1080s best selling high-end GPU in history

While I don't like that a card that's going to be less powerful than a ti or new titan class costs already that much dough
I kind of understand
It's an awesome card with no competition at the moment


And some people defend AMD for targeting the sub 200$ market, since that's where most customers are or such
(and here I was thinking that the yield for better parts is just not good enough, or something the like)

Well looks like Nvidia's strategy pays off a quarter more, probably a lot more quarters
Again

Hope AMD can get a bigger volume of they're 480's together
So they can make some kind of money
But what Kyle posted not too long ago makes me think AMD is not going no cash in a lot

Sigh
 
Since I have a 1500mhz 980ti, I'm in the waiting for a card that doesn't exist position again.
 
Loyal Nvidia Employee "Sir Master Chief Al'Mighty CEO, the sales are a success, we've sold all 5 units that we produced!"

Nvidia CEO looks long and hard into the mirror in front of him then twiddles fingers against each other "Excellent..."
 
I've been doing the exact same for the 1070 and have not had any luck either.
Check twitter and type GTX 1080 or GTX 1070, earlier toda newegg has stock of 1070 FE's, makes me wonder if I should buy and resell for a little profit ;)
 
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what strategy ? enthusiasts buy whatever top performing card is released, and some nvidia fans buy whatever nvidia gives them, can hardly call that strategy, but sure as hell 1080 didnt outsell 980Ti in the same time frame, this BS about best selling is to downplay the shiet stock they have of the 10 series, beside we will see Q3 results, just hope ppl remember to check.
Your thoughts are noted. I hear NVDIA's next big move is to build a brand new GPU that performs at its current mid-range level and sell it super cheap.
 
My local Bestbuy had 1070s and 1080s in stock (nvidia brand). They had been on the shelf less than 5 hours. Picked up a 1070 with 10% off using the Bestbuy credit card. Not sure if I'll keep it since, I have a freesync monitor. But it's nice having trouble free gaming after being on AMD for the last 6 years.
 
what strategy ? enthusiasts buy whatever top performing card is released, and some nvidia fans buy whatever nvidia gives them, can hardly call that strategy, but sure as hell 1080 didnt outsell 980Ti in the same time frame, this BS about best selling is to downplay the shiet stock they have of the 10 series, beside we will see Q3 results, just hope ppl remember to check.

a large part of being a successful business is execution. I know you want to poo poo Nvidia's success ( I personally will not buy a 1080 because I think it's overpriced, I will wait for either the GP100 or GP102 chip) but the fact is they continually execute, they created a mid range chip that performs better that their last gen high end chip and does it more efficiently, and so they can sell it at a high end price. having a great product and the ability to keep producing a great products, that's how you dominate and that's what NVidia has done, more power to them.
 
People are surprised that there's pent-up demand when we haven't had a new process node in four years? And there's only one chip currently to sate that demand, so you'll have to wait awhile for prices for come down (or more chips to come to market).

I consider the Nvidia Founders Edition an attempt to reduce that initial wave of demand by increasing retail prices. It also gives Nvidia a cut of that up-charge that is usually pocketed by 3rd-party sellers. We'll see if it really helped with demand if you can buy the 1080/1070 cards anytime next month. That said, Nvidia has obviously handled the OEM end of the launch here - you can already buy cards with custom PCBs!

I'm still not sure this was the best decision for AMD to cede Nvidia the high-end for months, because with demand THIS DRAWN-OUT for 14/16nm you can charge whatever the fuck price you want.
 
People are surprised that there's pent-up demand when we haven't had a new process node in four years?

I'm still not sure this was the best decision for AMD to cede Nvidia the high-end for months, because with demand THIS DRAWN-OUT for 14/16nm you can charge whatever the fuck price you want.
You seriously believed that AMD had a choice? There's only so much they can ramp up their toasters without innovating and claim to be competition. Even their water cooled toaster was way off the mark and couldn't dent the leader. Now they're only focuses on low and mid ranged.
 
How was this launch any different from the 980 launch? I know there was product shortages at the launch of the 980, and it was not until November 6th, 2014 that I was able to order a Gigabyte G1 Windforce card. Anyone remember this thread?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.... right now, the biggest blocker in upgrading from the 980 video card to a 1080 card is my current monitor, an Acer H6 H276HLbmid Black 27" 5ms HDMI IPS. It's a good little monitor, but it is constrained to 1080p and 60FPS. I want to get a GSync monitor, and the monitor that I have been eyeing, a Acer Predator XB271HU bmiprz, is today's Newegg deal. However, my greater "need" is to have a functioning FreeNAS box for backups.
 
