GTX 980 Ti - time to upgrade?

[PeKa]

So I have a EVGA GTX 980 Ti (FTW Edition), and I sadly get pretty low FPS (30-60 but with a lot of FPS drops) in games like BFV, Hitman 2, Fallout 4 and PUBG. I have two 1440p monitors (one 144hz & one 60hz).

I'm pretty sure the GPU is at fault since it shows at around 95% in the Task Manager view whenever I play.

 

Is it possible that the GPU just can't handle dual 1440p (even though the second monitor is usually just Chrome or Teamspeak) seeing as its a few years old?

 

And follow-up if I really need to upgrade: Is it at all wise to go for SLI 980 Tis? Or would it be better to just get a 1080 Ti? Or a 2080?

[TH3R34P3R]

avoid SLI if you can. not worth it. not scalable until you see the RTX series and the NVlink.  

 

if you wanna go for a used 1080ti, go ahead. 

 

id suggest a new RTX 2080. 

[TH3R34P3R]

2 minutes ago, PeKa said:

So I have a EVGA GTX 980 Ti (FTW Edition), and I sadly get pretty low FPS (30-60 but with a lot of FPS drops) in games like BFV, Hitman 2, Fallout 4 and PUBG. I have two 1440p monitors (one 144hz & one 60hz).

I'm pretty sure the GPU is at fault since it shows at around 95% in the Task Manager view whenever I play.

 

Is it possible that the GPU just can't handle dual 1440p (even though the second monitor is usually just Chrome or Teamspeak) seeing as its a few years old?

 

And follow-up if I really need to upgrade: Is it at all wise to go for SLI 980 Tis? Or would it be better to just get a 1080 Ti? Or a 2080?

however, what CPU do you have? because that could be a small factor in the whole thing. 

[mxk]

Yeah what CPU do you have? That's pretty important to know

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, PeKa said:

So I have a EVGA GTX 980 Ti (FTW Edition), and I sadly get pretty low FPS (30-60 but with a lot of FPS drops) in games like BFV, Hitman 2, Fallout 4 and PUBG. I have two 1440p monitors (one 144hz & one 60hz).

I'm pretty sure the GPU is at fault since it shows at around 95% in the Task Manager view whenever I play.

 

Is it possible that the GPU just can't handle dual 1440p (even though the second monitor is usually just Chrome or Teamspeak) seeing as its a few years old?

 

And follow-up if I really need to upgrade: Is it at all wise to go for SLI 980 Tis? Or would it be better to just get a 1080 Ti? Or a 2080?

get a 2080/1080 ti and be done

 

a 980 sli setup performs like a single 1070 ti (from my own numbers), I even outperform it with mine, so a 980 ti sli isn't going to be that much better.

 

btw, teamspeak or even watching videos isn't heavy for a gpu of that power, even at dual 1440p

[Justinzonfire]

2 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

however, what CPU do you have? because that could be a small factor in the whole thing. 

When I see a 980Ti getting 30FPS I assume a different culprit. CPU more than likely. 

[Earnist_]

6 minutes ago, PeKa said:

So I have a EVGA GTX 980 Ti (FTW Edition), and I sadly get pretty low FPS (30-60 but with a lot of FPS drops) in games like BFV, Hitman 2, Fallout 4 and PUBG. I have two 1440p monitors (one 144hz & one 60hz).

I'm pretty sure the GPU is at fault since it shows at around 95% in the Task Manager view whenever I play.

 

Is it possible that the GPU just can't handle dual 1440p (even though the second monitor is usually just Chrome or Teamspeak) seeing as its a few years old?

 

And follow-up if I really need to upgrade: Is it at all wise to go for SLI 980 Tis? Or would it be better to just get a 1080 Ti? Or a 2080?

lower settings or play at 1080p so your fps is better

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Justinzonfire said:

When I see a 980Ti getting 30FPS I assume a different culprit. CPU more than likely. 

Well, he's playing at higher resolution and when you start to get into higher resolutions, the GPU is the factor. Say I had an r5 2600 and a 2080Ti. That's a bottleneck right there at 1080p, but once I start to go up the list with display res, the bottleneck will reduce because more stress is being put on the GPU

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, Justinzonfire said:

When I see a 980Ti getting 30FPS I assume a different culprit. CPU more than likely. 

bf5 can be pretty heavy on 1080 already, but it should be loaded quite a bit on 1440p, it might just be too high expectations of that 980 ti (it's about 1070)

[TH3R34P3R]

Just now, mxk. said:

Well, he's playing at higher resolution and when you start to get into higher resolutions, the GPU is the factor. Say I had an r5 2600 and a 2080Ti. That's a bottleneck right there at 1080p, but once I start to go up the list with display res, the bottleneck will reduce because more stress is being put on the GPU

haha even a 9700k and 2080ti is bottleneck at 1080p (i know... i am victim to this) 

 

but as you said, its likely a GPU stress issue. you think if the OP tried to turn down to 1080p and see if it improved FPS there (allowing us to see how big of bottleneck might be from cpu) if that could help?

