''Well, for that price you could get a new 1070, which beats the 980 and maybe the 980Ti'' so far only in the hype sheets with cherry picked samples
you don't think they would promote there hot new card as being slower and when has a new card series been worse then the last ?? also look at them reviews they use the lowest clocked 900 cards [reference] to compare with
then look at them clocks 1607/1733 it better do something 980ti ref is only 1000 ??
now look at this
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_XtremeGaming/6.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/8.html
wow 5 to 12 fps difference [1080] across games tested when its not a lowly reference card and lets face it a 980ti beats a 980 well see you got to get away from all the hype oh and don't forget the 1080 [or all 1000 series ] has less supported features in some areas
I think theres going to be a lot of WTF when these card hit real end users hands in at home conditions
I don't think you hurting one bit with that 980 I'd run it and not look back at all it is what it is and no slouch