GTX 780ti or 980?

obione69 · Sep 16, 2014

Can some1 please explain how the 980 will be 10% faster than a 780ti?? i am planning on buying a MSI 780ti in the next month and was curious if the 980 is better.

http://wccftech.com/geforce-gtx-980-specifications-2048/

Assuming the chart in the link is correct i do not see how the 980 will be better? i am no expert in understanding these things but all i see is a cheaper card with lower power req. it seems like they are focusing on a lower budget customer, and not some 780ti killer card..

can anyone explain if i am right or wrong?

Gam3r01 · Sep 16, 2014

Wait until the card is released before making any decisions on it.

MT6Anime · Sep 16, 2014

Yeah hes right you should wait. I'm waiting for it as well and believe me its hard when all you have is your old GTX 295 still runs bf4 at 60 FPS on high though.

brandonmshanks · Sep 17, 2014

The 980 uses the newer Maxwell core (780ti is a Kepler core) which is why it is, or at least should be, slightly more powerful. These early "leaked" reports are saying the 980 is roughly 10% better than a 780ti, and it uses much less power(175w vs 250w). They are, in fact, focusing on making the cards more power efficient, but that does not in anyway make it a lesser card. It also has 4gb of memory vs the 3 on the ti, but that may not matter much if you're gaming @1080p. Since a 780ti still costs just over $600, and the 980 is going to drop in a couple days @ $549, I would say, as long as these leaked reports turn out to be true, go with the 980. I have been following all of these rumors and leaks on the 980 as I am planning on switching out my SLI 760 setup for one, and then SLI'ing again with another in a year or so. Unless the price on the 780ti drops alot when the 980 releases, the 980 is an easy choice for me. Just my two cents.

TomThePotato · Sep 18, 2014

I thought a 980 was somewhat better than the 780, not the 780 ti.

Gam3r01 · Sep 18, 2014

By released rumors and speculations, it beats the Ti.

TomThePotato · Sep 18, 2014

Hmm.. Well, it seems like a nice card if the rumors are true..

Gam3r01 · Sep 18, 2014

Which is why I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for benchmarks.

footbrake4life · Sep 21, 2014

Y'all are over here waiting for the 980 benchmarks and I'm over here like I wanna see how ridiculous the 980 ti is gonna be

Gam3r01 · Sep 21, 2014

I dont even want to think about that yet!

MT6Anime · Sep 21, 2014

But 20nm guys! :0

Huang Ray · Sep 21, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAXedJ4FKQ

According to this

Gtx 980 is better in most games

Gam3r01 · Sep 21, 2014

We know http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_980/26.html

Lascar · Sep 23, 2014

understand that in every concept of power efficiency something has to be sacrificed. Even though it is by a slightly lower margin, the GTX 980 with be slower performing than the GTX 780Ti, however this slight underpowering in GPU performance will not be noticeable at all in 99% of cases.

You will only notice these in precisely shot benchmarks. in general use these numbers will be barely noticeable and you will enjoy your games all the same, and remember cards perform differently depending on the game, patches , drivers etc etc and so on.

Altogether the 780ti is a great card, but at the pricetag of 600 the 980 undoubtly is way worth than the 780ti in terms of price performance and efficiency.

So if you do not already own a card like gtx 770-780-780ti, r9 290, r9 285,r9 290x. Then there is no need to move to gtx 970 - 980. This is my advice to anybody out there.

RobCrezz · Sep 23, 2014

Lascar :

You should check out the benchmarks, the 980 outperforms the 780 ti by about 7% on average from what I have seen, and this is on release drivers for the 980, over time the gap will widen.

bobcober · Sep 23, 2014

recently bought an asus gtx 780 ti matrix, and then they released the gtx 980

Just bought the gtx 980.

Just ran the first benchmark in 3dmark 11:
gtx 780 ti scored 13794
gtx 980 scored 9062

Going to continue to check - but thought I would post initial results....
UPDATE:
Forgot I had gsync enabled for the pg278q .

New Results
gtx 780 ti scored 13794
gtx 980 scored 13667

These are at stock speeds.

and the gtx 980 is $200 cheaper

gonna try some games now

ERIC J · Sep 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

I sure hope it does not beat my EVGA gtx780 Ti superclocked i have running at 1250mgz?
Just got it a few months back for $600!

MT6Anime · Sep 23, 2014

ERIC J :

I was actually watching some youtube vids with 970, not 980, way overclocked and it beat the 780ti but a few points.

ERIC J · Sep 26, 2014

MT6Anime :

i find this very hard to believe ,you are going to have to post prove of this.
I am running my 780ti at 1250mgz so i seriously doubt any 970 is going to take it on in games.

MT6Anime · Sep 26, 2014

ERIC J :

MT6Anime :

i find this very hard to believe ,you are going to have to post prove of this.
I am running my 780ti at 1250mgz so i seriously doubt any 970 is going to take it on in games.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

ERIC J · Oct 25, 2014

MT6Anime :

ERIC J :

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

That does NOT say a GTX 970 beats a 780ti???
The GTX 780ti scored 9015
The GTX 970 scored 8862
what kind of crazy math you doing here?

MT6Anime · Oct 25, 2014

When I sent it to you it said that it was but the numbers are always changing cause people keep submitting their benchmarks some of which are overclocked or otherwise.

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