Choosing a graphics card

[Uberdude]

So right now, i currently have an R9 280x in my pc. It's served me well, but I don't appreciate my room turning into a sauna whenever I boot up any game made after 2010. 

I have a few options. I'm looking at a GTX 980ti for £205, which (i think) is a fairly good deal for the strix edition. I was also looking at the RX 580 8gb red devil, which I can get new for £255. I've read that the 980ti is decidedly better, but is used, with no warranty. It should also be known that i'm gaming at 1080p 60hz, but I want to be maxing out games completely if im upgrading. I also have a freesync monitor, but would that really matter if the 980ti is that powerful?

I also have a solid 750w PSU. It's rated 720w alone on the +12v rail, so I'm wayyy good there. Also have a 4.0ghz r5 1600, so driving these cards is not an issue. 

I was also considering another 7970/280x. Is the crossfire performance good enough to compete with the 980ti/580? I can deal with room-saunaing if the performance boost is that good. I'm selling my 280x now to pay for the upgrade, but I could buy another 280x/7970 right now. 

Thanks for reading!

[Quadriplegic]

High wattage PSU does not guarantee good quality, so it would be more useful if you said what PSU you use.

980Ti is about as powerful as the 1070, so it will hit 1080 60 FPS on high settings for sure. But it does get hot too.

Wouldn't bother with running 280x in Crossfire

[Uberdude]

I mean hopefully, if the 980ti is that good, it wont be hitting 100% constantly like my r9 280x, so it should be as hot. 

This is the PSU i use:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010Q3BT2I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Jay Deah]

Agree forget about dual 280s

 

the freesync thing won’t be an issue. The 980ti will be more than capable of driving 60fps so you can use vsync if you need it and if you ever upgrade monitors you can just buy a non-freesync one.

 

the 980ti will give you great performance but don’t expect it to run your room any cooler as they still pump out heat. Unless of course you limit your settings so that the GPU isn’t running hard

[Uberdude]

It's going to be capped at 60fps - Will the 980ti ever be reaching 100%?

Is the 580 a no-go then? Even if I get the freesync, better support and better tdp?

[GoldenLag]

You will have to get something current gen ti get something cooler, even then pascal or polaris still turn my room into a sauna. Keep a windows open regardles off what you choose

 

The 980ti will be om par with the 1070 if not marginably slower due to being ak older architecture

[Uberdude]

So 980ti it is?

I mean, the room sauna is not bad, living in Britain, its cold 98% of the time. Just a heatwave right now and I can really feel the sauna. 

[AskTJ]

The 980Ti will outperform the RX 580, as the 1060 6GB performs equally as the 580. Get the 980Ti, for that great deal and call it a day.

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, Uberdude said:

It's going to be capped at 60fps - Will the 980ti ever be reaching 100%?

Is the 580 a no-go then? Even if I get the freesync, better support and better tdp?

You can get the 4GB 580 for a little bit cheaper than the 8GB.

 

In future games you might run into Vram limitations 980ti. Though that is not happening today(except very few games) 

 

If you can get the 980ti for a good dela then go for it, but remember you will miss freesync regardless of vsync or not

[Uberdude]

Alright, thanks for your help!

[Uberdude]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

You can get the 4GB 580 for a little bit cheaper than the 8GB.

 

In future games you might run into Vram limitations 980ti. Though that is not happening today(except very few games) 

 

If you can get the 980ti for a good dela then go for it, but remember you will miss freesync regardless of vsync or not

I mean, I don't get freesync anyway right now. Only on movies, and not games

Isn't 6gb enough at 1080p? 

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, Uberdude said:

I mean, I don't get freesync anyway right now. Only on movies, and not games

Isn't 6gb enough at 1080p? 

It is, for now. People are currently experiencing 4GB being to little. So in the future you will probably feel it. If it is 1, 2 or 3 years down the road i dont know.

 

Freesync is pretty much om every low end or midrange monitors. So you will end up picking one up in the future at some point. You wont be able to use it with the 980ti and vsync doesnt work as well. Though next GPU upgrade for you will probably use it

 

Just grab an 980ti. But turn on Vsync. The 980ti is also a oven, vsync will keep it from running at 100%

[RollinLower]

17 minutes ago, Uberdude said:

I mean, I don't get freesync anyway right now. Only on movies, and not games

Isn't 6gb enough at 1080p? 

i'm getting 6-7GB usage in Fallout 4, tough that is with mods and on 4K.

so yeah, for now 6GB is gonna be great, but in maybe 2 years you might feel the limitation.

[Jurrunio]

51 minutes ago, Uberdude said:

but I don't appreciate my room turning into a sauna whenever I boot up any game made after 2010. 

lol the 980ti will just make it worse.

 

and the aerocool PSU is dodgy. Basically, anything with warranty shorter than 5 years should be avoided, while this one only has 2 (so worse than many 80+ white PSU which I recommend people stay away)

[Peskanova]

980ti with strixx cooling = win , Dont pick a rx580 , with that 980ti you will put in and give 0 fuck , with that rx 580 you will be tuning fans for noise temps .... same shit as the 280x ...