NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Reviews

I was expecting it tomorrow, but.. oh well..

GTX980ti reviews:

AnandTech: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review

Guru3D: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review

Hardware Canucks: The NVIDIA GTX 980Ti Performance Review

HiTech Legion: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980Ti Review

PCPerspective: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Review - Matching TITAN X at $650

TweakTown: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Reference Video Card Review

TechPowerUp: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB

Techspot: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review

Tom's Hardware: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Review

The Tech Report: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics card reviewed

Bit-tech: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review

HardOCP: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Video Card Preview

Overclockers Club: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review

Vortez: NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti Review

HotHardware: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review: A Cheaper Titan X Arrives

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If only it was 4 months sooner... I would have bought it. But they waited to long and now they wont get any more money from me till next year. 35-40% increase over 970 isn't to shabby.

a bit too expansive for what it offer.

I'm buying three. Need a store link to buy them!!!

Don't!

Wait for the non-reference models.

These cards with non-reference coolers will be beasts!

They have plenty of room for OC:

I'm putting waterblocks on them, so I couldn't care less for aftermarket coolers.

Oh, then go for it cause I don't know if Nvidia will allow them to change the PCB too (in order to have better o/c potential).

I need to know if Titan X waterblocks work on the 980 Ti. UGH!!!

I'm so scared that they will sell out lol

Ehm, from some posts I read on the reviews, people already confirm sold outs...

Just bought two straight from Nvidia's site.

I'll get a third once I know the waterblocks to use and when Newegg/Amazon starts selling them.

LOL, that was fast!

*salivates* gimme gimme... my precious....

not happy with your current cards? :P

If i'd waited a month I could have got 3 of these.

Never mind

There is always the temptation to upgrade. :) If I could get 144 fps @1440p in all games, it would be nice.

New ASUS Strix with DirectCU III Cooler revealed:

ASUS Facebook

Looks like, it's few fps behind Titan X with $350 more in your wallet.

Tempting... But no I shall wait for next gen. I have to anyway. The card has yet to reach Norway.

Now I will be the little devil and post something from PCPerspective:

An idea of just how much performance has changed over the years.

That's a good idea. I am also waiting on 14nm.

still too expensive but it's on my wish-list 4 sure

Built a new PC recently but rocking an old 6950. Got one of these on order for sure. Next up time for a 144hz monitor.

Was going to pick up a 970 but this looks too good to pass up being in so far behind with my current gpu.

I do wonder if nVidia and AMd will keep to the more or less current TDP or if they will be even lower. Sure 980 has lower than 680, which are both X04 chip, but 980Ti and 780/780Ti are full sized keep the 250W TDP.

@Coseniath: So roughly 100% increase. That has the increase I want before I consider purchasing it.

@ShadowDeathX: Talking about water cooling...

Corsair Brings Liquid Cooling to Latest NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

Corsair, a world leader in high-performance PC hardware, today announced the all-in-one Hydro Series H110i GTX, the company's most advanced and customizable liquid CPU cooler yet, as well as new Hydro Series HG10 GPU cooling brackets for NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X, GTX 980, GTX 980 Ti and GTX 970 graphics cards.

The Hydro Series H110i GTX liquid CPU cooler pairs two 140mm fans with a 280mm radiator for extreme CPU cooling that is superior to stock CPU air coolers, delivering lower temperatures and quiet operations for both processor-intensive applications or light PC loads. The self-contained design of the H110i GTX makes it easier to install than stock air coolers and requires no filling or maintenance. The H110i GTX features a new generation, high-efficiency cooling block with a striking new look, including Titanium-colored logo inserts on the block and radiator. An optional kit with both red and blue inserts will be sold separately.

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I don't get it, you could buy 2x 290s for 500$ and get better performance, why paying 650$ and get lower performance?

I know the advantages of single card vs SLI/Crossfire, I do know you'll need bigger PSU capacity and proper mid case with 5 fans - let's assume you have all of these already, I just don't see a reason to buy 980Ti.

That's the reason. :P

@Coseniath said:

New ASUS Strix with DirectCU III Cooler revealed:

ASUS Facebook

That looks awesome. I've been thinking the DirectCU II was in need of a mix-up. But I wonder the three fan design will make for a long-but-thin style profile, much like Gigabyte cards.

