**Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / 980 Review Thread**

[SkeeterUK]

THERE UP!

go go and looksy

 

[Buckster]

will there be fully reference cards available at launch

ie reference PCB and reference cooler?

 

[Buckster]

well that answers my question

plenty of reference cards

but ouch at price

 

[Yaayuh!]

£440 isn't bad.

 

[SkeeterUK]

970s more expensive than i guessed, must be premium for a launch?

£259 to about £310.

The 980s are £439+

Dissapointing. The 970s shouldnt be more than £250.

 

[almighty15]

Holly ****ing **** at that 970 price!!!

980 doesn't justify the extra ~£200 price hike though.

Might sell my 290 and get a 970 end of the month.

 

[SkeeterUK]

Hmm strange i read one of them and they said its display port 1.2 not 1.3? Surely it should be 1.3 by now since vesa just updated it not long ago???

 

[stulid]

They are up now.

 

[SkeeterUK]

You seen the 300 quid 970 with Core Clock: 1203MHz, Boost Clock: 1355MHz. If that has more oc room that will be a good card but.. The price is quite the premium.

 

[Surveyor]

Hmm strange i read one of them and they said its display port 1.2 not 1.3? Surely it should be 1.3 by now since vesa just updated it not long ago???

Not surprising if a standard only agreed recently isn't incorporated into cards that have been in development for months.

 

[inverseSquare]

Hmm, thought it'd be more like £250 for non-reference 970s :/

 

[Gibbo]

970s more expensive than i guessed, must be premium for a launch?

£259 to about £310.

The 980s are £439+

Dissapointing. The 970s shouldnt be more than £250.

NVIDIA's MSRP is £259 for 970 and £429 for 980 in the UK with VAT.

USD MSRP's are without tax.

 

[Gibbo]

You seen the 300 quid 970 with Core Clock: 1203MHz, Boost Clock: 1355MHz. If that has more oc room that will be a good card but.. The price is quite the premium.

Yes. I've had them over 1600MHz core!!

 

[Gibbo]

Hmm strange i read one of them and they said its display port 1.2 not 1.3? Surely it should be 1.3 by now since vesa just updated it not long ago???

They are all 1.2

 

[TwsT]

970s more expensive than i guessed, must be premium for a launch?

£259 to about £310.

The 980s are £439+

Dissapointing. The 970s shouldnt be more than £250.

the 260 on launch was more than that....

 

[Silent_Scone]

Gibbo where are the Classifieds? Could it be that Maxwell scales so well without voltage they aren't even needed? :O

 

[Kaapstad]

yeah people seem to be missing this is the gm 204 not the gm 200

+1

I am waiting for GM200 Titans

These 970 and 980s lose a lot of performance compared to the 780ti when max/very high settings are used even at 1080p and 1440p.

 

[Bigbud]

So how is the 970 against the 780ti at 1080p ? looking to upgrade from a 670

Looking for gibbo's test results

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo where are the Classifieds? Could it be that Maxwell scales so well without voltage they aren't even needed? :O

I shall test with more voltage soon.

But Classy's are not on roadmap, but am sure they will come, but probably end of year!

 

[Gibbo]

So how is the 970 against the 780ti at 1080p ? looking to upgrade from a 670

Looking for gibbo's test results

Posted!

An overclocked 970 can smash a 780Ti up.