Fury X vs 980ti? Which to get?

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These two cards are priced around the same, but I know the 980ti can outperform the fury x because of better drivers. Something to keep in mind is that I wont be getting either for about another 4-6 months. So which is better for the future? I know in dx12 now the fury x massacred the 980ti and titan x but of course nvidia will have drivers to make sure they can keep up or get drivers for dx12 that actually work with the card. So is it worth the fury x or 980ti because the 2gb of vram can make some difference in the near future with games starting to come out that are using more than 4gb?
 
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DX 12 does not look promising for NVidia at the moment. The question of whether they can get their Asynchronous Shaders queue to work in conjunction with the rendering queue has yet to play out. This will favor AMD in DX 12 titles. However, until such time as there are DX 12 titles to play, go with what you see producing better results for what you already know you can run on the card.

If I had to choose, I would go with the Fury X. Frankly, both the 290x, 390x appear to have more raw horsepower than a Titan when it comes to raw draw calls. The problem has always been in the implementation of those resources in software. DX 12 stands to alleviate a lot of the hold ups there. A Fury X clearly has the goods to walk away from the 390x...
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Even if the current generation AMD cards get a 50% boost in DX 12 and Nvidia only gets a 10% boost ( I made those numbers up as an example ) the 980 Ti is still the faster card in every single game released up until now. And it will likely be at least a year and more like 2 before we start seeing full featured DX 12 games released and by then the next 'latest and greatest' cards will have been released from both companies. The 980 Ti is the better choice.

And Nvidia does not have that lead based on drivers so much as a superior manufacturing process. That's why AMD cards suck so much power while Nvidia cards are very efficient comparatively.

Those early DX 12 numbers come from a single game still in its alpha state from a developer with ties to AMD as well so don't read too much into anything yet.
 
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DX 12 does not look promising for NVidia at the moment. The question of whether they can get their Asynchronous Shaders queue to work in conjunction with the rendering queue has yet to play out. This will favor AMD in DX 12 titles. However, until such time as there are DX 12 titles to play, go with what you see producing better results for what you already know you can run on the card.

If I had to choose, I would go with the Fury X. Frankly, both the 290x, 390x appear to have more raw horsepower than a Titan when it comes to raw draw calls. The problem has always been in the implementation of those resources in software. DX 12 stands to alleviate a lot of the hold ups there. A Fury X clearly has the goods to walk away from the 390x class of cards and crush NVidia if things work out well in the software department, but it's going to be up to game engines to utilize the power that is available to them. 2016 stands to be an interesting year for game releases.

I wouldn't touch the Fury X because it requires a screen with a Display port connector if you want more than 4k@30. The unfortunate decision to not equip any of the current gen AMD cards with an HDMI 2.0 means you're pretty much dismissing a full line of affordable 4k screens that only support 4k@60 over HDMI. If AMD updated the HDMI out on their cards, I would consider them. Until such time, I can wait.

I personally don't see NVidia's 980 Ti as worth the money, knowing it's likely never to have improved performance over what we see now, and as it stands, under DX 12 Asynchronous Shading situations, falls apart.

Edit: The only vendor specific code in the DX 12 benchmark numbers is from NVidia. While the game may have ties to AMD, the bad performance is 100% due to how NVidia has handled the asynchronous shaders in their drivers. They told the developer to specifically disable the feature for all cards, but the developer said no, so the vendor specific code only disables it for NVidia, so their numbers don't look quite as bad as they were under DX 12.
 
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I think I can wait and see which one to get but who knows maybe amd and nvidia might fuck me up and by the time I get one they release a new line of cards, but that is unlikely for now but not for the near future. I can wait and will probably end up with a 980ti in the near future.
 
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The 980ti is a great card and excellent overclocker.

Having said that, I purchased a Fury X to replace it for DX12 and for quieter/cooling operation. Performance is pretty close from what I can tell and I've had no issues.

The problem with the Fury X is that it's HARD as shit to find.
 
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Get the GTX 980 ti bro its the best in the Lineup of Nvidia after Titan Series. And about the DX12 issues let see............. wait for the titles like Gears , Fable, KI etc other games that hv support for DX12 features. The Ashes contro was... yes it was crucial for see benchmarks like shit frm nvidia side but its just a beginning of DX12 era! So if u wna wait just wait for Pascal or get a GTX 980ti with Maxwell
 
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I was going to get a 980ti myself, and I decided I'll keep the money, and spend it when Pascal comes out in 2016. I thought hard about it, and figured that my 780 still gives me a good enough performance, if I bought 980ti now, I know would be grieving once Pascal comes out haha. So I decided I'll keep my money safe and just wait :)
 
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