Can a 980 do anything a 970 can't?

[ChineseChef]

I am looking at going to a 144hz 2560x1440 G-Sync monitor.  And I currently have a GTX670.  I understand $$ to fps ratios and all that.  I was looking at going with a GTX980 Hybrid from EVGA when they come out.

 

But my question is, would it gain me anything that a 970 wouldn't.  I can't really find a good answer to this, every comparison I found is only about FPS to FPS.  If the price didn't matter, would I still notice a difference?  Does the 980 offer some feature or option or something that the 970 doesn't have?  4k gaming is a non-issue, I would upgrade appropriately when the time came, and have little interest at this time anyways.

 

I don't have an issue waiting for an 8GB card, if that would even make a difference.  But assuming the price didn't matter, and assuming I only ever bought the one card.  Would it make any real noticeable user experience difference to get the 980 over the 970 when gaming and computing at 2560x1440 resolution?

 

 

**Please no fan boy wars about red team vs green team.

[thekeemo]

game at a higher FPS

use 4gb of vram

[1800-GPU-MILK]

It can use its whole 4gb of VRAM

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[AlexWalters08]

game at a higher FPS use 4gb of vram

Use 4GB vram  :lol:

[ChineseChef]

LOL, I don't know what I expected.

[XplosiveNoctua99]

game at a higher FPS use 4gb of vram

4 proper gb

[NumLock21]

Have about $200 less in your wallet.

[wyattzx]

Feature-wise, the two are identical. The 980 is going to give you slightly better performance, and mostly it won't be noticeable at 1440p. The $200 difference isn't worth it. I'd rather wait and see if I can get a second 970 later for Crossfire, if they go on sale in the mid-$200 range. If I were you, at least.

[AlexStriz]

A 980 can give you much larger e-peen status

[VolkA]

I am looking at going to a 144hz 2560x1440 G-Sync monitor.  And I currently have a GTX670.  I understand $$ to fps ratios and all that.  I was looking at going with a GTX980 Hybrid from EVGA when they come out.

 

But my question is, would it gain me anything that a 970 wouldn't.  I can't really find a good answer to this, every comparison I found is only about FPS to FPS.  If the price didn't matter, would I still notice a difference?  Does the 980 offer some feature or option or something that the 970 doesn't have?  4k gaming is a non-issue, I would upgrade appropriately when the time came, and have little interest at this time anyways.

 

I don't have an issue waiting for an 8GB card, if that would even make a difference.  But assuming the price didn't matter, and assuming I only ever bought the one card.  Would it make any real noticeable user experience difference to get the 980 over the 970 when gaming and computing at 2560x1440 resolution?

 

 

**Please no fan boy wars about red team vs green team.

Basically if you are going 1440p @ 144hz = 2 x 970 or 1 x 980. 4K = recommended would be 2 x 980. 

 

If you are planning to 4K in the near future, I would recommend getting the 980 so that when you get the 4K monitor, all you need to do is just getting 1 more 980 to sli and you are ready to go. 

 

Personally I'm using 2 x 290x CF for 4K. Although it's good and awesome so far but the heat generated are ... speechless ... it's like sauna everyday in my room now ... 

[othertomperson]

If money isn't an object, why would you not just get the best card available, or buy the best card you can afford before money becomes an object? There is a marginal performance difference, the 980 will give you a few more FPS, but nothing spectacularly different.

 

 

Basically if you are going 1440p @ 144hz = 2 x 970 or 1 x 980. 4K = recommended would be 2 x 980. 

 

If you are planning to 4K in the near future, I would recommend getting the 980 so that when you get the 4K monitor, all you need to do is just getting 1 more 980 to sli and you are ready to go. 

 

Personally I'm using 2 x 290x CF for 4K. Although it's good and awesome so far but the heat generated are ... speechless ... it's like sauna everyday in my room now ... 

 

The 970 and 980 aren't different enough to compare a single GPU of one to SLI of the other. It's like comparing a 290 with a 290X. For 1440p, get one of either, and for 4K get two of either.

 

The heat is a massive negative against the 290X imo. I've been down this route before of heating my room with obscenely high TDP GPUs. Having to open your window in the middle of Winter because of heat is stupid, and in Summer it was just downright uncomfortable, and that's not even to mention the throttling which did happen at times. Playing at night when other people in the house were sleeping was not fun. Headphones were an absolute necessity because I couldn't hear my speakers over the fans without waking people up, and ultimately I couldn't use the cards to their full potential because the overclocking headroom was pretty non-existent because of the temperatures they reached.

[Lolzious]

High resolutions. I wouldn't use a 970 for anything over 1080p because of the VRAM problem :L

[Col]

Hi , just moved to the MSI 970 card with Asus Mx27AQ Monitor1440p the card seems to smash most games @1440p ultra settings 70-80fps no AA (not needed)

 

I would save a few quid myself and go with 970 , the extra money is wasted in my opinion on 980

[Col]

Lolzious you just got owned , please don't say something that is wrong when it don't help anyone .

[VioDuskar]

A 980 can give you much larger e-peen status

does that mean i have two huge e-peens?

[bossdre]

Besides being able to use a full 4gb gpu memory, GTX 980 would make sense if you OC the shit out of it compared to a GTX 970.

[arnavvr]

does that mean i have two huge e-peens?

 

@JustCallMeVlad has 4 

[CoolaxGaming]

Feature-wise, the two are identical. The 980 is going to give you slightly better performance, and mostly it won't be noticeable at 1440p. The $200 difference isn't worth it. I'd rather wait and see if I can get a second 970 later for Crossfire, if they go on sale in the mid-$200 range. If I were you, at least.

Sli?

[AlexStriz]

does that mean i have two huge e-peens?

Yes, and a Titan X gives you 3. Common knowledge, no? 

[SeanBond]

game at a higher FPS use 4gb of vram

lol....lol and wait for it.....lol. No you are not going to get better fps with more vram. Basically once you can't hit the requirement you run into issues. Having more than what you can use will not make your game run fast at all. At 1440p there is nothing you are going to be playing that a 970 won't have enough vram for anyway. Even at 4k. 

 

But of course you will get better fps because the 980 is faster.

[wyattzx]

Sli?

Shut up. 

 

Yes SLi Crossfire just sounds better to me.)

[thekeemo]

lol....lol and wait for it.....lol. No you are not going to get better fps with more vram. Basically once you can't hit the requirement you run into issues. Having more than what you can use will not make your game run fast at all. At 1440p there is nothing you are going to be playing that a 970 won't have enough vram for anyway. Even at 4k. 

 

But of course you will get better fps because the 980 is faster.

thats what i mean. should have added a period

[SeanBond]

thats what i mean. should have added a period

Well my fault then too, definitely thought you meant it's going to get higher fps because of 4gb. That would just be silly.

[thekeemo]

Well my fault then too, definitely thought you meant it's going to get higher fps because of 4gb. That would just be silly.

*cough* high resolutions *cough* 4k *cough*

[SeanBond]

*cough* high resolutions *cough* 4k *cough*

OP has 144hz 1440p gsync monitor *cough* lol