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It's what you should expect when you buy the top of the line and pay the price premium. Imo, im leaning more to picking up a 980 ti around ~$300 as when the 1080 ti does come up, the 1080 and 1070 would also get a price cut.

Why not grab a 1070? It's still more powerful than a 980ti, you'd be paying a few more, but getting the new features, and a bump in performance. If you can't spend the extra bit, then that makes sense, but if you can, then might as well go for it

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^two? Why not wait for 1080ti. Seems like a huge waste of cash

I'd rather not wait close to a year to grab a 1080ti. And by then, I'd end up selling the 2 1080's about 2 months before the release of the ti, only losing out on a couple hundred. Not that big of a waste if you need the power now and can't wait imo.