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ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition US $716.94 (~AU $988) Delivered @ Amazon

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Usually ships within 2 to 4 weeks.

If you're one of those nvidia fanboys who want to get this card ASAP, and would rather pay RRP than $1200 for local stock, here it is. Shipping costs considerably cheaper than the massdrop deal, you're guaranteed not to pay the 10% GST for >$1000, and you're getting it from Amazon which should ship faster and be easier to deal with re returns.

I personally don't see the hype of getting a card so early and would recommend you wait for the price to fall (or just wait for the GTX 980ti deals), but if you want it immediately, then this may not be a bad deal to consider.

Btw, the Evga/Gigabyte/Msi/etc are still selling for USD200 more, will update post if they fall to RRP.

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  • NeggerOfDeals on 31/05/2016 - 22:19
    +11

    fingers crossed for the Ti to drop soon

    • kheob on 31/05/2016 - 22:53
      +9

      Might as well get the 1070. It's better and will probably be cheaper than any price the Ti drops to.

      • ProspectiveDarkness on 01/06/2016 - 00:41
        +3

        Pretty sure Dagmar means the 1080Ti, you'd have to be crazy to go for a 980Ti

        • NeggerOfDeals on 01/06/2016 - 11:14
          -1

          Pretty sure Dagmar means the 1080Ti

          Yep, my yearly upgrade is due. May 27th 2014 was the 780Ti, June 2nd 2015 was the 980Ti…. but no word on the 1080Ti yet…

      • NeggerOfDeals on 01/06/2016 - 11:13

        I already have a 980Ti :)

    • Lief on 01/06/2016 - 05:55
      +3

      Making a big chip like the GP100 would be too costly on a newer process and the Tis are usually a good while late to the party.
      I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see a 1080ti this year and i wouldn't be surprised if they don't match the price/performance competitiveness of the 980ti

      • Murpha on 01/06/2016 - 13:20

        The GP100 already exists.

        • Lief on 01/06/2016 - 13:44

          A Tesla P100, sure, and it's still not even released.
          You see the problem with new processes is they are fairly unreliable. Chips will be more likely to have defects early in a process's lifetime than later in one as a general rule.
          1 easy way vendors get around this problem is by making smaller chips like gp104 and all it's similar predecessors since you can make more chips at a time which minimizes loss. If a few chips per platter are coming out unusable, 10 being lost from a batch of 100 is more of a loss than 10 being lost from a batch of 200
          So for a premium product where buyers will pay the price no worries like Tesla's market in data centres, they can cover this loss with their ridiculous price tags approaching $5'000USD but nvidia knows no one would pay what they need to make a profit for a geforce of the same cost
          Adding to this, HBM2 which is planned to be used in GP100's geforce counterpart is going through similar teething problems so a 1080ti would be priced far too high to be competitive when they could wait a year or so and put out a product with a much more attractive, and likely successful price.

      • fleetfeather on 01/06/2016 - 20:31

        Big pascal in the form of GP102 already exists. Latest AIDA64 database update has listed the GP102 chip (as well as GP100 tesla cards and GP104 cards for the 1080 and 1070)

    • vid_ghost on 01/06/2016 - 11:14

      AMD's Vega 10 GPU 4096 GCN4.0 Stream processors and HBM memory on Samsung 14nm will be much faster then the TSMC 16nm GTX 1080 and Nvidia will be releasing the GTX 1080 Ti to compete with it.

      comes out Christmas along with the GTX 1080Ti .. so this card will be a short lived "top of the line card" and for that price.. hmmm.. better off garbing a GTX 1070 or AMD HD480X (Polaris 10) until the big guns on 14nm/16nm come out.

      • NeggerOfDeals on 01/06/2016 - 11:15
        +1

        better off garbing a GTX 1070

        No point with my current 980Ti.

        NVIDIA fanboy ignorance intensifies :D

        • vid_ghost on 01/06/2016 - 11:18

          yeah.. GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 will be mid range cards within 5 months once the big boys come out :) New Titan HBM and new AMD Vega HBM

          980Ti is more then enough until those cards hit the market

        • A Banana4scale on 01/06/2016 - 11:24

          @vid_ghost:
          will it actually be a big jump though, and what about the pricing?

