My 480 is better than a 980 CORRECTED

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

So i made a post about my 480 being better than a 980 a while back with a firestrike score of 15200 or something. Now that ive overclocked my memory to 8860, ive gotten a new score, which wipes the floor with most 980s. 
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12492767. The graphics score is 16408. 
While it may not be better than all 980s, its sure as hell up there.

And yes, i know that the 980 will still outperform my 480 in many games, but this overclock should let my 480 beat out the 980 in quite a few more games. 

[rn8686]

Are you comparing it to an OC'ed 980, not just stock? 

 

*Laughs in 1070 OC'ed to 1080 FE*

[aisle9]

Cool story bro

[stealth80]

well it should be better, the 980 is a couple of years old now 

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

5 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

Are you comparing it to an OC'ed 980, not just stock? 

 

*Laughs in 1070 OC'ed to 1080 FE*

stock 980 is 13970, and taking a quick google search for the firestrike scores i can see most of the overclocked ones score around 15500

[Mooshi]

A 980 can also handle certain lighting effects without artifacting so... artificial numbers in a bench don't mean anything lmao

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Just now, Mooshi said:

A 980 can also handle certain lighting effects without artifacting so... artificial numbers in a bench don't mean anything lmao

i havent noticed any artifacting in any games i play. like literally nothing. where are you getting this info from?

[RadiatingLight]

6 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

*Laughs in 1070 OC'ed to 1080 FE*

What OC you got on that?

My 1070 Strix seems to be pretty meh. never more than 2050Mhz.

 

[rn8686]

2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

What OC you got on that?

My 1070 Strix seems to be pretty meh. never more than 2050Mhz.

 

Hits 2114 Mhz, Zotac AMP Extreme.

[The Sloth]

not a fair comparison, rx480 has much better driver support, in raw performance, they are both similar( rx480 might have an advantage in some area). 

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

not a fair comparison, rx480 has much better driver support, in raw performance, they are both similar( rx480 might have an advantage in some area). 

well, the 980 will still probably beat it in a few games. and im posting this more to give the finger to the nvidia fanboys who laughed at amd when the 480 wasnt as powerful as the 980. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, Nickathom said:

well, the 980 will still probably beat it in a few games. and im posting this more to give the finger to the nvidia fanboys who laughed at amd when the 480 wasnt as powerful as the 980. 

you understand you should be happy right? a midrange GPU that can beat a top of the line GPU from a few years ago, competition is good, just be happy instead of rubbing it in, lower price benefits us all. 

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

you understand you should be happy right? a midrange GPU that can beat a top of the line GPU from a few years ago, competition is good, just be happy instead of rubbing it in, lower price benefits us all. 

haha, yeah, i guess. it just makes me salty when people say that the 980 is better, i want to correct them

[The Sloth]

8 minutes ago, Nickathom said:

haha, yeah, i guess. it just makes me salty when people say that the 980 is better, i want to correct them

you can pick up a 980 in some area for around 100$( reasonable price) 

[Hunter259]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

you can pick up a 980 in some area for around 100$( reasonable price) 

A 980 is like 180-220. 100 is a lucky craigslist price and should be ignored.