GTX 980/970 Pricing & Reviews

[Snadzies]

Anyone in this forum said otherwise? Damn that is one dumb person.

 

Just like the guys saying these cards weren't gonna be release this year... I wonder what are they thinking now.

 

Not one of those guys but I'd almost guarantee talks and emails discussing it went around internally at Nvidia.

[ACatWithThumbs]

Holy only 65c on the GTX970
That thing will be an overclocking beast.

[dizmo]

Hmmm. Rather impressive.

Can't wait to see what AMD counters with.

 

I'm actually surprised that a 350$ dollar card is going against a 700 dollar card? Why does the 290x cost so much? Well, when does these babies come out? Hopefully around income tax time!

The 290x is AMD's flagship...so it competes with the Nvidia flagship. If you're comparing numbers in these charts, well, it's a little unfair to compare last gen AMD with a brand new Nvidia release.

 

I am very dissapointed, Yes at FullHD the improvement is great. At higher resolution ( Not 4K) Its really not that faster.

 

Totally agree. You'd think they'd have found a way to improve higher res performance as I think that's what most enthusiasts really want.

 

Oh believe me you will have a big headroom for overcklocking on 980 due to smaller wattage etc.
Look at the card itself - it only requires two 6-pin connectors, that's some low wattage right there.

While the wattage may be low, I see the temps remain pretty high. Only a few degrees cooler than last gen.
I imagine this will have some effect on the amount of overclocking that can be done, no?

[SSOB]

Hmmm. Rather impressive.

Can't wait to see what AMD counters with.

 

The 290x is AMD's flagship...so it competes with the Nvidia flagship. If you're comparing numbers in these charts, well, it's a little unfair to compare last gen AMD with a brand new Nvidia release.

 

Totally agree. You'd think they'd have found a way to improve higher res performance as I think that's what most enthusiasts really want.

 

While the wattage may be low, I see the temps remain pretty high. Only a few degrees cooler than last gen.

I imagine this will have some effect on the amount of overclocking that can be done, no?

I think they have named it 9XX to end the triple digit GTX series ( aka old era 1080P gaming. ) and with the next launch they will introduce ''next-gen'' pc gaming (aka 4/5K ready.) I just hope they don't fuck up the naming like AMD did.

[Accursed Entity]

Not one of those guys but I'd almost guarantee talks and emails discussing it went around internally at Nvidia.

 

Rumors, people take rumors too seriously, I can guarantee you the same will happen with the next series.

[Exotath]

Pretty sure that at stock clocks a gtx 780 Ti does not score that low in fire strike extreme.

[Wano97]

To make it look like the 980 is that much better than a 780 Ti.

No, they just took the stock clocks of both cards.

[ACatWithThumbs]

Totally agree. You'd think they'd have found a way to improve higher res performance as I think that's what most enthusiasts really want.

Nvidia did it on purpose otherwise they would've used the same 384bit/7Ghz bus as on the 780Ti.

 

[Khvarrioiren]

Kinda weird how the 3DMark 11X results don't add up to the results I've been tracking on Futuremark all day. The lowest one I found was X6177.

 

Also the clocks on the 980 seem to be ramped up and the 780 Ti for whatever reason is on stock clocks.

 

And the ~4k score for R9 290x is about 4000 points too low for the most common score bracket on 3DM11X.

[Bsmith]

if this is true i didn't jizz my pants for no reason, otherwise i didnt mind.

 

man if these price's and benchmarks are all true, darn...

[Virgule]

You mean it will beat the 680 ?

 

 

WOW!! It actually reaches a performance of 3.5 for 4K + AA.

[Smooth Bunz]

You mean it will beat the 680 ?

 

 

WOW!! It actually reaches a performance of 3.5 for 4K + AA.

look at the benchmark charts 

[Maslofski]

wtf is that 680 doing there and where is the 780?

[Virgule]

look at the benchmark charts 

 

I did.

 

This is not how charts should be drawn. It says nothing about the product.

 

First of all, it compares the 980 to the 680, not the 780.

