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So I've seen a few times on here that users will recommend the 1070 over the 1080. I was wondering the reason to this? I understand if it's a budget build or if someone is going to stick with something as 1440p, but wouldn't the 1080 be more optimal for games on 4k? I can see the price performance for the 1070 making much more sense over the 1080, yet I'm still not fully aware as to why the 1070 is often picked more than the 1080. I'm doing a build soon, once the 1080 STRIX comes back in stock; however now I'm debating it seeing as the 1070 is almost always picked over the 1080. I'm planning to play on 4k, which is why I was under the assumption the 1080 would be the better pick for that.
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GTX 1080 performs typically 10-20% better than the GTX 1070 for around a 50% price increase. It's just not worth the price it's sold for. Much like with the GTX 970 and GTX 980, except the performance gap between the 1070 and 1080 is larger than the 970 and 980. So, the GTX 1080 makes more sense over the 1070, than the GTX 980 over the 970, but the 1080 still is not worth the premium over the 1070. This is also why I personally think that NVidia upped the price of the x70 card, and put GDDR5x on the GTX 1080, trying to create more reasons for people to waste their money on the 1080 over the 1070, they clearly learned from the 970 and 980. The GTX 1080 will have to drop in price soon, especially if we see a 1080Ti. If we don't get a 1080Ti, or the 1080 doesn't drop in price after the 1080Ti, then Vega should push GTX 1080 pricing down. It might put GTX 1070 pricing down a little as well, but the GTX 1080 is just too over-priced for what it is, and where it lines up.

I wouldn't even buy a GTX 1080 if I was building an enthusiast grade system with no maximum budget, I'd go with SLI 1070s for $800(ish) and settle for similar performance to SLI 1080s, but save like $400-$500. Or wait for a 1080Ti.
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