GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 announced available May 27th
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Lithose
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Honestly, if you're doing 1080p the 1070 is way overkill, a 1060 or a 480 is more than enough for that setting, no games are probably ever going to challenge it at 1080.
1070 will probably be a top of the line car for the next couple years for 1440.
Noodleface
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I would get the 1060 if you planned on upgrading again in a couple years. 1070 will last much longer
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Utnayan
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WoW is very CPU centric. So if you are running an older chip, that's going to be the cause of any FPS issues.
Fan of over building myself. Spent about $2,500 on a scratch build in 2010 and just now looking at a new video card which will carry me for another 3-4 years or until component failure.
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A 1060. It's about as powerful as a 980, but newer, likely to get better with driver updates.
Alexzander
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How many of you are taking advantage of the amazon refund on the 970s? It looks like I could get a 1070 for like $100 or so. Am I stupid to just take the 20% refund instead? I game in 1080p at the moment.
Crone
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"At the moment" is the key word. You never know what you might want to do in the future so why not get the better card for that cheap. I'd say jump to the 1070.
Alexzander
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It appears that Amazon is giving people who bought 970s from them either a 20% refund or will accept a return for full credit. I paid $330 for my 970gtx. The 1070s are going for the mid four hundreds now.