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980 classified vs 980 ti for 1440p

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Prices on 980s have dropped some and I can get a classified for 530, 120 less than a 980 ti or radeon fury x.

Is the 980 ti worth the extra 120 when I can oc the classy to at least 1500mhz on the core and maybe over 1600.

Also, is sag an issue with the classified? It's a monstrously big card.

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It's up to you. Gotta put into fact that you can overclock a 980Ti also. Look up benchmarks of overclocks 980s and 980tis and come back

 

 

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Classified is a genuine EVGA marketing rip off for the price they ask for them and yes, they sag, such as it is with larger GPUS in verticle cases *cube cases FTW*  Get a 980ti but good luck finding one in stock

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The 980ti when you look at its performance gains over the 980 you get what pay for (increase in performance justifies or equals the extras cost). It is just whether your not you can afford the extra cost. And if you are looking to buy a 980 and especially a 980 classy then I'm sure you spare the money. 

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Classified is a genuine EVGA marketing rip off for the price they ask for them and yes, they sag, such as it is with larger GPUS in verticle cases *cube cases FTW*  Get a 980ti but good luck finding one in stock

? They're binned. You pay more for the binned chips. It's not like they have their nefarious marketing plan where your GPU is actually snake oil. There's no hiding it's a premium card and it comes with a premium cost. 

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It's up to you. Gotta put into fact that you can overclock a 980Ti also. Look up benchmarks of overclocks 980s and 980tis and come back

Yeah but a reference 980ti prolly won't oc much, which means I'd have to pay more for a non reference, so the price difference increases.

I'd be using a 60 hz monitor so I'm wondering if the classy is enough.

If it can get stay at 60 fps in bf4 on ultra with 4x msaa I'm happy.

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Yeah but a reference 980ti prolly won't oc much, which means I'd have to pay more for a non reference, so the price difference increases.

I'd be using a 60 hz monitor so I'm wondering if the classy is enough.

If it can get stay at 60 fps in bf4 on ultra with 4x msaa I'm happy.

A blower style card and overclock nicely. I'm pretty sure a GTX 980to with the EVGA acx2.0 Is the same price as a reference cooler.

Just looked it up yeah $650 for EVGA acx2.0

 

 

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A blower style card and overclock nicely. I'm pretty sure a GTX 980to with the EVGA acx2.0 Is the same price as a reference cooler.

Just looked it up yeah $650 for EVGA acx2.0

 

I have a 980 and once OC'd it starts hitting the temp limit (84C)

 

I feel a bigger, badder, 980 ti or Titan X would be limited more so. 

 

I'd go with either a G1 gaming 980 ti or EVGA hybrid. 

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Yeah but a reference 980ti prolly won't oc much, which means I'd have to pay more for a non reference, so the price difference increases.

I'd be using a 60 hz monitor so I'm wondering if the classy is enough.

If it can get stay at 60 fps in bf4 on ultra with 4x msaa I'm happy.

if you wanna OC G1 Gaming's the best 980TI so far. 

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I'm not really someone who likes to OC just for the fun of it. I'd just do it for the extra performance. I see the 980 as a borderline GPU at 1440p, but the classy is an overclocking beast so I would assume I could get a serious overclock on it even on air. How much increased performance that results in is a little more questionable. Some say OCing doesn't net much. In benchmarks I know the highest factory overclocked cards usually only beat a reference by a few FPS, but ive seen it claimed the performance gains increase exponentially the higher you go.

 

It doesn't have to match a 980 ti, I know it never would, but if it gets a little over halfway to the performance between a stock 980 and stock 980 ti id be happy with that. Then id be looking to pay an extra 120 plus for maybe 5-10 FPS, and that's not worth it to me.

 

If Im unhappy with the performance I guess I could always use EVGAs step up, although id be stuck with a vanilla 980 as they only allow you to step up to a non OC'd ACX model that was probably binned and found lacking for OCing(im guessing).

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I'm not really someone who likes to OC just for the fun of it. I'd just do it for the extra performance. I see the 980 as a borderline GPU at 1440p, but the classy is an overclocking beast so I would assume I could get a serious overclock on it even on air. How much increased performance that results in is a little more questionable. Some say OCing doesn't net much. In benchmarks I know the highest factory overclocked cards usually only beat a reference by a few FPS, but ive seen it claimed the performance gains increase exponentially the higher you go.

 

It doesn't have to match a 980 ti, I know it never would, but if it gets a little over halfway to the performance between a stock 980 and stock 980 ti id be happy with that. Then id be looking to pay an extra 120 plus for maybe 5-10 FPS, and that's not worth it to me.

 

If Im unhappy with the performance I guess I could always use EVGAs step up, although id be stuck with a vanilla 980 as they only allow you to step up to a non OC'd ACX model that was probably binned and found lacking for OCing(im guessing).

OC'ing helps a lot on the Maxwell architecture. 

 

My 980 OC"d at 1500/8000 gives about the same performance as a base 980 Ti. If your 980 Ti isn't a complete dud and overclocks to 1400+ Mhz core expect about a 20% improvement over stock. You could get a 980 Classified but there is no guarantee it can overclock to 1500+;  So it doesn't make any sense IMO when you already know you'll get the same performance on a 980 Ti at base frequency. 

 

As for performance, I'm okay with the 980 OC'd performance. I can hit 50+ FPS on Witcher 3 with Hairworks (4x) and a few key settings on high as well as some post processing disable. With a 980 Ti I'd be able to play it on full ultra. If I was buying a brand new card right now I'd go with a 980 Ti, however I'm personally just going to wait until Pascal. I would agree that the 980 is borderline 1440p GPU for modern AAA games at least; with older games there is no problem. 

 

Lastly is $120 worth 20% performance increase? I would say yes. 

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Get a 980 Ti. 980 and Titan X were effectively killed off by Nvidia with the Ti. If you're considering paying $500+ for a 980, just spend $150 more for a helluva lot more experience. It will especially help a LOT more at 1440.

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I have 980 SLI and play at 1440P and 144hz. There are several games that cannot maintain high frame rates even with my setup and 'mostly' maxed settings. I don't use AA usually, and I also turn off depth of field and motion blur because I don't like them. And that's with 980s in SLI. For that tiny amount of extra, it'd be absolutely batty to not go for the 980 ti.

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if they are available get an EVGA 980 Hybrid. or if you have the extra cash get a TI 
vanilla 980 will do 1440P but may have to turn down some settings. on some games. I never run AA EVER. so I cld probably get away with vanilla 980. 

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