NEW GPU ! 980 or 980 TI for 1080P 144Hz Gaming

andybird123 · 21 Jul 2015 at 20:48

No, I don't have the game so I'll defer to someone who has a well overclocked 980ti and the game. But as the OP has a maximum budget of ~£500, advising him to get £1000 worth of GPU's is possibly not the best advice. But if someone can show him what he's likely to get with either of the cards he's asked about then all is good. The hexus review is the only one I can find that has a 980ti set to 1400+ for a broad range of games.

savagesam117 · 21 Jul 2015 at 20:52

I'll max it, drive around.. show my minimums/max. On a stock reference card, because i can't be bothered to find a stable overclock!

Be right back!

shankly1985 · 21 Jul 2015 at 20:53

Even a well overclocked 980ti isn't pushing 100+ fps avg even at 1080p... It's not going to happen....
You going to be dropping settings quite a lot to even manage close to that performance..

shankly1985 · 21 Jul 2015 at 20:55

savagesam117 said:
I'll max it, drive around.. show my minimums/max. On a stock reference card, because i can't be bothered to find a stable overclock!

Be right back!

Don't forget to pass by Trevor house etc maybe take a trip to each house say, Franklin to Trevor and then to Michael.

whyscotty · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:00

You can't hold 60 with a ti fully maxed at 1080.

savagesam117 · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:03

Well this was just driving round the city, with a bit of grass, high speed driving and looking at the sea!

Card was boosting to 1160.

andybird123 · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:05

Thing is, the OP might not even play gtav... He's asked whether to get a top spec 980, or a ~£500 980ti... Of the two he's going to be turning down less settings on the 980ti (and the furyx is below that even so also not an option)

savagesam117 · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:06

Well I can play most games if OP wants to know

shankly1985 · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:06

andybird123 said:
Thing is, the OP might not even play gtav... He's asked whether to get a top spec 980, or a ~£500 980ti... Of the two he's going to be turning down less settings on the 980ti (and the furyx is below that even so also not an option)

Then why post a gta5 benchmark? Lol

:rolleyes:

bru · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:11

No doubt about it to get those sort of frame rate you will need to turn down some settings, of course it will depend on which game to how many settings and what each will end up looking like.

ukxenon · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:15

980ti all the way you will love it

Steveocee · 21 Jul 2015 at 22:22

I think OP is treating 144hz like 60hz.

Anything over 60 is a bonus, you won't really tell the difference between 144 and 90 so just treat 60 as the absolute minimum you want, at which point a 980Ti is the one to go for.

GridzTheThird · 22 Jul 2015 at 16:29

Thanks for the input guys but i'm not playing GTA V. I am however playing a lot of Witcher 3.

I dont mind turning things down from ultra etc is it get me to high fps.

Also I under 144fps in the top games is asking too much I know I didnt explain myself well, I just want to play the games I love with them looking great and getting the most out of my monitor.

Also once you go 144hz there no going back, everything is so smooth its great. I cant stand 60Hz now things seem so choppy

GridzTheThird · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:18

Ok Guys, I think I'll settle for 980TI, that way i'm also somewhat covered for the furture should I ever upgrade to 1440p or 4k monitors.

Still really love tghe look of the reference cooler though vs the Zotac AMP!. But if I can push the OC to a nice ate on the AMP then i'll go for that.

Any ideas on the OC's for the AMP

mururoa · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:27

They all OC the same, to anywhere between 1400 - 1550 MHz depending on how lucky you get, irregardless of the brand or the model. What varies is the amount of noise they make while doing it.

shankly1985 · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:37

Me personally wouldn't go reference design it's hot and noisy.. Put the extra little bit more and get better cooler design.. I do agree the reference design does look nice but look don't always mean it performs well under load..

The Msi version is very good.

a66as · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:37

BornEvil said:
I have a 980 with an overclock, it is capable of 120+ Fps 1080p for most games, but for the extra £50-100 you have spare, I would buy the 980ti.

I bought my 980 second hand for a decent deal (£270), if it wasn't so cheap, OCUK's deal was too good to miss.

Where did you get it from?

andybird123 · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:44

GridzTheThird said:
Ok Guys, I think I'll settle for 980TI, that way i'm also somewhat covered for the furture should I ever upgrade to 1440p or 4k monitors.

Still really love tghe look of the reference cooler though vs the Zotac AMP!. But if I can push the OC to a nice ate on the AMP then i'll go for that.

Any ideas on the OC's for the AMP

The boards are the same, so if you ignore cooling/noise then they will OC the same, however the Amp will be much much quieter for the same heat output, and being a bit cooler should OC just a little bit more.

The Amp should OC to high 1400's without too much problem, where as a lot of people are saying the reference cooler is too noisy above low 1400's.

badbiddy · 23 Jul 2015 at 00:56

shankly1985 said:
Me personally wouldn't go reference design it's hot and noisy.. Put the extra little bit more and get better cooler design.. I do agree the reference design does look nice but look don't always mean it performs well under load..

The Msi version is very good.

Just to add some food for thought from me.

I got my reference card today. Like the OP I chose it because I prefer the looks, prefer the exhaust style cooler and trust the reference design to stay the same volume for the next few years of ownership. (I have an MSI TwinFrozr where the fans make horrible noises these days).

During gaming it does go straight up to 83-84 degrees where it then sorts out a balance between temps and boost clock. I've not tried OCing the card yet, but it was boosting to about 1300 on it's own.

What's interesting to note is that I couldn't hear it over my case fans. The card only reaches 30-40% fanspeed during a session of Witcher3 on ultra. Afterward I tried playing with fan speeds to check volume, 90% is very loud, but the temps dropped instantly and I put my hand behind my PC and could feel the hot air gushing out.

Reference is effective, and if that's the one that you want- buy it

shankly1985 · 23 Jul 2015 at 01:04

badbiddy said:
Just to add some food for thought from me.

I got my reference card today. Like the OP I chose it because I prefer the looks, prefer the exhaust style cooler and trust the reference design to stay the same volume for the next few years of ownership. (I have an MSI TwinFrozr where the fans make horrible noises these days).

During gaming it does go straight up to 83-84 degrees where it then sorts out a balance between temps and boost clock. I've not tried OCing the card yet, but it was boosting to about 1300 on it's own.

What's interesting to note is that I couldn't hear it over my case fans. The card only reaches 30-40% fanspeed during a session of Witcher3 on ultra. Afterward I tried playing with fan speeds to check volume, 90% is very loud, but the temps dropped instantly and I put my hand behind my PC and could feel the hot air gushing out.

Reference is effective, and if that's the one that you want- buy it

84C is quite hot though! and getting that down you going to need higher the fan speed making the GPU more noisy..

Another AIO GPU with better cooling will keep the temps lower while also having less noise. Its this why you pay the extra tbh

Reference Design are really only good when using Crossfire or SLI..