based on the fact that is has been around much longer compared to the previous generations.
Kind of a silly way of looking at it when you look back in time on GPUs.
the Ti does have 11GB but I still feel this is still bit low for the money and current market, considering the 4GB I max out on most old applications that hog GPU, SE being one that 100% uses up all vram.
I spent right around $750 for the 1080 Ti, including the step up fee from EVGA. I don't see how 11GB of VRAM is low in any sense, closest I have come to using all 11GB is running things in 4k and turning off memory optimizations getting right around 9GBs in use. 11GBs of VRAM is an absurdly huge amount still.
The next gen is rumored to be 16GB which I would now consider a descent for the money spent and generally good for years into the future. the 980 basically didn't have enough when it was new.
Rumored, but given what the specs suggest this is unlikely. Currently there is a price spike in the cost of memory module chips for GPUs, means VRAM and RAM prices are going to be much higher, and given that the next series is supposedly GDDR6 this implies a newer tech which also increases price. If the leaked MSRP of $699 is to be trusted like any of the other leaks, then most likely they will continue to be 8GB cards and still be minimal performance gains over the last series. At best, given the 10 to 15fps higher leaks over the 1080 Ti, you can see a $700 GPU that will have 8GBs to 10GBs of VRAM, same clock speeds, and a new dye shrink still using a GT104 class GPU.
Basically, the 1080 Ti was a worthwhile upgrade from a 980 Ti for almost twice the memory and the performance of having SLI 980 Ti in one GPU, give or take a few frames.
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The next series on the other hand, well the lower end cards going off the leaks, are less of a gain from a 980 Ti to a 1080 than a 980 Ti to a 1080 Ti. So as always I will be waiting for the 1180 Ti in hopes that will offer another 50% increase in performance.
vlad01, upgrading a 980 to a 1080 would be a massive jump in performance, but going from a 980 to a 1080 Ti would also be a huge increase.
So that leads me to say with this card the 1080Ti although nice, isn't as a big jump as I would like to be worth upgrading.
When it comes to computer hardware there are a few factors, the big ones being increase in performance vs price of the hardware. In 2015 I spent close to $800 on the 980 Ti, the price to performance ratio compared to my previous 760 4GB was not worth it. Last year I spent $750, less than the 980 Ti, and had over 50% gains in many programs and games on the 1080 Ti. That is in the territory of a worthwhile upgrade.