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No it will not... I have the MSI GTX 1070 gaming x and it plays gta v at very high settings at 45-75 fps and I have an i7 6700k oc'ed to 4.5 GHz.  That is with a 29 inch ultra wide 2560x1080

The 980TI is a great card and it will be a viable choice for a couple of years to come unless you plan on achieving 4K at 60fps with the latest titles or supersampling in Virtual Reality.

They don't "deoptimize"  anything, they just stop making it the main focus of optimization and make their current generation  the main focus. 

thanks for your input. I just pulled the trigger on EVGA FTW 980Ti, was gonna go with Strix for the same price but my build is black/ white/ gun metal build with white LEDs. OC ability is probably down to luck and evga has great customer support.
 
i still think the 1080 is great for 1440p, true it might be able to play at 4k but is no way 'butter smooth' (for AAA titles anyway). For the price of a 980Ti, I am willing to drop settings to high to get 80fps+ on AAA titles anyway, I am a fps junkie.

Never like the VR, I think VR is still new and too far away. look at 4k, it has been around for years now, and is yet to be main stream.

just try to clean up as much as possible, especially those touching the silver silver bling bling connector and those that look like mini water towers on your board.