780ti or 980?

[GangsterBoy4028]

Hey guys,

 

In a few weeks time, I'm going to be building my very first pc (always had laptops). A couple of months ago I created the parts list after hours of research. I've been satisfied with it until the GTX 980 came out (gpu on parts list is 780ti). So I've been doubting which one to choose since they are both roughly the same price (780ti is 20 bucks more where I live). I have looked at many benchmarks some say 780ti is better some say 980 is better. Why I am doubting: the 780ti has more texture mapping units, more cuda cores, better floating point performance, more CUDA cores, wider memory bus. The 980 has more vram, higher clock speed and some other things. Could you guys give me advice on which card to choose? I'm going to use it purely for gaming.  I'm curious whether the cuda cores make a big difference or not.

 

(sorry for my confusing writing style!)

 

Thanks in advance,

Jesse

[Kherm]

980

[zappian]

980 because more VRAM, and biggest its the fastests card on earth

 

( Single GPU i mean)

[8enjicraf2]

Get the 980

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

 

For rendering 780ti, for gaming the 980 (also has better shadowplay recording options)

[Gr8White_Bear]

it really depends what resolution you plan to be gaming at... i heard the 780ti does better at 1440p than then 980.

[Yummy_Rifle_107]

780ti mate, for the performance theres not much extra for the 980, spend the rest somewhere else.

Hope I helped, 8

Dude, OP said that the 780Ti costs more where he lives.

@ topic I saY get the 980

[GangsterBoy4028]

Thanks for the quick responses guys! I'm going to be playing on 1080p for the moment but I am going to upgarde toa 1440p monitor as soon as I got the money.

[8enjicraf2]

Dude, OP said that the 780Ti costs more where he lives.

@ topic I saY get the 980

oh right, sorry didnt read, its cheaper in the UK

[Gr8White_Bear]

here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1072?vs=1351

[Whorax]

980 hands down.

[Yummy_Rifle_107]

To be fair, to play at 1080 or 1440 a 970 would do the trick as well. And you would save quite the money.

[ablangc]

To be fair, to play at 1080 or 1440 a 970 would do the trick as well. And you would save quite the money.

 

I always say get the best card you can afford because you can always SLI in the future.  I am one for heavy eye candy all at max settings, so I prefer to have the 980 vs the 970.  Yes the 970 can handle those games at that resolution, but when you start taxing the system with MSAA x8 or any type of heavy AA or high res textures, those extra 10-15 fps over the 970 will heavily benefit for how I want the system to run.  It is all subjective because you can easily say "Well don't run MSAAx8 or whatever form of AA/high res textures, then and you will be fine."  What may be fine for you may not be fine for others. 

[ablangc]

To answer the OP.  Get the 980 since it is cheaper for you.  I used to have the 780 Ti and I stepped up to the 980's from EVGA and I figured it would not make much of a difference.  I was wrong.....I noticed games run a lot more smooth.  I guess the extra VRAM helps here.  One major thing I noticed, the 980's run much quieter as I am a big stickler against PC noise.

[GangsterBoy4028]

Thanks to you all for your help this! You people have 100% convinced me to go for the 980. Here's a list of my other parts if you guys are interested: http://imgur.com/A9LsOra

[Midnight]

980 obviously. Why would the top-end of the last generation beat the top-end of the current generation?

[Badger906]

Thanks to you all for your help this! You people have 100% convinced me to go for the 980. Here's a list of my other parts if you guys are interested: http://imgur.com/A9LsOra

as it purely for gaming id ditch the i7 and get an i5, you'll get no benefits of hyper threading in games, id also stick in 8gb instead of 16, you won't need just for gaming for a long while yet, and with the money you've saved on those 2 you could put it towards getting a 1440p or 4k monitor to start with!!

[XxKINGxX40]

980 hands down