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Shall I upgrade 780ti to 980ti?

Arthaei

Arthaei

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Hi guys, just a few questions if I may!

I've had the Titan Scythe pc for the last 2 years with the Gigabyte windforce 780ti card. I'm just curious if a. Is it worth me upgrading to something like a 980ti/1070, or will I not really see any difference to merit the upgrade? (I'm currently gaming on a Benq 24 inch XL2411 monitor at 1080p). And b. If I swap the 780ti for a newer card, would I lose the overclock on my cpu? (I let the overclockers worry about that!).

Aside from that, would I actually see a real difference perhaps in the future upgrading from 1080p and 24inch to 1440p and a bigger screen with something beefier like a gtx 1080?

Thanks
 
Oh and sorry here's my full spec if it helps:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD)

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor (overclocked to 4.3ghz)

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower
 
nashathedog said:
I'd go 1070 not 980ti. It'll be the better long term option.
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Thanks, I'm guessing more games would start to utilise the extra memory it has? would I be able to fit this card straight in my machine? would I lose any overclock settings? (I'm assuming replacing the gpu wont affect any oc that overclockers have done with the cpu/memory right?)

Thanks
 
Changing your gpu won't effect any cpu or memory overclock.

Any overclocking settings on the gpu will of course be lost. But with a 1070 I find that the new version of gpu boost (dynamically changes clock on the fly when their is capacity to do so) along with the voltage lock means that there's little to no user intervention required as the gpu tends to run itself well above rated clocks and close to what the celling click would be for the card anyhow.

Both the 980ti and 1070 are arguably overkill for 1080 now but will allow you to run dsr, have the ability to switch up to a 1440 monitor (neither card is singuarly 4k compotent) and ensure that you can mostly expect to keep maxing out most graphics settings in games at 1080 for a few more years.

I would go for a 1070 currently unless you get a very good deal on a 980ti. You'll probably have some 980ti owner come post about how their heavily overclocked 980ti at 1500++Mhz can keep up with a 1070 or sometimes even beat it in limited scenarios' which is currently true but that will be a hot running card using lots of power and as games start to use dx12 more often and start to bump up against that 6Gb limit the 1070 will soon shoot ahead so better long term prospect whilst also being cooler and less power hungry.
 
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Like others have said I would opt for the 1070, longer life cycle and price is close enough to the 980ti.

Also "I'm a 980Ti owner, a heavily overclocked 980ti at 1500++Mhz can keep up with a 1070 or sometimes even beat it in limited scenarios" :) only joking
 
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I use a 780 non ti for 1440p and it does a good job. Could do with a little more oomph for a few games though.

A 780ti is a killer GPU at 1080p and plenty good enough.

Id keep what you have until you upgrade your monitor.
 
Thank you all for the replies, I will see if I get a good deal on a 1070 perhaps, although you've got me thinking about a monitor upgrade now. Would anyone have any suggestions?
 
Depends a bit what you play - I had a 780 GHZ that out the box was stock 780ti performance and held up pretty well for 1440p but more recently fell down a bit in 1-2 games - DX:MD for instance swapping to the 1070 has let me turn up some settings. Wouldn't be in a hurry to move on but at the same time if you see a decent deal for a 1070 I'd give it some serious consideration.
 
A friend and I recently built a new system for someone, using an EVGA 1070.
Benching the 1070 stock on the usual stuff like Timespy, Valley and Heaven, it was very close to his overclocked Titan X performance.

I now want one!!!
 
IvanDobskey said:
I use a 780 non ti for 1440p and it does a good job. Could do with a little more oomph for a few games though.

A 780ti is a killer GPU at 1080p and plenty good enough.

Id keep what you have until you upgrade your monitor.
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I agree. I had a 780ti for 1440p. On 1080 it would be fine.
 
I've currently got a 780ti and am deciding between a second in SLI or a 980ti (used circa £250) instead but only because I run in surround @ 5760x1080, at 1920x1080 the 780ti is cracking and only (arguably) held back by my i7 870 (@3.8)

For your resolution OP I'd stick with the ti for the time being, great cards for your resolution, imo going up is somewhat pointless unless benchmark results matter more than enjoying your gaming.

