Graphics Card Comparing and Spec Info Help

[Mr. New To Spec]

Hello y’all!

 

I’m thinking of buying a new graphics card mostly for gaming. 
Right now I’m between gtx 980 ti 6gb vs gtx 1660ti armor oc.

https://versus.com/en/msi-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-armor-oc-vs-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti

 

The thing that confuses me is that 1660 is better in a lot of ways like gpu clock speed, memory speed. But interestingly gtx 980ti has higher pixel rates, more memory bandwidth, 1200 more shading units, more transistors, more mapping units, etc.

The prices are different, but I get them both for the same price (close) so that’s not important.

 

I want to play hard graphic games like forza horizon, so that’s what I’m going towards to.

 

 

So okay, the question I need answered is that 1660 is probably what I’ll get, but does 1280 less shading units and 1400 million less transistors make a considerable difference or no?

 

Thanks!
 

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, Mr. New To Spec said:

So okay, the question I need answered is that 1660 is probably what I’ll get, but does 1280 less shading units and 1400 million less transistors make a considerable difference or no?

If the architectures are different, everything you looked at are meaningless.

 

Just reference to benchmarks, the 980ti is slightly slower, draws twice as much power and doesn't support Freesync. I'd go 1660ti out of the two (though buying anything when it's rumoured that Nvidia will slash prices in around early July in response to Navi is a bad idea)

[iamdarkyoshi]

I'm voting 1660Ti as well. It takes less than half the power, and the 980Ti is starting to have some aging issues with components failing.

 

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[RoryRB]

Yeah the 1660ti is on a different archatexture, newer and will have driver support for longer plus it supports freesync, plus nvidea dont really care about older cards, they will most likely not go any lower price and are more likely to fail over time. Its been rumoured that the 1660ti after the price cut could be picked up for under 200 !!!

[Mr. New To Spec]

Thank y’all for the answers! I’ll be going for 1660ti then.