How apsurd is to upgrade 980ti G1 to 1070 MSI ?

dsr07mm · Jul 19, 2016

I have some issues with 980Ti, in games which are not that intensive I get driver crashes here and there, sometimes once in 3 days sometimes 3 times in one day. I tried max performance in power management (nvidia), drivers, OS, and many more things, nothing helped.

Let's say that I can add 50-60$ and get MSI 1070, is it worth ?

I'm gaming on 1080p60hz but yet I'm looking for futureproof GPU in case that my job fail and I can't upgrade anymore. I see same results, sometimes even 980Ti winning, I'm also concerned about Memory Bandwidth and Memory Bus including L2 Cache numbers.

Is it safe to assume that 980Ti can only fall behind slowly with upcoming drivers and usage of dx12 ? Or should I ignore my crashes and continue using this card (assuming that I can afford 70$ but I'm afraid that I might regret) ?

Hlsgsz · Jul 19, 2016

If you only have to add 60$, go for it wihtout a second thought. Older Nvidia cards underperform in DX12 games. This is architectural and has been adressed in teh latest generation. So, as DX12 games come out, the 1070 will distance itself even further. Add to this the extra 2 gigs of vram and this is a no-brainer.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 19, 2016

The 980 Ti and the 1070 are roughly equal. It is a complete waste of money going from one to the other.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1070_g1_gaming_review,13.html

Older Nvidia cards underperform in DX12 games.

I think you are confusing Ashes of the Singularity with all Direct X 12 games. All 2 or is it 3 of them?

dsr07mm · Jul 19, 2016

I'm mostly trying to avoid my problem. Instead paying same amount for new 980ti since this can't go under warranty since problem is occuring really rarely, I thought that I might just buy new arhitecture and end my problems.

If 1070 will not underperform comparing to 980ti I will go for that purchase. Money isn't a problem.

Hlsgsz · Jul 19, 2016

Go for it. DX12 games may be 2 or 3 now they are sure coming.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 19, 2016

If your card is crashing you have a problem. I can't think a 980 Ti is out of warranty yet since they were first released about a year ago. How do you even know it's the card? Diagnose the real problem before throwing money away.

Check the link I posted and the next few pages. The 1070 is not an upgrade to the 980 Ti. I have a 980 Ti and I wouldn't even consider a 1080. 30% isn't enough to bother with. The 1080 is aimed at GTX 980 and less powerful card owners. The upgrade path for the 980 Ti will be the 1080 Ti.

A 980 Ti is crazy for 1080p. If you want to throw money around get a screen that justifies the card you have.

dsr07mm · Jul 19, 2016

Believe me I tried everything. Ram changes, PSU, motherboard and cpu. USB ports, all kind of drivers. Crashes are happening on stock aswel. My issue is that is happening only when clock is oscilating like in Diablo 3 despite high FPS number. Both on stock and high overclock. It works fine on i5 4460 though so something isn't quite right. I could try flashing BIOS and limiting Voltage and minimum clock (both boost and idle) as final option but I don't want to mess with that. It was sent in my local shop where is bought for checking, it was working fine that day for 8 hours. As I said it's random so they can't really find issue.

Benchmarks as Heaven, Valley works completely fine including intensive games. Less intensive completely random.

@Hlsgz thanks for opinion aswel.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 19, 2016

You overclocking anything? If so go to stock clocks and see if you still experience crashes.

Have you run memtest for ~12 hours with no errors?

Tried a different power supply? Tried different PCI-E connectors with the one you have?

If you truly can't isolate another problem then RMA the card to the manufacturer. I trust local shops about as far as I can throw them.

I really don't understand pairing a $700 980 Ti with a $100 1080p 60Hz monitor. All those FPS look really cool in FRAPS or whatever but the fact is the monitor can't display more than 60 FPS. And you can max every game at 1080p with a GTX 980 / 1060 / RX480 class card.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 19, 2016

It works fine on i5 4460 though so something isn't quite right

Just saw this. Pretty much proof your card is fine and the issue lies elsewhere.

dsr07mm · Jul 19, 2016

Manufacturers are not available in my country so there is no way to do that. I did memtest for about 16 hours when I was away and while sleeping, one of the first things done. CPU was overclocked so I reseted whole bios, no changes.

I use 43"/32" TV displays for gaming, vsync adaptive usually on except in games like Overwatch/CSGO and I don't mind having 60hz display. Even 980Ti can drop frames under 60 in 1080p so that is what I'm aiming for on longer run.

P.S There is no place to find issue though, everything replaced. GTX970 worked fine in past. Tested r9 390 from 4460 setup everything is dendy no problems.

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