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Started by GreyPhantom | | 15 answers
GTX 780 vs GTX 970?? (on several points)
1. future proofing
2. Power
3. Speed
(supposed gaming at 1080p)
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October 22, 2014 2:49:53 AM

getpatriotized said:
I'm in the exact situation.

Bought an Asus 780 a couple of weeks ago. Issued an RMA so I'm good with getting my money back.

Currently looking at the G1 Gaming 970 by Gigabyte.


Same. I am not sure if it's worth it to Rma my gtx 780 for a 970 because there is a $50 restocking fee, and performance wise there is not a huge difference in 1080p with the 970. Could someone help me? I don't know what to do.
September 24, 2014 10:42:58 PM

There truly is no doubt to the answer to your question. The 970 stands as a revolution in performance to price ratio. The 780 had already lost to the r9 290 and 290X cards. However, in my opinion, if you currently hold a 770 or better card, you are better served waiting another 6 months or more as the performance difference is tolerable unless you are at high res/high refresh/multi-monitor, where the new cards have effectively zero impact, then you should just consider multi-card configs instead.

Most reviews, including Tom's, indicate that a 970 can trade punches and on average win against a 290x card. A 290x can thump a 780. The 980 is interesting, but the 970 is the real interesting product.

More importantly, why did team price death release a product so capable at such a price point. This is not Nvidia's M-O. While they are a company of tremendous capacity, they price gouge a lot! While AMD may be bringing up the rear at the moment on single gpu performance again, they still hold overall single card performance, and their business model has forced competition.

This is win-win. It is too bad there is not a third competitor, prices would get even better. So love what Nvidia has done here. They have literally made the best single card price to performance winner that may stand for a long time. The 980 stands as kinda silly at the moment given how great the 970 is. You can most likely sli 2 970s for less than any upcoming 980Ti cards if they will exist. This parallels AMD's 290, 290x release. The less costly card can trade punches with the older brother card with a significant price drop.

The future of gpu development is really exciting right now and we have not even begun to cross the next smaller processing node. Hee hee hee.... I am giddy as a little school girl! Fight it out Nvidia and AMD...fight it out!
September 24, 2014 3:54:49 PM

VincentP said:
rustyfork123 said:
Can I ask where you got the figures for those benchmarks? GPU Boss tells a different tale:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-970-vs-GeForce-GTX-...


I'm not sure which post this is reply to.
GPU Boss is rubbish.
If you want benchmarks, look at the Tom's hardware review or Guru3D review.

Gpu boss is not and good I never use it this is why http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-295X2-vs-GeForce-GTX-... backup for this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-cro... http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-cro...
I get all my info from toms hardware guru3d extreme tech pcworld and other various reviews
i went into the wrong tab and replied to what you had written.

And the above thing about the 295x2 being better isn't a "fanboy" thing I have a GTX 660 getting a 980 later this year.

And I couldn't be bothered hyper linking either
a b 4 Gaming
a c 158 U Graphics card
September 24, 2014 3:06:59 AM

rustyfork123 said:
Can I ask where you got the figures for those benchmarks? GPU Boss tells a different tale:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-970-vs-GeForce-GTX-...


I'm not sure which post this is reply to.
GPU Boss is rubbish.
If you want benchmarks, look at the Tom's hardware review or Guru3D review.
September 23, 2014 2:55:11 PM

And I've just put this in the wrong post to.
September 23, 2014 2:53:19 PM

RobCrezz said:
1) probably the 970 due to more vram
2) 970 consumes less power, with similar performance (probably higher with overclocking)
3) 970 better with overclocking.

What less power? They both consume ~350W when under load what's a lot of power already.
And performance wise there is a massive difference 980 has everything unleashed and the gigabyte model has more efficient cooling that the 970 which uses a more tamed version of the 980s chip.
And frame wise for 1080p around 10-15 frames faster and heaps faster for 4K.
September 20, 2014 7:54:07 AM

I'm in the exact situation.

Bought an Asus 780 a couple of weeks ago. Issued an RMA so I'm good with getting my money back.

Currently looking at the G1 Gaming 970 by Gigabyte.
a b 4 Gaming
a c 78 U Graphics card
September 19, 2014 5:50:05 AM

GreyPhantom said:
VincentP said:
Sorry, I misread your post.
Definitely the GTX 970.
1. More future proof with more VRAM
2. Less power, 145W compared to 250W
3. Faster


haha thank you for coming back! and no worries
I wonder if 780 will drop in price (below 970)...


Unlikely, the usually just discontinue them. Nvidia never want the market flooded with discounted last gen models.

a b 4 Gaming
a c 158 U Graphics card
September 19, 2014 5:21:20 AM

GreyPhantom said:
VincentP said:
Sorry, I misread your post.
Definitely the GTX 970.
1. More future proof with more VRAM
2. Less power, 145W compared to 250W
3. Faster


haha thank you for coming back! and no worries
I wonder if 780 will drop in price (below 970)...


It will have to as retailers try to get rid of what stock they have left.
Only the 6GB models will hold their value.

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