GTX 980!

[Willy]

Oooh yes.
It's here.
Are you ready for 50% more rays?
50% more polys?
Or maybe just 50% more FPS?

I don't know about you, but I'm peeing my pants over it.
Now if only I had some cash to blow on a few.

[Hundrakia]

I'm literally this close || to buying a brand new PC, it's long (so damn long) overdue. I haven't had a new PC in like 4 years, and the last one was a Gateway OEM piece of **** that I got dirt cheap. I deserve this. I earned this!

[StylinGreymon]

Eh, I'm still rockin' the 570.
Good enough.

[reeta]

Ouch, bro.    I feel for you.

[katushkin]

But, AMD....

[tp4tissue]

Awesome power for sure..

I'm a little dissuaded by the crop of games though..

It really doesn't seem like anything coming out these days that Warrants the expense..


You'd buy this card,  and crysis is still the best looking game out there..   and guess what,, the world still just plays dota and cs go..


so like,  what was the POINT of it all...


BUhhh...  if You had a 24 core server... you could do ur own VPN... and probably transcode 1080p blurays. in REAL TIME....

[StylinGreymon]

Awesome power for sure..
I'm a little dissuaded by the crop of games though..
It really doesn't seem like anything coming out these days that Warrants the expense..
You'd buy this card,  and crysis is still the best looking game out there..   and guess what,, the world still just plays dota and cs go..
so like,  what was the POINT of it all...
BUhhh...  if You had a 24 core server... you could do ur own VPN... and probably transcode 1080p blurays. in REAL TIME....

Truth.
Not a whole lot worth upgrading for.

[tp4tissue]

Op _Willy_  wtf , you got me all excited about 50% more shtick...

I just saw the benchmarks,  you LIAR...

it's more like 15-25% from previous Generation..

Good power savings numbers pre overclocking..   but performance wise.. it's only 40-50% increase compared to 680 7970(r280) cards...


R290  is still a better buy because of better performance in Madvr.. and comparable performance in games.

[ApocalypseMaow]

Not worth the upgrade from 780 sli... but yay new hardware!!!

[tp4tissue]

Not worth the upgrade from 780 sli... but yay new hardware!!!

I gave one of my 7970 from cfx setup to cousin..

I'm considering getting a 290x for movie season to use along with SWIFT PG278Q under madvr which will actually consume 100% of the 290x


but,, the cheaper route would be to get a ulmb 1080p monitor for movie season.. but so far.. they haven't released a nexgen 1080p ulmb monitor yet like the pg278q..

[Latin00032]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

[tp4tissue]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

[ApocalypseMaow]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

Yep! I love looking at custom cooling and I like my own but... once the corsair AIO for gpus is out, I'm done.

Maintaining a loop makes me want to hang myself... ugh

[tp4tissue]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

Yep! I love looking at custom cooling and I like my own but... once the corsair AIO for gpus is out, I'm done.

Maintaining a loop makes me want to hang myself... ugh

yea.. epic pain in the arse..

I think if I get a 290x,  I may decide to cut into it,  with enough space so I can mount a 120mm cpu heatsink like I did on  my mother's 7870myst..

vs the water bracket..  because the corsair one's not out yet..

and if I get the dwood stuff, I'd probably have to cut anyway for the vrm section.

[atlas3686]

Very tempted by this but will probably go with the 970 so it doesn't destroy my wallet, my GPU is the oldest part of my computer still have a 5870 running with a 4.5ghz i7 so it's about time I upgraded.

[tp4tissue]

Very tempted by this but will probably go with the 970 so it doesn't destroy my wallet, my GPU is the oldest part of my computer still have a 5870 running with a 4.5ghz i7 so it's about time I upgraded.

incidentally final fantasy 13 on PC recommended requirement specifies a 5870 ..

[Latin00032]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

Did Corsair officially confirm they were making this? Or, was it just proof of concept?

The 980 was just announced. Is it already confirmed to work with the 980 reference card?

[tp4tissue]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

Did Corsair officially confirm they were making this? Or, was it just proof of concept?

The 980 was just announced. Is it already confirmed to work with the 980 reference card?

ah.. ur right.. not -confirmed-...   but if they WERE to make these brackets, it would be for the top end cards..

and these are Full on brackets that replaces the base plate with complete vrm coverage


the issue is.. you kind of NEED to do this.. because you can't lock clocks on nvidia.. they don't let you..

