Geforce Pascal Review thread

smilertoo · 17 May 2016 at 21:04

I wont be buying until price drops kick in. Since i'm not 12 anymore i'm capable of waiting.

Gripen90 · 17 May 2016 at 21:07

I am still looking at these numbers with GTX 980Ti vs GTX 1080, and I'm pretty impressed with how a custom GTX 980Ti with some decent Pre-OC actually holds up against GTX 1080.
The reference GTX 980Ti is about 28% slower in 2560x1440 but a MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming 6G is just 9% slower than the GTX 1080 in 2560x1440.
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...hnitt_benchmarks_in_2560__1440_und_1920__1080

And with overclocking the GTX 980Ti you almost get 1080 performance !
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...-ti-gaming-oc-vs-gtx-1080-oc-benchmark-part-2

Drollic · 17 May 2016 at 21:10

1440p is still looking expensive.

JediFragger · 17 May 2016 at 21:24

Seanspeed said:
It would be lunacy if Vega doesn't outperform a 1080 by a handy margin.

I'm sure it will......after 2 years of drivers

JediFragger · 17 May 2016 at 21:24

smilertoo said:
I wont be buying until price drops kick in. Since i'm not 12 anymore i'm capable of waiting.

13??

JediFragger · 17 May 2016 at 21:25

Gripen90 said:
I am still looking at these numbers with GTX 980Ti vs GTX 1080, and I'm pretty impressed with how a custom GTX 980Ti with some decent Pre-OC actually holds up against GTX 1080.
The reference GTX 980Ti is about 28% slower in 2560x1440 but a MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming 6G is just 9% slower than the GTX 1080 in 2560x1440.
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...hnitt_benchmarks_in_2560__1440_und_1920__1080

And with overclocking the GTX 980Ti you almost get 1080 performance !
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...-ti-gaming-oc-vs-gtx-1080-oc-benchmark-part-2

MSI Gaming could probably be pushed harder too, making it more like 4-5% :cool:

setter · 17 May 2016 at 21:34

JediFragger said:
MSI Gaming could probably be pushed harder too, making it more like 4-5%

Mine is a pretty low asic msi 6g, (66% iirc) but will easily hit 1480mhz core. You do need the fan ramped up at 80% or so as it will throttle at 63c if fan speed is lower. No big issue though as you barely hear it at 80% speed.

Gripen90 · 17 May 2016 at 21:37

Well If GTX 1080 max support 2 way SLi, then I won't touch my 3x GTX 980Ti reference cards which all already are running at around 1450Mhz boost clock

However I might throw a GTX 1080 custom card into the wifes machine when they arrive!

DarrenM343 · 17 May 2016 at 21:43

Gripen90 said:
I am still looking at these numbers with GTX 980Ti vs GTX 1080, and I'm pretty impressed with how a custom GTX 980Ti with some decent Pre-OC actually holds up against GTX 1080.
The reference GTX 980Ti is about 28% slower in 2560x1440 but a MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming 6G is just 9% slower than the GTX 1080 in 2560x1440.
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...hnitt_benchmarks_in_2560__1440_und_1920__1080

And with overclocking the GTX 980Ti you almost get 1080 performance !
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/...-ti-gaming-oc-vs-gtx-1080-oc-benchmark-part-2

Whooppee woo Gripen, the OVERCLOCKED 980 Ti is nearly as fast as a not even on the market yet 1080 at stock, and probably not yet optimised. Don't minimums stay the same when overclocking however, so an overclocked card may not even be as smooth actually playing games (forget benchmarks) as a non-overclocked card

. What I mean is, a 980 Ti overclocked to exactly 1080 performance will still mean it's not as good when it comes to game smoothness.
Lets not forget the underlying thing either - the 1080 is all new tech

You know you want one, sell up buy, be true to yourself.

he he he he.

An Exception · 17 May 2016 at 21:44

Gripen90 said:
Well If GTX 1080 max support 2 way SLi, then I won't touch my 3x GTX 980Ti reference cards which all already are running at around 1450Mhz boost clock

However I might throw a GTX 1080 custom card into the wifes machine when they arrive!

