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**Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / 980 Review Thread**
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Anything interesting in the IGN review? it's blocked here with the games filter.
These were taped out for 20nm until Apple bought all the fab allocation don't forget.
Green and Red are between a rock and a hard place until they can get off 28nm.
They both have to release something in the meantime, and I think this is a good taster of what's to come on 20nm.
It's blatant it's a mid range part, just like the 680 was.
I have to agree a little , however the power efficiency is very impressive.
You'd have to be a little crazy to move from a titan/780/ti/black/290/290x to one of these.
In some ways it doesn't make much sense and it seems a little lackluster for a gpu release, is this a flagship card ?, if new silicon is comming next year why release now ? , is this to counter an impending AMD release of the same flavour ?
Soldato
You're wrong, The salesmen said their good and we have to buy them because our Titan Black and 780 Ti rigs are now worthless, Salesmen never lie to increase sales and profit !!!!!
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Caporegime
Same, but i could be tempted by a single 980 as my non ref 780's in sli arent ideal from a cooling point. Could always add another 980 later.
Caporegime
I will be needing a LAN rig, so at the right price, I could be swayed to a 970 
You're wrong, The salesmen said their good and we have to buy them because our Titan Black and 780 Ti rigs are now worthless, Salesmen never lie to increase sales and profit !!!!!
Yeah indeed , i remember the 290x ref release and how all the sapphire cards used Hynix memory and how well the cards overclocked
Not so bad if you have multiple PC's or you just fancy playing with the latest tech. A lot of peeps just buy to benchmark, so always get the latest stuff.
If you're just gaming and have 1 PC, there would be no reason to have bought any GPU in like the past 3 years lol. A GTX 580 is arguably all you would need
I have a feeling a lot of guys will make the switch from 29X / 7XX once other people get them and GTX 980 starts taking over the benchmark tables
Soldato
Yeah indeed , i remember the 290x ref release and how all the sapphire cards used Hynix memory and how well the cards overclocked
Exactly, You should never believe a salesman no matter how many charts or "Facts" they throw at you.
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I suppose by putting these out they can test there new arch and also get the drivers improved for when the real Maxwell comes.
Also not everyone one is like us lot on here and they will just buy the latest thing regardless.
I'm itching to get off my 7950's (only bought them because it seemed the cheapest way to get the most power) and I had reservations about the drivers then. I've ended up regretting it coz I can only watch a youtube/flash video 30% of the time amongst a few other things.
Sorry NVidia, forgive me and I'll never stray again lol.
Also not everyone one is like us lot on here and they will just buy the latest thing regardless.
I'm itching to get off my 7950's (only bought them because it seemed the cheapest way to get the most power) and I had reservations about the drivers then. I've ended up regretting it coz I can only watch a youtube/flash video 30% of the time amongst a few other things.
Sorry NVidia, forgive me and I'll never stray again lol.
Not so bad if you have multiple PC's or you just fancy playing with the latest tech. A lot of peeps just buy to benchmark, so always get the latest stuff.
If you're just gaming and have 1 PC, there would be no reason to have bought any GPU in like the past 3 years lol. A GTX 580 is arguably all you would need
I have a feeling a lot of guys will make the switch from 29X / 7XX once other people get them and GTX 980 starts taking over the benchmark tables
Oh i agree, i enjoy benching but only to a point, my rig is for gaming first and formost, i went to the ti's from a 7950 crossfire setup , the performance increase was huge just with one card and in sli it's pretty insane. I like to think that i'm a pretty savvy shopper when it comes to pc tech, i've personally never been one for incrimental upgrading, i just see it as wasted cash.
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Yeah and this is the case for 90% of people, if you're just using a PC for some gaming and web stuff, any GPU from the past 3 years is good enough tbh.
Then there is that 10% of enthusiast who like to bench and run the latest gear, will always swap it out for the next latest thing. When you think major launches are every 6-12 months, as long as you sell your old parts off, it's not really that expensive. People can spend more on cigarettes, drink or fast food than you would lose of selling your parts and buying new ones..
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Soldato
I don't give a **** about benching (apart from the gym), any loon can do that. It's all about the FRAMES MAN!!!!!
Saying that I'd put it out there that the peeps with the best/newest top gear, suck at gaming in general! (still)
Saying that I'd put it out there that the peeps with the best/newest top gear, suck at gaming in general! (still)
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these seem interesting, but for 780 ti owners will it be much difference, the 780 ti in the benchmarks is only 876 mhz whereas the 980 is 1126 mhz, but my ti auto boosts to 1205 mhz, so surely it would take one hell of a boost to beat that. only time will tell i suppose, i am tempted to get 2 of them though if the price is right.
Not crazy at all if GTX 980 really sells for £350 ish @ launch as Nvidia knocked the price down at the last minute & it really offers much better power consumption it will be a killer card & devalue the entire current high end single GPU market (except for Titans they are always an exception due to compute performance).
Suddenly you have last years high end become mid range literally over night as price per watt on 980 is superior & performance on drivers will improve a little. I think its unlikely Nvidia would launch these @ a major self promoted/funded event if they were not something worth upgrading to.
I love my GTX 780 Ti but I can admit its power hungry as it needs to run on recent games @ high watts to power my 2560x1080 Ultra Wide monitor maxxed out
It's looking to be about 10% - 15% faster than the 780 Ti, with possibly more overclocking headroom. Much less power consumption, and a few new exclusive Maxwell features. Whether they can be added to Kepler with a driver update later on who knows?
Not a bad card at all, stop gap until 20nm eventually gets here..
If I get one, I'll be clocking the nuts off of it
Caporegime
Review's been taken down 