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

TechPowerUp conclusion:

"wouldn't upgrade from anything more recent than GTX 680, but users of older cards should definitely look at NVIDIA's new products. Oh, and AMD seems ****ed."

Lol
 
Hmm, 970 looking to be a great 'Bang for your buck' card if the UK pricing isn't too bad. Who'd have thought we'd be saying that about an NVidia card :D
 
WalderX said:
TechPowerUp conclusion:

"wouldn't upgrade from anything more recent than GTX 680, but users of older cards should definitely look at NVIDIA's new products. Oh, and AMD seems ****ed."

Lol
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Presumably GTX 770 would fall into the 'upgrade from' category too as it's a just a re-badged, slightly overclocked 680.

When will these cards be available to buy?
 
So much like the 680 the 980 seems to be the mid range performance part of maxwell. Looking at the die size and power there will clearly be a 985/1080 as soon as AMD release something to respond too.

Shame really as if Nvidia did that now I would be buying one
 
If this is priced well then we have a damn good card here!

Also, for those 256bit non-believers. Seems fine doing high AA and UHD to me...
 
Rossi~ said:
If this is priced well then we have a damn good card here!

Also, for those 256bit non-believers. Seems fine doing high AA and UHD to me...
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The cards are bandwidth limited, a couple of sites, even TPU have noted that real world benefit from overclocking is not as high as the overclock percentage.

That to me is the cards not having enough bandwidth to take advantage of the ALU performance.
 
Just been reading the 980 review on Anandtech (great mobile site btw) and that is one impressive piece of kit given its power requirements. AMD are in serious trouble as they have failed to get to grips with 28nm and deliver an equally efficient card and so much for all the advantages of a 512 bit bus lol the 290x is chugging along behind the gtx980 like an old bus.

Normally I give Nvidia a hard time but this time around you have to give the devil its due and admire what they have achieved with Maxwell. If there's to be a 980Ti I wonder what AMD can produce to keep them competitive.
 
Probably gonna switch now my purchase from 2 290x to 2 980 one question .. what power connectors do the 980's take and what psu should i go with ( more power is better i know you can get 2 cards running but would prefer to future proof it a little.
 
ratters said:
Probably gonna switch now my purchase from 2 290x to 2 980 one question .. what power connectors do the 980's take and what psu should i go with ( more power is better i know you can get 2 cards running but would prefer to future proof it a little.
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Some take 2 6-pin, others take 2 8-pin.
 
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