GTX 980 Ti vs 1070/1080

[RudiNL]

Dear forum members,

 

Would you argue that buying a GTX 980 Ti for a bit over half the price of a 1070 or a third of the 1080 is a good deal? The 1070 goes for €550 around here and the 1080 €799.

 

Used GTX 980 ti's go for around €300/350 around here. I just wanted to have this discussion as I have read that the 1070 performs nearly identical to the 980 Ti.

 

 

[KickinGravy]

The 980ti is still an excellent card to own, if you can buy one for half a 1070, why not.

[paps511]

980Ti (depending on model) is about equal to a Founders 1070.

A 1080 will easily beat any 980Ti

[App4that]

A good 980ti beats a 1070 in games, any 980ti beats a 1070 in workstation tasks. A 1080 beats a 980ti in games, but they're equal with a slight advantage to the 980ti in workstation tasks. 

[RudiNL]

1 minute ago, paps511 said:

980Ti (depending on model) is about equal to a Founders 1070.

A 1080 will easily beat any 980Ti

So you run a quite similar set up as I do, if I could ask you what kind of framerate do you get on games you play frequently? And how much of a difference you suppose a 1080 would make?

 

I watched some benchmarks on youtube and TomsHardware but the difference were, to my opinion, marginally at best in the witcher 3 for example I found the averages were 55 (980 Ti) to 70 (1080) at 1440p. In that range, for €500 more that seems not worth it right? But I could me misinformed.

 

2 minutes ago, KickinGravy said:

The 980ti is still an excellent card to own, if you can buy one for half a 1070, why not.

Thanks for the input, are you by any chance running one of those cards yourself? And if so could you elaborate on it?

[KickinGravy]

Just now, Pezmerga said:

So you run a quite similar set up as I do, if I could ask you what kind of framerate do you get on games you play frequently? And how much of a difference you suppose a 1080 would make?

 

I watched some benchmarks on youtube and TomsHardware but the difference were, to my opinion, marginally at best in the witcher 3 for example I found the averages were 55 (980 Ti) to 70 (1080) at 1440p. In that range, for €500 more that seems not worth it right? But I could me misinformed.

 

Thanks for the input, are you by any chance running one of those cards yourself? And if so could you elaborate on it?

I run a 980ti yes, it is an EVGA SC. Really nice card, overclocks very nicely 

[paps511]

3 minutes ago, Pezmerga said:

So you run a quite similar set up as I do, if I could ask you what kind of framerate do you get on games you play frequently? And how much of a difference you suppose a 1080 would make?

 

I watched some benchmarks on youtube and TomsHardware but the difference were, to my opinion, marginally at best in the witcher 3 for example I found the averages were 55 (980 Ti) to 70 (1080) at 1440p. In that range, for €500 more that seems not worth it right? But I could me misinformed.

I run a 3440x1440 monitor, so my frame rates are a bit skewed, but full details GTAV would do the benchmark at about 50fps. Thats with max settings. 

 

Recently I have been playing project cars in 3440x1440 and it stays above 60 except when I cause massive crashes.

 

If you can get a 980Ti discounted, for a chunk less than a 1070, DO IT!

That said, 1080s will run 4k 60 in a bunch of games. My 980Ti will NOT

1080s are about 30% better than 980Tis

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1080/3439vs3603

[scottyseng]

17 minutes ago, Pezmerga said:

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I have both a 1070 and a 980 Ti and sadly the 980 Ti pulls out with the win. I got both used though, so I didn't spend too much. When overclocked, the 1070 stops being ahead of the other.

 

I mostly use my GPUs for modeling work, so I'm not too sure about the gaming performance (I do own a few games, but they're RPG PS4 port games that I run at 4KHD...even those run faster on the 980 Ti).

 

A 1080 would pull ahead of either though.

[RudiNL]

12 hours ago, KickinGravy said:

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Ah thanks!

12 hours ago, paps511 said:

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Epic, seeing that your monitor is even a tier above mine I feel confident that I make the right decision in buying a 980 Ti. Thanks for the feedback!

12 hours ago, scottyseng said:

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I'm getting mine used too, I mean at those prices and with all the comments in here on the 980 Ti still being a great card it seems the best deal to me.

 

Anyways, thanks for all the discussion, keep it going if you'd like and else I'd like to wish all of you a very happy Christmas/happy holidays!

[xAcid9]

Similar performance at 60% of the price? No need to think bro.