Caporegime
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If better power consumption means coil whine, give me higher TDP
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Then it would be at least a good increase in performance over Amd's old tech. You can't really call it top end when it's not really a huge boost over the 290x or the 780ti. Yes its power consumption is good but someone with these old tech cards are not getting much of an improvement if they swapped to the 980 as the big gun Maxwell with higher bus, shaders, rops is being held back until Amd release the 390x.
If better power consumption means coil whine, give me higher TDP
I dont get this notion that it should be a mid-range card purely because we know bigger maxwell-based gpus are going to be released. it's nonsense.
300 more than my 980 gtx got at stock speeds. Think you should be happy with that!
It may not of worked like that
If the 980 had a 512bit bus this would have involved putting in more transistors which would have generated more heat meaning lower clockspeeds and higher power usage.
The 980 is a brilliant piece of engineering as it is so well balanced putting a bigger bus on it would unbalance everything. When the Maxwell Titan appears it will have to be bigger in every area to get the performance needed.
I am sure people buying the 980 would not have minded it with a 384 bit bus (don't think big maxwell will have 512bit bus) with a bit extra power consumption instead of 256bit though it might have ended up to close to big maxwell's performance for to get people to buy twice.
I am sure people buying the 980 would not have minded it with a 384 bit bus (don't think big maxwell will have 512bit bus) with a bit extra power consumption instead of 256bit though it might have ended up to close to big maxwell's performance for to get people to buy twice.
I disagree. Sli/crossfire/minimum for 4k.
Unless you play older games.
It looks like the Maxwell Titan will have a 384bit bus.
If they had put a 384bit bus on the 980 it would have involved redesigning everything else and increased manufacturing costs for a card that does not need it for it's target market. 99% of users are not going to use the 9 series @2160p so what is the point.
Not needed. Single 980 @ 4K is perfectly capable with the smaller bus
I think the point is to give their users more performance instead of holding back just to get people buying twice but from a business point of view it is good for them as long as their users don't mind paying £450+ for the 256bit and then £600+ for slightly cut down Maxwell Titan. (Amd's 390x depending on performance might make them price lower)
Me thinks Nvidia could have given people Maxwell Titan instead of the 980 (it did not need to be produced from a customer point of view) and produced a slightly cut down version but still faster than a 256bit 980. That would have been faster for users using 1440 res if that was the target market. Can you even max out Crysis 3 at a constant 60fps with one 980 at 1440?
I disagree as well. Try maxing out Crysis 3 at 4k 60fps constant with one 980.
Not likely
4 x EVGA SC 980s @stock
5960X 4.0
Crysis 3 maxed @1440p
From the start in the rain to getting into the first building
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
7664, 84829, 61, 154, 90.346
I could probably get a few more fps if I overclocked the CPU a bit but to answer your question no.
I will do a single card run next to show what you do get.
Kaap, out of all your various gpu setups, iirc its 290's, titans and 980's. Which would you decide to keep if it was only one choice of setup, (ie wife/gf says enough is enough).+1
The best part about using 4 cards at 4K is not the obvious extra fps but the greatly reduced frame tearing you get with a single card.
I disagree as well. Try maxing out Crysis 3 at 4k 60fps constant with one 980.