** THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: GTX 980 & GTX 980Ti SUPER 48HR SALE!! **

[millermilla]

What is the difference in power supply requirements GTX1070 vs 980Ti. I have a Superflower 550w. I would definitely need a new PSU for a 980Ti but would I for a 1070? It would make them pretty much the same price if I didn't need to upgrade for a 1070.

 

[Aretak]

What is the difference in power supply requirements GTX1070 vs 980Ti. I have a Superflower 550w. I would definitely need a new PSU for a 980Ti but would I for a 1070? It would make them pretty much the same price if I didn't need to upgrade for a 1070.

Your current PSU would be more than enough for a 980 Ti, even overclocked to the hilt. The 1070 does use much less power though (a good 100W or so less in fact).

 

[Kaapstad]

Interesting, thanks for the input. What does bandwith have the most impact on then?

Shifting big chunks of data.

Going back to Heaven 4

The fps are very high but the amount of memory/data in each frame is quite small.

HBM tends to really show it's advantages in games at very high resolution like 2160p where the fps are quite low but the amount of memory used can be huge. ROTTR or Deus Ex MD can use over 10gb of VRAM maxed @2160p, this is where massive bandwidth can really help. The downside is the only HBM equipped cards are the Fiji based ones with 4gb, this will change with HBM2.

 

[millermilla]

I would be upgrading for VR use. I have a Vive with a GTX970 OC which scores a respectable 1705 on Heaven 4. It runs most VR games just fine but doesnt give me much headroom for super sampling.

Based on VR use, what makes best sense?

 

[DarrenM343]

Is the EVGA hybrid worth the extra over the £329.99 SC? I thought I read somewhere the Ti's all overclock about the same anyhow?Thinking about something for another PC.

 

[sgavan]

Is the EVGA hybrid worth the extra over the £329.99 SC? I thought I read somewhere the Ti's all overclock about the same anyhow?Thinking about something for another PC.

I have the inno 3d hybrid and I think the main difference is the temperature and noise, it's silent and never goes over 60c so think this may be the same with the evga

 

[bakes0310]

Sorry last time.
Current cards is titan black's sli I would like to get s single card. My choices is evga 980ti hybrid or a evga 1070 ftw or not bother?

 

[YoungBlood]

What is the difference in power supply requirements GTX1070 vs 980Ti. I have a Superflower 550w. I would definitely need a new PSU for a 980Ti but would I for a 1070? It would make them pretty much the same price if I didn't need to upgrade for a 1070.

A Ti took my 520w PSU out in minutes, and someone in the Ti thread says he has problems with a 550w super flower.

Just hope all the people jumping on these Ti's check there PSU, I grabbed one of the £299 Ti's on offer the other day, it's shown here. Gaming Extreme.

Idle will take just 90w from the wall, it will tickle 400w at full load, but it's so damn powerfull that I can just put Vsync on and it drops the load on the GPU so drops the draw at the wall.
I wanted 60fps at 1440p ultra, does it in everything I have, and then some. Apart from The Division.
Boosts to 1215mhz on it's own.

Because it blew my PSU, I would have been beter off going for the Gigabyte 1070 - free PSU offer, as I had to get another PSU anyway now but at the time it was a £240 1060 or a £299 980ti

 

[mahius]

There we are, £300 980ti's as expected. Took a bit longer than expected but got there in the end.

And to think I still remember when folk on these here forums called you crazy for thinking that? Well look who's laughing now. Also... my plans to buy a ~£200 480 for someone is now a bad idea. When I can get a more powerful 980 for the same price and power consumption (roughly). That and the 980ti deals are far too tempting right now... especially combined with the fact that I'm no longer buying a car or moving house... (I'm still at my parents for my new job :s) I've got a ton of money with which I don't know what to do.

Anyhow, I've always disliked the new gen cards, now I'm right about everything... until this sale ends at least. Old gen cards are better value than new gen.

I might just buy a couple of these offers. Granted, as long as they are in stock.

 

[fenchu]

Stonking prices sent link to a few people who due upgrades

 

[mahius]

Stonking prices sent link to a few people who due upgrades

I did the same... and I concede defeat. You have won Gibbo... my will is no match for your amazing deals. Even though my 970 has been acting up slightly, but I feel like that's the drivers causing crashes in games. I'll box it up and donate it to a needy system when this new 980ti arrives. I also ordered a £210 480 for next months gift. It's pre-order item, but I must ask, will the items ship together (since the 980ti is in stock and the 480 isn't) or will they be shipped seperately? I know a previous order from OCUK was held back due to a single item not being in stock.

 

[scritchyrat]

Gnnggggh.

That Gigy 980ti extreme is fluttering it's lashes at me and it's hard to resist.
My 970 is still cutting the mustard and I know that the 980ti is older tech and will get binned by Nvidia as soon as they can and I know that the 1070 is the smart choice and newer tech, but the price difference is quite marked.

Do I stay 970? Do I go 980ti? Do I pay even more than I'd like for newer tech? Ideally I'd like to see what AMD can do at the higher end but as the 980ti offer ends today, I have to defecate or get off the pot.

Help a procrastinating brother out.

