Looking to get one of these and hoping to work out where to get it for cheapest, noticed Umart has them up for preorder for AUD$1199
http://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products_list.phtml?id=10…
Founder's edition only atm, nothing on staticice yet http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=gtx1080&spos=3
Release day for US and UK should be tomorrow, 1070 should be on the 10th of June. Going to keep an eye on prices
fans and pretty case likely.
Founder's Edition is just their name for stock reference cards. A lot of card enthusiasts prefer stock reference cards over aftermarket altered versions. Because they are usually more stable, have more chances of getting an aftermarket cooler/block installed, etc. But usually within few months of a new card's release, the reference cards vanish…. no one sells them. Founders Edition will mean you can buy a reference card if you want…through out the life cycle of the product.
Australia Tax Strikes again!
$1000 max with conversion.
I notice everyone has it available to buy now (scorptec, msy etc)
$1199 for MSI and Gigabyte
$1299 for Asus
Given the reviews i would recommend buying the 980ti, has the same benchmarks for a now greatly reduced price.
Guess there was a reason Nvidia compared this card to the 980 and not the 980ti when they announced it.
I agree, we were duped! 980ti for me too.
They were actually advertising as a good upgrade if someone had a 680 or a 780, they weren't expecting people to upgrade over a 980/980ti.
these early cards as similar priced in the usa, check out amazon .. lots of people complaining about the price there too…
i would go 980ti too if i wasn't using it for VR
I use a 980ti with my VR.. works without fault.
i know, but both Unity and Unreal will have built-in support for simultaneous multi-projection, rendering a scene twice versus rendering it only once is a big deal
I found that Massdrop is doing a deal on GTX 1080, even with their ridiculously high shipping cost ($85 ish Australian dollars), it's only slightly above GST threshold (I assume if you get a ship forwarder, you can get it under $1000).
Just curious: What's the Founder's Edition have that the standard won't?