The GTX 980 Ti owners thread.

Joe! · 13 Jul 2015 at 06:18

I went for an IPS 4K panel over G-Sync (only wanted to spend around £450), does it really make that much of a difference?

Dirk Diggler · 13 Jul 2015 at 06:35

Rowlii said:
I went for an IPS 4K panel over G-Sync (only wanted to spend around £450), does it really make that much of a difference?

Gsync is fantastic IMO.

Joe_Easy · 13 Jul 2015 at 09:26

now that I have my new graphics card settled in and running well...my eye is turning to a nice 4k Monitor...how strange is it though that we still don't have 4k monitors with HDMI2.0 and IPS w/G-Sync...

There are some gorgeous monitors out there but still seem very much like "last" generation stuff...going by the number of out of stocks in the 4k Monitor section at OCUK, there will be some new monitors coming soon.

How about you guys? What would finally make you move to 4K, if you haven't already? And what would you be willing to pay for a decent one?

Joe_Easy · 13 Jul 2015 at 09:27

Rowlii said:
I went for an IPS 4K panel over G-Sync (only wanted to spend around £450), does it really make that much of a difference?

what IPS 4K monitor did you go to for £450? Are you happy with the build quality and is it working well with your 980ti?

Dirk Diggler · 13 Jul 2015 at 09:38

Joe_Easy said:
now that I have my new graphics card settled in and running well...my eye is turning to a nice 4k Monitor...how strange is it though that we still don't have 4k monitors with HDMI2.0 and IPS w/G-Sync...

There are some gorgeous monitors out there but still seem very much like "last" generation stuff...going by the number of out of stocks in the 4k Monitor section at OCUK, there will be some new monitors coming soon.

How about you guys? What would finally make you move to 4K, if you haven't already? And what would you be willing to pay for a decent one?

When I find a single card that can run my Swift at 144Hz consistently, I'll consider 4K.

andybird123 · 13 Jul 2015 at 10:12

Joe_Easy said:
now that I have my new graphics card settled in and running well...my eye is turning to a nice 4k Monitor...how strange is it though that we still don't have 4k monitors with HDMI2.0 and IPS w/G-Sync...

There are some gorgeous monitors out there but still seem very much like "last" generation stuff...going by the number of out of stocks in the 4k Monitor section at OCUK, there will be some new monitors coming soon.

How about you guys? What would finally make you move to 4K, if you haven't already? And what would you be willing to pay for a decent one?

It would need to be 120hz for me to consider, having had or seen 4K@60 on both TN and IPS I wouldn't bother... Oled sounds interesting if they can get the brightness up and what they say about pixel transitions being near instant is true

PrinceNelson · 13 Jul 2015 at 10:23

What sort of timeframe are we looking at for the Pascal release? Roughly.

Lithium UK · 13 Jul 2015 at 10:56

Any news on when the next batch of Evga hybrids are coming in?

Joe! · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:07

Joe_Easy said:
what IPS 4K monitor did you go to for £450? Are you happy with the build quality and is it working well with your 980ti?

I went with an Acer B276HK. It's working well with my 980Ti, I can consistently get 60 FPS on titles, maybe a bit lower if I'd rather it look pretty. The only problem with this monitor is the fact there's a huge issue with the speakers, there's a slight buzzing that you can fix by turning the speakers on and off again. It's tedious to do every time you power on the computer and/or turn on the monitor.

Otherwise, it's a very good monitor. It has a stable stand and a good build quality.

N19h7m4r3 · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:12

Rowlii said:
I went for an IPS 4K panel over G-Sync (only wanted to spend around £450), does it really make that much of a difference?

I recently had a month of no G-Sync and it was a slight shock to the system. It makes a massive difference, to the point where you instant know when it's not there. Everything feels jittery and plain wrong. Like you you're suddenly playing at 30fps and dipping below.

Ch3m1c4L · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:18

Rowlii said:
I went with an Acer B276HK. It's working well with my 980Ti, I can consistently get 60 FPS on titles, maybe a bit lower if I'd rather it look pretty. The only problem with this monitor is the fact there's a huge issue with the speakers, there's a slight buzzing that you can fix by turning the speakers on and off again. It's tedious to do every time you power on the computer and/or turn on the monitor.

Otherwise, it's a very good monitor. It has a stable stand and a good build quality.

You're using monitor speakers? Get yourself some proper ones

Joe! · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:23

Ch3m1c4L said:
You're using monitor speakers? Get yourself some proper ones

It happens regardless of what your audio output is, around 80% of the time you switch the monitor.

N19h7m4r3 · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:44

Very interesting video in regards to input latency for G-Sync on 980Ti and FreeSync on Fury X

Dirk Diggler · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:47

N19h7m4r3 said:
Very interesting video in regards to input latency for G-Sync on 980Ti and FreeSync on Fury X

What's the TLDR summary?

Yaayuh! · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:52

String said:
What's the TLDR summary?

I would like to know this also. I can't stand listening to Linus.

N19h7m4r3 · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:57

String said:
What's the TLDR summary?

It's weird very weird. Depends entirely on use case and your FPS range per game.

At High FPS, at low 200's FreeSync is better with V-Sync off, and G-Sync with it on.

At the so called sweet spot aka around 45 FPS, things get weird. G-Sync does even worse, and FreeSync is little bit better when you use V-Sync as well.

D3K · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:19

Can't watch the vid as I'm at work, so had to decipher what the charts were saying. My brain hurts.

Surely the low 200fps results are moot if they're comparing gsync and freesync.

Kaapstad · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:22

Reviews added to OPs.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/palit-geforce-gtx-980-ti-super-jetstream-review,1.html

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/35872-drei-modelle-der-geforce-gtx-980-ti-im-test.html

N19h7m4r3 · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:23

D3K said:
Can't watch the vid as I'm at work, so had to decipher what the charts were saying. My brain hurts.

Surely the low 200fps results are moot if they're comparing gsync and freesync.

On these monitors? Yes, but FreeSync claims it can support 1-244hz just depends on monitor manufactures, and at FPS competitive play higher FPS is wanted because it reduces input delay as seen in the results.

In for those results what's being shown is the Scalers in the FreeSync monitor offers lower input delay than the G-Sync Module

McShave · 13 Jul 2015 at 12:48

Well that's me back on the green team after a decade with ATI/AMD. My 7970's served me like champs up until this year. Can't say I'll be missing crossfire though.

Edit - How do you post images here?