GeForce GTX 980 & 970 Now Available!

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Just placed my order for the following build with the EVGA GTX 980.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/g7yRnQ

Hope it really doesn't take 2-5 weeks to ship. Hoping they're just expecting large demand and want to set expectations. =)
 

The D man

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I just placed my order from newegg for the EVGA super locked 980. It says it was in stock so will see. Anyways I won't be home for 2 weeks so the wait won't kill me :)

Enjoy your card!
 

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I ordered two. Let's see how long I actually have to wait. I got two 980 EVGA Superclocked's.

Also for anyone interested, the second I get these cards both my 780Tis are going up for sale for probably $700 for the both. That's $350 a card. I will sell one for $380.
 

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I just got mine as well, looks like I'll have 980's tomorrow.. damn. I'm actually excited. I hated on these things HARD before they launched and I still kinda do (they are not much stronger than the TI's at all, I just had higher expectations) but it's still an upgrade.
 

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Well I don't have a gaming rig at all so this is all new to me haha. Enjoy your cards. I won't see them for two weeks bc I'm not home but keep it posted how they do in SLI.
 

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Just got my shipment notification too. Woot! I'm sure a 2nd one will be ordered in the not-so-distant-future!

This build is too sexy to not have to of them!
 

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The sad thing is the DAY the 980Ti drops I plan on buying THREE. I spend way too much money on un-needed upgrades.. but I can't sleep at night without the latest and greatest. When the 980Ti's come I'm going 3x SLi, X99, DDR4 and 5960X. So, no bottlenecks in my future. LOL.
 

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I'm a bit sad that there doesn't seem to be a stock cooler for the GTX 970! I like the look of that fancy metal cooler on the 980 / 780Ti / titan, and was thinking of getting a 970 with it when it came out... but it doesn't seem to exist.

Oh well, maybe my radeon 5870 will last until the next generation of nvidia, and perhaps they will release a non-top end card with that cooler on it then!
 

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Off topic, but nice Metro avatar. Just finished playing through both Redux games, excellent games.
 

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I agree 100%. The optimization is finally nice, I can max at 76FPS average on 1440, lowest I've seen it dip is 63, highest is like 92. That's with super sampling included.

(Then again my core clocks are sitting at 1240ish and memory is at like 1680) These cards overclock like they nerfed them out of the factory.
 

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Indeed, kind of pissed me off that I had to buy Last Light again just to get a version without glitchy Physx, but in the end it was worth it. I forgot how much I loved those games, haven't played either of them since they were first released. The stealth experience in those games is beyond phenomenal, I usually don't like sneaking around but I snuck through a majority of both games because it was tons of fun.

I'm looking forward to replaying them with SSAA when my 970 arrives, my 770 can only run the game maxed out without SSAA. Also looking forward to see how far my 970 will OC and what kind of gains I'll get from it.

Anyways, sorry for going off topic OP/mods. :)
 

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I would've found another $200 to get a 980, because the 970 is basically like a 780. In some cases it performs worse from what I've seen. I don't think one 970, even if overclocked, is going to be able to handle anything over .5x SSAA without getting some crap frame-rates. Anything over .5x is probably going to have you playing at 20-40FPS tops.
 

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Even if the 980TIs come out, I think I'll stick with them for a while. Im sure I'll max out everything I throw at it. Until witcher 3 comes out. That's the game im waiting for. Then I might have to upgrade to the TIs lol
 

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I never got into the Witcher, and I certainly see no reason why a GTX 980 SLi couldn't max it. Worst case scenario overclocks and a good processor might be needed, but otherwise. If the 980Ti in 2x SLi + is all that can max out a title, they likely won't even release a title with just overboard specs. I know the Witcher 2, Crysis 3 and Metro: Last Light are probably the three most graphically detailed PC games out, but I can max them all out with 80+FPS with my current setup, two 780Ti's. Two overclocked 980's are overkill honestly, but I LIKE overkill.

I honestly already feel I have stock 980 SLi performance because I'm running some HEAVY overclocks on my 780Ti's, more than a 10% boost to each card. So I might be pulling more performance than they come with stock with my overclocks, but I still 80+FPS max anything that comes my way on 1440p. Two overclocked 980's will handle it all, if not, get a third one.
 
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Just a poor person, passing through.

In all seriousness, I guess the 970 is my choice in a couple of weeks. The 980 is going as high as £540 here....
If it was around £380 I'd think about it =/


Could get a fair overclock out of the STRIX version methinks.
 

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I'd get an R9 290 and overclock it before I got a 970. A SLIGHTLY overclocked 290 beats a 970, I think stock it does as well. I know the 970 is not far behind, though. Same VRAM, same/better performance, less cost.

(I'm basing this off benchmarks I've seen, as a 290x was getting better performance than a 970, and a 290x is only 5% faster than a 290, a margin easily met with small overclocks)

To be honest STRIX cards are overpriced garbage, they raise the VRAM to levels you won't even need/use and put slight overclocks on the cards, all for $150+ extra cost. Although the 970 and 980 STRIX cards COULD be a different story, as I'm not sure of pricing/performance. All I know is that the 780 STRIX is a waste of money unless you're tying for like 4K/5K multimonitor gaming

But if it's power you're going for, the 970 definitely takes less. Although if your PSU can't handle one R9 290 in your system it's time for an upgrade, past time really. Now if you plan on going dual GPU (SLi, Crossfire) the 970 is a better choice unless you have an 1100W+ PSU.
 

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Excited. Card is arriving today. Too bad I have to wait until tomorrow for my Memory to complete my build!
 

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So dose anyone know how the R9 290X compares to the GTX 980? is it worth the extra £100 I'll have to pay here? was going to get the 290x tomorrow but you know what happens when you give yourself to much time to think, the IFs and BUTS. what would i get for that extra £100?
 


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