 

Secondly, the "performance" axis on the chart says absolutely nothing about performance. What does 3.5 means @ 4K + high AA. Also, why does performance scale exponentially the more you demand of the card. NO COMPONENT WORKS THAT WAY. 

 

What it means is videocardz.com have absolutely no information (or maybe just some specs) and try to sugar coat it with nice appealing graphs that showcase nothing useful at all.

 

[Smooth Bunz]

I did.

 

This is not how charts should be drawn. It says nothing about the product.

 

First of all, it compares the 980 to the 680, not the 780.

 

Secondly, the "performance" axis on the chart says absolutely nothing about performance. What does 3.5 means @ 4K + high AA. Also, why does performance scale exponentially the more you demand of the card. NO COMPONENT WORKS THAT WAY. 

 

What it means is videocardz.com have absolutely no information (or maybe just some specs) and try to sugar coat it with nice appealing graphs that showcase nothing useful at all.

 

 

look at gallery 3 

 

[BiG StroOnZ]

Pretty disappointing numbers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean they are running the 780, Original Titan, and 780 Ti @ 863, 837 and 876 core clocks. All three of those cards can hit 1076 or 1127 with ease (what the 970 and 980 are running at). Match the 780, 780 Ti and Titan's clock speeds to the 980 and 970 and then let see what happens. No improvements whatsoever after that is done.

 

Only thing we can hope for is 1400 core clocks on air for the 970 and 980 to make more of a performance gap (maybe binned cards even higher). Cant wait to see overclocked benchmarks by proper reviewers. 

[virtualTune]

dat Gainward Cooler tho

[BiG StroOnZ]

Match the 780 Ti's clock speeds to the 980 and match the 780's clock speeds to the 970 (simple and basic overclocks) then lets see what happens... :rolleyes:  

 

Only hope for the 970 and 980 is 1400MHz core clocks on air. 

[Avcn42]

I'm not very disappointed as most of you guys.

Sure, in the benchmark the 780 Ti clock is lower than common, but if the stock speeds of the 980 are that high, and they overclock as 780's and 780 Ti's, they will be at least 20% better with that tempting power consumption.

And about 4k performance in a single GPU, it's true, you're not going to run 4k with a 980, but we shouldn't expect that any time soon. I guess it would at least 2 more years to be confortably at 4k ultra (and I think I'm being pretty optimistic).

Going to 4k was quite a jump.

Don't forget that if you have the money to SLI these, you can probably play a bunch of games on ultra settings with steady 60+ frames (2x 780 Ti's achieve 45-50 w/ ultra preset on BF4. Don't forget that you'll probably not need 4xMSAA.)

 

I CAN BE WRONG, THOUGH!

 

Oh, and the price makes me feel bad about not waiting, but I'm okay with my card now.

 

edit: It was supposed to be 45-50...sorry

[Toddwjp]

a 13% jump is actually pretty big especially with a lot less cores and alot less power,

 

imagine the 980 ti 

[ViruZ_HUN]

a 13% jump is actually pretty big especially with a lot less cores and alot less power,

 

imagine the 980 ti 

which probably will not exist. If it will exist it better comes before 2015

 

Why do I even care. When I will get my GPU I will be happy with that and screw the new GPUs for at least 2-3 years:D

[Toddwjp]

which probably will not exist. If it will exist it better comes before 2015

 

Why do I even care. When I will get my GPU I will be happy with that and screw the new GPUs for at least 2-3 years:D

 

next year we should get the gtx1080p right??

[aduman]

Why are the temps so high on 980/970? TDP is much lower than 780ti's. I thought the whole point was to provide more OC headroom?

[NateGSR117]

This will be awesome if we take true. I'll probably get a gtx 970 (if I can) and call it a day. But I really want that 980 tho

[KWelz]

To me the biggest thing is the additional Displayports.  this is a really nice feature.  Doesn't look like enough performance over a 780Ti to justify upgrading but a very solid card.   I have seen price rumors from 550 to 899 though so who knows.