I'd argue it's more indicative of the (pathological) instant gratification mentality of millenials these days.

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How was this launch any different from the 980 launch? I know there was product shortages at the launch of the 980, and it was not until November 6th, 2014 that I was able to order a Gigabyte G1 Windforce card. Anyone remember this thread?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.... right now, the biggest blocker in upgrading from the 980 video card to a 1080 card is my current monitor, an Acer H6 H276HLbmid Black 27" 5ms HDMI IPS. It's a good little monitor, but it is constrained to 1080p and 60FPS. I want to get a GSync monitor, and the monitor that I have been eyeing, a Acer Predator XB271HU bmiprz, is today's Newegg deal. However, my greater "need" is to have a functioning FreeNAS box for backups.

Get the monitor. Never skimp on the things that help you interact with the PC, the monitor being the most important.
 
Alright.

Well my original post did say "...mentality that permeates society these days", then I realized millennials are probably the worst offenders so I changed it. :p

(also I'm a millennial, so I would know ;))
 
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I know this is a 1080 thread, but I am thinking of this as a potential 1070 buyer. Only problem I have with this is that the price of GPUs just jumped up $50-70. I wouldn't want to go back to those old single fan coolers because the noise is atrocious and negatively effects my gaming experience. I'll never go back to one of those blower style coolers again. At the same time, the better coolers aren't worth $70 more. The $20-30 of previous generations made much more sense.

Good for Nvidia/AIBs I suppose, but they're essentially pricing the cards out of my range. Seeing I've had my GTX 970 for almost two years now I'm not looking forward to an upgrade less sustainable than a 970 to 1070. Anything between isn't really worth spending extra money for and I may just wait until the next gen. I suppose the days of me buying a new GPU every generation may come to an end.
 
I dunno -- because Nvidia already has a Titan and TI model in the works at the same time, so this just comes out first to satiate the current people who have been eargly awaiting an upgrade. It's not the fastest card of it's generation if a TI version of the same name will be out within a reasonable timeframe, no? It's the same as when the 980 came out, once the 980TI came out everyone called the 980 "mid-range". Same principle applies, I guess.

A faster card will come out at some future date. Of course. That date probably won't be too soon though.
 
I'd argue it's more indicative of the (pathological) instant gratification mentality of millenials these days.

My guess if that most of the people buying cards like a 1080 are middle aged folks that make a decent living and who are perfectly aware that there will better stuff in the future. When it comes to tech gear one can always wait. At some point if one actually wants to play games, then they buy something.
 
Sorry, as a millennial I get tunnel vision sometimes ;)

But I suppose nobody disagrees with my "pathological instant gratification mentality" statement then?

Btw I don't think I'm wrong when I say millennials (or younger people in general) have a bigger issue with instant gratification, but that's a separate conversation.
 
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Sorry, as a millennial I get tunnel vision sometimes ;)

Happens to the best of us.;)

But I suppose nobody disagrees with my "pathological instant gratification mentality" statement then?

Whenever there are debates about the price of tech hardware, there are always those that seem to think they know more than the rest of do by simply pointing out that one can wait for better of cheaper or both. Duh. Now if you can tell everyone the exact date of release, specs and price of these future products, then you know something of value. People buying $700 GPUs at release probably know what the hell they are doing. It's not their first rodeo and probably not their last.

I plugged in one 1080 FE into my old gaming rig and instantly started playing games that, IMHO, sucked performance wise even at 1080p on my GTX 680s. It went from night to day. Or I could still be waiting for a Titan whatever of 1080Ti or I could have picked up a 980Ti on the cheap. And none of those are necessarily bad options. Just that people that buy this kind of hardware hot off the press already knew these options because they are the same options that have been there always.
 
My local Bestbuy had 1070s and 1080s in stock (nvidia brand). They had been on the shelf less than 5 hours. Picked up a 1070 with 10% off using the Bestbuy credit card. Not sure if I'll keep it since, I have a freesync monitor. But it's nice having trouble free gaming after being on AMD for the last 6 years.

I've been using AMD/ATI cards almost exclusively for a really long time now. Since I got an HD3870, the only Nvidia card I had was a GTX460.. and I bought that mainly to use for a hybrid PhysX setup.

I've even had a couple CF setups and never really had trouble with that either. 6870s and then 7970s.

Maybe I am just one of the "lucky" ones that for some reason has great results with AMD video cards.
 
#1 Almost nobody can find these cards. They are very limited in stock.

#2 Not one has ever been sold at MSRP price. All usually Founders Edition price or higher.

