Should I buy a 980 ti now or wait for pascal?

[th3kingsofkings]

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to buy the acer predator xb271hu monitor, and i would properly need to upgrade my gpu to make full use of that monitor (currnet GPU is 7970ghz). 

So I need advice on whether or not it would a smart move to buy a 980 ti now or wait for Pascal.

I currently have the budget for both the monitor and gpu, but i just want to make sure that i make smart decision with money i saved up.

I'm really indecisive, and would like some feedback from you guys.

Thanks 

[bomerr]

980 OC'd owner checking in. Would def wait for Pascal. 980 Ti just barely runs AAA titles at 60 FPS 1440P. (e.g. Witcher 3) 

[Minsekt]

either wait for pascal or get a 980ti now and upgrade to 980ti sli once theyre getting cheaper with pascals release.

[Castdeath97]

Since your current GPU is pretty good I see no reason to upgrade now, just wait.

[desertcomputer]

Personally ... if you can't wait go for it. You can always sell your 980ti and get a Pascal. Pascal could be good but an 1080ti is coming out mid next year so if can wait that long. 

[blu4]

2 minutes ago, th3kingsofkings said:

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to buy the acer predator xb271hu monitor, and i would properly need to upgrade my gpu to make full use of that monitor (currnet GPU is 7970ghz). 

So I need advice on whether or not it would a smart move to buy a 980 ti now or wait for Pascal.

I currently have the budget for both the monitor and gpu, but i just want to make sure that i make smart decision with money i saved up.

I'm really indecisive, and would like some feedback from you guys.

Thanks 

If you fully want to utilize this monitor, you either have to get 2x 980ti or 2x pascal- not sure how well pascal with perform or scale with SLI. I have 2x 980ti and the scaling is perfect in some games and meh in others. In Witcher 3 I get 160FPS+ at 1080p with everything absolutely cranked to the max.

[ericlee30]

Just now, bomerr said:

Wait for Pascal 

He will be waiting almost if not tell the end of the year then. I think the proper way to decide is if he already has a good GPU and can push tell the end of the year, then yeah, waiting tell Pascal is worth it but if he desperately needs a GPU right now and cant wait tell the end of the year, then get the 980TI  right now.

The 7970 is still a decent card but does get low FPS is most modern games at high settings.

[blu4]

1 minute ago, ericlee30 said:

He will be waiting almost if not tell the end of the year then. I think the proper way to decide is if he already has a good GPU and can push tell the end of the year, then yeah, waiting tell Pascal is worth it but if he desperately needs a GPU right now and cant wait tell the end of the year, then get the 980TI  right now.

The 7970 is still a decent card but does get low FPS is most modern games at high settings.

And at that point something new will be already in plans, if waiting is necessary, I'd say wait maximum of 1-2 months, not almost a year. Just a waste of time. If Pascal came out in 2 months and you bought 2x 980ti then no, bad idea. Pascal is coming out end of this year. Get 2x 980ti and you'll still be set for a few years. Those beasts are crazy.

[comicsansms]

A HD 7970GHz is more than capable for 1080p gaming ATM, but 1440p @ 144hz it will hate.

I'd wait and buy a GPU and monitor combo when Pascal and Arctic Islands come out.

[Dackzy]

I would wait since you already have a good GPU and you can still run that screen at 144Hz.

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

Isn't a Pascal GPU intended to give the graphics output to the monitor a Hz overclock. So instead of running at 60 Hz you will have the ability to scale up to something like a 120 Hz overclock.

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[ericlee30]

2 minutes ago, blu4 said:

And at that point something new will be already in plans, if waiting is necessary, I'd say wait maximum of 1-2 months, not almost a year. Just a waste of time.

Exactly

[Dackzy]

My backup HD7950 can run games at 1440p. If you play csgo you have no problem maxing the game out at 1440p and get 160fps+ other games can you turn down to medium settings.

[Praesi]

10 minutes ago, bomerr said:

980 OC'd owner checking in. Would def wait for Pascal. 980 Ti just barely runs AAA titles at 60 FPS 1440P. (e.g. Witcher 3) 

? My Card runs everything 70-120fps in 1440p ultra. Only GTA2 and TR run 40-60. 

[Elapo]

If you need a card now, get it now, if you can wait, wait.

It's really that simple 

[StareX]

Current GPU is excellent to be honest, it's close to the performance of an R9 280x and equals to a GTX 760 I believe, or more clearly a GTX 670. It's by far enough to be honest, wait for Pascal. But really, if you have the money now, and can buy the 980 Ti, go do it.. save up alittle more and then sell it, and then go buy the Pascal card, easy win. This is basically what I'm planning to do or just gain money and buy it later.

