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August 28, 2014 9:19:44 PM

News from around 30 minutes ago:

So a few sites are reporting that NVIDIA will skip the 800 series and target 900 directly. They're also saying the cards will launch in mid-September. http://videocardz.com/51426/nvidia-to-skip-geforce-800-...

On to my question: I'm on the verge of upgrading to a GTX770 from my current GTX460. Anything more expensive than the 770 is out of my budget. Should I wait for the new cards or just go ahead with my purchase? Note that I'm in India so any price drop triggered in the 700 series by a new release will probably take some time to reflect in local stores, which means I'm looking at a longer delay than customers in US if I decide to wait it out. :

:so confused:
a b U Graphics card
August 29, 2014 12:29:54 AM

Interesting. So once I upgrade my CPU to the i7-4790k soon and then upgrade my GPU early next year, I would be getting a GTX 970 instead of a GTX 870. Interesting.
August 29, 2014 12:41:31 AM

^ I wish my upgrade roadmap was that clear! I feel like I should wait for the 900 series if
a) if GTX 970's price is comparable to GTX770 with a significant performance gain
b) or if GTX770's price plummets appreciably
and of course only if it takes less than 3-4 months for the prices/components to hit the markets here in India. Sadly I think there's no way to know.

I'm itching to get a new card though not sure how long I can hold on :p 
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a c 78 U Graphics card
August 30, 2014 10:35:09 AM

Dus said:
News from around 30 minutes ago:

So a few sites are reporting that NVIDIA will skip the 800 series and target 900 directly. They're also saying the cards will launch in mid-September. http://videocardz.com/51426/nvidia-to-skip-geforce-800-...

On to my question: I'm on the verge of upgrading to a GTX770 from my current GTX460. Anything more expensive than the 770 is out of my budget. Should I wait for the new cards or just go ahead with my purchase? Note that I'm in India so any price drop triggered in the 700 series by a new release will probably take some time to reflect in local stores, which means I'm looking at a longer delay than customers in US if I decide to wait it out. :

:so confused:


Definitely wait, the 770 was just rebranded and clocked higher gtx 680 which came out a couple years ago, so not worth buying when on the brink of new gpus.
August 30, 2014 11:14:33 AM

RobCrezz said:

Definitely wait, the 770 was just rebranded and clocked higher gtx 680 which came out a couple years ago, so not worth buying when on the brink of new gpus.


Any idea if the GTX 970 will be in the same price bracket as GTX 770? I need to spare money for a good PSU as well and while my current processor (an i3) will probably bottleneck the 770, with a 970 I'm sure to need a CPU+Mobo upgrade as well, right?

Guess I should wait at least till the specs and prices are revealed, hopefully by mid-September.
a c 78 U Graphics card
August 30, 2014 12:52:34 PM

Dus said:
RobCrezz said:

Definitely wait, the 770 was just rebranded and clocked higher gtx 680 which came out a couple years ago, so not worth buying when on the brink of new gpus.


Any idea if the GTX 970 will be in the same price bracket as GTX 770? I need to spare money for a good PSU as well and while my current processor (an i3) will probably bottleneck the 770, with a 970 I'm sure to need a CPU+Mobo upgrade as well, right?

Guess I should wait at least till the specs and prices are revealed, hopefully by mid-September.


Chances are it will be a little more expensive, but the 860 will likely be well priced.



September 1, 2014 10:50:40 PM

RobCrezz said:
Chances are it will be a little more expensive, but the 860 will likely be well priced.


Thanks. Really excited to see what the next few weeks bring!
September 2, 2014 1:38:58 AM

kungfury7 said:
I understand that this question is asked a lot, but does anyone have a general idea of which date it will be? I looking to build a hi-end gaming pc with best possible hardware during this time frame, and i'm planning to use it for awhile before upgrading. Hence, I fully understand nothing is future proof, just looking to spend on what is best at this time.

All speculations, info from anonymous bust trustable resources, basically just anything is welcomed :D 



I just read over the weekends that Nvidia might skip the 800 series for desktop PCs. Today, I found this. Not sure how valid is this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_900_series

a b U Graphics card
September 2, 2014 1:56:21 AM

Dareka said:
kungfury7 said:
I understand that this question is asked a lot, but does anyone have a general idea of which date it will be? I looking to build a hi-end gaming pc with best possible hardware during this time frame, and i'm planning to use it for awhile before upgrading. Hence, I fully understand nothing is future proof, just looking to spend on what is best at this time.