          The 1070 should be enough for the Vive right?

        • JF on 01/06/2016 - 11:25

          Eagerly awaiting 980 ti price drops to get a second card. Only an SLI 1080 setup is likely to outperform in the immediate future, and I don't have the budget for that!

        • NeggerOfDeals on 01/06/2016 - 11:30

          @JF:

          Only an SLI 1080 setup is likely to outperform in the immediate future

          I remember seeing a quote comparing one 1080 to be the equivalent of SLI 980Ti.

          980Ti is more then enough until those cards hit the market

          Don't think I can justify the price difference for a Titan. Not if they're going to be priced like they have been since, well, ever.

  • BargainQuail on 31/05/2016 - 22:21
    +17

    I think after market cards care coming soon, I'd wait till then.

    • Rail Rider95 on 31/05/2016 - 22:35
      +1

      Should also be cheaper
      After market cards are starting from MSRP and are designed to be cheaper than Founders card prices
      MSRP is US$100 lower than Founders, so aftermarket designs should come in anywhere under this deal in price (in theory)

    • MyEducation on 31/05/2016 - 23:19

      That'd be correct, Supposedly being released on the 4th of June

    • hedonistic on 01/06/2016 - 13:13

      I'm going to buy a STRIX 1080 for my rig, hopefully they OC it a bit!

  • Elijha on 31/05/2016 - 22:28

    not to pay the 10% GST for >$1000 ?

    not to pay the 10% GST for < $1000

    • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2016 - 22:32
      +4

      I'm not sure what your point is. OP is correct.

      • frewer on 31/05/2016 - 22:57
        +2

        I think what he mean is "not to pay the 10% GST for ($988) < $1000"

  • thelastnoob on 31/05/2016 - 22:32

    the asus strix 1080 is supposed to be cheaper

    Since ROG STRIX GTX 1080 is factory-overclocked, it performs better than Founders Edition (while being 20 EUR cheaper). This card has few OC settings, so it totally up to user to decide which settings will be most suitable.
    http://videocardz.com/60631/asus-rog-strix-geforce-gtx-1080-…

    • ntpha7 on 31/05/2016 - 22:45
      +34

      So you're saying that even if the new 10 series comes out, the 9 series would not drop in price? That doesn't make any economical sense whatsoever, why would they price their old GPU at the same price as their new ones?

      You buying graphics card for over 15 years has no relevance here.

      • rickyygee on 31/05/2016 - 23:14
        +11

        like how you made an account for this

    • tap on 31/05/2016 - 22:51
      +24

      I just downvoted you because of your edit.

      • Moose-au on 01/06/2016 - 07:17
        +8

        Yep, me to.

        Oh, and saying stuff like "Been buying graphics cards for over 15 years." is annoying and does NOT make you an expert. It just makes you look like an ass.

        FTR, I've been buying graphics cards for over 35 years. And before someone says something like: "Oh, but 3d graphics cards only came out in the late 1980's … " there were graphics cards for the Apple ][ - to give you colour graphics, to give you 80 column mode, and so on - these were still "graphics cards", just not 3D cards.

        • Zythyx on 01/06/2016 - 09:13

          I've been buying graphics cards for over 35 years.

          It just makes you look like an ass.

          Did you just call yourself an ass? :P

        • cDNA on 01/06/2016 - 11:32
          -1

          People are usually offended by arrogance.

          Boo hoo

    • rickyygee on 31/05/2016 - 23:04
      +4

      Here is the price history for the gtx 780.

      The 900 series came out around September of 2014 and you can see the sudden drop on the 11th.

      Even if you wait and nothing comes from it, you're still gonna buy a gpu.

      Been buying graphics cards for over 15 years.

      Maybe you've been doing it wrong.
      On the other hand if you're talking about 1080 falling you'll be a bit more correct, though sometimes you can find bargains for the shortest amount of time. I bought a gpu during 15% eBay off and it was great!

