Differnce 970 and 980?

[William12h]

So what is the difference? and performance difference?

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-980-vs-GeForce-GTX-970    <<<not much info here

[79wjd]

So what is the difference? and performance difference?

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-980-vs-GeForce-GTX-970    <<<not much info here

The 980 is about 20% faster.

 

980 is a bit faster than the 780Ti and the 970 is around the 780. 

[Muffinmaddness]

have you seen the benchmarks??

[Shaqo_Wyn]

So what is the difference? and performance difference?

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-980-vs-GeForce-GTX-970    <<<not much info here

 

GPU Boss is unreliable AF. The GTX 980 has moar power. Just hop on the Nvidia website and compare the specs for the juicy details.

[M-ursu]

Only difference is that 980 have 2048 cores and 970 have 1664

[ShadowCaptain]

The 980 is a lot more powerful (do not use GPU Boss)

 

Somewhere between 20-30% more FPS in games, check out the reviews and benchmarks

[Archangel1994]

970 is a partially enabled GM204, 980 is a fully enabled GM204. That's the bottom line. The 980 performs about 20% better in games, give or a take a few more percent (2-8)

[mvitkun]

The 980 is a lot more powerful (do not use GPU Boss)

 

Somewhere between 20-30% more FPS in games, check out the reviews and benchmarks

It's usually 10-20%

Theif

GTX 970:44FPS

GTX 980:52FPS

Difference:16%

Tomb Raider

GTX 970:83FPS

GTX 980:100FPS

Difference:17%

 

Battlefield 4

GTX 970:62FPS

GTX 980:72FPS

Difference:14%

 

Metro Last Light

GTX 970:48FPS

GTX 980:58FPS

Difference:18%

 

Crysis 3

GTX 970:40FPS

GTX 980:48FPS

Difference:17%

[ShadowCaptain]

It's usually 10-20%

 

Still totally worth it for 20% performance improvements

[mvitkun]

Still totally worth it for 20% performance improvements

Depends on the pricing, some regions have the GTX 980 costing $300 more than the GTX 970, in which case it isn't all that worth it unless money is no object.

I'd say if you can find some of the deals I've seen where it goes for $500, only $170 - $180 more than the GTX 970, then it's truly worth it otherwise you're buying it because you want/need it and that's that.

[s3ns3]

don`t use gpu/cpu boss and those sort of 'benchmarks'

[Briggsy]

be wary of a lot of derp-tastic benchmarks (passmark charts for example), and also any tests where the drivers have been heavily "optimized" for a cards launch. in theory a 980 should be about 20% faster than a 970, but the Cuda Core count is only a part of the equation.

 

This is speculation on my part, but I would guess that the load on the memory controller should be lower on the 970, allowing for slightly better memory performance under heavy load, bringing the difference between the 970 and 980 closer together under heavy load.