All speculations, info from anonymous bust trustable resources, basically just anything is welcomed :D 



I just read over the weekends that Nvidia might skip the 800 series for desktop PCs. Today, I found this. Not sure how valid is this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_900_series



It's wikipedia, so probably not reliable.
a c 149 U Graphics card
September 2, 2014 4:51:29 AM

^ some of the info was based on past info and some are based on current circulated rumor. so yes it is not that accurate. anyway it seems that we are very close to 980/970 announcement. where is the performance leak? :D 
a b U Graphics card
September 2, 2014 6:05:27 AM

I just ordered a new motherboard and i7-4790k CPU, so I should be ready for a GTX 970 or 980. :D 
a c 78 U Graphics card
September 2, 2014 8:03:30 AM

The naming doesnt matter really, we know roughly what chips these will be.
a c 149 U Graphics card
September 2, 2014 11:52:48 AM

Joseph DeGarmo said:
I just ordered a new motherboard and i7-4790k CPU, so I should be ready for a GTX 970 or 980. :D 


i might skip maxwell altogether. maybe will get new GPU when replacing my current rig
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 4:26:51 AM

Maxwell will only be worth it if it's 20nm which it isn't and if they can put out the numbers. Rumors going around the 880gtx isn't going to be as strong a card as the 780ti it's just gonna be able to perform well with considerable less power. Well sorry I'm a gamer and I want maximum performance not OK performance with low power draw. I'm sticking with the cards I got until at least the series after maxwell.
a c 78 U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 5:47:52 AM

azzazel_99 said:
Maxwell will only be worth it if it's 20nm which it isn't and if they can put out the numbers. Rumors going around the 880gtx isn't going to be as strong a card as the 780ti it's just gonna be able to perform well with considerable less power. Well sorry I'm a gamer and I want maximum performance not OK performance with low power draw. I'm sticking with the cards I got until at least the series after maxwell.


Take the rumors salted. Wait and see the benchmarks.
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 5:57:35 AM

Well it makes sense if the 800 series are just going to be more power sufficient 700 series if the rumors of Nvidia launching a 980 are true.

Technology wise it also makes sense. Would you really want to need a 800 PSU to be able to run a GPU 2 generations down the road?
September 5, 2014 9:01:18 AM

800 series is just for laptops and mobile devices i heard and the 980 and 970 will be released sept 19th im eager to see the benchmarks as i just sold my x2 4gb 770s while theyre still worth something lol r9 270 to tide me over for the next few weeks
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 9:49:58 AM

I'm curious to see the 9 series but I'm Leary they aren't gonna top the 780 or 780ti. Awesome if they do but then is it still empty promises on a 20nm? I think so. I honestly believe these are just gonna be power efficient 700 series cards.
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 10:28:50 AM

It's all rumor until they actually come out
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 3:19:15 PM

$275 for a GTX 770 sounds really nice for a moniker to the legendary GTX 680. Now release the GTX 970 for $350 or less, then we'll talk.
September 5, 2014 5:45:23 PM

azzazel_99 said:
wanna play with teh big boys you gotta pay big boy $$ lol. my 780ti i just ordered will do me fine for the next 2 years. I wanted to wait for maxwell but no telling what time this year it will be out for desktops and you never want the 1st shipment of a card anyway and i dont use ref coolers so i'd have to wait even longer for evga to release their custom one. Thats just WAY too long for me.


The new cards are being shown in 3-4 days and released right after. Goodluck owning a current gen card for the next two weeks.
a c 149 U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 7:24:20 PM

WimpyBandit said:
Kitguru just said that 900 series are a month away.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-s...


the article are discussing mid range segment price bracket (this is usually in 200-300 range). note that the article specifically mention GTX960 will launch next month not the 900 series itself. it only talks about nvidia cutting the price of current 770 to sub 300 range to compete with AMD R9 285 right now instead of let 960 to do the battle later on. this is all based on the rumor we heard so far. some speculate that 960 might come much later after 980/970 (maybe late this year or even next year) but there are rumor saying that 960 will come out as soon as October this year.
a b U Graphics card
September 5, 2014 8:23:27 PM

ok first off swaggedswag if you paid attention that post was made awhile ago. I didnt just buy anything so saying owning a current gen gpu for the next two weeks is a stupid thing to say. Also this just in http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-s... just like i was saying earlier. My 780ti's will do me fine and have been thus far. I dont see an upgrade anywhere in my near future.
a b U Graphics card
September 7, 2014 9:56:01 AM