      Of course i might be wrong but hey, i'd wait a month or so if i wanted to save some $$ c'mon it's ozbargain

    • Baebs on 01/06/2016 - 01:06
      +3

      You really are a neg-magnet. Pathetic.

      • cDNA on 01/06/2016 - 11:24
        -4

        Prove me wrong. The only pathetic person here is the guy who misconstrued what I said to support his argument. He even made a new account just to say that out of fear of being wrong.

        I suspect the downvotes started rushing in after my snide edit.

    • kheob on 01/06/2016 - 02:10
      +6

      You are wrong.

      (Been buying graphics cards for 15 years 1 month)

    • Godric on 01/06/2016 - 07:27

      You spread alot of misinformation on OzB

      • cDNA on 01/06/2016 - 11:20
        -1

        Explain how I was wrong. The bandwagon on this site have no clue.

  • SpaceNinja on 31/05/2016 - 22:39
    +1

    So what is the recommended processor, ram and power for this bad boy ?

    • gimli on 31/05/2016 - 22:49
      +25

      Pentium 3 or higher 128mb ram 650w

    • rickyygee on 31/05/2016 - 23:18

      jokes aside if you actually want to know, just get something powerful that doesn't bottleneck it for your gpu and usually i build with at least 16gb of ddr4 ram

    • JigBew on 01/06/2016 - 06:17

      An X5960.

      • FabMan on 01/06/2016 - 09:19

        You sure it isn't the 6950X?

        • JigBew on 02/06/2016 - 18:17

          Yeah.

        • FabMan on 02/06/2016 - 18:26

          @JigBew: Really sure? 6950X is heaps faster.

        • JigBew on 03/06/2016 - 08:49

          @FabMan: But the 5960 isn't a bottleneck for it but $1000 cheaper. Most games don't even scale to 8 cores but having more than 4-6 does seem to help with CPU bottlenecking in a lot of cases. 6950 also isn't heaps faster when overclocked and compared to a 5960 overclocked.

        • FabMan on 03/06/2016 - 09:33
          -1

          @JigBew:

          Ahh, I didn't realise you were serious, I thought you threw out the Intel 5960X as an expensive joke. Would be a very powerful CPU to be used just for gaming, which is what most people would want this GPU for.

          I'd push the Core i7-6700K, heck a Core i5-6600K OC wouldn't bottleneck it either when run at high resolutions.

          Anyway, now you know why I suggested the 6950X, a seriously expensive CPU.

        • JigBew on 03/06/2016 - 11:12

          @FabMan: Actually I've found the 6700K to bottleneck at 4k. Even the 5930k can. Some games bottleneck on the 5960 but I've found only early access games or games that were never optimised for more than one/two cores.

          Anyway, now you know why I suggested a 5960.

  • bentan77 on 31/05/2016 - 22:41
    +8

    Usually ships within 2 to 4 weeks.

    But by the time you receive it the non reference models will probably be on sale here for a pretty similar price.

  • cdaddy on 31/05/2016 - 22:42
    +5

    nvidia fanboys

    Have my +

  • gimli on 31/05/2016 - 22:43

    How's 4u going lyl?

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    • lyl on 31/05/2016 - 22:55

      Pretty well actually :)

  • Rindy on 31/05/2016 - 22:48
    +1

    wait for aftermarket cooler. might get extra processing power and run cooler at lower cost

    • 9674784 on 31/05/2016 - 23:09
      +25

      and putting all three together still wouldn't get 60fps games ;)

    • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2016 - 23:10
      +4

      And neither could achieve the FPS and resolution this could. They're completely different products aimed at different markets.

      • Lukian on 01/06/2016 - 00:45

        Nor run VR at the frame rates required :)

    • String name on 31/05/2016 - 23:13
      +12

      Feeding the troll but here is some simple math.
      PS4 1.84 teraflops
      Xbox One 1.31 teraflops x 2
      Total = 4.46 teraflops
      GTX 1080 9 teraflops

      By no means the only metric for a GPU, but get that shit out of here…

        • Polde on 01/06/2016 - 00:11
          +1

          Uhh…

        • cDNA on 01/06/2016 - 11:25
          -3

          @Polde:

          The joke is based on a false premise.

