Nvidia Specifications (Core Clock / Memory / Etc)

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Basically....I am trying to understand Core Clock, CUDA Cores, Memory and what not better. From my understanding the higher these numbers are the better however my confusion lies in the following:

(Sticking with EVGA for all examples)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti : Looking on Newegg I see these have 1000-1190 Mhz Core Clock, 2816 CUDA Cores and 6Gb of memory.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970: Again looking on Newegg I see these have 1050-1216 Mhz Core Clock, 1664 CUDA Cores, and 4Gb of memory.

So what exactly should I be looking at when upgrading? Say I am looking at all these 970s or 980 Tis and I want to know which one is best for me?

Also the confusion part I mentioned before is how come the lower Core Clock for the 980 Tis, I see that they ALL aren't lower but I just expected they would be superior in ALL aspects?

Last part....what makes this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G3KG5320 THAT much more expensive than http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487160 this one?
 
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Don't compare specs between different models.
Only compare a 970 from brand x to another 970 from brand y.
Same goes for 980tis or whatever card. The higher the number the better and then again the higher the core clock WITHIN a specific model the better (faster).
So if you want the absolute best right now, get a 980ti. It's far better than a 970. But that extra comes with a bigger price tag. :)

And the only thing that makes the reference card that much more expensive is probably that it's a reference card. :D
No idea why these are always that expensive. They are slower in most cases (no factory OC) and run hotter, because of the less efficient stock cooling. But they come with this sexy "GEFORCE" led stripe. :D
Only + is that they...
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Don't compare specs between different models.
Only compare a 970 from brand x to another 970 from brand y.
Same goes for 980tis or whatever card. The higher the number the better and then again the higher the core clock WITHIN a specific model the better (faster).
So if you want the absolute best right now, get a 980ti. It's far better than a 970. But that extra comes with a bigger price tag. :)

And the only thing that makes the reference card that much more expensive is probably that it's a reference card. :D
No idea why these are always that expensive. They are slower in most cases (no factory OC) and run hotter, because of the less efficient stock cooling. But they come with this sexy "GEFORCE" led stripe. :D
Only + is that they work better in SLI, because they don't exhaust that much hot air on to the second card like aftermarket coolers do.

If you run single card setups i'd always go aftermarket, if you don't care about the LEDs. :)
 
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Haha I really wanted one of those LED light up ones too -_- I think I will live without though, Performance > Looks -- I had a feeling that's what caused the card to be $800+

Thank you very much for your help!
 
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