 

Even though I am running a GTX 980 Ti in my rig, I can tell you this card is really powerful and overkill for a 1080p monitor, it wrecks every AAA title above 60fps on extreme graphics. It's by far not a joke. But if you're too eager to wait, go for the GTX 1080 at June. or the new Titan by April.

[Goat]

I would wait for Pascal, since there will be newer technology and stuff in there. It will be worth the wait, as long as you are doing fine with your current gpu.

[blu4]

30 minutes ago, SydneySideSteveSomewheres said:

Isn't a Pascal GPU intended to give the graphics output to the monitor a GHz overclock. So instead of running at 60GHz you will have the ability to scale to something like a  128GHz overclock.

Dude.. What? I've never heard of this before. If you're going to makes posts like that at least give source.

[OCP]

Im in a similar situation, Im building a new system now and my old system has a 560Ti. I plan on upgrading to a 34" 1440p screen soon. Im holding out to see what monoprice brings to the table with their $500 34". Im not sure if I should jump on the 980 Ti now and double up to SLI once Pascal comes out or buy something like a cheap GTX 950 to hold me over for now til the monitor situation is figured out and Pascal is out. 

[Praesi]

35 minutes ago, SydneySideSteveSomewheres said:

Isn't a Pascal GPU intended to give the graphics output to the monitor a GHz overclock. So instead of running at 60GHz you will have the ability to scale to something like a  128GHz overclock.

Is this meant serious?

[bomerr]

55 minutes ago, OCP said:

Im in a similar situation, Im building a new system now and my old system has a 560Ti. I plan on upgrading to a 34" 1440p screen soon. Im holding out to see what monoprice brings to the table with their $500 34". Im not sure if I should jump on the 980 Ti now and double up to SLI once Pascal comes out or buy something like a cheap GTX 950 to hold me over for now til the monitor situation is figured out and Pascal is out. 

950 sell for Pascal IMO/. 

[TheCaptain53]

1 hour ago, bomerr said:

980 OC'd owner checking in. Would def wait for Pascal. 980 Ti just barely runs AAA titles at 60 FPS 1440P. (e.g. Witcher 3) 

I feel like this is a little misleading. Yes, a 980 Ti will struggle at ultra settings with all the whiz-bangs turned on for TW3, whilst running 1440p and aiming for 60 fps. However, some of the graphical settings make very little difference. For example, I ran GTA V on my Titan X @ 1440p with ABSOLUTE MAX (with the exception of frame scaling) settings, but it was running at like 20 fps. I usually run the game at a mix of very high and high with 2x MSAA and get 60 fps with a little bit of GPU overhead. The funniest thing about this is that I could barely tell the difference.

This is a very bold statement, a little bit of context doesn't hurt. 

[Crowes]

GPUs haven't massively changed for a while. I wouldn't be surprised if even the release surpassing Pascal doesn't change much. Just get the 980TI, it'll last a while.

[bomerr]

14 minutes ago, TheCaptain53 said:

I feel like this is a little misleading. Yes, a 980 Ti will struggle at ultra settings with all the whiz-bangs turned on for TW3, whilst running 1440p and aiming for 60 fps. However, some of the graphical settings make very little difference. For example, I ran GTA V on my Titan X @ 1440p with ABSOLUTE MAX (with the exception of frame scaling) settings, but it was running at like 20 fps. I usually run the game at a mix of very high and high with 2x MSAA and get 60 fps with a little bit of GPU overhead. The funniest thing about this is that I could barely tell the difference.

This is a very bold statement, a little bit of context doesn't hurt. 

Ya I know this. Shadows on High and turning down MSAA for Hairworks one notch results in like 7-10 FPS increase on Witcher 3. Thing is you would need to do that anyways to get FPS 60 and/or overclock the 980 TI ti to like ~1500mhz core / 8000 memory. But even then it would still drop below 60 every now and again. So The point I'm making is there is no/little headroom in the 980 Ti and it doesn't provide any future proofing.

[iWearKiltz]

2 hours ago, bomerr said:

980 OC'd owner checking in. Would def wait for Pascal. 980 Ti just barely runs AAA titles at 60 FPS 1440P. (e.g. Witcher 3) 

980Ti OC'd owner checking in. I run triple AAA titles 60FPS 4k

 

980Ti != 980