          Good work.

      • Forrest Gump on 31/05/2016 - 23:31
        +1

        was just surprised to see how much it costs, no offense intended…I never even heard of a teraflop lol

        • 9674784 on 01/06/2016 - 00:05
          +4

          I didn't downvote you, but your comment teraflopped ;)

        • Forrest Gump on 01/06/2016 - 00:51
          +2

          @Phreakuency: haha yeh it did.

          I guess fanuch took it too personally, maybe he actually invented the GTX 1080, I dunno

          when it comes to high level tech talk, im like a fish out of water teraflopping all over the place lol

          I like to play a bit of xbone when I got spare time - my main PC is a $400 laptop.

          probably no tearflops there

        • Kanasuke on 01/06/2016 - 06:19

          @Forrest Gump:
          if the rumour is true that the new Xbox one coming out will support the Oculus Rift (most likely running the new Polaris), and they still somehow manage to keep the console cost down to around AUD$400 to $450 mark, then I think it would make a fantastic deal. $400~ was around the price of a GTX970 in 2015. And that's just for the GPU itself.

  • Black Hole on 31/05/2016 - 23:03
    +2

    Finally a worthy card to upgrade my PC system running on GTX-570. But I will wait for the price to drop in a few months. I believe the 1070 is good enough for me.

    • giventofly on 31/05/2016 - 23:10
      +2

      I'm still on a 580!

      This release of cards have really made me want to upgrade.

      • Black Hole on 31/05/2016 - 23:20
        +1

        My current card ends with 70, so I will go with 1070. You should go with 1080 :). Seriously, with every new generation of cards in the past few years, the frame rate increment by 1/4 to 1/3. This generation is 2x the frame rate at the same price point. This is more like the good old day. I am definitely going to upgrade.

        • JigBew on 01/06/2016 - 06:19

          Real world results haven't been that consistent, main selling point of this gen is the VR technology and new utlrawide rendering tech.

        • striker5950 on 01/06/2016 - 10:22

          real world performance is more like 10 percent faster than the 980ti watch some youtube reviews

      • [Deactivated] on 01/06/2016 - 09:56

        Still on a 470 :)

      • randomchecker on 01/06/2016 - 10:38

        GTX275…can't wait…
        Try here for a list of 3rd part makers and specs.

        http://videocardz.com/60496/custom-geforce-gtx-1080-roundup

        Asus Strix OC version is faster, a better cooler, quieter than Nvidia reference card. Most importantly, is RRP CHEAPER than the reference card.
        requires additional power to use though.
        Light effects as well.
        Worth it.

        Been waiting since the start of the year to upgrade…so ready with new system to build…just need the card!

  • backslashio on 31/05/2016 - 23:14
    +14

    By the time I can afford one everyone else will be on the GTX 10,800 series with 40k gaming

    • Lukian on 01/06/2016 - 00:50
      -1

      There are eight up votes at the time of my comment.

      This is possibly the most affordable high end graphics card ever released, and mid range card when the 1070 is out. As passionate gamers, how can you not afford these?

      And what circumstances mean you are still unable to afford them ~4 generations of screen resolution/technology from now?

      /genuinely interested

      PS. I hope we stop measuring in or using pixels to display at some point before definition reaches 40k :) mm holograms.

      • backslashio on 01/06/2016 - 01:17
        +3

        Just because I'm a passionate gamer doesn't mean I have disposable income :P I can only afford low-mid gpus (around $300) every ~3 years or so and I'm using an mITX case that doesn't have much room for giant graphic cards or dual fans. + nowadays I'm using funds for an ergonomic stand/sit desk & chair setup so I can continue playing games

      • pharcyde on 01/06/2016 - 08:49
        +1

        Haha did you really just imply that a $1k GPU is affordable if your a gamer? This is Ozbargain, right?

