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Help! 980Ti vs 1080 at 3440 x 1440

Loosecannon

Loosecannon

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Ok, So I have listened to advice in lots of threads on here recently. I have come to the conclusion that I will purchase an ultrawide monitor at the higher resolution. Not sure about the refresh rate yet however as it is another £300 for 60+.

Realistically if I want High setting graphics at 60 fps can I get away with a 980Ti, or am I better off going for a 1080?

Pretty much going for an EVGA card as they seem to be the quietest in the range. £360 vs £660 makes it a harder choice...

Any advice?
 
Both will do well for 3440x1440 however the 1080 will be faster and last longer, you could splash the budget on the monitor and try to pick up a second hand 980ti for now.
All depends on your budget I guess
 
I'd rather a 980ti and 2560*1440 144hz gsync as opposed to a 1080 and 1440p ultrawide 60hz. The pixel increase will negate the 1080 advantage and I'd always take higher hz and smoother gameplay over a wider screen. 1440p ultrawide is a 34% increase in pixel count, so you'd see worse performance/framerate on the 1080 in the above.
 
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Loosecannon said:
Pretty much going for an EVGA card as they seem to be the quietest in the range. £360 vs £660 makes it a harder choice...

Any advice?
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It would be entirely depending on the type of games you play. The 980Ti is EOL, so it won't have the full performance in new game titles like games there were launched before the 1000 series's launch.

If you always play new titles on release, then the 1080 would make sense; but if you just going play mainly backlog of your game collections of current and older games, then the 980Ti is close enough to 1080 performance (if comparing overclocked vs overclocked) considering the amount of money saved.
 
I use a single 980ti with my Acer Predator X34, at high settings it's fine in most games. Even the likes of witcher 3. Although the 1080 will of course be even better if you can afford it.
 
How about 980Ti as a stopgap until NVIDIA release a consumer/gaming targeted card based on the GP102 core. That's what I'm waiting for. Considering the performance of the Titan XP, a card with about 300 Cuda cores less and high factory OCs should demolish 2k Ultrawide.

I'm looking at something very tasty coming out in q4 this year. It could be up to £800, but you could use man maths and say if I sell my 980Ti it'll be just as much as a 1080.
 
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How about a 1070?
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I'm running a 1070 at this resolution. I have doom maxed with a solid 60 FPS with everything on apart from motion blur which makes me feel sick. If you want more FPS then a 1080 would be better but I would wait for the 1080ti

The 1070 is a better option than a 980ti, worth more on resale when the ti comes out.
 
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So, consider the "better" x34a monitor instead of the lg34uc88... And change the card down from a 1080 to a 980ti or 1070.

Considering I want a silent card, that's £360 for the evga ftw, or the 1070 version at £430.

£70 difference is making me think the 980ti...
 
I get more than 60fps on a x34 with my 980ti at 1500mhz?????? more around the 80-100 last time i played it.

Edit: ah you said solid fair enough :)
 
Loosecannon said:
So, consider the "better" x34a monitor instead of the lg34uc88... And change the card down from a 1080 to a 980ti or 1070.

Considering I want a silent card, that's £360 for the evga ftw, or the 1070 version at £430.

£70 difference is making me think the 980ti...
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if your going 3440 x 1440 60hz just grab the 980 ti

imo 1080>980ti>1070

if you was going 100hz 3440 x 1440 I would say 1080
 
Still using a 980ti @ 3440x1440 and it's running games fine with most settings on. I'd save the money on GFX Card and put it towards a monitor with G-Sync.
 
In my opinion you should always buy the newer gen when it's available,

A 980ti may do 3440x1440 okay but it is borderline where you have to make plenty of tweaks for a lot of games. Personally I'd even go 1070 rather than 980ti, but if the 1080 is in budget go for that. I imagine that once you buy the monitor it will be the last monitor purchase for quite a while so getting the best grunt you can for it makes sense, It certainly will in hindsight 2 or 3 years down the road.
 
If noise is important for you, you should be looking at an AIO cooled card. The evga hybrid 980ti is a good price on here at the mo.

I run an x34 with 2x 980ti in SLI, both AIO water cooled. It's a sublime gaming setup. Sorry, but one is not really enough for many newer games at 3400x1400 at 85-100hz, which is why you would buy this monitor
 
Loosecannon said:
Ok, So I have listened to advice in lots of threads on here recently. I have come to the conclusion that I will purchase an ultrawide monitor at the higher resolution. Not sure about the refresh rate yet however as it is another £300 for 60+.

Realistically if I want High setting graphics at 60 fps can I get away with a 980Ti, or am I better off going for a 1080?

Pretty much going for an EVGA card as they seem to be the quietest in the range. £360 vs £660 makes it a harder choice...

Any advice?
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I'm using a 980ti with a X34a and it hits 60fps in most situations. Only takes the odd setting dropped if there's any struggle.
 
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