First Post, need advice on card selection

[bryanpwatson]

I just built my machine and got a great deal on a brand new reference Nvidia GTX 980 for $430.  I'm assuming this is because of the soon to be released Pascal chips.  Now im debating on getting another GTX 980 or get a 980 GTX Ti for $575 (EVGA Model). Or... should i just wait to see what gets released in June from Nvidia... I haven't built a PC in quite sometime and have been out of the PC building scene for a while.. Any advice is much appreciated.

[don_svetlio]

wait

[deadaccount69]

Welcome to the forum! Are you unhappy with the performance of the 980? You could probably sell it for close to what you paid for it and get a better card. However, depending on the games you play an sli setup with the 980 will be better than any other single gpu on the market assuming the games support sli.

[bryanpwatson]

Thanks for the super fast reply! I work at BestBuy so getting the equipment at a good price isn't an issue. I have 45 days to play with the 980 that I just got around 3 days ago. I wouldn't say im unhappy but I do run on a 43" 4k Sony TV. So any game i play i want to run in 4k and I want to make sure I can run anything like B4 (soon to be B5), GTA V, and the upcoming forza for PC.  In order to run those games at the quality I want I have to overclock and its SO loud. I plan to water cool whatever GPU i get with a Corsair AIO. I guess my point thing is since this is my first build in over 10 years I don't to cut corners and be obsolete at the start.

[deadaccount69]

2 minutes ago, bryanpwatson said:

Thanks for the super fast reply! I work at BestBuy so getting the equipment at a good price isn't an issue. I have 45 days to play with the 980 that I just got around 3 days ago. I wouldn't say im unhappy but I do run on a 43" 4k Sony TV. So any game i play i want to run in 4k and I want to make sure I can run anything like B4 (soon to be B5), GTA V, and the upcoming forza for PC.  In order to run those games at the quality I want I have to overclock and its SO loud. I plan to water cool whatever GPU i get with a Corsair AIO. I guess my point thing is since this is my first build in over 10 years I don't to cut corners and be obsolete at the start.

980 is hardly obsolete but regardless, money no object I would return the 980 and get a 980ti(with non reference cooler. If you want silence I would say strix or windforce.) Then you can add another down the line.

[bryanpwatson]

Ryan, If I get a reference and just add the Corsair water cooling would that be better? Or should I go with another manufacture like EVGA, etc.

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, ryan27968 said:

980 is hardly obsolete but regardless, money no object I would return the 980 and get a 980ti(with non reference cooler. If you want silence I would say strix or windforce.) Then you can add another down the line.

Both Strix and Windforce 980 Tis are quite noisy due to cheaper fan bearings - the MSI 6G or EVGA SSC are the ones which run quiet

[deadaccount69]

2 minutes ago, bryanpwatson said:

Ryan, If I get a reference and just add the Corsair water cooling would that be better? Or should I go with another manufacture like EVGA, etc.

If you're water cooling it won't make much difference other than the power delivery allowing higher over clocks. Not worth the extra cash IMHO. Most of that money goes to the cooler so why pay for something you're not gonna use?

[bryanpwatson]

So reference 980ti instead of waiting and water cooling it is thank you !