Oh God! These GPUs have potential...

ZOTAC Gives the GeForce GTX 980 Ti a Massive 25% Factory Overclock

Is this even legit? :P

@Coseniath: Zotac = king of GPU makers. :))))

@Coseniath said:

@PredatorRules said:

I don't get it, you could buy 2x 290s for 500$ and get better performance, why paying 650$ and get lower performance?

I know the advantages of single card vs SLI/Crossfire, I do know you'll need bigger PSU capacity and proper mid case with 5 fans - let's assume you have all of these already, I just don't see a reason to buy 980Ti.

That's the reason. :P

2x 290s will perform as much

:D

I was reffering to stutter... SLI or Xfire cannot give smooth performance always as you can see in the image and they rely on drivers.

I've got a friend of mine using 2x 970s, didn't heard any complain yet...

True.

But this is happening cause Nvidia is working hard on WHQL drivers (they just released one again...) which is vital for SLI.

Selling the GTX 980 and picking up one of these soon...with 6GB VRAM I'll feel much more comfortable doing SLI.

@Coseniath said:

Oh God! These GPUs have potential...

ZOTAC Gives the GeForce GTX 980 Ti a Massive 25% Factory Overclock

Is this even legit? :P

I want that card with a waterblock on it.

I have 970 SLI with the gimped 3.5 GB VRAM and have yet to run into a problem in 1440p SLI. So, your 4GB 980 will be fine.

Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90505-10P)

OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Kraken Extreme VGA Cooling Upgrade Bundle - Advanced - Black Shroud

Or you can go to EKWB and buy a custom water cooling solution, with EK-FC Titan X - Acetal+Nickel and EK-FC Titan X Backplate - Black etc etc...

:D

@Coseniath said:

@horgen said:

I want that card with a waterblock on it.

Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90505-10P)

OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Kraken Extreme VGA Cooling Upgrade Bundle - Advanced - Black Shroud

Or you can go to EKWB and buy a custom water cooling solution, with EK-FC Titan X - Acetal+Nickel and EK-FC Titan X Backplate - Black etc etc...

:D

I got a custom loop already... I only need a block for it.

Oh. Then its easier!

You just need a EK-FC Titan X - Acetal+Nickel and EK-FC Titan X Backplate - Black (maybe 2 EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Elox Black too)!

And ofc Zotac's beast...

Yeah.. But as I said, I will wait for 14 orr 16nm GPU to arrive with Pascal... This card is very tempting though.

Thats what I am trying to do. Haha...

ps: If I had your GPU I would wait for Pascal 100%. I could even wait with GTX570 if it was still alive...

No way Jose', I'm already cutting it dangerously close to my VRAM limits at 1440P in games like GTA V and Shadow of Mordor, I'd very much like room to breathe so I don't feel obligated to buy new cards the second some new good looking games start rolling in.

@KHAndAnime: I am tempted to upgrade to 980 Ti SLI just because of the performance difference between a 970 and 980 Ti (40-50%). I would like to be gaming as close to 144 fps as possible in 1440p Ultra with all games. I am probably going to hold out until pascal though. Plus G-sync helps with the lower frame-rates. I never dip below 60 in any game though. If that was happening, I would be upgrading right away. I am such a graphics and frame-rate whore. lol

Even the performance difference between a 125% clocked GTX 980 Ti and my GTX 980 is very enticing (17.4k in Firestrike vs my 11.5k). Having two would be pretty damn future proof. After getting my new monitor, I definitely want as close to 144 FPS as possible too (with ultra settings :p).

Why would any body in their rite mind be buying these? DX12 is literally months away, and the next generation not iteration of cards is about to drop by the end of the year for at least amd and at the latest spring for nvidia. Expensive fucking card to be buying, when such a large leap in performance and efficiency is literally months away.

I haven't upgraded my GPUs (Trifire 7970) since 2012. Enough reason. Going to Tri-SLI 980 Tis. (2 of them come in tomorrow).

And I still think Pascal and "GCN 2.0" are at least a year away, if not more. I foresee a HBM2 yield problem.

A lot of people don't want AMD (like me). These cards run DX12. New generation of NVIDIA cards won't be out for a long while, and for all we know at this moment their performance increase will be similar to what we got with the 9 series (which was very decent).

And 1440P 144 FPS breh. Why wouldn't you want that?