Still worth buying a GTX 980?

[Nena Trinity]

You're right on the 390 and 980ti, the Fury is a joke.

I consider Fury X pointless but Fury is fine!

[Big-G]

Nothing wrong with the 980... I've taken one as a tie-me-over until the big Pascal units come around...

[App4that]

I have a 5820k OC'd to 4.4Ghz. It doesn''t even matter cuz Novigrad is the only CPU intensive area in that game and my dips were in the open world areas.

That's odd. Other than the AIO mines reference. RAM speed maybe? I'm at 2200mhz

[App4that]

I consider Fury X pointless but Fury is fine!

I'll give you fine, if it had more VRAM I'd completely agree with you.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Yeah. Wasn't really talking about witcher 3 which is one of the best optimized games for PC. Glad it runs like a dream on your PC Mainly games like Crysis 3 and GTA 5 which are really hard to run maxed. But the main thing I don't like about powerful hardware is that it gives developers an excuse to be lazy and not optimize them as well. Although we do enjoy higher framerates/resolution, games should also be looking a lot better than they do on console with PC. 

 

Yeah, Witcher 3 stays at a locked 99% gpu usage for me on my 1231v3 + 970 setup on a mix of high and very high 1080p or any setting higher than that as long as I have vsync off. Even in Novigrad and that swamp the Crones live in.

[Nena Trinity]

I'll give you fine, if it had more VRAM I'd completely agree with you.

Most people say 1440p and stuff 4GB is fine!

[afyeung]

I'll give you fine, if it had more VRAM I'd completely agree with you.

Fury is a good card. Especially the new Fury Nitro which can actually overclock now. This makes all the difference. 

[App4that]

Most people say 1440p and stuff 4GB is fine!

For a mid/high level card, yeah. But the Fury carries an enthusiast price tag. They should have stuck with DDR5 so as to give it 8g like the 390. The memory is what holds the Fury back.

[App4that]

Fury is a good card. Especially the new Fury Nitro which can actually overclock now. This makes all the difference.

But that price. At 1080p a 390x matches it and a 980 walks all over it. Sure the 980 runs out of breath at higher resolutions but I wouldn't advise a 980 for anything over 1080p for that reason.

[Nena Trinity]

For a mid/high level card, yeah. But the Fury carries an enthusiast price tag. They should have stuck with DDR5 so as to give it 8g like the 390. The memory is what holds the Fury back.

Next year we get 8GB HMB2 sadly not yet...

[Coaxialgamer]

I had to return my GTX 970 as it was faulty and now have no GPU.

 

I am thinking about shelling out for a 980 instead, as I had fallout 4 running at 60-75fps on ultra and feel the next gen of PC games will simply not allow me to crank the graphics with a 970 at 1080p

 

Problem is the 980 is 4GB of RAM as well.

 

I am currently without a GPU and just running off my 4670k integrated graphics but I would like to get back to gaming soon..

 

Any ideas

 

Monitor is 1080p BenQ 144Hz

i would get a fury or fury nano ( and watercool it so it actually reaches max clocks )

[App4that]

i would get a fury or fury nano ( and watercool it so it actually reaches max clocks )

The Fury sucks at 1080p, the 980 beats it at that resolution.

[Coaxialgamer]

The Fury sucks at 1080p, the 980 beats it at that resolution.

[maxrosciano]

In my opinion either get a lower end card or get a fury.

[App4that]

 

[Coaxialgamer]

 

ikr , they are pretty similar . I watched those videos , and they seem pretty equal to me.

[App4that]

ikr , they are pretty similar . I watched those videos , and they seem pretty equal to me.

Exactly, and you can get a 980 cheaper. Plus the 980 comes with better features in my opinion.

 

But I'd go 390x

[Coaxialgamer]

Exactly, and you can get a 980 cheaper. Plus the 980 comes with better features in my opinion.

 

But I'd go 390x

i'm not arguing that . But you said the 980 beats the fury , while they are pretty much equal.

[App4that]

i'm not arguing that . But you said the 980 beats the fury , while they are pretty much equal.

No, the 980 has an edge if you consider all games. Look at Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3.

Also, I'd ether step up to the 980ti or down to the 390x. Both the Fury and the 980 are in an odd segment. In my opinion.

[don_svetlio]

No, the 980 has an edge if you consider all games. Look at Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3.

Also, I'd ether step up to the 980ti or down to the 390x. Both the Fury and the 980 are in an odd segment. In my opinion.

Game-specific arguments are invalid, both sides have games that run better on both. CF, however, does scale quite a bit better so if one was planning on getting a 2nd one then a Fury would indeed offer a tangible performance advantage as Fury CF was reaching 980 TI SLI in 4K with the Fury X being 10% or more ahead at 4K with 2 cards

[App4that]

Game-specific arguments are invalid, both sides have games that run better on both. CF, however, does scale quite a bit better so if one was planning on getting a 2nd one then a Fury would indeed offer a tangible performance advantage as Fury CF was reaching 980 TI SLI in 4K with the Fury X being 10% or more ahead at 4K with 2 cards

That is one thing the Furys do well is crossfire, but that memory issue pops back up again. Not the cards fault, games don't detect the type of memory, just how much.

[don_svetlio]

That is one thing the Furys do well is crossfire, but that memory issue pops back up again. Not the cards fault, games don't detect the type of memory, just how much.

But it does not. HBM allows for insane amounts of data to be swapped out in an instant whereas GDDR5 over a 256-bit bus results in much slower and smaller chunks being quickly interchangeable hence why at 4K you see 0 stutters with a Fury X whereas a 980 sees quite a bit.

[App4that]

But it does not. HBM allows for insane amounts of data to be swapped out in an instant whereas GDDR5 over a 256-bit bus results in much slower and smaller chunks being quickly interchangeable hence why at 4K you see 0 stutters with a Fury X whereas a 980 sees quite a bit.

Tell that to the games that limit textures to cards with over 4g of memory excluding the Fury/x.

[don_svetlio]

Tell that to the games that limit textures to cards with over 4g of memory excluding the Fury/x.

That's the game's fault, not the card. The reason that even exists is cards like the 970 and 980 (which needed 6 and 8 gb respectively) are limited to 3.5 and 4

[App4that]

That's the game's fault, not the card. The reason that even exists is cards like the 970 and 980 (which needed 6 and 8 gb respectively) are limited to 3.5 and 4

I said it's not the cards fault! LOL