Which GTX 980 should i buy from these ?

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5211#ov

or

http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=952&lang=en

or i can for for the GTX EVGA SC 980 but its more expensive.

Thanks.

JamesHeller · Sep 28, 2014

I strongly recommend going for the Gigabyte edition

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

GigaByte, amazing performance, plus you can count on them for high end cards over Gainward. Also, avoid EVGA ACX 1.0 cards, the design is flawed and hence they run hotter and noisier than their counter brands.

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

JamesHeller :

MeteorsRaining :

I'll go for the Gigabyte edition then. Why is there BASE: 1127 MHz / BOOST: 1216 MHz ??

Does this mean its super overclocked ?

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

Base clock is the standard speed at which GPU will run on loads. Boost clock is like Turbo Boost for GPUs, which, provided there's thermal room, will enhance the Base clock to the specified Boost clock automatically to give better performance.
The higher the base clock, the higher will be boost clock and accordingly the performance.

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

So does it automatically go to the boost clock when gaming? I was going to oc it a bit anyway.

Also why is the base/boost clock of this 970 higher than that of the 980 ? Does it mean this 970 is better ?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5209#ov

JamesHeller · Sep 28, 2014

dazkyl :

No it wouldn't automatically boost your clock
boost clock is the max frequency of the GPU
GTX 970 has three fans and is the OC edition and gtx 980 is the normal one

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

No, 970 has less CUDA cores than 980, and it can never directly compete with the latter in terms of power. EVGA's ACX 750 has 1.23GHz base clock and 1.32Ghz boost clock, does that make it better than 970/980? Nope

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

JamesHeller :

dazkyl :

No it wouldn't automatically boost your clock
boost clock is the max frequency of the GPU
GTX 970 has three fans and is the OC edition and gtx 980 is the normal one

Still , which card gives me the best frames and performance ?

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

Okay then. I'll probably go for the gigabyte 980. I was worried a littler bit for going with the evga 980 sc edition , maybe it will give me better frames than the normal gigabyte 980 because of the super clock edition.

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

No it wouldn't automatically boost your clock
boost clock is the max frequency of the GPU
GTX 970 has three fans and is the OC edition and gtx 980 is the normal one

It indeed is automatic, provided the thermals and PSU allow it.

OP, 980 would yield you better results.

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

dazkyl :

Sadly, EVGA ACX 1.0 is not optimal for 900 series, their ACX 2.0 will be better but has not yet released, go with GB over ACX 1.0.

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

Fine. I play on a 1080p resolution so this 980 is going to be an overkill. I can maybe buy another card in the future (980 as well) and SLI it with my current one for even better performance.

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

A single 980 would produce extremely high FPS on FHD, SLI would give out insane FPS, even in future! It'd definately enhance performance by leaps and bounds over any card (SLIed or CFed) in its range

dazkyl · Sep 28, 2014

MeteorsRaining :

Thanks sir !

MeteorsRaining · Sep 28, 2014

Glad to help

Ninjamilez · Sep 28, 2014

Gigabyte.

Better cooler and they only choose the GPUs that have good OC headroom.

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