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September 15, 2014 10:35:32 AM

Were you curious about the GTX 980? Well, today a boatload of new details have surfaced.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Comes With NVTTM Cooler : Read more

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September 15, 2014 10:42:43 AM

Oh.My.God!!!! We've been waiting for sooooooooo much and now we get to see it.
AMAZING!! And about time,if I may say. :D 
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September 15, 2014 10:46:46 AM

The reference cooler is just as cool as it was in the 700 series.... See what I did there? I'll leave.
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September 15, 2014 10:51:31 AM

Sweet!!! WOW, only 180W TDP?? Insane that's really cool.

I'm also glad they are starting to phase out DVI. But now that it has 5 outputs, I hope you can connect 5 monitors.
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September 15, 2014 10:53:32 AM

anybody know whether these upcoming generation of cards (nvidia/amd) support hdmi 2.0/DP 1.3?
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September 15, 2014 10:55:56 AM

Only interested if it drops prices of current GPU's
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September 15, 2014 11:12:03 AM

I would expect the next-gen 980 (it is the next-gen right???) would be at least as good as a 780 Ti , not between a 780 and 780 Ti. I guess I'll be waiting for the 980 Ti this time around.
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September 15, 2014 11:16:20 AM

180W? The sweet silence of my gaming PC is about to get even quieter. I'm glad I've been holding off on the upgrade for this.
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September 15, 2014 11:29:11 AM

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Only interested if it drops prices of current GPU's


Based upon the non-price drop of the 670/680 when the 7-series came out, don't bet on it. Instead of a serious $100+ price drop of those cards, vendors just let the stock run out. I believe the biggest discount of the 680 was about $40.

With that said, I skipped the 7-series. And based upon the 180W TDP and apparently cooler operation, let alone the improved performance, I'm glad I waited.
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September 15, 2014 11:32:02 AM

"the GTX 980 will perform right between the GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti"

EPIC FAIL!
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September 15, 2014 11:50:35 AM

Compared to my GTX680, that's the same power profile, 1/3 more CUDA cores, and twice the memory. It's really not that impressive, comparatively. I think I'll wait for the next generation to upgrade. My dual 680s have done well so far.
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September 15, 2014 11:56:43 AM

That is some amazing power savings, chances are its still 28nm. So its probably going to drop even more in power once 20nm comes.

I'm also surprised about the performance. I'm not so well read up on the 780 and 780Ti specs but don't they have a lot more cores with more memory bandwidth? 2048 cores might be fine given higher clock rates but 256-bit bandwidth really seems to be cutting performance back too much for this level of card.
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September 15, 2014 12:07:35 PM

I still don't get why Nvidia and AMD periodically skips a numeral...

No GTX880? Or were there OEM parts i don't know about.
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September 15, 2014 12:08:04 PM

Memory bus is too low, I don't know if it will be enough to sustain such high amount of VRAM . & Then the speed of the memory isn't that much of ground breaking either.
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September 15, 2014 12:10:28 PM

i'll skip this generation till pascal comes in mid or late 2015 , or if 980TI improves over this...
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September 15, 2014 12:13:26 PM

Novuake said:
I still don't get why Nvidia and AMD periodically skips a numeral...

No GTX880? Or were there OEM parts i don't know about.


I heard it was because the 800 series was already doing good on laptops so they decided to skip it. Just seems a stupid idea to me since unless they are going to run two completely different architectures keeping the same numbering scheme helps to keep track.
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September 15, 2014 12:25:18 PM

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anybody know whether these upcoming generation of cards (nvidia/amd) support hdmi 2.0/DP 1.3?


Noup... HDMI 1.4 and DP 1.2... Maybe in the next generation...
What I have found out from the leaks, this use cheaper voltage regulators, cheaper memory bus... you got the point. This seems to be cheaper to produce than 780 is, so this is the economy solution. But the power usage seems to be very good, so why complain.
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September 15, 2014 1:54:29 PM

What is the point of this card even existing? If it performs between the 780 and 780Ti, then why doesn't nvidia just continue with those cards as the current generation and work on something that will actually be better than the current generation?

