Cheerio 980Ti

dits · 17 Oct 2016 at 12:52

Seems 980Ti's finally bit the bullet on the website sales page!!! The greatest GPU ever?

robin66 · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:07

I've had mine for about a year now. And can see me keeping it in my system for another year.

Everything runs nice at 1440, so no real reason to upgrade right now.

Aretak · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:30

Nice cards (still), but not sure what would qualify it for being the best GPU ever. The 780 Ti would have a stronger claim.

DM8104 · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:30

Doco · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:36

robin66 said:
I've had mine for about a year now. And can see me keeping it in my system for another year.

Everything runs nice at 1440, so no real reason to upgrade right now.

I'm the same as above - got my 980ti last summer, runs everything on my 1440p monitor so no need to upgrade just yet (unless I get a bug)

Disco_P · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:41

Aretak said:
Nice cards (still), but not sure what would qualify it for being the best GPU ever. The 780 Ti would have a stronger claim.

Not with 3GB of vram.

I'd give greatest GPU to either the 880GT or 7970/50.

dits · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:43

When it came out, you could hear the cries of "HOW MUCH" from here to Sydney Australia. Now i wish i'd got one on the OC sale after the release of the 1080

dits · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:44

Disco_P said:
Not with 3GB of vram.

I'd give greatest GPU to either the 880GT or 7970/50.

lol....much Vram did those two cards have ??

Aretak · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:47

Disco_P said:
Not with 3GB of vram.

Seems weird to judge an old card by today's standards in this context. The 980 Ti's 6GB will look just as paltry by mid-2018 when it's as old as the 780 Ti is now.

djbully · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:53

For me, the best cards I had were

3) Radeon 6970 - Overclocked like a trooper.
2) Nvidia 8800 GTX/ULTRA - I had to run mine slightly underclocked, but still a beast for that time...
1) Radeon R9 290X - The Titan killer.

five8five · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:56

Don't fret, Gibbo will find a stash of them in a darkened corner of an obscure overseas warehouse!

eldergeek · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:06

Aretak said:
Nice cards (still), but not sure what would qualify it for being the best GPU ever. The 780 Ti would have a stronger claim.

Surely there's more affection for the 970 despite the 3.5gb vram debacle?

Greebo · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:08

For longevity and how much faster they were than previous gen or oppositon the titale surely has to go with the 8800GTX?

Some people were still finding the performance fine several years later.

~>Dg<~ · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:09

not greatest card by long shot.some favs i owned over the years

9800 pro 5 years plus still ran games well.
6600gt had a beauty ocd great ran for years
7600gt couldnt believe this card got it for half price by mistake just wouldnt die lol.
4850 ocd well never battered a eyelid.great little card.
6950 which unlocked to a 6970 and ocd like a beast felt guilty selling it was a great card.
7950 boost ran cool ocd like a boss just kept in put in cupboard.

snips86x · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:10

djbully said:
For me, the best cards I had were

3) Radeon 6970 - Overclocked like a trooper.
2) Nvidia 8800 GTX/ULTRA - I had to run mine slightly underclocked, but still a beast for that time...
1) Radeon R9 290X - The Titan killer.

I never owner the first on your list but mine would be:

1) MSI 980TI 6G Gaming
2) MSI 7970 TF III
3) MSI GTX660 TF II
4) 2x Titan SLi (Nice but wasn't a sensible purchase)
5) GeForce 8800GT

I did have the 290 for a period of time, but i must say, it was one of the worst cards I ever owned.

~>Dg<~ · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:11

eldergeek said:
Surely there's more affection for the 970 despite the 3.5gb vram debacle?

you know what you could be right.people mocked the 970 its 2 years old and still plays everything at 1080 maxxed.so really its been a great card.

another year in one yet.so 3 years at max settings at 1080 is pretty good for a card people claim is gimped.

see if a 480 is doing that for 3 years

robfosters · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:13

My favourite card was the 8800GTS 512. Cracking card for the price, ran many games great at 1680, and served me well for over 3 years before finally upgrading to a 560Ti.

snips86x · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:14

~>Dg<~ said:
you know what you could be right.people mocked the 970 its 2 years old and still plays everything at 1080 maxxed.so really its been a great card.

another year in one yet.so 3 years at max settings at 1080 is pretty good for a card people claim is gimped.

see if a 480 is doing that for 3 years

For 1080p, you can't go wrong with the 970. As for the 480, it'll end up being used to heat homes

Just like the 290 was/is!

Aretak · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:18

eldergeek said:
Surely there's more affection for the 970 despite the 3.5gb vram debacle?

Well, to be clear, I'm by no means voting for the 780 Ti. I only mentioned it because it's the nearest possible comparison to the 980 Ti, and by pretty much every metric it was the better card, relatively speaking. It was more powerful than its Titan for much less money, when being only slightly less powerful than the Titan X for much less money is one thing people always talk up the 980 Ti for. And just like the 980 Ti it was the most powerful GPU in the world when it was released (though the 290X has proven to be the smarter buy over time).

My point is mainly that the 980 Ti doesn't have much claim to the crown, not that the 780 Ti does. I've seen many people on here make the argument that 6GB is now the "minimum spec" when it comes to VRAM due to the 1060 (mainly in the context of crapping on the Fury cards), so the 980 Ti certainly hasn't held up better than the 780 Ti in that respect.

StrongSad · 17 Oct 2016 at 14:25

Whilst I absolutely love my 980ti Paid £320 new, so after my 980 sale for £190, plus running at 1480 without any issues since I got it, I think it was a bargain....

However

6950 for me.

Lasted 4 years, played everything I threw at it. Sold it for £30 only the other month.....