980 future performance....

[SlaughterSmurf]

Okay this is just predictions, how do you guys think the 980 will perform when drivers are more optimized? I see everyone is saying that the 970 matches the 780ti right now so I am thinking of using Step-Up to get the 980

[Jobbe03]

The 980 matches the 780ti.

 

Probably quite a bit. 

[Smooth Bunz]

I've oc'd my 980 and it beats every 780 ti except a watercooler 780 ti kingpin  

[lachyman]

Well let me recommend you waiting for the reference 980 to be added to the Step-up inventory, the reference cooler is actually better than ACX 2.0.

[Willson94]

From all the benchmarks I've seen its very much a game by game basis whether or not the 970 matches/beats the 780Ti.  Some games not even the 980 matches/beats it although these were stock benchmarks.
How much would it cost you to step-up?

[SeanBond]

I've oc'd my 980 and it beats every 780 ti except a watercooler 780 ti kingpin

Not really they are a lot closer to that, it falls on overclocking. I don't know if you know this but maxwell comes clocked crazy. Stock cards boost to over 1200 where you have the ti boosting to like 940? 

[YoloSwag]

Driver optimizations do indeed happen.

[ERSCreeper]

Well I have been test 4K via MSR and I must say I am impressed.

Boost 2.0 getting me to 1398Mhz @ 74c

GeForce 344.16 Driver

 

Borderlands 2 Max setting gets around 45Fps

 

 

 

[Smooth Bunz]

Not really they are a lot closer to that, it falls on overclocking. I don't know if you know this but maxwell comes clocked crazy. Stock cards boost to over 1200 where you have the ti boosting to like 940? 

My OC'd 980 beats every 780 ti except a 780 ti kingpin on water. I know they come clocked crazy. Im on a reference 980 im sitting at around 1367 base and 1456 boost and im running at 32-36C idle 

[SlaughterSmurf]

Well let me recommend you waiting for the reference 980 to be added to the Step-up inventory, the reference cooler is actually better than ACX 2.0.

Is it actually? Well either way I only have like 9 days to wait...

[lachyman]

Is it actually? Well either way I only have like 9 days to wait...

Yes, it's not that large of a diffirence, but you would expect a non-reference cooler to be quite a bit less noisy and have a lot better temps than stock, but with the ACX 2.0 your temps still sit around 75-80°C, just like reference, but also it's not quieter at all, according to some reviews it's actually noiser. I wouldn't expect that from a card that is €20 over reference and also doesn't look nearly as good.

[SeanBond]

My OC'd 980 beats every 780 ti except a 780 ti kingpin on water. I know they come clocked crazy. Im on a reference 980 im sitting at around 1367 base and 1456 boost and im running at 32-36C idle 

Yeah, no. Linus' 780ti is neck in neck with the 980 except in bioschock. Their reference 780ti is clocked at 1300mhz and their 980 is clocked at 1500mhz. The kepler cores have a little better performance per clock over maxwell, they are not even. So I am pretty sure even my 780ti at 1240mhz is just a pinch slower or on par than your 980.  Like I said it's all based on overclock. And you can put whatever card you want on water, it won't mean if for sure going to run faster. 

[Smooth Bunz]

Yeah, no. Linus' 780ti is neck in neck with the 980 except in bioschock. Their reference 780ti is clocked at 1300mhz and their 980 is clocked at 1500mhz. The kepler cores have a little better performance per clock over maxwell, they are not even. So I am pretty sure even my 780ti at 1240mhz is just a pinch slower or on par than your 980.  Like I said it's all based on overclock. And you can put whatever card you want on water, it won't mean if for sure going to run faster. 

Im just saying on benchmarks my 980 out performs every 780 ti except for my friends WC'd kingpin 

[SeanBond]

Im just saying on benchmarks my 980 out performs every 780 ti except for my friends WC'd kingpin 

Okay, And all I was saying is if you are looking at review benchmarks then you are not looking at overclocked benchmarks. The real world difference is definitely far from noticeable at this time. Maybe because it's a different architecture we will see driver improvements. Over kepler. 

[Smooth Bunz]

Okay, And all I was saying is if you are looking at review benchmarks then you are not looking at overclocked benchmarks. The real world difference is definitely far from noticeable at this time. Maybe because it's a different architecture we will see driver improvements. Over kepler. 

Gotcha! Yea benchmarks on website arent overclocked only linus does them oc'd and congrats on 600 posts 

[D00M_GaMeR]

Well the future for GTX 980 is not so good, because nvidia will launch soon other GPU`s maxwell base but with high and better performance, like a GTX 980 Ti or something like this... who know.. The best card to have is GTX 970 for now

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'm sure with Maxwell they've thrown a lot of spanners and monkeys at it.

 

They gave us the 750Ti to moisten our shorts with Price>Performance but in all the time since, have been quietly doing good on them.

 

Just stating this to not expect 30% improvements with a simple driver just yet, moreso the 30% will be over the lifetime, and initial driver improvements will be 5-7% each for however long it takes to wring out all the performance.

Not trying to be negative,.. just history paints the picture pretty well.

I'm considering the GTX970 (With further reductions in price or a special deal somewhere) to replace my setup and give this 290 to my Mum /Getting her 4 Xmas or beforehand,..a 2560x1080p for her movies/office docs (she stated she hates duals)

[SeanBond]

Gotcha! Yea benchmarks on website arent overclocked only linus does them oc'd and congrats on 600 posts 

I didn't even notice, 601 posts now but that pales in comparison to a lot of the people on here, 2500+ posts, I have even seen as high at 8000 before, heck the guy above me has almost 3400