        • Lukian on 01/06/2016 - 09:45
          -1

          If people are serious about their hobbies and have a full time job, absolutely? This is a better bargain than buying new console(s) in the same lifespan.

        • Forth on 01/06/2016 - 09:52
          +1

          Right it off on tax, twitch gamer.

        • pharcyde on 02/06/2016 - 12:47

          @Lukian:
          You're comparing a $1k standalone GPU to a console and saying it's better value?

        • Lukian on 02/06/2016 - 12:56

          @pharcyde: Only the founder's edition is $1k.

  • strat on 31/05/2016 - 23:18
    +1

    Still happy with my 780ti's SLI for now..

    • chinezejew on 01/06/2016 - 00:52

      Pwoh…
      $800+setup 12months back.
      Should last you a while longer

      • strat on 02/06/2016 - 14:23

        Paid about 850$ each as a early adopter on release date.

        • chinezejew on 02/06/2016 - 14:55

          It's kinda sad to see 780Tis price drop.

          My 780ti classified sufficient for my amateur gaming needs.

          But… 1st gen cpu… a tad bottlenecked.

          Brawn results from 3dmark tests.

  • sludo on 31/05/2016 - 23:22
    -3

    Still rocking my 7990 since 2013

    7990 Getting 49fps in bf4 ULTRA @ 4k

    gtx 1080 Gets 53fps

    For more than double the cost :-O….

    Not a bargain

    p.s before you give me the watts argument people dont build a gaming rig with sli / crossfire to save power ;-)

    Happy Gaming !

    • Lukian on 01/06/2016 - 00:53
      -2

      Yeah they don't. But how much is that power bill costing you and the environment over the long term?

      • misu p on 01/06/2016 - 07:58
        +1

        I will try this: "Honey I am paying 800+ for a GPU to play games while actually being more green to the earth. I am basically stopping climate change on my own with this". I will report back to see if it works.

        Lets not kid ourselves about why somebody would buy this.

        • Lukian on 01/06/2016 - 09:39

          Best case scenario: if you game for ~8hrs a day, you would make back the cost of the card over less than 1.5 years in electricity - vs your sli cards at full load.

          Anyway, you or your partner are the one paying your power bill, not me, so suit yourself!

          It's almost like people don't see saving money over the lifetime of a card as part of the bargain.

        • misu p on 01/06/2016 - 11:12

          @Lukian:

          Edited: I stand corrected, your calculations are good. I did not realize how much 2 SLI cards of those consume. That is a little crazy.

          Anyway I still play on my integrated GPU, it is almost fine for me.

    • FabMan on 01/06/2016 - 09:30
      +1

      7990 gets 49fps at 4K, incredible.

      I'm wielding 2x7950s and 4K is a no go, enjoying 1920x1200 but I want to join the 4K club. Disappointed AMD isn't releasing higher end cards sooner, still the 480 will be slightly faster than my 7950s, and probably more stable.

  • michaelTito on 31/05/2016 - 23:24
    -6

    http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GAMING-GTX-980TI-GOLDEN/dp/B0166T3…

    might be good for those who dont want to spend $1000.

    come down to $830 included shipping to sydney.

    • Nousernamehere on 31/05/2016 - 23:36
      +8

      If you don't want to spend $1000, wait till the 1070's are released. Buying anything in the 900 series now is an absolute waste of money.

      • 9674784 on 01/06/2016 - 00:05

        Correct.

        • jaypick on 01/06/2016 - 00:18

          970 on special is a good buy and bang for buck if you could pick it up for $~350

    • Ryuverlorene on 01/06/2016 - 03:51

      As a rumour of pricing, the Founders' Edition 1070 is 799AUD, more efficient yet similar performance to 980Ti (stock to stock, 1070 is expected to have better overclocking headroom).
      That means aftermarket 1070 would be both cheaper and run better than a 980Ti.

      So I believe that a 980Ti at anywhere near the 1070's price shouldn't be considered a good deal.

  • algy on 31/05/2016 - 23:51

    This is not a deal, it's more than the RRP.

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