New PC build, but should I wait on new nVidia series cards?

escarvajal · Sep 23, 2014

Right now I have a GTX580, I specced out a build with GTX780Ti, but should I wait for 800/900 series?

Case - Cooler Master HAF 912 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case
MoBo - ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit w/EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
PSU - CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 80
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III (SSD)
Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
Optical - ASUS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
CPU Fan - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

ImperialistMillitant · Sep 23, 2014

900 Series are already here. 800 Series are for laptops.
Look into the GTX 970(Quite cool value) and GTX 980

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IMPERIALIST

Spencervde · Sep 23, 2014

http://videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
This is a link to all the benchmark scores of the GPU's including the new 900 series. The value of the 970 is pretty insane, but you may see that the "older" 700 series is going to be going down in price, seeing that the Gtx 760 is already $200 and the Gtx 770 is nearing the $250 mark.

coozie7 · Sep 23, 2014

That's quite a build you have there!
As has been said, Nvidia have JUST released the new GTX 970 and 980 cards.
Benchmarks show the GTX970 as running a little behind the GTX780Ti but ahead of the GTX780 :http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/
Also here: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-970-gaming-review,1.html
And obviously here

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,review-33038.html
The GTX980 runs a little ahead of the GTX780ti on average.
The big plus is the price...Over here in the UK the GTX970 is about the same as the R9 290, which it comprehensively outperforms.
Poor as I am, I just haven't been able to resist, my GTX970 is en route.

Check prices and availability, though, over here the new cards are in short supply so I'm expecting to see prices go up in the near future but prices for the GTX780/780Ti have dropped through the floor! I mean, come on, a GTX780TI for £327?!
My advice: If you can find one, grab one of the new cards, but do it fast, because they're selling out quickly, and expect to pay top dollar (or your local currency), if not, look for the EOL GTX780/780Ti and grab a cut price bargain.
By the time DirectX 12 becomes a requirement the card you purchase today will be old and grey, but if you want to look that far ahead (and there's every, expensive reason to do so after all) then hold off until the GTX970/980 become more widely available and their prices settle down.

escarvajal · Sep 23, 2014

coozie7 :

That's quite a build you have there!
As has been said, Nvidia have JUST released the new GTX 970 and 980 cards.
Benchmarks show the GTX970 as running a little behind the GTX780Ti but ahead of the GTX780 :http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/
Also here: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-970-gaming-review,1.html
And obviously here

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,review-33038.html
The GTX980 runs a little ahead of the GTX780ti on average.
The big plus is the price...Over here in the UK the GTX970 is about the same as the R9 290, which it comprehensively outperforms.
Poor as I am, I just haven't been able to resist, my GTX970 is en route.

Check prices and availability, though, over here the new cards are in short supply so I'm expecting to see prices go up in the near future but prices for the GTX780/780Ti have dropped through the floor! I mean, come on, a GTX780TI for £327?!
My advice: If you can find one, grab one of the new cards, but do it fast, because they're selling out quickly, and expect to pay top dollar (or your local currency), if not, look for the EOL GTX780/780Ti and grab a cut price bargain.
By the time DirectX 12 becomes a requirement the card you purchase today will be old and grey, but if you want to look that far ahead (and there's every, expensive reason to do so after all) then hold off until the GTX970/980 become more widely available and their prices settle down.

The new NVidia 900 series are not DX12 compatible?!

17seconds · Sep 23, 2014

escarvajal :

The GeForce GTX 900 series is DirectX 11.3 and 12 ready, with Windows 8, 7 and Vista also being compatible to take advantage of DirectCompute, multi-threading, hardware tessellation and the latest shader 5.0 extensions. The latest revision of DX12 is a Windows 8 feature only, yet will bring in significant optimizations. DirectX 12 - Direct 3D 12 (low overhead – cross-platform – ready now).
•Features: Rasterizer Ordered
Typed UAV load
Volume tiles resources
conservative raster
•Low overhead – Reduce CPU overhead – increase scalability across platforms – Superset of DirectX 11 rendering functionality.
•Cross Platform
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_g1_gaming_review,4.html

ferwindjacks · Sep 23, 2014

Also want to comment that the RM series isn't that great of quality. I recommend the XFX 750w bronze standard psu.

coozie7 · Sep 23, 2014

Sorry, mate, didn't make myself totally clear, I meant to GTX780/780Ti being 'old and grey' by the time DX12 is a requirement, not the GTX9xx, which are, as 17seconds points out, fully DX 12 compatible.

escarvajal · Mar 12, 2015

Thanks All-
I ended up going with:

EVGA 04G-P4-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card
(ACX 2.0 Cooling, +140MHz GPU Clock, 400% Longer Fan Lifespan)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487079&cm_re=gtx980-_-14-487-079-_-Product

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