970 to 980

Fakman87

Lads I'm considering upgrading from a 970 to a 980. Below are links to the two models. Just wondering if the improvement in performance would be significant enough to justify the upgrade. Also I have a DS3 case so not sure if that model of 980 would fit in it. Thanks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GTX-970-Graphics-Card/dp/B00NZT6D68/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453383778&sr=8-2&keywords=gigabyte+970

http://www.amazon.co.uk/STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5-Nvidia-Graphics-GDDR5-Express/dp/B00O11Z0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453383787&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+980+strix

game4it70

*double post*
Twas the forum not me govn'r.

game4it70

I think its not worth it tbh.

Why not overclock the 970 you have.It should bring you closer to the 980 performance.

Here are a few benchmarks to give yourself an idea of the difference between the two cards at stock clocks.Different models will vary the results.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1595?vs=1442

.G.

I have that card, even with the same model you'll get different results but defo give OC a go. I had a good bash on mine to see if I could get it stable boosting into 1500mhz but it won't do it. I have it stable at 1294 boosting to 1433Mhz from a stock level of 1114 boosting to 1253Mhz. Have the memory on 7810 from stock of 7010. Get about 8-10 FPS for that on benchmarks.

Eoinmc97

Some benchmarks have shown that Hynix and Samsung memory have managed to OC high enough to be within 3% of the 980.


Not worth it IMO. Wait for Polaris/Pascal (whenever nVidia decides to get it's prototypes in order)

The_Valeyard

Maybe a Titan instead of the 980?

Or like previous suggestions, wait for new models.

sirboby

If you already have a 970 the best option is probably to get another in sli, it will pretty much match a titan X if not beat it.