Return 980 and wait for 980 Ti ?

ALXAndy · 11 May 2015 at 18:30

Dicehunter said:
So many conflicting view points, I'm seriously stuck on what to do.

On 1 hand I'm enjoying the 980 and it's performance, On the other hand I could get a refund, Put up with the iGPU on the 4790K for a month then get the 980 Ti with 30-40% extra performance and 2 extra gigs of memory.

Decisions.

I wouldn't even consider buying a 980 in the first place. They're over priced and way too short of VRAM to be considered a long term purchase.

Even with the extra .5gb of VRAM they're not worth the massive premium over the 970.

Even in SLI lifespan is notoriously dodgy due to the 4gb.

It's not even like you don't know what the 980ti is going to be like, given the Titan X.

980ti ticks all the boxes for me. Titan X power with 6gb VRAM, perfect.

Dicehunter · 11 May 2015 at 18:43

It's just not knowing price and release dates, If it's £600 then ok but anymore than that and I wouldn't be able to justify it.

ALXAndy · 11 May 2015 at 18:45

Dicehunter said:
It's just not knowing price and release dates, If it's £600 then ok but anymore than that and I wouldn't be able to justify it.

It'll be about a month and won't be more than six hundred quid because it will have to compete with the 390x.

old gamer · 11 May 2015 at 18:51

If you send the 980 back and the ti turns out to be too expensive you could just buy another 980 and be no worse off

Telecaster · 11 May 2015 at 19:59

old gamer said:
If you send the 980 back and the ti turns out to be too expensive you could just buy another 980 and be no worse off

And the 980 may even be cheaper by then, to boot :cool:

fs123 · 11 May 2015 at 20:00

old gamer said:
If you send the 980 back and the ti turns out to be too expensive you could just buy another 980 and be no worse off

+1

And most likely will be able to get it at a lower price than you paid for it now.

Dicehunter · 11 May 2015 at 20:14

Well decided to do it, As I'm gaming at 1440P the extra memory and performance could really come in handy.

I got it for £555 from a competitor so if the 980 Ti is £600 I'll only have to put £45 towards it as I'll only be looking at getting a reference type model, Hopefully it will be the same colouring as the TX

*EDIT*

Cancelled refund, Really can't be bothered with the hassle of refunds etc...

I'm going to keep hold of the 980 and just wait for the 1000 series.

Arcane · 12 May 2015 at 12:16

Get another 980, there's bound to be loads of them on the MM once the ti appears.

Simon Belmont · 12 May 2015 at 12:29

I'm on a 980 and 1440p Asus ROG Swift and all my games run beautifully. No need to waste money. I'm waiting for Pascal to arrive. 980Ti wont be worth it.

kaku · 12 May 2015 at 12:38

By the time you get refunded and pay a restocking fee or whatever plus postage it'll probably end up not being worth it anyway.

On the up side you can grab a cheaper 980 for SLI from people upgrading.

Andelusion · 12 May 2015 at 12:47

Make your mind up you're like a bloody woman

Bluntwrapped · 12 May 2015 at 13:22

If you're thinking of sending it back I'd swap it for a reference 980 and get some of your money back. The Matrix card looks great but it's unlikely to offer you anything over the cheaper reference model, other than slightly better cooling.

JediFragger · 12 May 2015 at 15:12

£550!!???? No thanks, I paid £390 each for mine slightly s/hand

whyscotty · 12 May 2015 at 15:23

Send it back as you well know you'll end up with a Ti

PrinceNelson · 12 May 2015 at 15:46

I'm waiting for the Ti to release before I make a decision. Haven't had a graphics card for about 2 months now

If the Ti releases for £600 the 980 might not even see a price drop. I don't think the new AMD cards will budge the prices of Nvidia cards either. I remember last year when I was looking for a card the 770 was the same price as the R9 290 haha! Nvidia don't give a ****.

Mayh3M · 12 May 2015 at 17:23

At 1440p you definitely need to find a way to get hold of a 980 Ti if Titan X performance is anything to go by.

Dirk Diggler · 12 May 2015 at 18:18

I didn't find a single 980 to be enough at 1440. Some games were dipping to 40fps, and although Gsync did a good job of keeping it all smooth, I still ended up doubling up.

Given that my 980s outperform the Titan X, I'm not sure what people are expecting from this 980ti. As for vram, I haven't had any issues so far.

You're probably right to hold out and see what performance the 980ti offers, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

2*980 or a Titan X if you don't like SLI. That's about the only choice right now for 1440p.

old gamer · 12 May 2015 at 19:18

JediFragger said:
£550!!???? No thanks, I paid £390 each for mine slightly s/hand

yep some good deals around with people upgrading to the titan, i picked up a pair of evga sc 980's for £680 i could not see anything coming along to match it

RanxZy · 12 May 2015 at 19:23

String said:
2*980 or a Titan X if you don't like SLI. That's about the only choice right now for 1440p.

Or a Titan X with half the vram and a much more stomachable price tag than a TX/980 SLI which the 980 Ti essentially is supposed to be. Obviously it isn't out now so that's where the waiting part comes into play.

Fair enough if the op wants to keep the 980 and just upgrade on Pascal though because he'll hardly be getting single digit fps at 1440p anyway.

Dirk Diggler · 12 May 2015 at 20:12

RanxZy said:
Or a Titan X with half the vram and a much more stomachable price tag than a TX/980 SLI which the 980 Ti essentially is supposed to be. Obviously it isn't out now so that's where the waiting part comes into play.

Fair enough if the op wants to keep the 980 and just upgrade on Pascal though because he'll hardly be getting single digit fps at 1440p anyway.

I can't see a 980ti being a Titan X with half the vram. If that was the case, no one would buy a Titan X and Nvidia aren't that stupid. The grunt from a 980ti will be between a titan and a 980, surely? This means it'll just about play AAA titles at 1440 and 60fps.

It'll be a perfect pitch from nvidia, as always.