Worth getting a 980 ti?

[MidgetBoxing]

Hey yo members of the ltt forums.

 

I currently have a Gigabyte R9 280x, and frankly it's a piece of shit. Its Rev 1.0, the cooler looks like piss, the thing comes factory overclocked with an unstable overclocked lmao (constant artifacting, display driver restarts etc...) and I had to bump down the core clock by 100 mhz from the FACTORY overclock to have the thing run stable. I play a lot of World of Warcraft and Battlefield 4, pretty much the only Pc games I do play, and in WoW im getting like 40 fps on high which is disgusting, and I can pull off bf4 on high-ultra at like 60 fps barely.

 

Recently, I've finished school and I've had a job for the last 4 weeks to keep me occupied over the summer holidays (Live in Australia) and earn a bit of money for a new computer. I have about a $3000 AUD Budget, although I'd like to spend as little of that as possible. I'm going into software engineering next year at university, and over my Year 12 software design and development course, I have benefited greatly from having multiple monitors. So I was thinking of getting a 980 ti as part of a new pc build, and picking up three monitors, mainly for productivity purposes but would like to try my hand at Nvidia Surround. 

 

I was wondering, is it worth dropping the $1000+ on a 980 Ti now, with the idea of picking up a second one later on down the line when they drop in price similar to how the 780 Ti has, or would I be better of waiting for the next generation of Nvidia cards? Not interested in going AMD for this build, had too rough of an experience with my 280x. 

 

Will a 980 Ti be able to last me into 1440p or even 4k into the future, for 4k would probs pick up a second 980 Ti, or is the current generation of cards just not up to the task, and im better off getting something like a 970 and waiting till the next generation?

 

TLDR; Should I get a 980 Ti now, or wait? Will getting a second 980 Ti down the line be a good option to play games at 4k?

[Sam Z Man]

RMA your current card if it artifacts on stock speeds, you might get a new one or a upgrade.

[connorpiper]

The 980 is a good 1440p card for today. So if you want to stick with 1440p into the future, the 980ti will do that really well.

4K will also be very good on it, but upgrades will be required much sooner at 4K. (2x SLI)

[MidgetBoxing]

RMA your current card if it artifacts on stock speeds, you might get a new one or a upgrade.

 

I would of RMA'd it, however, its been about 2 years since I've got it and only really recently did I even realize it was the factory overclock being too high, I just thought it was battlefield 4 being battlefield 4, with all the complaints everyone has with the game, and when I went into the place I got it (MSY Technology) they said it was out of warranty and it would cost me money to get them to ship it to gigabyte to get them to have a look at it, and I'm not prepared to spend any money on it frankly.

 

I built it end of 2013, not doing much research, and I haven't really started hitting the hard core gaming until recently, as I've now found myself with a hell of a lot more free time, so basically the issue has only now become a real problem

[Sam Z Man]

I would of RMA'd it, however, its been about 2 years since I've got it and only really recently did I even realize it was the factory overclock being too high, I just thought it was battlefield 4 being battlefield 4, with all the complaints everyone has with the game, and when I went into the place I got it (MSY Technology) they said it was out of warranty and it would cost me money to get them to ship it to gigabyte to get them to have a look at it, and I'm not prepared to spend any money on it frankly.

 

Now was that the retailers warranty or manufacture warranty, its often much easier to contact the OEM directly.

[Lethal Seraph]

You could get a decent build for $1500 with a 980ti.

[MidgetBoxing]

Now was that the retailers warranty or manufacture warranty, its often much easier to contact the OEM directly.

 

I'm assuming it would of been the retailer's warranty, but I don't have much experience dealing with a manufacturer directly, and what I've heard from friends, it seems to be a much larger hassle to do so as typically Australian retail warranties are quite robust and there aren't many channels for dealing with an OEM directly. I will have a look into it though, thanks for the suggestion.

[pcman365]

You could get a decent build for $1500 with a 980ti.

i live in Melbourne Australia the cheapest 980 ti is like 1000

[MidgetBoxing]

You could get a decent build for $1500 with a 980ti.

 

In Australia, a 980 TI Gigabyte G1 Gaming (which is basically the cheapest 980 Ti avaliable in Australia) is $1067. That would only leave $433 which can't even get you a 6700k ($517)

[connorpiper]

In Australia, a 980 TI Gigabyte G1 Gaming (which is basically the cheapest 980 Ti avaliable in Australia) is $1067. That would only leave $433 which can't even get you a 6700k ($517)

 

6700K is very overpriced right now because of 14nm hype. You can get a 5820K for cheaper in the US.

[MidgetBoxing]

6700K is very overpriced right now because of 14nm hype. You can get a 5820K for cheaper in the US.

 

5820k costs $579 in Australia, $60+ more expensive,

 

Not to mention the cheapest motherboards are like $400+

 

Starting to look a lot like that '$1500 980 Ti System' wouldn't really work

[Notree]

So you had a defective 280x and you blame AMD.. Gotcha.. 980ti is definitely worth the money .

[MidgetBoxing]

So you had a defective 280x and you blame AMD.. Gotcha.. 980ti is definitely worth the money .

 

A lot of people had similar issues of r9 280x's coming out of the factory locked at too low voltages with too high core clocks. Sure AMD isn't directly responsible, but I think they are at least partially responsible for not ensuring their board partners are actually making quality products utilizing their technology and branding

[MMKing]

I would just live with the 280x until Nvidias next product line comes around.

[Notree]

A lot of people had similar issues of r9 280x's coming out of the factory locked at too low voltages with too high core clocks. Sure AMD isn't directly responsible, but I think they are at least partially responsible for not ensuring their board partners are actually making quality products utilizing their technology and branding

And you think nvidia haven't had the same issues? It's the board partners fault.But it's your opinion.

[Praesi]

If you want the best single GPU Card, yes its worth it.

[Lethal Seraph]

In Australia, a 980 TI Gigabyte G1 Gaming (which is basically the cheapest 980 Ti avaliable in Australia) is $1067. That would only leave $433 which can't even get you a 6700k ($517)

We'll shit. I feel bad for ya. Wtf is wrong with those prices.