What graphics card is better

The release of the 980 Ti made the 980 irrelevant. nVidia intentionally crippled the performance of the 970 by lowering its throttling point to 80C where the other more powerful cards are at 85C. About 2 weeks before the 1080 comes out the 980 Ti will be a great buy. The 970 (or even 2 of them) remain a great buy..... it's the most successful GFX card ever released.