna "keep using" a 1080 ti, since he doesn't have one. He's asking which one to get. If he already had one, then a 2080 would be a bad buy. Also no one was debating what the recommended card is, but since you want to go there,  a 2080 is better than a 2060 and would allow for more super sampling. I would guess the OP knows a 1080ti or a 2080 are both better then the so called recommended card. 

TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP

Richooal said:



, and the 1080ti is out of date basically.



They don't go "out of date". You keep using them as long as they're working okay and meet your current requirements.
Also, I should add that software for the Rift S is compatible with the Rift. The "recommended" graphics card for both is still the 1060.

The 1060 (or better) is the recommended minimum.  Honestly you would not recommend a 1060 to a friend imho, lol!

You are right, gpu's like the gtx1080ti are hardly likely to go out of date in the near future.  A good used one should cost a lot less than a new 2080, maybe ~25-35% less?  I've even seen a few new 1080ti's still available and still selling for ~ the same as a new 2080.  Even-steven I would probably rather have the well proven 1080ti.  

If and when gen 2.0 PCVR's actually come out we'll probably all be buying rtx3080ti's, maybe 2x in sli, lol!
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