** NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 900 SERIES PRICE DROP!! **

[Rannoch]

this will destroy the 2nd market and I like it

Just what I was thinking

 

[Greebo]

Have these dropped again ?

Some have on TWO

By the end of the week 980ti will be down to £300

 

[easyrider]

Some have on TWO

By the end of the week 980ti will be down to £300

 

[spoon]

Nice to see 980Ti's in sub £400 territory

 

[siriq111]

I am not sure it has been already or not but : http://videocardz.com/61116/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-receive-a-price-cut
Looks like lower prices can be seen soon as the shops will do some special prices. As usually OCUk always spot on to have the best deals but i have a feeling we see more actions with the price soon.

 

[SkeeterUK]

I think gibbo will say the recent price drops they have done is what all your gona get for now. Gibbo basically knew about what videocardz was reporting earlier than reported and so in order to say that they are first which they might be, got in before others to reduce prices. Basically i dont think ur gona see any more drops from ocuk unless nvidia does more drops in a month or two time which im kinda doubting.

 

[siriq111]

Gibbo always find the shortest way to new price actions. I am not worried about that. He's a great guy with the right job.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo always find the shortest way to new price actions. I am not worried about that. He's a great guy with the right job.

Cheers buddy!

I always pride myself in being first to market and being pretty much king of VGA. It is why our listings of 1080/1070 are far bigger than any competitor, we also have free shipping enabled on every single one and on the most part our pricing is very competitive and we shall always get the lions share of stock.

 

[Rannoch]

Isn't the 1070 faster and cheaper than the 980ti?

 

[.Trooper.]

Isn't the 1070 faster and cheaper than the 980ti?

980Ti is on par with the 1070 in price (after the drop) and performance really. People are saying 980Ti is the better overclocker but I've seen an OC founders edition vs an OC aftermarket 980Ti and there's barely anything between them.

 

[Gibbo]

Isn't the 1070 faster and cheaper than the 980ti?

I've not played with a 1070 yet but from talking with board partners they say this:

Stock 980Ti vs Stock 1070, the 1070 pretty much wins all the time.

But the 1070 does not overclock anywhere near as well as 980Ti, so say a 980Ti such as EVGA SC/FTW or Zotac AMP actually rivals 1070 and can beat it.

When both cards are OC to maxed, the 980Ti tends to win as 980Ti is simply a far better overclocking GPU.

 

[Rusty0611]

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. If you're going to plug and play then go for a 1070 but if you're overclocking go for the 980Ti (second hand probably best). That said, it could change if driver improvements occur which could push the 1070 higher OC vs OC but here and now the 980Ti is faster when comparing overclocked results.

 

[Rannoch]

I've not played with a 1070 yet but from talking with board partners they say this:

Stock 980Ti vs Stock 1070, the 1070 pretty much wins all the time.

But the 1070 does not overclock anywhere near as well as 980Ti, so say a 980Ti such as EVGA SC/FTW or Zotac AMP actually rivals 1070 and can beat it.

When both cards are OC to maxed, the 980Ti tends to win as 980Ti is simply a far better overclocking GPU.

Cheers Gibbo. Great prices, now trying to convince myself not to upgrade

 

[Gibbo]

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. If you're going to plug and play then go for a 1070 but if you're overclocking go for the 980Ti. That said, it could change if driver improvements occur which could push the 1070 higher OC vs OC but here and now the 980Ti is faster when comparing overclocked results.

Drivers from experience do not help much with OC ability, they can just unleash additional performance.

 

[Rusty0611]

Drivers from experience do not help much with OC ability, they can just unleash additional performance.

Yeah I didn't mean drivers would make it overclock better just that its relative performance at max OC could improve if drivers improve.

 

[Jono8]

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. If you're going to plug and play then go for a 1070 but if you're overclocking go for the 980Ti (second hand probably best). That said, it could change if driver improvements occur which could push the 1070 higher OC vs OC but here and now the 980Ti is faster when comparing overclocked results.

Indeed. The 1000 series is showing improvements in DX12 aswell, and as you say with driver improvements the gap is only going to widen. Going forward, i wouldn't even consider a 980Ti at this point, unless it was cheaper. The 980Ti is only going to be slightly faster if you get one that can consistently hold 1450mhz+ stable.

 

[spoon]

We need 1080Ti out for around £400 to give 980Ti's run for their money

980Ti's are still great cards if you can find one for cheap i.e. sub £300 is a no brainier really.

Also, well done to OCuk for stocking LARGE variety of 1070/1080 cards!

 

[Gibbo]

Indeed. The 1000 series is showing improvements in DX12 aswell, and as you say with driver improvements the gap is only going to widen. Going forward, i wouldn't even consider a 980Ti at this point, unless it was cheaper. The 980Ti is only going to be slightly faster if you get one that can consistently hold 1450mhz+ stable.

From our testing pretty much every 980Ti does 1400MHz plus with ease, it is beyond 1500MHz that was an issue. However I will admit I did my testing on early reference and custom cards. So the latest batches could be worse or better.

 

[IvanDobskey]

People are upgrading from 980ti's to 1070's?? Why on earth would you bother? Surely the performance is so close as to make no difference?

 

[Gibbo]

People are upgrading from 980ti's to 1070's?? Why on earth would you bother? Surely the performance is so close as to make no difference?

Would be pointless, so agreed!