Nvidia GTX980Ti Review

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No sooner than we'd all got used to the outstanding GTX980 and the GTX980Ti is upon us. Does it do to the GTX980 what the GTX780Ti did to the GTX780?


Nvidia GTX980Ti Review
 
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The new graphs are the sh*t! Love 'em.
And it seems like the Ti reacts well to an overclock
 
Good review so far but going by the graphs you most definitely did not win the silicon lottery on your Titan X especially in the 3DMark results.

Hopefully the aftermarket 980 Ti's come with backplates, Still baffled as to why they don't, Can't be to do with temps considering EVGA sell Titan X backplates.
 
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The GTX 980Ti is a great GPU, I just hope AMD can compete with the R9 390X or Fiji Pro or whatever they call it.
 
The GTX 980Ti is a great GPU, I just hope AMD can compete with the R9 390X or Fiji Pro or whatever they call it.

I reckon it's going to be the 780 Ti/290X days all over again personally.

New graphs look great BTW.
 
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I reckon it's going to be the 780 Ti/290X days all over again personally.

New graphs look great BTW.

I hope AMD really have something special up their sleeve, for the sake of them finally getting a win.

I think it will be a very hot GPU.

Back on the topic of the GTX 980TI, that price is amazing!
 
Nicey nicey lemon slicey :D sweet performance on these cards! and those reference cards are just so damn smexy! I know what I'm doing now, 780ti should see me sweet for the next 4 years me thinks and prices are gonna be sweet in the next few months.
 
Did anyone check the vram speed yet :P

I'm hoping for a blistering 390x@£499

my credit card is quivering...

though i think like Dice says, its going to be a 780ti/290x - 680/7970 all over again!
 
Really exceptional review Tom. It was obvious that would be the outcome however I really didn't anticipate that price. I'd still be hesitant to say it was cheap, a pair of 290X's looks competitive IMO, although that level of refinement.

I can't wait for the overclocking cards to hit, if there is a Classified or a Lightning around the corner i'm going to have to remortgage my rig.

JR
 
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It's not faster than 780 Ti SLI (when everything fits to VRAM :P), so it's not card for me.

780 Ti did make Titan redundant, since orignal Titan had one SMX disabled (on Maxwell it's SMM Tom ;)) and 780 Ti had all of them turned "on" (like Titan Black).

So 780 Ti = Titan Black in terms of GPU processing power at least (minor GPU clock diffrence isn't that big of a deal).

This time around, "Ti" version of best "number name" card is indeed chopped (compared to Titan X), so it makes more business sence now (from making money standpoint).

Now let's wait and see what AMD 390X will do (with HBM memory on board)...
 
That's a great price considering the 980 Matrix was going for £599.99 only weeks ago.

It's only a great price compared to other overpriced cards though. In 2010 I could get GTX 480's the fastest card NVIDIA sold at that time for £330-£360 retail.

Now the fastest card the Titan X is £840-£900. The second step down £550? I mean come on, these prices are absolutely ridiculous.

The original Titan was about £670 right? - These prices are way above inflation, way way above.

AMD is just not giving any competition to these cards and NVIDIA are pulling an Intel, releasing extremely overpriced cards.

Of course the 980 Ti looks good compared to the 980 at £450 but that is overpriced too in my opinion.

I think it should be more like £250 for a 970 (Current price), £350 for a 980, £450 for a 980 Ti and £550 for a Titan X.

I think at these prices I'm gonna jump ship to AMD but I'm not making any decisions until I see the Radeon Fury and the other cards in their lineup.
 
It's only a great price compared to other overpriced cards though. In 2010 I could get GTX 480's the fastest card NVIDIA sold at that time for £330-£360 retail.

Now the fastest card the Titan X is £840-£900. The second step down £550? I mean come on, these prices are absolutely ridiculous.

The original Titan was about £670 right? - These prices are way above inflation, way way above.

AMD is just not giving any competition to these cards and NVIDIA are pulling an Intel, releasing extremely overpriced cards.

Of course the 980 Ti looks good compared to the 980 at £450 but that is overpriced too in my opinion.

I think it should be more like £250 for a 970 (Current price), £350 for a 980, £450 for a 980 Ti and £550 for a Titan X.

I think at these prices I'm gonna jump ship to AMD but I'm not making any decisions until I see the Radeon Fury and the other cards in their lineup.

The first Titan launched at a price of £830 so it's roughly the same a current pricing and "Overpriced" is highly subjective really.
 
The first Titan launched at a price of £830 so it's roughly the same a current pricing and "Overpriced" is highly subjective really.

If it came out at £830 then I'm wrong for sure about the Titan's original price.

But I still maintain these cards are all overpriced except the GTX 970 which is a bargain. And of course price is going to be subjective as everyone has a different idea about costs depending on how much they are earning.

You can literally build an entire PC, a good PC, one with a 4790K and 16GB of RAM and a GTX 970 for the price of one Titan X.
 
With the price drop on the basic 980 with the release of this card already the thought would be that if AMD manage a miracle and bring out something cheaper and better or equal to the 980ti would we see even more price cuts bringing the 980 into the reach of the less well off gamers.

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Tom love the new graphs so much easier for me with not so good eye sight to read :)
And maybe a suggestion though you can't have the full graphs in the reviews maybe have them as a separate link so people could go compare for those not able to upgrade every time a new generation of card comes out
 
Epic graphs Tom love the new way of displaying the results.

The 980ti is again epic all the way from price to performance...
This has made me worry for AMD but I do hope that they have something spectacular for us soon.

Anyone think this has or will change what prices AMD release the new 3xx series?
 
Hopefully the aftermarket 980 Ti's come with backplates, Still baffled as to why they don't, Can't be to do with temps considering EVGA sell Titan X backplates.

One thing that I've heard is that they wanted to have a lot of room between GPUs when they're used in SLI. Backplates installed reduce airflow, but I personally don't think it would be too restrictive.

Can anyone convince me not to buy two of these to run them in SLI? ^_^

Wait to see what AMD has in their pocket.

Epic graphs Tom love the new way of displaying the results.

The 980ti is again epic all the way from price to performance...
This has made me worry for AMD, but I do hope that they have something spectacular for us soon.

Anyone think this has or will change what prices AMD release the new 3xx series?

I think that the price of this card is going to give the guys at AMD some sleepless nights.
 
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