OK, so based on the benchmarks, the 980 is only a small upgrade from a 780 Ti. Given that despite running a high-end CPU, I'm still sitting on a 660 (I know it's weak compared to the CPU) because I'm still waiting a while to decide what GPU to get next to complete my extreme PC makeover. So I'm thinking that for energy efficiency purposes, then I should get at least a 970. I'll wait until around February to make a decision on this.
a b U Graphics card
September 7, 2014 10:33:59 AM

So a 970 is basically replacing a 780. Sounds reasonable. I'm starting to like the 970 now, but I'll still wait a while because I want my upgrades to occur one step at a time. I may even decide to get the 980 then. Prices will probably drop a bit in about 4-6 months. Income tax early next year, so I'll just wait and see.
a b U Graphics card
September 7, 2014 11:09:54 AM

But what are the actual stock clocks of the 980? What is the release card gonna ACTUALLY be clocked at? And a dual basically 290x (295x2) beats the 980 in sli? Thats saying a single 980 is slower than a 290x? If the 980 is a faster card than the 780ti which is faster than a 290x then the 980sli should be at the top of that list and its not the 295x2 is. This confuses me....this graph makes no sense.
a c 678 U Graphics card
September 7, 2014 11:19:02 AM

azzazel_99 said:
But what are the actual stock clocks of the 980? What is the release card gonna ACTUALLY be clocked at? And a dual basically 290x (295x2) beats the 980 in sli? Thats saying a single 980 is slower than a 290x? If the 980 is a faster card than the 780ti which is faster than a 290x then the 980sli should be at the top of that list and its not the 295x2 is. This confuses me....this graph makes no sense.

Yep, a lot of mysteries. I'd chalk it up to the notion that there probably isn't a proper GTX 980 SLI driver profile for Firestrike, and add in the fact that AMD cards tend to do better on that benchmark.
September 8, 2014 9:18:15 AM

Honestly, they don't look like that much of an improvement over my 780 6gb. I'll wait for real in-game benchmarks of these cards before I make my decision.
a b U Graphics card
September 9, 2014 8:53:55 AM

Looks like clock for clock the GTX 980 and GTX 780 Ti are pretty much the same... So guess no reason to upgrade. Unless of course the GTX 980 is able to hit like 1400+Mhz on air...
a b U Graphics card
September 9, 2014 10:10:00 AM

i run 1300 mhz on my 780ti with no issues......although right now its at 1200 but 1300 was no issue on air.
a b U Graphics card
September 9, 2014 10:38:27 AM

azzazel_99 said:
i run 1300 mhz on my 780ti with no issues......although right now its at 1200 but 1300 was no issue on air.


Yea same here, looks like I'll be waiting for the 1080? or whatever they call the next series.
a c 678 U Graphics card
September 9, 2014 12:09:02 PM

The name GTX 1080 is just not going to happen for a card designed to play at 4K resolutions.
a b U Graphics card
September 9, 2014 12:13:55 PM

17seconds said:
The name GTX 1080 is just not going to happen for a card designed to play at 4K resolutions.


lol, guess they will just have to jump all the way up to GTX 4080 huh.
September 9, 2014 12:14:52 PM

17seconds said:
The name GTX 1080 is just not going to happen for a card designed to play at 4K resolutions.


I was going to say, even though I think the tech for a single card to push that resolution at 60 frames is actually 2 generations away after 900 series drops.
September 12, 2014 4:15:39 AM

Does anyone know when the AMD 390X will be coming out and what the price will be in UK?. What will be the price of 980GTX in UK?. I know in the USA, 980GTX will be $499.


renz496 said:
Randy Hutajulu said:
renz496 said:
Randy Hutajulu said:
hhmmm... i don't understand why the spec isn't significantly different than the 780. i don't think that this 880 can do 4k with everything maxed out without lagging, or maybe 1600. i'm using 780 right now and everything works really well for 1080 with everything maxed out. i plan to buy 1600 monitor in the future, but for that, i prefer wait for 790 launched on the market rather than buy a 880. that will be a lot better.