So the only way to get maximum boost is to pull the temperature down by a whole lot..

[Latin00032]

I've been wanting to build a new PC since 2006.

Every year I say I'm going to do it but wait.

Especially because of the small changes in gpu cards every year.

This is the first one I wanted because of the power savings.

I wanted to get the 980 direct cu version. Its over clocked by a good amount out of the factory. Hopefully, will be quieter than reference.

The problem is that being overclocked and quieter means the card is designed to take up 3 slots.

dude.. don't get the direct CU..

There was this corsair thing at the trade show..

They're making water cooling brackets for  (Reference Cards)


So on High Power Gpus like the 980  R290  780 780Ti  Titan..

You should get reference, and wait for the corsair bracket.. (which covers the vrm)


OR you could cut into the default cooler  and mount the AIO coolers on your own..

(I would do that ^^)  but some other people have trouble and baby their hardware hindering them from releasing its true potential..


I mean.. seriously  the Hardware's sole purpose is to generate more FPS,  what good is babying your hardware, it's just depreciating, and becoming rapidly obsolete..

Did Corsair officially confirm they were making this? Or, was it just proof of concept?

The 980 was just announced. Is it already confirmed to work with the 980 reference card?

ah.. ur right.. not -confirmed-...   but if they WERE to make these brackets, it would be for the top end cards..

and these are Full on brackets that replaces the base plate with complete vrm coverage


the issue is.. you kind of NEED to do this.. because you can't lock clocks on nvidia.. they don't let you..

So the only way to get maximum boost is to pull the temperature down by a whole lot..

I found a "Corsair hg10" online. Is that it?

[Flamingchook]

I want a 980 for the same reason I did my last upgrade in 2011. Skyrim. Them high res texture packs and ENB's are damn expensive performance wise.

[IvanIvanovich]

I need to start saving... one of these on a socket 2011 with ddr4 and m.2 ssd is going to break me.

[Michael]

Or maybe just 50% more FPS?

False. This is an very slight incremental upgrade, especially if you have Titan Blacks or 780 Ti's.

If you actually did get 50% more FPS - totally worth it.

[tp4tissue]

I found a "Corsair hg10" online. Is that it?

yea that's the bracket.. the @ computex video, he tells the guy that they're going to be made for  REFERENCE high end cards. 

so 970 and 980 are def gonna happen..

[paicrai]

[tp4tissue]

Or maybe just 50% more FPS?

False. This is an very slight incremental upgrade, especially if you have Titan Blacks or 780 Ti's.

If you actually did get 50% more FPS - totally worth it.

if it was actually 50% from prev gen, it'd be $1000 or even $1500

[eth0s]

I read the review at Anandtech.com, http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/17, and for playing video games, which is all I care about, this new GTX 980 will only give you about 10% better FPS than a GTX 780 Ti.  That is enough of an increase for me to waste my money, but I'm a fool, especially with computer parts.  No normal person should spend $580 for 10% increase in FPS.  It's st00pid.  But it's st00pid fun.

[Latin00032]

I read the review at Anandtech.com, http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/17, and for playing video games, which is all I care about, this new GTX 980 will only give you about 10% better FPS than a GTX 780 Ti.  That is enough of an increase for me to waste my money, but I'm a fool, especially with computer parts.  No normal person should spend $580 for 10% increase in FPS.  It's st00pid.  But it's st00pid fun.

As I said before, for me this card is great.

Mainly because of the increase in performance along with low heat and wattage.

I'm probably one of the few people overly concerned with my electric bill.

[tp4tissue]

As I said before, for me this card is great.

Mainly because of the increase in performance along with low heat and wattage.

I'm probably one of the few people overly concerned with my electric bill.

Um... it's low heat and wattage compared to cards of similar performance level..

HOWEVER,  the card itself is NOT by any means a Green Device..

[pichu23]

prolly gonna cost a bomb as well....

[paicrai]

I read the review at Anandtech.com, http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/17, and for playing video games, which is all I care about, this new GTX 980 will only give you about 10% better FPS than a GTX 780 Ti.  That is enough of an increase for me to waste my money, but I'm a fool, especially with computer parts.  No normal person should spend $580 for 10% increase in FPS.  It's st00pid.  But it's st00pid fun.