 

[Tute]

Been looking at the 980Tis but im really struggling to choose between them, they all have plus points and match up well against each other. Is there a particular one to stray away from,and a particular one that everyone would advise to get, from personal experience and views?

I'd go for the one with the highest overclock if money's no problem - that way you get the best out of box performance and a higher chance of a good ASIC.

I can't see any of the Tis being noisy cards.

 

[Purgatory]

These are all cards that can only maintain reference clocks and not the real versions that have high overclocks out of the box. They may have a high end cooler and pcb but they lost the silicon lottery and this is why they seem to sell cheap. So you can't compare them to the overclocked versions. This is why you still see the ones that didn't fail the silicon lottery priced high. These versions you never see on release and only appear when the product goes EOL. So all saying that 980ti high end cards will be under 300 are wrong, these maybe high end coolers and pcb but they can't maintain true high end overclocks like their true models. So make sure to check the full model number as I almost fell for it trying to get a second 980ti classified and realised the £100 so called saving was really only a card that can maintain reference clocks only. There was only two letters different in the model code to confuse matters.

 

[dlknight]

These are all cards that can only maintain reference clocks and not the real versions that have high overclocks out of the box. They may have a high end cooler and pcb but they lost the silicon lottery and this is why they seem to sell cheap. So you can't compare them to the overclocked versions. This is why you still see the ones that didn't fail the silicon lottery priced high. These versions you never see on release and only appear when the product goes EOL. So all saying that 980ti high end cards will be under 300 are wrong, these maybe high end coolers and pcb but they can't maintain true high end overclocks like their true models. So make sure to check the full model number as I almost fell for it trying to get a second 980ti classified and realised the £100 so called saving was really only a card that can maintain reference clocks only. There was only two letters different in the model code to confuse matters.

Not sure what you are using to backup that argument?

What are you referring to as "true models"?

Are these cards fake in some way? how?

First of the £299 card - PNY GeForce GTX 980Ti XLR8 OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card got a pretty good review on Kitguru

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/pny-gtx980-ti-xlr8-oc/

Scoring 8/10

The PNY GTX980 Ti XLR8 OC overclocks pretty well, although not quite as good as some GTX980 Ti’s we have tested so far. We managed a 1,414mhz boost speed before artifacting would occur. Increasing core voltage past a certain point didn’t provide any benefits. We need to say that every card will overclock to a slightly different level, even from the same production run.

When it comes to manually overclocking, the PNY GTX980 Ti XLR8 OC performs at a similar level to both Gigabyte and ASUS, however we do have one major concern with the PNY card – the lack of custom backplate. This may not seem like much, however our thermal imaging camera recorded temperatures around 92c behind the GPU core on the rear of the PCB. By comparison the rear of the ASUS STRIX peaked at 78C close to the core and the Gigabyte G1 Gaming a mere 65C. We don’t really understand why PNY would omit a rear backplate as they not only protect sensitive components, but they remove hot spots across the entire length of the PCB.

IMO - stick a custom Titan-X or 980ti backplate on and that should help with the overclocking and thermal problems...

And then we have several cards at £329.99 including the tried, tested and trusted - EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-4995-KR) - http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0

 

[uZi]

What to do.. I can get a 2nd hand EVGA 980Ti Reference for ~£100 less, or one of these aftermarket cards. Any one have any ideas how much better than aftermarket coolers on these cards are compared to the reference cooler?

 

[Purgatory]

Not sure what you are using to backup that argument?

What are you referring to as "true models"?

Are these cards fake in some way? how?

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18736226

 

[DarrenM343]

What to do.. I can get a 2nd hand EVGA 980Ti Reference for ~£100 less, or one of these aftermarket cards. Any one have any ideas how much better than aftermarket coolers on these cards are compared to the reference cooler?

How old is the second hand card? Think I'd go new every time. BRand new components, not been overclocked to hell and back, an iron clad warranty rather than a warranty that may or may not be useful as you're not the first owner.

Someone mentioned second hand good clocking ti's go for £300 still (used) but at these prices someone would be daft to pay anywhere near £300 for any used Ti, good overclocker or not. I know I'd want the brand new part.

 

[Gibbo]

I did the same... and I concede defeat. You have won Gibbo... my will is no match for your amazing deals. Even though my 970 has been acting up slightly, but I feel like that's the drivers causing crashes in games. I'll box it up and donate it to a needy system when this new 980ti arrives. I also ordered a £210 480 for next months gift. It's pre-order item, but I must ask, will the items ship together (since the 980ti is in stock and the 480 isn't) or will they be shipped seperately? I know a previous order from OCUK was held back due to a single item not being in stock.

An order only ships when all parts are in stock.
You should contact sales / customer service to get your 980Ti shipped now.

 

[dlknight]

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18736226

Can't see any actual test results in that thread

Just a lot of talk about the difference between card models and discussions around the silicon lottery. When you purchase a GPU or CPU you are in the hand of fate regarding how much of an overclock you will get out of it.

Yes some of the cards list higher boost clocks than others but ultimately the NVIDIA driver will boost your card as high as possible whilst staying within the safety limits for temperature, power limit etc which they have configured.

So you could for example purchase a card with a GPU boost clock of 1400MHz advertised but it could boost up to 1600MHz if you are lucky...