why is 980ti still that expensive if the 1070 beats him and is cheaper?
I own both, the 980 Ti is faster than my 1070. I got the 980 Ti used back in the summer for $350 / $330 for the 1070. I have both overclocked and the 980 Ti does win out in almost everything except 3DMark (only by a slim amount of points though). In rendering / actual work, the 980 Ti beats the1070 with a larger gap due to more CUDA cores.
I'd actually be upset if I had paid more for the 1070. I however, use my GPUs for work, so I have very little idea on the gaming performance difference between the two (I don't own many games at all except for some PS4 port RPGs on steam...even on that, the 980 Ti pulls ahead).
If you're looking for a 980 Ti, I'd look at used or EVGA's B-Stock when they have a sale. I saw a 980 Ti go for $300 when they had a B-Stock holiday last month.
The reason you see the 980 Ti losing to the 1070 in most benchmarks is because they are at stock speeds. Most 980 Tis overclock really well, and with the gap in CUDA cores, they make up for the 600MHz reduction in clock speed vs the 1070 also overclocked.
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