geekinchief said:
Hi All,
Thanks for all your feedback. I really appreciate the passionate discussion. I wanted to say a few things here.
First, this story and other articles labeled "opinion," do not represent the opinion of Tom's Hardware as a whole or our staff and writers as a whole . They represent only the writer's view.
As many of you noticed (and I linked to), we published an article with exactly the opposite view (wait to buy) by Derek Forrest earlier this week. My goal was to provide a counterpoint so that our readers can read both arguments and decide for themselves.
On top of that, I want to offer some context for my view. In short, what I'm saying is that, if you need a video card this fall, you should get the latest technology. Yes, it helps to read expert reviews like the one we will publish closer to the release date. However, let's keep in mind that, with driver updates, these cards could be much more powerful in 6 months than they are when we test them.
If you already own a powerful GPU (like a GTX 1080) and can bear to wait a few more months, then by all means, delay your purchase. However, if you were already planning to upgrade from an old card or are building a new system from scratch in 2018, then (I think) it would be a mistake to spend good money on a high-end 10-series card like the GTX 1080 Ti. Yes, prices are dropping, but if you invest $600 or $650 in last-gen technology and then you want to catch up and get ray tracing support in 2019, you'll be spending quite a bit to upgrade the second time, even if the price of the RTX cards has dropped by that time.
So, even if you buy an RTX 2070, it's more future-proof than a GTX 1080 Ti.
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