It's like a tv company making a 36" LED and a 38" LED, then making a big announcement that it is coming out with a 37" LED with the exact same features. I'm pretty sure if the 36" wasn't big enough for you, you probably bought a 38". Who want's the awkward middle child.
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September 15, 2014 2:16:02 PM

crap...looks like I'll need an adaptor for my two DVI/VGA only monitors... I certainly hope a few OEMs like eVGA or ASUS put one of these together with dual DVI ports. i hate adaptors :( 
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September 15, 2014 2:20:50 PM

Chris, There is a nice little item that's available pretty cheaply that will fix that problem: a Displayport to DVI adapter. They even make it easier to unhook from the PC.
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September 15, 2014 2:33:38 PM

We waited 18 months since the GK110 and the best card they can throw out is between a 780 and 780 Ti which are not that big of a difference between each other in performance. Depressing.
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September 15, 2014 3:31:54 PM

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What is the point of this card even existing? If it performs between the 780 and 780Ti, then why doesn't nvidia just continue with those cards as the current generation and work on something that will actually be better than the current generation?

It's like a tv company making a 36" LED and a 38" LED, then making a big announcement that it is coming out with a 37" LED with the exact same features. I'm pretty sure if the 36" wasn't big enough for you, you probably bought a 38". Who want's the awkward middle child.


The difference is the new architecture is more efficient, and will likely be no more expensive than the 780. At some point, they may even make a 980ti with the new arch for a faster card than the 780ti.
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September 15, 2014 3:44:42 PM

Wow guys, give them a break. First of all, we don't know what the 980ti can do. Second of all, those are freaking SYNTHETIC benchmarks, so we really don't know what the 970 or 980 can do either...

And third of all, this thing went from a TDP of 250w to a TDP of 180w. Even if you're so focused the only thing you care about is benchmark numbers, that's a huge improvement, AND means far more room for overclocking.
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September 15, 2014 4:30:56 PM

Strange that he says it's between the 780 and 780ti when the linked chart shows the 970 between those two and the 980 10% better than 780ti at stock.
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September 15, 2014 5:12:53 PM

the stats are all based on proposed synthetics of a card that so far nobody has admitted to having/benching. the things we DO know is it's going to be in the ballpark of what amounts to being an AMD R9 290x for likely less than 780 money and a TDP 60w lower. if you already got a card that's in that ballpark (290,290x,780,780Ti) this card is NOT for you. if you don't like the thermals of those AMD cards and aren't too keen on the price of the 780s, then this IS the card for you!.

RE: dgingeri = I KNOW there's an adapter for HDMI to DVI, and DP to DVI, I -don't- like adaptors. it just adds another potential point of failure and since my desktop doesn't get moved around i don't mind reaching around my case occasionally and tightening the screws when/if i need to do a tear-down. It's the principal, man! Maybe if i scrounge up another $500 on top of what it'll cost to acquire this thing I might be compelled to get a UHD/2k monitor.
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September 15, 2014 6:01:32 PM

Ok so now we have a 800m series for laptops and a 900 series for desktop. They should really take a breath and quit rebadging things.
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September 15, 2014 6:09:50 PM

The 900 series is not a rebadge. The mobile scene on the other hand, who knows what is going on there. They do all sorts of rebadging there.
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September 15, 2014 8:41:27 PM

So basically if you already have a 780 or 780 TI this isn't worth an upgrade...
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September 15, 2014 9:04:28 PM

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So basically if you already have a 780 or 780 TI this isn't worth an upgrade...


