He's thinking of the Fury Pro. The nano has the same amount of shaders as the Fury X anyway
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980 Vs Nano
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He's thinking of the Fury Pro. The nano has the same amount of shaders as the Fury X anyway
There is a big discussion about this, and has to do with how much power you put to the card, and the PSU you have.
I replaced the PSU from 1000W plat SuperFlower (sent it to my brother since I do not need it any more) to Corsair HX750i and the bit coil whine it had while heavily overclocked is gone.
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You could pick up a cheap as chips card and wait but if you are not fussed and just want something now I'd go Nano if it was a reference 980 or the 980 if I can choose any model I want.
Look into the Nano before buying, It seems a lot of them whine. personally I wouldn't touch one if my PC had room for a full size model.
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Just to play devils advocate here, remember if using the Nano on a 4k TV you will probably want a active DP to HDMI 2.0 4k60 adapter at some point (1440 looks crap on my 4k TV anyway) so that adds another £50 to the price of the Nano.
My self I would not be buying a new card in the £350 price range, (namely the 980 and Nano) right now, as there is a good chance that this will be the price range of the new second tier cards from both sides. If you must buy now, pick up a cheap stop gap card.
My self I would not be buying a new card in the £350 price range, (namely the 980 and Nano) right now, as there is a good chance that this will be the price range of the new second tier cards from both sides. If you must buy now, pick up a cheap stop gap card.
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If the same price then the Nano for me every day of the week 
It's only going to get stronger with DX12 games not far off!!!
It's only going to get stronger with DX12 games not far off!!!
Why not if I may ask
Many issues with clocks bouncing all over the place, some times crashes or poor performance, fan speeds not working, are associated with the MSI AB.
With 16.3+ the Overdrive is more than sufficient to do the job, and that includes overclocking etc.
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This link here seems to suggest Nano is quicker at stock clocks, but slightly slower when both are overclocked. The overclocked speeds don't look like maximum clocks though, I know my 980 overclocks higher than the example used in the video.
If I was buying new though I would just get the Nano.
If I was buying new though I would just get the Nano.
And ?
You've had months and months to upgrade that 970 with 3.5 gb of ram ever since the 980ti was released...
Why didn't you upgrade then ?
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Both are totally over priced though, we all know it.
I have 3 Nanos. All are the most silent graphics cards I've had. There is zero whine from any of them. There's also zero buzz whatsoever from any of them .... a first in my experience for a high power graphics card at full load. Further, the fans are quiet in absolute terms and seem to have quite a low pitch, so are fairly unintrusive.
Your mileage may vary, but based on my experience and that of those people I know with them, they're supremely quiet.
It should be stated that my PSUs are decent though ... Superflower Platinum and Seasonic Gold. Almost any high power GPU will make unpleasant noises if fed dirty power.
Plus, the Nano is much faster than the 980.
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I'd recommend waiting for Pascal
If you really HAVE to buy now, then 980 will give guaranteed good performance in every game, including all those games with gameworks effects.
The nano is hit and miss - drivers can be quite bad for new releases.
If you really HAVE to buy now, then 980 will give guaranteed good performance in every game, including all those games with gameworks effects.
The nano is hit and miss - drivers can be quite bad for new releases.
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I've got a pair of Nanos and they have very slight coil whine. I'm pretty sure it's only detectable because the Nanos are so quiet, on a less efficient card fan noise would down it out completely.
The overall quietness of the Nano has hugely impressed me. It's a very easy card to live with.
A few have said that a water cooled nano is the only way to really get full power out of it, dose that mean the quietness is it only drawback as its not cooling it right?
How badly dose the card throttle on new games at say 1440 under the stock fan?
LOL You can definately tell that Dave is going Pascal next round.
It looks like he has now completely sold his soul to Nvidia and recommending a lower powered card, all for a few GW effects. They certainly got their Jedi Mind tricks working on him as he's even throwing in the old whinge about AMD drivers. Use the Force Dave, use the Force.
LOL You can definately tell that Dave is going Pascal next round.
It looks like he has now completely sold his soul to Nvidia and recommending a lower powered card, all for a few GW effects. They certainly got their Jedi Mind tricks working on him as he's even throwing in the old whinge about AMD drivers. Use the Force Dave, use the Force.
lol, after watching a few vids and some bench info the nano is 100% the better card
To be honest mate, just wait until we all get more info on the new cards from both vendors, then make your decision. At the very least you could save a few quid on an older generation card if that's what you choose to buy.
Good Luck with your purchase whichever manufacturer you choose.