GTX 980 / 970 Discussion

[Geeman1979]

All, so will a 850psu be ok for 2x970?

A quality branded one yes.

 

[mysticsniper]

A quality branded one yes.

It's an Evga PSU. Would this be on the limit or still have plenty leftover?

 

[Pij]

Is the 980 worth upgrading from a 780ti for the price of postage? Im thinking yes but some places say it performs lower, while others say higher.

 

[Ayahuasca]

It will be fine, system load during gaming on the reviews was about 300w. So about 450-500 in SLI.

 

[Geeman1979]

It's an Evga PSU. Would this be on the limit or still have plenty leftover?

Nah it will be spot on.

 

[mysticsniper]

Nah it will be plenty.

Great, thanks for all the quick replies.

Was thinking 2x970 or 1x980, but glad I can go SLi on the 970's

 

[JaseUK]

2 x 970's or 1 x 980. I am leaning more towards 1 x 980 as it leaves it open to get another in the future.

 

[Geeman1979]

Great, thanks for all the quick replies.

Was thinking 2x970 or 1x980, but glad I can go SLi on the 970's

Wise choice

 

[mysticsniper]

Wise choice

Just have to wait till the Gigabyte 970's are back in stock now, which isn't too much of an issue as I can't order them till next Wednesday

 

[Nexus18]

Perhaps if I had been on the magic beans and found Mantle overwhelmingly amazing I might have a different opinion.

To see the true benefits of mantle, you need a weak CPU, not a high end CPU

BF 4, hardline and PVZ are completely different games for me with mantle, very rarely will my FPS drops below 80 (FPS cap), where as with dx, FPS drop galore, just not playable at all and this is even with everything on low/off except mesh (for bf 4)....

I will eventually upgrade my CPU and mobo but for the foreseeable future with regards to the upcoming games supporting mantle, there is no need to, I rather save myself £250-300 and put that towards my perfect monitor.

 

[drex69]

From the reviews I've seen nope, the Gigabyte, Asus, Galax do though it seems.

I'm trying to figure out if their is actually a reference PCB for the 970's, and which custom cooler versions have custom PCB's.

Actually I was looking at the 970's thinking exactly the same thing...

I have seen some reference 980's, but I don't think I have seen any reference 970's yet.

I have only been looking at the outside casing, but maybe some of them, are reference PCB's underneath ?

 

[shamus21]

Great, thanks for all the quick replies.

Was thinking 2x970 or 1x980, but glad I can go SLi on the 970's

Two 970 over one 980 best option the cost of the 980 is just not worth it unless Nvidia drops price to around the £350 mark.

 

[Things change I've changed]

All, so will a 850psu be ok for 2x970?

It should be more than enough if it's a decent brand, and EVGA rep said my 750w PSU could run even two 780's fine and these new cards are a lot more power efficient.

 

[humbug]

To say I regret my 290 purchase would be an understatement though I do have to remember that even at stupid clocks there isn't THAT much difference between the 970 / 290. Perhaps if I had been on the magic beans and found Mantle overwhelmingly amazing I might have a different opinion.

It's not that my 290 is a bad card (the opposite in fact - it's actually a stonkingly good 290) it's just that it has the heat thing which is an issue for me. It's good banter while on TS with Greg and that but day to day it becomes a bit close in my man cave ha ha...

Its a pile of crap compared to mine judging by your past complaints about it.

 

[setter]

To see the true benefits of mantle, you need a weak CPU, not a high end CPU

BF 4, hardline and PVZ are completely different games for me with mantle, very rarely will my FPS drops below 80 (FPS cap), where as with dx, FPS drop galore, just not playable at all and this is even with everything on low/off except mesh (for bf 4)....

I will eventually upgrade my CPU and mobo but for the foreseeable future with regards to the upcoming games supporting mantle, there is no need to, I rather save myself £250-300 and put that towards my perfect monitor.

If they would hurry up and bring the cte changes to bf4, we wouldn't need mantle. Quite impressed by theese new cards, nice drop in power use but ill probably soldier on with my 780's till full fat Maxwell comes out.

 

[shamus21]

Yes the AMD 290 / 290X`s prices were very tempting in the last few weeks but you can see why now. Always best to wait it out.

 

[psychas]

will buy 970 msi gamer when i get rid of mine 770 msi gamer oc should be tasty

edit : i think 970 msi gamer has no backplate(someone confirm) bit of a shame but still should be good

 

[Rusty0611]

Its a pile of crap compared to mine judging by your past complaints about it.

It isn't - it's a very good card...

To see the true benefits of mantle, you need a weak CPU, not a high end CPU

Yeah I know that hence the sardonic tone in that part of the post. It was just that if you believed everything you read in this sub forum DX was a mess and Mantle was smooth as a baby's bum even for higher end users such as myself. I swapped from a 780 purely for new toy syndrome and shock horror Mantle felt no different to DX on my 780 .

Alas I digress - not a Mantle thread .

 

[Nexus18]

If they would hurry up and bring the cte changes to bf4, we wouldn't need mantle. Quite impressed by theese new cards, nice drop in power use but ill probably soldier on with my 780's till full fat Maxwell comes out.

True that! Cte runs much better than vanilla on DX , mantle for my weak ass CPU is still better in CTE though.

 

[shaunwil]

Ordered my 980 from a more local dealer (sorry gibbo) and I'm kind of impressed with the card. Had quite major issues with my motherboard though. Anybody with the Gigabyte B75-U3V board will need to update the bios. Mine just hung at the bios screen. Took it back and they checked the 980 and it was fine, ordered a £15 graphics card just in case (didn't want to plumb my old card back in) and got it running.

The lighting effects on the back of the card are cool too.

Will have to read more reviews to decide on the 4k option in October !