It's supposed to outperform the 780 by a lot, and it's going to be close in performance to the 780Ti. Yet it will also consume much less power, and generate less heat thus allowing for higher overclocks making it worth it.
Really what this card is for, those still on Fermi or the original Keplar cards. This is going to be a worth-it as an upgrade for those users.
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September 15, 2014 9:25:14 PM

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anybody know whether these upcoming generation of cards (nvidia/amd) support hdmi 2.0/DP 1.3?


I don't know this, but they'd have to be crazy to not include hdmi 2.0 and stay at 1.4. This is especially so considering that they put 4GB of memory on this thing (clearly it's going to be marketed as a 4K flagship... imagine if it can't do it at 60hz?)

as for Displayport 1.3, I would have said no way it's too new. but after seeing that I/O with THREE DP connectors, I don't know. maybe it's there... otherwise, just WHY?
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September 15, 2014 9:33:27 PM

soldier44 said:
So basically if you already have a 780 or 780 TI this isn't worth an upgrade...


...guys.

When has it EVER been worth upgrading the same tier card from ONE generation?
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September 15, 2014 11:49:31 PM

IMPORTANT : the performance information of this post is WRONG. The 980 is faster than the 780ti by around 10%.
Thank you for your attention.
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September 15, 2014 11:50:05 PM

IMPORTANT : the performance information of this post is WRONG. The 980 is faster than the 780ti by around 10%.
Thank you for your attention.
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September 16, 2014 12:46:02 AM

Where do you get that performance of 980 is faster than 780ti? Source link please.
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September 16, 2014 2:04:56 AM

Not worth the upgrade from a GTX 780 in my opinion, especially knowing now all 500 series and higher will utilize DX 12.
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September 16, 2014 2:28:43 AM


What is the point of this card even existing? If it performs between the 780 and 780Ti, then why doesn't nvidia just continue with those cards as the current generation and work on something that will actually be better than the current generation?

It's like a tv company making a 36" LED and a 38" LED, then making a big announcement that it is coming out with a 37" LED with the exact same features. I'm pretty sure if the 36" wasn't big enough for you, you probably bought a 38". Who want's the awkward middle child.

I imagine to attract a larger base of customers who could afford these near 780ti cards. I'm glad and am considering the 980 if it's at the $500 or so pricepoint. Then I'll give my 770 to my stepson and we will both be happy. I would like to ask about that memory bus and bandwidth. The bandwidth is similar to a current 770, but can be overclocked more and more safely with Maxwell?? I don't need to really with the game I mostly play (WoW) but it would be nice to have more wiggle room with the less wattage.






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September 16, 2014 3:06:24 AM

Considering the 750Ti, I expect performance will be better than predicted here.
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September 16, 2014 3:29:13 AM

the trends is moving from monster fps to energy saving..

at least captain planet will smile..
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September 16, 2014 3:54:21 AM

Isn't there a Titan II coming out in 2 months? What are you guys whining about? This seems about fiscal responsibility. I'm sure they've done their market research. You guys will get your monster card a few months later.
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September 16, 2014 7:14:43 AM

So the question really is, can the memory bus make full use of 4 gigs of VRAM? I don't know, I'm really not a techy but that's what I and probably a lot of consumers are asking: "780ti performance with 3 gigs @ $600-$730 or 980 (same performance as 780ti) with 4 gigs @ $500 + runs cooler and overclocks more and more easily." So yeah, what can anyone say about full use of 4 gigs with the rest of those specs? Can a 770 4gb even fully use those 4 gigs? Cuz I do know a 780ti can fully use 3 gigs...Which is a better choice for an upgrade next week?
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September 16, 2014 7:24:57 AM

The article is incorrect. It's the 970 that is between the 780 and 780ti.

From another site with the leaked benchmarks:

"The sample was put through a quick run of 3DMark 11 Extreme Preset. It scored X3963 points, which if you factor in the dual-core Core i3-4130 used in the bench, puts the GTX 970 somewhere between the GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti, in terms of performance."
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September 16, 2014 7:36:07 AM

To all the people dooming the GPU to epic fail, I sadly must dissapoint you. A GPU made on the mid-range GM204 with lower TDP, lower amount of cores as well as lower memory bandwidth, which will compete with a fully enabled GK110 GPU?