so far it's only speculation. the 'real' 880 could have very different spec. but what really picked my interest were story about no 20nm gpu from both nvidia and AMD. i heard that maxwell will be on 28nm while AMD might go straight for 16nm FinFet.


to be honest, i'm not an advance PC user and i don't even know what's the meaning of 20 or 28 nm and how does it work in the real life.
can u explain that to me if u don't mind, buddy? that will help me a lot :) 
but, from my little knowledge of GPU, i think that 880 won't left 780 too far behind. and i think that won't do more than 40 fps on metro last light at 1600p resolution.
am i right?


that 20nm/28nm thing is related to die shrink. both nvidia and amd needs that so they can get better performance without making their die getting any bigger. that is to explained it in the simplest manner.but right now going into smaller node become much harder than before due to physics limitation so it is much more complicated then before.

about 880 performance we might want to see AMD next top end performance first. usually nvidia will let AMD come out with their next gen gpu first. then nvidia will counter AMD performance accordingly with their part and price.


September 12, 2014 8:33:16 AM

Thanks man. That is very interesting indeed. According to rumours, AMD would release the 300 series in November 2014, but that is clearly not going to happen now. More like March 2015. The hybrid liquid cooler does worry me. Sounds like it is going to be a very hot beast just like the 295X2. Rumours are 300-350 watts for the 390X.

renz496 said:
so far there isn't much info about when we are going to see 390X. but an interesting bit about 390X just come out:

http://videocardz.com/52302/amd-radeon-r9-390x-cooling-...


September 13, 2014 2:00:46 AM

Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)


a c 274 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 2:33:31 AM

canopus72 said:
Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)




I read somewhere that because the manufacturing processes were the same and one is just replacing the other that prices were likely to remain about the same, maybe a quid or two more because of their "Shiny!" status.
September 13, 2014 3:11:18 AM

Hey man, thanks for the info. To get an idea of ballpark figure, the cheapest 780GTX I can find is a Zotac (good brand and 5 years warranty!) on Scan pc for £287 and the cheapest 780Ti that I can find is again a Zotac on Scan pc for £384. So from what you are saying (and the article I read a couple of days ago that the 960GTX will be c.£200 (970GTX is rebranded 780GTX is c.£300 and 980GTX is c.£400-£450) does sound about right. Although knowing Nvidia, they may well try to charge more for their flagship 980GTX (Nvidia are just like intel, they demand stupidly high prices!).


Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in the 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)




I read somewhere that because the manufacturing processes were the same and one is just replacing the other that prices were likely to remain about the same, maybe a quid or two more because of their "Shiny!" status.


a c 274 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 3:23:06 AM

canopus72 said:
Hey man, thanks for the info. To get an idea of ballpark figure, the cheapest 780GTX I can find is a Zotac (good brand and 5 years warranty!) on Scan pc for £287 and the cheapest 780Ti that I can find is again a Zotac on Scan pc for £384. So from what you are saying (and the article I read a couple of days ago that the 960GTX will be c.£200 (970GTX is rebranded 780GTX is c.£300 and 980GTX is c.£400-£450) does sound about right. Although knowing Nvidia, they may well try to charge more for their flagship 980GTX (Nvidia are just like intel, they demand stupidly high prices!).


Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in the 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)




I read somewhere that because the manufacturing processes were the same and one is just replacing the other that prices were likely to remain about the same, maybe a quid or two more because of their "Shiny!" status.




For starters drop the "rebranding" comment as these will be different cards and if you don't understand that then you need to go and read up on Kepler and Maxwell as they are not the same.
September 13, 2014 5:13:24 AM

On hindsight perhaps I did not choose my words correctly (although I am aware the 700 series is based on Kepler architecture and upcoming 900 series is based on Maxwell). The point I was trying to make is that the 970GTX would be circa on par (or somewhat better) to the 780GTX in performance (but not equivalent to 780Ti in performance).

Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Hey man, thanks for the info. To get an idea of ballpark figure, the cheapest 780GTX I can find is a Zotac (good brand and 5 years warranty!) on Scan pc for £287 and the cheapest 780Ti that I can find is again a Zotac on Scan pc for £384. From the article I read a couple of days ago, the 960GTX will be c.£200 (is 970GTX rebranded 780GTX at c.£300?. The 980GTX is c.£400-£450). That does sound about right. Although knowing Nvidia, they may well try to charge more for their flagship 980GTX (Nvidia are just like intel, they demand stupidly high prices).


Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in the 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)




I read somewhere that because the manufacturing processes were the same and one is just replacing the other that prices were likely to remain about the same, maybe a quid or two more because of their "Shiny!" status.




For starters drop the "rebranding" comment as these will be different cards and if you don't understand that then you need to go and read up on Kepler and Maxwell as they are not the same.


a c 274 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 6:07:46 AM

canopus72 said:
On hindsight perhaps I did not choose my words correctly (although I am aware the 700 series is based on Kepler architecture and upcoming 900 series is based on Maxwell). The point I was trying to make is that the 970GTX would be circa on par (or somewhat better) to the 780GTX in performance (but not equivalent to 780Ti in performance).

Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Hey man, thanks for the info. To get an idea of ballpark figure, the cheapest 780GTX I can find is a Zotac (good brand and 5 years warranty!) on Scan pc for £287 and the cheapest 780Ti that I can find is again a Zotac on Scan pc for £384. From the article I read a couple of days ago, the 960GTX will be c.£200 (is 970GTX rebranded 780GTX at c.£300?. The 980GTX is c.£400-£450). That does sound about right. Although knowing Nvidia, they may well try to charge more for their flagship 980GTX (Nvidia are just like intel, they demand stupidly high prices).


Mousemonkey said:
canopus72 said:
Thanks man!. Yeah, I managed to find some interesting articles on videocardz.com and wccftech. Its indeed going to be 900 series. I'm also interested in the 390X but after one of you guys posted an interesting link about 390X cooling solution (same as 295X2), I'm thinking whilst it's going to be a very powerful card, it is going to put out a huge amount of heat. I will see what the 980GTX prices will be like. BTW, the 960GTX will retail at £200 (I read in an article only yesterday). So I'm guessing the 970GTX will be £300 and 980GTX will be £400-£450. Kobz360 on youtube said Nvidia are slashing their prices in order to compete with AMD on price point. I hope so!. I love my two Sapphire TRIX 290's BUT they put out way too much heat in Xfire. If Nvidia prices are right for 970GTX or 980GTX, then I will go back to Nvidia.

Serenity6 said:
It's stated that it will be coming in October of this year!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/36520/20140910/gtx-...

And will be named 900 series for clarity reasons (to not confuse with the 800 mobile series)




I read somewhere that because the manufacturing processes were the same and one is just replacing the other that prices were likely to remain about the same, maybe a quid or two more because of their "Shiny!" status.




For starters drop the "rebranding" comment as these will be different cards and if you don't understand that then you need to go and read up on Kepler and Maxwell as they are not the same.




Fair 'nuff, I just want to nip things in the bud as I've seen such comments get out of control before.

There have been "suggestive" remarks pointing to the GTX980 being as fast if not slightly faster than a 780Ti but then you know what rumours and badly chosen wording can lead to. :whistle: 
a b U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 6:11:11 AM

The charts I saw only showed a 980 being faster than a reference 780ti and it was marginal and likely that the 980 tested was a oc version kinda like what amd did with the 290x that was sent to toms for testing and review. The actual release card was diff than the one that was sent out for testing having slower clock speeds and fan profiles.
a c 149 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 6:24:09 AM

^ i think in 290X it is more complicated than that. the issue is not about OCed model but rather people are suspecting AMD are cherry picking bunch of 290X that will give the best result/score when benched. but in reality the score on actual retail unit might much lesser than the reviewer unit due to the cards having problem to meet it's advertised "up to 1Ghz boost frequency".

as for 980/970 we will know for sure when actual review comes out. and it is about time we be very careful with the leaks as well.
a b U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 7:01:35 AM

azzazel_99 said:
The charts I saw only showed a 980 being faster than a reference 780ti and it was marginal and likely that the 980 tested was a oc version kinda like what amd did with the 290x that was sent to toms for testing and review. The actual release card was diff than the one that was sent out for testing having slower clock speeds and fan profiles.


I doubt the gtx 980 or what ever it will be called will be much faster than the 780 ti however it will have more vram which might benefit games like watch dogs when ultra textures...

" I'm assuming more patching will allow gtx 780 ti users to have an optimum experience with watch dogs with ultra textures with resolutions over 1080p"

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