I'm likely to go for the 980ti as doubling my VRAM will help no end at my resolution but I doubt you'll see any real benefit.
 
Also consider which version of Windows you are using. If it is not Windows 10, then you can't use DX12, so that specific benefit of a 1070 is redundant.

Since both the 980Ti and the 1070 are very similar in performance, you might also want to consider your budget.
I bought the Gigabyte 980Ti Extreme yesterday at £330 from OCuk as it was still an extra £60 (18%) to get one of the good 1070s (my own preference, a non-reference from Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA or Zotac). Personally I didn't think the extra was worth it since I was a little over my budget already anyway, but you'll have your own preference on that


Check your case size as well, I have the NZXT Phantom 430 and had to remove my drive cage to be able to fit my AMD 7990 in. The 980Ti models available seems to be quite long, the Gigabyte I bought seems to only be 1cm shorter, so I don't think my drive cage will be going back in when I get the new card fitted!

EDIT: Sorry for brining up an old-ish thread... saw this near the top of the list, but didn't realise I was on page 7!! (browser had restored an old tab...)
 
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Steviepunk said:
Also consider which version of Windows you are using. If it is not Windows 10, then you can't use DX12, so that specific benefit of a 1070 is redundant.

Since both the 980Ti and the 1070 are very similar in performance, you might also want to consider your budget.
I bought the Gigabyte 980Ti Extreme yesterday at £330 from OCuk as it was still an extra £60 (18%) to get one of the good 1070s (my own preference, a non-reference from Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA or Zotac). Personally I didn't think the extra was worth it since I was a little over my budget already anyway, but you'll have your own preference on that


Check your case size as well, I have the NZXT Phantom 430 and had to remove my drive cage to be able to fit my AMD 7990 in. The 980Ti models available seems to be quite long, the Gigabyte I bought seems to only be 1cm shorter, so I don't think my drive cage will be going back in when I get the new card fitted!

EDIT: Sorry for brining up an old-ish thread... saw this near the top of the list, but didn't realise I was on page 7!! (browser had restored an old tab...)
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DX11.3 (if developers ever use it) and Vulkan both work on OSes other than 10 and the 1070 provides benefits to those that the 980ti lacks.

Despite many of the reviews making the 980ti/1070 look very close the reality is only a well overclocked 980ti really matches up and even then with the games I played I found the 980ti drops down quite a bit in some areas where the 1070 is still holding up well despite not as big difference in average framerates - not sure how true that is over a wider variety of games but with the stuff I play the 1070 at stock is often significantly faster than a stock 980ti - more than you can fully make up with overclocking.
 
I had pre-ordered the EVGA GTX 1070 FTW Hybrid for my bulldog build. EVGA EU website was going to charge me 539 euros. Instead I cancelled my pre-order (too impatient) and my EVGA 980ti Hybrid arrived about an hour ago. Saved myself over £100 and doubt I'll notice the difference at 1080p (Lounge TV)

I also had a 780ti and 780ti SLI. AT 1080p even a single one will breeze most games, so a cheaper 980ti will destroy them.
 
970/780ti is half the performance of a 980ti,1070 gtx.

vram is what many argue but 6g -8gb wont make literally any difference unless you playing at 4k or you playing a unoptimized game.

at 1080 there is no need to upgrade as 970/780 ti play everything maxxed with ease at that res.will do for a good year yet.
 
To the people saying it's overkill for 1080p, No it's not because as far as I can see he has a 144 hz monitor, Even a 1080 won't max it out in FPS, Daft saying otherwise.
 
Evian said:
To the people saying it's overkill for 1080p, No it's not because as far as I can see he has a 144 hz monitor, Even a 1080 won't max it out in FPS, Daft saying otherwise.
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+1,

There's no such thing as overkill, Will a cheaper slower card run games okay? Yes it will but most people on forums like this want more than okay.

As for the 980ti or 1070 question there's a lot more than just the extra ram tipping the scales towards the 1070.
 
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