Upgrade from 980 to 980 Ti?

[Speedsweeper]

Alrighty folks.

I currently have a reference design EVGA GTX 980 superclocked graphics card and i'm seriously thinking of upgrading to a Ti version. I'm mainly playing Far Cry 4 and GTA 5 on fairly high settings but wish to push them higher. I'm guessing the GTX 980 Ti would be able to do this. Gaming at 2560 x 1440 on a Dell U27HM13 monitor.

Am i bonkers mad to do this or would this be a worthwhile jump.

Specs are

Intel i7 5820K
16GB Corsair DDR4 RAM at 2666mhz
EVGA GTX 980
ASUS X99-A MOBO

Cheers in advance.

 

[skylineboy]

I don't see it as worthwhile when you consider the loss you make on the purchase.

 

[MatTheCat]

Alrighty folks.

I currently have a reference design EVGA GTX 980 superclocked graphics card and i'm seriously thinking of upgrading to a Ti version. I'm mainly playing Far Cry 4 and GTA 5 on fairly high settings but wish to push them higher. I'm guessing the GTX 980 Ti would be able to do this. Gaming at 2560 x 1440 on a Dell U27HM13 monitor.

Am i bonkers mad to do this or would this be a worthwhile jump.

Specs are

Intel i7 5820K
16GB Corsair DDR4 RAM at 2666mhz
EVGA GTX 980
ASUS X99-A MOBO

Cheers in advance.

I would have said it was a crappy upgrade....£550 for a 20% improvement from a card which will be much more power hungry, run much hotter, and louder.

However, right at the moment, u could probs get about 350 for your current card on ebay, and perhaps even a bit more than that. That is what they are going for (I wouldnt pay that for a used 980 but plenty others seemingly would). Perhaps for 200 GBP, that would indeed be a decent enough upgrade.....but then you would surely want to avoid the noisy loud reference models, so you would have to factor in a further price increase.

Best solution would be to game on a 1080p monitor, but I guess you have already made the commitment to a higher res screen.

 

[MrMD]

If you are within the timeframe for the Evga Step up program,absolutely do it,end up getting better bang for your buck lol

 

[Jono8]

Might be worth considering seen as you play at 1440p. Would probably cost about £250+ to change if you want one with a decent cooling solution so i guess you will have to weigh up if the ~30% gain in frames is worth it

I had thought about it but I am not going to bother as i play at 1080p and my overclocked 980 runs everything brilliantly still at that resolution. It is also silent and never goes above 65 degrees which i like as well!

I will either wait till 980's are in the bargain bins and go sli or just wait for pascal.

 

[bigmac121]

Might be worth considering seen as you play at 1440p. Would probably cost about £250+ to change if you want one with a decent cooling solution so i guess you will have to weigh up if the ~30% gain in frames is worth it

I had thought about it but I am not going to bother as i play at 1080p and my overclocked 980 runs everything brilliantly still at that resolution. It is also silent and never goes above 65 degrees which i like as well!

I will either wait till 980's are in the bargain bins and go sli or just wait for pascal.

+1

I'm waiting for a cheap 980 to go SLI

 

[theMilitant]

Wouldn't be worth it for me personally, but I suppose it depends on how much money you have burning a hole in your pocket. If I were you I'd wait till at least pascal to upgrade, just because I don't think the increase in visual fidelity you'll get with a 980 Ti will be that significant.

 

[Speedsweeper]

Ok, many thanks for the replies folks. I'll stick with what I have.