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reference GTX 980 or OC GTX 970 or wait

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September 17, 2014 9:46:33 AM

From what I've been reading when the GTX 970 and GTX 980 are anounced in a couple days most retailers will begin selling the manufactures OC versions of the GTX 970, but only Reference designed GTX 980's will be available for a few weeks. I'm building a new X99 PC, my old one is dyeing (very old GPU, and one CPU core flaky).
What are the pros and cons of buying a reference GTX 980?
Would a OC GTX 970 be a better buy, or should I wait for the OC GTX 980's? (I DONT want to wait)

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September 17, 2014 9:49:53 AM

I think waiting 2 days is just too much. Go buy the 780 ti .
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September 17, 2014 10:02:23 AM

I was forced to buy the 780ti about a month ago. I was lucky enough to get an aftermarket card for the price of the reference card and I will say that I am not disappointed. I have been able to overclock the thing by almost 25% and not getting close to stock load temperatures.

That said, I wish that I had had the luxury of waiting for the next series. If it's pressing, I'd say buy the reference (my 580 reference lasted me for years and was a wonderful card). If you have a month or three to wait - hang on. Nvidia's first run of a new series tends to be a little meh - I remember the 480 being lackluster and the 680 not exactly blowing my socks off - while the 580 and 780s were great.
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September 17, 2014 10:32:58 AM

The 980 is supposed to be below a 780ti but above a 780. The 970 is above the 770 but below the 780 or so says pre release info
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September 17, 2014 10:41:34 AM

TOMS updated their article and put the 970 above a 780 and the 980 above a 780 ti.
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September 17, 2014 10:43:38 AM

Go for reference, no matter how highly oced a 970 is it still won't beat a 980, same for a high end 780 won't beat a reference 780ti
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September 17, 2014 11:39:17 AM

Toms article is based off someone else's article. So who knows who is right? Until there is OFFICIAL card comparisons no one knows anything. We all know for sure they will be more efficient but I don't think they will be faster especially not faster than a 780ti. I don't count a reference clocked 780ti either because those were clocked stupid low for the overhead room they had so the reference card was cripple from the start.
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