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

[Dicehunter]

I am actually seriously considering buying 2 more GTX 980 Ti's from EVGA.

You sir are nuts

Why not get the 1080 ? It will be faster than the Kingpin and that's before an overclock and cheaper too with more memory.

 

[whyscotty]

I am actually seriously considering buying 2 more GTX 980 Ti's from EVGA.

Your money, your call.

 

[SiDeards73]

These look interesting, priced aggressively on the 1070 also, which has basically rendered the 980ti defunct now, much like the 980ti did to the TitanX.

People saying "lol good bye AMD" carefull what you wish for.

I'm tempted by a 1070 to tide me over til AMD release their high end, as for roughly £300 I can get near on current top tier performance for 6 months or so til AMD show their hand and if they don't compete then basically buy a second 1070 for SLI, decent amount of power for roughly the same price as people paid for top end 980ti's

 

[Ayahuasca]

lol at people believing the double performance hype

I sold my TX yesterday for a very good price so I'm one happy man anyway

 

[Troezar]

All I'll day is wait for real independent reviews before doing anything. We should all be well aware how companies spin with their marketing these days

I'll be very happy though if there is a price/performance war.

 

[BS Dave]

binned chip I believe and maybe cooling(not sure), but said it has better overclocking potential

I assumed it was more of an early access thing ie yields are still a bit low, if you want one now you can have it for the extra $100.

 

[JediFragger]

The 980Ti didn't just become a bad card you know, mine will do me for a few months and then look at my options (don't do much gaming in the summer tbh)

Looking forward to the monsters coming down the line though!!!

 

[TheRealDeal]

People need to read up. It's not twice as fast in normal gaming. It's not even twice as fast as a gtx980 never mind a Ti. Remember this is a best case scenario. Check Nvidia's own slides v a gtx980.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080#cid=Campaign-Pascal-GTX-1080-Q1-NVIDIA-homepage-UK-CORPWMFG-Owned-Web-Banner&utm_source=NVIDIA-homepage-UK&utm_medium=Owned-Web-Banner&utm_content=CORPWMFG&utm_campaign=Campaign-Pascal-GTX-1080-Q1-Owned-Web-Banner

The 980ti is a good bit faster than the gtx980 and over clocks very well so while the 1080 should be a decent bit faster people need to stop swallowing the twice as fast BS. The twice as fast only applies to certain scenarios in VR.

 

[DarrenM343]

lol at people believing the double performance hype

I sold my TX yesterday for a very good price so I'm one happy man anyway

Well, it was a bit misleading. Further research makes me think more like 40% faster than a TX, (maybe)
Think I'll pick up one and see what comes along next.

Hopefully they've paid for the TX and it's been delivered and both happy - if on eBay anything can happen ! .
Anyone picking up a new current gen mid-top end card now at current prices must be bonkers. Worth waiting even just for the new features including better DX12 support, faster memory.

 

[straxusii]

Faster than 980 sli is the most exciting bit

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1908-sli-gtx-980-vs-titan-x-benchmark

 

[AlamoX]

my guess prices will be
£350 for 1070
£500 for 1080
and extra £80 for founder
£10 give or take

 

[Ayahuasca]

People need to read up. It's not twice as fast in normal gaming. It's not even twice as fast as a gtx980 never mind a Ti. Remember this is a best case scenario. Check Nvidia's own slides v a gtx980.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080#cid=Campaign-Pascal-GTX-1080-Q1-NVIDIA-homepage-UK-CORPWMFG-Owned-Web-Banner&utm_source=NVIDIA-homepage-UK&utm_medium=Owned-Web-Banner&utm_content=CORPWMFG&utm_campaign=Campaign-Pascal-GTX-1080-Q1-Owned-Web-Banner

The 980ti is a good bit faster than the gtx980 and over clocks very well so while the 1080 should be a decent bit faster people need to stop swallowing the twice as fast BS. The twice as fast only applies to certain scenarios in VR.

Indeed, I'll actually be surprised if it's much faster than my TX was at 1500/8000 clocks, obviously the 1080 will overclock as well but the difference on screen likely won't be noticeable. Just pleased I get to pocket about 300 quid and have similar performance and drivers focused on the new cards.

 

[whyscotty]

lol at people believing the double performance hype

But but but but !!!!!

 

[JediFragger]

Faster than 980 sli is the most exciting bit

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1908-sli-gtx-980-vs-titan-x-benchmark

Maybe only when SLi is crap lol

Graphs are hinting at more like 1.5x ish faster than a 980, which I can live with

High clocks seem to be masking a lot of its deficiencies at present. I look forward to a few in-depth reviews

 

[AlamoX]

Well, it was a bit misleading. Further research makes me think more like 40% faster than a TX, (maybe)
Think I'll pick up one (not two now that perf not actuallly double) and see what comes along next.

Hopefully they've paid for the TX and it's been delivered and both happy - if on eBay anything can happen ! .
Anyone picking up a new Ti or TX now at current prices must be bonkers. Worth waiting even just for the new features including better DX12 support, faster memory).

not even 40%, the only slide without VR actualy puts it at 20% over 980Ti/X, and that is still a PR slide, so benchs wont always be as good as the best scenario, so probably 10-20% stock, the selling argument here will be overclocking.

 

[whyscotty]

Maybe only when SLi is crap lol

So, most of the time then

 

[AlamoX]

Indeed, I'll actually be surprised if it's much faster than my TX was at 1500/8000 clocks, obviously the 1080 will overclock as well but the difference on screen likely won't be noticeable. Just pleased I get to pocket about 300 quid and have similar performance and drivers focused on the new cards.

at stock will be slower by about 10% i think, if you put 1080 and 980ti clock by clock according to the slides, the 1080 is 20% slower
that would make maxwell a better architecture just on the wrong process

 

[TheRealDeal]

not even 40%, the only slide without VR actualy puts it at 20% over 980Ti/X, and that is still a PR slide, so benchs wont always be as good as the best scenario, so probably 10-20% stock, the selling argument here will be overclocking.

Yep Nvidia have the 1080 around 55% faster in the Witcher 3. Here's a Pre OCed gtx980ti against a gtx980ti. Nvidia never stated the resolution so will settle at 1440p. The OCed gtx980ti is around 52% faster than gtx980 and still has some more in the tank.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_XtremeGaming/19.html

 

[enapace]

So glad I didn't buy the Pair of 980Ti I was looking at on eBay for £450 each looks I will be able get a Pair of 1080 for roughly same cost and have fair bit more performance.

 

[Rofflay]

Faster than 980SLI... in VR

Technically true, But not quite 40% in Witcher looks like its 35% ish? Also is $450 going to be 1:1 £$ conversion and reach up into our bums for £450?