You'l probably get WAY smoother FPS if you took out 1 of those TI's. You are literally paying to have a worse experience. :confused:

JediFragger · 17 May 2016 at 21:46

An Exception said:
You'l probably get WAY smoother FPS if you took out 1 of those TI's. You are literally paying to have a worse experience.

Plus nVidia have come out and pretty much said they're dumping any and all support for 3 and 4 way SLi :eek:

Gripen90 · 17 May 2016 at 21:46

DarrenM343 said:
Whooppee woo Gripen, the OVERCLOCKED 980 Ti is nearly as fast as a not even on the market yet 1080 at stock, and probably not yet optimised. Don't minimums stay the same when overclocking however, so an overclocked card may not even be as smooth actually playing games (forget benchmarks) as a non-overclocked card . What I mean is, a 980 Ti overclocked to exactly 1080 performance will still mean it's not as good when it comes to game smoothness.
Lets not forget the underlying thing either - the 1080 is all new tech

You know you want one, sell up buy, be true to yourself.

he he he he.

Hehe no with only official 2 way SLi support I'm skipping 1080 and waiting for 1080Ti at least - I won't go with lower performance than what my 3x980ti's gives me.

Dervious · 17 May 2016 at 21:48

smilertoo said:
I wont be buying until price drops kick in. Since i'm not 12 anymore i'm capable of waiting.

+1

Good things come to those who wait.

JediFragger · 17 May 2016 at 21:49

The after-market cards have real potential to be great...

An Exception · 17 May 2016 at 21:54

Gripen90 said:
Hehe no with only official 2 way SLi support I'm skipping 1080 and waiting for 1080Ti at least - I won't go with lower performance than what my 3x980ti's gives me.

2x 1080's are going to get you WAY more performance than what you currently have. Skip to 5 minutes in the above video.

Gripen90 · 17 May 2016 at 22:06

An Exception said:
You'l probably get WAY smoother FPS if you took out 1 of those TI's. You are literally paying to have a worse experience.

Nope I have a smooth ride, and I have nice FPS boost going from 2 to 3 way SLi.
I have been running 3 way SLi permantly since 2009 (3xGTX 280/470/580/670/780/970 now 980Ti). I have seen this video and I can't recognize those issues at all. I love running 3 card

Only 2 times in all the years I've had issues running 3 cards.

Zeed · 17 May 2016 at 22:07

Bakes0310 well had a look and in 3DMark FireStrike... 1080 scores almost 200% of Black.. 10200 vs 19300 Out of quick look.

So basically You could see 1 card running at least as much power as them two you got. ALL THE TIME no ****ing about with no SLI. I call that a great upgrade and yopu can sell them titans still

quick look on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZOTAC-NVI...358505?hash=item1a139011a9:g:uRYAAOSwInxXNtaP
and yopu copuld actually sell both to cover price of one 1080 so would be a free upgrade.

btw. Hope ebay is not Competition link ??

And when AMD starts selling Vega card and its somehow faster than 1080. Dont worry week after we will have 1080ti on market.
Cause

An Exception · 17 May 2016 at 22:07

Take one out and see if it's smoother.

Mei · 17 May 2016 at 22:10

Gripen90 said:
Nope I have a smooth ride, and I have nice FPS boost going from 2 to 3 way SLi.
I have been running 3 way SLi permantly since 2009 (3xGTX 280/470/580/670/780/970 now 980Ti). I have seen this video and I can't recognize those issues at all. I love running 3 card
Only 2 times in all the years I've had issues running 3 cards.

im surprised
do you play games or just run benchmarks?
maybe you do play games but only the ones that have great sli support i duno.....walks away shrugging

stephenb · 17 May 2016 at 22:11

A little piece from Road to VR: http://www.roadtovr.com/nvidia-gtx-1080-benchmark-review-performance-head-to-head-against-the-980ti/

Benchmarks on a 21:9 3440x1440 display and Rift.