Then and Now: 6 Generations of GeForce Graphics Compared

[Poneros]

Tbf tho, his electricity bill will end up costing more than his gpus.

 

[JTrickle]

I was surprised at the power consumption figures. My memory of my old 480 was that it was a power hungry, hot running beast to be tamed yet they show it to have the same power draw as a 980ti.

It will have been cooking along at about 280+W whilst the Skylake will have been twiddling its fingers with nothing to do at <40W.

The faster the other Gfx cards, the higher the Skylake wattage in the total system power will have been.

 

[David Bisset]

My mate had an aging 460, he recently bought another one for £20 and put them in SLI. The 2 460s in SLI play pretty much all the games he wants @ 1080p without problems (Overwatch on Ultra @ 100FPS).

And this is the reason why I'd never spend £500 on a GPU. If you're not going to take advantage of all the extra power at the time of purchase, your money has been wasted.

We tend to massively over-spec in the name of 'future proofing' here... even though you're way more future proof spending half as much and thus being able to upgrade twice as soon if you need to. If you can afford each new top-end card when it comes out and are happy to spend the money then cool... but the people who are not in that boat who get talked into top-tier purchases always make me feel guilty.

 

[Poneros]

High-end cards lose value too quickly imo, the mid-range selection better retains value and re-saleability imo.

 

[nashathedog]

Price at release

GTX 780 = $650
GTX 780ti = $700
GTX 1080 = $600

That doesn't seem right..

I'm not sure what this has to do with anything but the difference I see is the 780's were on the GK100 which was it's generations big chip and the 1080 is on GP104(?) which isn't.

 

[Seanspeed]

High-end cards lose value too quickly imo, the mid-range selection better retains value and re-saleability imo.

This has been especially true lately as the big high end cards have been released later than the midrange parts, meaning that they have a shorter period of time before they are matched/beaten by new cards costing much less.

 

[Lokken86]

Wait hang on a minute! Are you trying to tell me that the newer cards are faster? That with each generation the cards get better than the previous??

 

[nashathedog]

Wait hang on a minute! Are you trying to tell me that the newer cards are faster? That with each generation the cards get better than the previous??

That's the claim.

 

[Marine-RX179]

This has been especially true lately as the big high end cards have been released later than the midrange parts, meaning that they have a shorter period of time before they are matched/beaten by new cards costing much less.

Don't worry, Nvidia has addressed that by increasing the price of new gen high-end card to higher than previous gen flagship card

 

[Gregster]

Don't worry, Nvidia has addressed that by increasing the price of new gen high-end card to higher than previous gen flagship card

I suppose you could buy a Duo if you want the fastest card available, just a little bit pricier than the 1080

 

[Mayh3M]

No love for Nvidia around this place.

 

[tommybhoy]

I suppose you could buy a Duo if you want the fastest card available, just a little bit pricier than the 1080

Duo in direct comparison looks a bargain at half the price of Nv's last dual gpu the TZ.

 

[Gregster]

Duo in direct comparison looks a bargain at half the price of Nv's last dual gpu the TZ.

Titan Z was a silly price for a gaming card and even I couldn't justify that price, even when it was massively discounted.

 

[tommybhoy]

I know, but dual gpu's are crazy overpriced anyway, but at the end of the day the duo/Tz aren't comparable with single gpu pricing.

What I will say though is reading this:

Nvidia should be celebrated for their incredible progress as a company and their brilliant products.

No one can doubt that their 80% market share is truly deserved.

'celebrated' made me laugh but after swapping to Nv he wasn't far off.

I know yourself and others probably feel(forum paranoia) I'm an AMD double agent due to being hardcore AMD for years, but after ditching AMD after their total mgpu profile collapse after Omega with the what 4? month driver drought and going all out NV including G-Sync, 3 Shields-K1/TV/TV PRO and could not be happier.

Yes they can be shady, but I agree with him that Nvidia should be given more credit for their incredible progress as a company and their brilliant products as it's not all about PC gpu's, their 80%(if that's what it is) market share is thoroughly deserved and well happy I'm running Nv.

 

[Scania]

The jump in performace is huge, but intresresting to note that the 580 (and to an extent the 480) can still hit 60fps in a lot of modern games!

But not on a single game in this test unless your at very low resolution...

I've two 580's in SLI and they cut it well with modern games, disable SLI and its a different story, they are still very good for old cards though, given what they cost new, perhaps you'd hope they would be anyway.

 

[r7slayer]

Good guys never finish first! The way its meant to be played
Good game nVidia you sure got it right.