** The Official Nvidia GeForce 'Pascal' Thread - for general gossip and discussions **

[easyrider]

Faster isn't always better. I traded 980 SLI for 980Ti and it was definitely an upgrade in gaming performance across the board.

That's not the cards fault that's the game.

 

[siriq111]

People have short memories, if you want to get a rough idea what to expect in performance between the 980ti to pascal mid range (say 1080) to pascal full fat (say 1080ti) then go back and look at the performance of 580 vs 680 and 780.

That was the last time we had a new range launch with a die shrink.

The 680 was ~30% faster than the 580.

The 780 was ~80% faster than the 580.

780 was just over double the transistor count of 580.

Rumoured full fat pascal is just over double the transistor count of 980ti.

I can make easy 970 from 783 on gpu clock with my gtx 580. I would say , 680 is faster by 15 or maximum 20%. Compare to OC to default.
To be honest this baby can do 1 ghz.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

This time round mid range Pascal is going to be hindered by having the compute function put back in which will reduce gaming performance.

Yeah not happy here about that at all. It would be nice if the Ti won't have that but fat chance :/

 

[andybird123]

That's not the cards fault that's the game.

It doesnt matter whose fault it is, the only thing that matters is the end result

 

[BluesFanUK]

It sure will.

Based on what?

 

[easyrider]

It doesnt matter whose fault it is, the only thing that matters is the end result

Ok

 

[Dicehunter]

Unless this upcoming GP104 1080 can nicely beat out a 980 Ti I'll be waiting for the full fat GP100.

Hoping we see proper news soon instead of random lies and speculation.

 

[Gregster]

Unless this upcoming GP104 1080 can nicely beat out a 980 Ti I'll be waiting for the full fat GP100.

Hoping we see proper news soon instead of random lies and speculation.

I will be doing the same. I have had to limit my budget to around £500 ish as well. No more £800 GPUs for me for the next 5 years

 

[Jono8]

Unless this upcoming GP104 1080 can nicely beat out a 980 Ti I'll be waiting for the full fat GP100.

I think it will, otherwise full fat GP100 will be a massive disappointment.

 

[Dicehunter]

I will be doing the same. I have had to limit my budget to around £500 ish as well. No more £800 GPUs for me for the next 5 years

Same, I bought the Titan X and was massively disappointed when I saw that the 980 Ti with a slightly higher clock could beat it, Was a lot quieter, A lot cooler and a lot cheaper.

As I love ROG my limit will probably be around the 600 notes mark for the Matrix Platinum but never again am I spending stupid money, £800, On 1 GPU, I can afford it but it's just the principle of the matter.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Titans aren't in my budget, and with Ti versions they don't need to be, like dice said, disappointing them titans. I'll jump from Ti to Ti to lower the costs a bit. Also not immediately jumping onto a new node might be right for me, allowing it to mature a bit first. I have no regrets getting a classy last week.

 

[Gregster]

Same, I bought the Titan X and was massively disappointed when I saw that the 980 Ti with a slightly higher clock could beat it, Was a lot quieter, A lot cooler and a lot cheaper.

As I love ROG my limit will probably be around the 600 notes mark for the Matrix Platinum but never again am I spending stupid money, £800, On 1 GPU, I can afford it but it's just the principle of the matter.

Titans aren't in my budget, and with Ti versions they don't need to be, like dice said, disappointing them titans. I'll jump from Ti to Ti to lower the costs a bit. Also not immediately jumping onto a new node might be right for me, allowing it to mature a bit first. I have no regrets getting a classy last week.

Yer, £800 is a bit rich for my blood and knowing that a £500 GPU can do the same. The extra memory is sweet if you run 4K and multi cards but I don't and don't.

Ti is where I will be looking this time and a quiet card as I won't be water cooling or doubtful.

 

[whyscotty]

I have had to limit my budget to around £500 ish as well. No more £800 GPUs for me for the next 5 years

Yeah ok - if you say so

 

[wunkley]

Yeah ok - if you say so

...Waits for multiple posts from gregster and others of self deluding justification for new card(s) purchase, and then I'll join in a bit later and buy one too no doubt...

 

[whyscotty]

Agreed

 

[Ayahuasca]

Said I won't but if the Titan comes first out of the high end I'll probably cave.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Titans aren't in my budget, and with Ti versions they don't need to be, like dice said, disappointing them titans. I'll jump from Ti to Ti to lower the costs a bit. Also not immediately jumping onto a new node might be right for me, allowing it to mature a bit first. I have no regrets getting a classy last week.

You're in the same boat as me, sitting with a classy and the EVGA step up available. So, what happens if a 1080 drops next week with 8GB HBM and a 10% speed bump over the 980Ti.... And more importantly, a price tag of roughly £500.

How can we justify not stepping up?

 

[whyscotty]

Said I won't but if the Titan comes first out of the high end I'll probably cave.

As will most

 

[Kirby Wurm]

I had said my new 980 Ti would last me years. Now my friend has bought an Acer X34 and is interested in my card for SLI should I upgrade to the next high-end. The temptation will be huge, let's hope Nvidia price me out of such a move.

 

[wunkley]

I'm hoping the new cards are reassuringly expensive. I've recently added a second 980Ti to power my X34 (which is really needed!)

I did manage to bag them for about £485 each (one new, one used), so at least I got them both for an 'ok price' in my book. See, I'm starting to justify things already! Let the self delusion commence!...