GTX 980 / 970 Discussion

[chaparral]

If the "budget" 980's from MSI without the Titan style cooler are substantially cheaper than a standard 980 and at least 20% faster than a 780 Ti then I'll snap up 2.

But them black budget coolers may also far louder then a titan cooler..
Plus I bet the cards run hotter with that black cooler vs the titan cooler..

 

[Noxia]

Do you lot paint your nails to match the inside of your cases too? I remember when men were men and the aesthetics weren't even considered. Beige towers, mmm.

 

[AshenEdge]

Still wonder if EK has been part of the NDA too, would be awesome if water blocks where available for these cards as soon as they come out.

If the price is right then the 980 may be the new card from my 570 !

Those of us on pre 600 series have probably been like this on the eve of each launch since... but managing to resist

Will Gibbo make us crack this time

 

[AshenEdge]

I'll raise you to Riva128...

Has that been your stop gap until these launch? not long to wait now mate

 

[Gregster]

Same here Greg

Has there been any hint at availability of blocks? I guess hoping for simultaneous availability would be too much

On a side note this is my first chance to check out the forum today... at work I was wondering what new info had surfaced during the day and on checking for the latest noticed a few things a miss
...can I assume something hit the fan

Water blocks won't be far off and nothing untoward happened

 

[DmitryD]

Has that been your stop gap until these launch? not long to wait now mate

More like start, but that 580 I've got feels dated in games like Metro Last Light, would have preferred 980 TI now with 50% more power than 980, that would do me nicely until they release Volta...

 

[Boomstick777]

If the "budget" 980's from MSI without the Titan style cooler are substantially cheaper than a standard 980 and at least 20% faster than a 780 Ti then I'll snap up 2.

20% faster than a GTX 780 Ti seems like wishful thinking doesn't it?

I would be surprised at 10%+ across the board with both cards maxed, be interest to see a review where both cards were clock at their limits. That's what I'm really interested in as I have no intention of ever running a GPU @ stock.

 

[AshenEdge]

Water blocks won't be far off and nothing untoward happened

 

[DmitryD]

Water blocks won't be far off and nothing untoward happened

Would 2 cards with water blocks be good for a SLI config?

Also, it is worth getting 3rd card for SLI, I've read that scalability isn't very good for more than 2 cards.

 

[chaparral]

Looks like AMD a little more then worried

As almost every 290/290x is on a this week only offer price cut
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1752

 

[chroniclard]

Do you lot paint your nails to match the inside of your cases too? I remember when men were men and the aesthetics weren't even considered. Beige towers, mmm.

Dont even have windows on my case, proper retro.

 

[chaparral]

Dont even have windows on my case, proper retro.

If your proper retro then that means you leave the side panels off..

 

[AshenEdge]

... Beige towers, mmm.

Sounds like a new housing development

 

[Jono8]

Looks like AMD a little more then worried

As almost every 290/290x is on a this week only offer price cut
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1752

If the 970 does indeed offer 290x matching performance with almost half the power use and it is released at £250-£300 then AMD will have to seriously start slashing some prices.

Do AMD have nothing to counter this release?

 

[Orangey]

From OCN's Alatar,

Wow it takes a 1.5GHz OC to beat a 290X pootling along with a gimme OC?

 

[ubersonic]

20% faster than a GTX 780 Ti seems like wishful thinking doesn't it?

According to the benchmarks seen so far it looks right, avg of 13% faster than the 780ti with some games hitting 20%+, avg of 16% faster than the 290X with some games hitting 30%, also the 970 averages 1.5% faster than the 290X at 2/3 the power consumption.

 

[ToxicTBag]

Sooooo...

Is the 970/980 pitched against the 770/780 as a replacement or are they just using the same number run?

 

[Gregster]

Sooooo...

Is the 970/980 pitched against the 770/780 as a replacement or are they just using the same number run?

Spoiler

More like 780/780Ti T

 

[ubersonic]

Sooooo...

Is the 970/980 pitched against the 770/780 as a replacement or are they just using the same number run?

From the early benchmarks it looks like the 970 is pitched against the 780 GHz and R290X so replacing the 780, and the 980 is pitched just over the 780ti so is replacing it.

This is stock clocked cards with what must be early drivers ofc, no telling what custom cards and driver refinements will do to the mix.

 

[shaunwil]

Those of us on pre 600 series have probably been like this on the eve of each launch since... but managing to resist

Will Gibbo make us crack this time

Most things have still worked with the 570 on 1080p, but I want to step up to something newer. Resisted for so long !