#3 Maxwell 2.0
I have one. Bought a FE 1080 for its msrp did not pay a scalping fee at all. Of course I got mint two weeks after the "Official launch".
 
Alright.

Well my original post did say "...mentality that permeates society these days", then I realized millennials are probably the worst offenders so I changed it. :p

(also I'm a millennial, so I would know ;))

People like to poke fun at millennials but ever see those old fuckers chugging away at slot machines at the casino for hours. Now that is a instant gratification problem.

I put value into the FE. Was kinda pissed at first, still bummed the VRMs are only rated at 50A per FET at ambient, but then I realized I payed a bit more for a "reference" 970 at BestBuy. I just like how quiet the cooler is and dumping the heat out of the case. Ideally I go for a hybrid or custom loop though.
 

Fuck this noise.

If you want an FE and you don't want to play the F5 game, just buy it from nVidia direct. Now I don't purport to have monitored the page 24/7, but I've checked it a few times throughout the day today, and there was always stock available. You want instantaneous instant gratification? Buy from nVidia direct. Be a man, do the right thing.
 
"Everyone we talked to, outside of Nvidia of course, has confirmed that Geforce GTX 1080 launch was the biggest volume high end card launch, that was ever deceived by Nvidia at launch date. This got confirmed by both AIB and retail / etail sources and guess what, it all sold out in minutes. The numbers were much bigger than with Geforce GTX 980 or Ti launch, but it still sold within minutes."

Deceived?
 
Well personally no. If Founder's Edition worked out this well for NVIDIA it'll become a recurring theme for future launches.

This launch looks to be okay for now, but we'll have to see the quality of AIB boards that are cheaper than FE prices in future launches. It's plausible that eventually all good custom boards will be above FE prices, and everything below FE prices will just be craptastic. That's my worry.

What took me by surprise is that actually this launch resembles the 980 launch. It had a good, solid lead versus the 780Ti, just like the 1080 against the 980Ti, but comes with a price hike. The 980 didn't sell as well, though.
I'm fine with this. It just means people who can't wait have to pay more, but those who are more patient will still get the same power for less. It's one of the very rare cases where "trickle down" actually works!
 
Get the monitor. Never skimp on the things that help you interact with the PC, the monitor being the most important.
The current Acer H6 H276HLbmid monitor works great now. Therefore, replacement of that monitor is of lower priority to me at this time despite some recent sales.
 
AIBs are cheaper here in Vietnam, though prices are still at insane levels.

I got my Palit 970 for $320 (amazing price) back when it was released. Now custom 1070s are coming out and they're costing around $540 and up. 1080s are around $800 and up.

Ugh...
 
Well personally no. If Founder's Edition worked out this well for NVIDIA it'll become a recurring theme for future launches.

This launch looks to be okay for now, but we'll have to see the quality of AIB boards that are cheaper than FE prices in future launches. It's plausible that eventually all good custom boards will be above FE prices, and everything below FE prices will just be craptastic. That's my worry.

What took me by surprise is that actually this launch resembles the 980 launch. It had a good, solid lead versus the 780Ti, just like the 1080 against the 980Ti, but comes with a price hike. The 980 didn't sell as well, though.

To be fair, I love my Founder's Edition. Best looking card imo, and I get better overclocks than most of the AIB cards. I justify the price that I basically got my card a month ahead of everyone else for the most part and I am happy.
 
I'm fine with this. It just means people who can't wait have to pay more, but those who are more patient will still get the same power for less. It's one of the very rare cases where "trickle down" actually works!

Isn't this always the case?
 
I have to wonder what the response would have been if the GTX 1080 launched at $699 across the board, no Founders Edition nonsense. The GTX 780 and 980 Ti launched at $649 The 780 Ti launched at $699.

The GTX 1080 is about 20-30% faster than the card it replaced, the 980 Ti and it is the fastest available single PCB card at launch

The GTX 780 was about 30% faster than the card it replaced, the GTX 680, but the dual GPU 690 was faster in scaling games.

The GTX 780 Ti was only about 10% faster than the card it replace, the GTX 780

The GTX 980 Ti was only about 10-15% faster than the card it replaced, the GTX 980

I think the GTX 980 Ti was considered such a great value, because it performed as well as the Titan X for $400 less.

Otherwise, you have the GTX 1080, coming out with no single card solution besting it in performance, and a jump in performance over the card it replaces equal to or greater than other cards which launched at well over $600. The difference here is the fact that nvidia decided to set up a two tier pricing structure.

Would anyone argue that they couldn't have priced this card at $649-$699 across the board, regardless of "founders edition" versus add in partner versions?
 
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