[mxk]

2 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

haha even a 9700k and 2080ti is bottleneck at 1080p (i know... i am victim to this) 

 

but as you said, its likely a GPU stress issue. you think if the OP tried to turn down to 1080p and see if it improved FPS there (allowing us to see how big of bottleneck might be from cpu) if that could help?

ehhh I mean I guess. The 990 Ti is a great card, but it's probably time to upgrade tbh. If OP has the money and time for it, he(she?) should go for it.

 

Having to turn down to 1080p on a 1440p monitor kills the experience, and it also feels like you're looking at 720p on a 1080p monitor.

[i_build_nanosuits]

op double check your resolution scaling in the option menu make sure it's set to 100% and not more...no way a 980ti drops to 30 fps in bf5

 

Also, please answer what CPU do you use?

[Jay Deah]

980ti + 30fps in Pubg does not sound right. something's broken

[Burnedice25]

I agree with almost everyone. There's no way a 980 Ti should go that low. What are your other components, RAM issue maybe? Low RAM can cause lots of FPS drops

 

[Constantin]

2080 would be the best choice atm, i regret i didn't get it and got the 2070

[i_build_nanosuits]

Also disable vsync to troubleshoot

[Justinzonfire]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

Well, he's playing at higher resolution and when you start to get into higher resolutions, the GPU is the factor. Say I had an r5 2600 and a 2080Ti. That's a bottleneck right there at 1080p, but once I start to go up the list with display res, the bottleneck will reduce because more stress is being put on the GPU

Gotcha! Yeah completely right, I just didn't think he was playing at 1140 in settings of the games. Maybe 1080p?

[Burnedice25]

I have a 1050Ti and I get better FPS than that. has it always been like that?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Burnedice25 said:

I agree with almost everyone. There's no way a 980 Ti should go that low. What are your other components, RAM issue maybe? Low RAM can cause lots of FPS drops

 

you might just be right... 3dmark and userbenchmark then?

[Ebony Falcon]

Something else is at fault there bro 980ti is still pulling 70 fps in most games at 1440p apart from ac odesy 

 

sli is great i had 2 980tis in sli for 3 years and side graded to 2080 

same performance in games that support sli but stuff like ac that don’t support sli the new card is obv better

 

i would recommenced sli or a 2080 

 

but dropping to 30 fps in battlefield v is cpu problem bro now gpu 

I tested 1 980ti at 1440p and I was getting 70 fps max settings and well over 120 with adjusted settings 

what cpu do u have 

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Burnedice25 said:

I have a 1050Ti and I get better FPS than that. has it always been like that?

are you playing at 1440p? lol

[Burnedice25]

1 minute ago, Justinzonfire said:

Gotcha! Yeah completely right, I just didn't think he was playing at 1140 in settings of the games. Maybe 1080p?

That's not how computers or bottlenecks work. The workload percentages don't change the higher the resolution, but the workload its self does. 

 

Make sense? i can explain it better if you want

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Burnedice25 said:

That's not how computers or bottlenecks work. The workload percentages don't change the higher the resolution, but the workload its self does. 

 

Make sense? i can explain it better if you want

the lower the res, the more cpu needed... but I'm kinda thinking of a gpu trottle here...

[Burnedice25]

2 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Something else is at fault there bro 980ti is still pulling 70 fps in most games at 1440p apart from ac odesy 

 

sli is great i had 2 980tis in sli for 3 years and side graded to 2080 

same performance in games that support sli but stuff like ac that don’t support sli the new card is obv better

 

i would recommenced sli or a 2080 

 

but dropping to 30 fps in battlefield v is cpu problem bro now gpu 

I tested 1 980ti at 1440p and I was getting 70 fps max settings and well over 120 with adjusted settings 

what cpu do u have 

If he goes SLI with his 980Ti then that might reduce cost as he is still keeping and using his old card. I dont know what 980 Tis go for second hand but i think it might be a bit cheaper than a brand new 2080

[TH3R34P3R]

so, i dove into this guys old posts, it would appear he has either a i5-6600k or an i7-6700k (im almost certain he has the first one). 

 

if he has the first one, thats the problem. simple as that id say?

 

also... why are his only 2 followers Linustech and Jayztwocents?