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1300w is complete overkill, 1000w will be sufficient
The 970 and 980 are on ocuk site now.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1914&subid=1010
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1914&subid=1812
Tho no cards in there yet the categories are up. Shouldnt be long till cards and prices show in there.
Just the same price ... and what if the titan 2 requires a lot more power and i want 3 of them ! AHHH its so hard to choose !
I probably going to get bashed for going against the flow here, but seriously? We are getting excited by the 980...why? I mean putting the impressive low power consumption aside...these are "next gen card", have our expectative really sinken so low in terms of performance increase?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.
Just the same price ... and what if the titan 2 requires a lot more power and i want 3 of them ! AHHH its so hard to choose !
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057
My which one ?? How much better is the 1000w to 1300w ?? Gonna prep my basket.
I'm amazed by this release.
Sure the power reduction is a remarkable achievement. But a high end product that in some scenarios isn't able to convincingly beat a product that's been out for over a year, and is from a previous generation?
And people are handing out awards like they are sweets? Maybe the rules changed when I wasn't looking, but years ago if someone launched a product without a large *performance* increase (sure efficiency is great....zzzz) they would have got slaughtered in reviews.
Cant help but think because of the pricing Nvidia are obviously aware of this. And at some point we will see a real upgrade. For all the people saying AMD are screwed? Really? They might have to release a card with water cooling from factory, but I bet it packs a serious punch. Efficiency is over rated.