I'd say it's freaking amazing. Nvidia will only release the mid-range parts, just as they did with the 600-series/700-series. AMD can't dompete with their high-end parts, so why throw the ace on the table immediately? However, when AMD throw out their competitive GPUs (and they will), Nvidia will release their high-end GPUs. Just like they did with the Titan and 700-series.

It's smart marketing. Selling "half-ass" GPUs to flagship prices? Plz Nvidia, which organ do you want?
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September 16, 2014 7:44:52 AM

IInuyasha74 said:
Novuake said:
I still don't get why Nvidia and AMD periodically skips a numeral...

No GTX880? Or were there OEM parts i don't know about.


I heard it was because the 800 series was already doing good on laptops so they decided to skip it. Just seems a stupid idea to me since unless they are going to run two completely different architectures keeping the same numbering scheme helps to keep track.

They did something similar with the 300 series.
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September 16, 2014 7:45:13 AM

low memory bandwidth but I think that contributes to nvidias lower power consumption. AMD dropped to 256bit on their tonga and power dropped hugely too. Still prefer the high bandwidth on the amd cards though

This could still be wrong couldn't it? These cards could have different specs
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September 16, 2014 7:46:45 AM

semitope said:
low memory bandwidth but I think that contributes to nvidias lower power consumption. AMD dropped to 256bit on their tonga and power dropped hugely too. Still prefer the high bandwidth on the amd cards though

This could still be wrong couldn't it? These cards could have different specs


Memory bandwidth does not correlate to power consumption. :) 
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September 16, 2014 7:47:59 AM

ubercake said:
IInuyasha74 said:
Novuake said:
I still don't get why Nvidia and AMD periodically skips a numeral...

No GTX880? Or were there OEM parts i don't know about.


I heard it was because the 800 series was already doing good on laptops so they decided to skip it. Just seems a stupid idea to me since unless they are going to run two completely different architectures keeping the same numbering scheme helps to keep track.

They did something similar with the 300 series.


Jip, although the number 3 scares me when it comes to graphics cards(GT730 *shiffers), so it never bothered me then. :D 
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September 16, 2014 10:59:18 AM

I see some blind Nvidia fan boys voted "Dislike" to my orginal post. But if you actually were paying attention and knew how to read, you would have seen that I too am an Nvidia owner of two GTX780s and love them. However, what I am not impressed about is the lack of (predicted) performance of the GTX980 vs. my GTX780s. At minimum, the GTX980 should provide at least a 25% improvement accross the board. The GTX780 has been out since April 2013. That's 18 months for Nvidia to improve upon the Kepler performance with it's all-new Maxwell GPUs. Evidently, 18 months wasn't long enough and the GTX980 is only a minor incremental upgrade. Very dissappointed. indeed. Dislike and hate if you want, but I'm just calling it lik I see it.
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September 16, 2014 11:20:20 AM

Yeah that's cool Ninja. I'm seeing you're disappointed with the time frame of releases. I see that Nvidia spent a lot of time with Maxwell and the mid - upper tiers were released first and marketed as cost savers which I'm sure much of the market such as I will appreciate. I also heard Titan II will be out before Christmas but that may just be a rumor. Nvidia is probably trying to demolish AMD on the larger market of mid level stuff. Just look at Intel Pentium G3258...it's a little monster at an affordable price. Sustainability buzzword here and will AMD be able to keep up? I'm not a fan boy either side. Just want the most reliable product for the money. So...timeline...yeah. Big biz here but tbh Nvidia's got my $ for the near future.
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September 16, 2014 12:07:48 PM

what is the improvement if it runs between those other cards? is it cheaper?
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