#QFT

[tp4tissue]

prolly gonna cost a bomb as well....

$5-600 stree price

[IvanIvanovich]

When you compare these to some of the beast cards that were released couple years ago that needed like 4 8 pin power cables with 400w... they are pretty green.

[MythicalWagyu]

Awesome power for sure..
I'm a little dissuaded by the crop of games though..
It really doesn't seem like anything coming out these days that Warrants the expense..
You'd buy this card,  and crysis is still the best looking game out there..   and guess what,, the world still just plays dota and cs go..
so like,  what was the POINT of it all...
BUhhh...  if You had a 24 core server... you could do ur own VPN... and probably transcode 1080p blurays. in REAL TIME....

Truth.
Not a whole lot worth upgrading for.

Oculus Rift or 1440p triple monitors - need lots of horsepower for that ****  Out of my budget for now, and my 670 is plenty good enough for the 1080p stuff I play.

[tp4tissue]

Awesome power for sure..
I'm a little dissuaded by the crop of games though..
It really doesn't seem like anything coming out these days that Warrants the expense..
You'd buy this card,  and crysis is still the best looking game out there..   and guess what,, the world still just plays dota and cs go..
so like,  what was the POINT of it all...
BUhhh...  if You had a 24 core server... you could do ur own VPN... and probably transcode 1080p blurays. in REAL TIME....

Truth.
Not a whole lot worth upgrading for.

Oculus Rift or 1440p triple monitors - need lots of horsepower for that ****  Out of my budget for now, and my 670 is plenty good enough for the 1080p stuff I play.

oculus rift...

i tried it a bit at my buddy's,  it's kinda heavy..  idk if I'd be able to game for long on that..

[Novus]

Hmm still rocking my gtx590 from 2011.
Should I upgrade hrm.
What's amd currently have.

[godly_music]

Ah, another big-ass brick. You know, there have actually been reports of these things being so heavy that the shear forces start to bend and crack motherboards after a couple of years. #urbanlegends

[tp4tissue]

Hmm still rocking my gtx590 from 2011.
Should I upgrade hrm.
What's amd currently have.

Get amd GPU... support Red Team.. against the tyranny of Intel..

290 and 290x are pretty much 85-100% as fast as the 980,  but uses about 15-30% more power..


Buhhhhhh...... the 290 and 290x has better video playback capability through Madvr..

[tp4tissue]

Ah, another big-ass brick. You know, there have actually been reports of these things being so heavy that the shear forces start to bend and crack motherboards after a couple of years. #urbanlegends

no it's real..

but the motherboard doesn't crack.. it's the PCIE port   overtime it will rip it in half.. like for realzies..  rip in HALF..

[Novus]

Hmm still rocking my gtx590 from 2011.
Should I upgrade hrm.
What's amd currently have.

Get amd GPU... support Red Team.. against the tyranny of Intel..

290 and 290x are pretty much 85-100% as fast as the 980,  but uses about 15-30% more power..


Buhhhhhh...... the 290 and 290x has better video playback capability through Madvr..

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I'm not too familiar with AMD stuff nowadays and my last and card had terrible drivers that wouldn't go away. So AFAIK the 290 series is meant to stack against the 700 series right?
Is AMD gonna release something new later this year?
I'll look into this more when I'm not on my mobile.

Ah, another big-ass brick. You know, there have actually been reports of these things being so heavy that the shear forces start to bend and crack motherboards after a couple of years. #urbanlegends

I had this issue too with my pcie port.
Blergh.

Mines is even that bull**** military series

[tp4tissue]

Considering you can get the 290 for $400 and 290x for $480ish  both w/ 3 free games.. (good games)

Probably a better deal than 980..


Again.. this is politically motivated,  as I don't want intel becoming the new world order. Umbrella corporation... dun dunn dunnnnn....

[JaccoW]

I'll probably get a gtx970 for my mITX build later this year. I can't really justify the €200 extra right now.
But who knows what will happen. I'd love this little beast of a card.

[tp4tissue]

I'll probably get a gtx970 for my mITX build later this year. I can't really justify the €200 extra right now.
But who knows what will happen. I'd love this little beast of a card.

idk, if you'd call the 9xx a "beast"...

"beast" would be reserved for something like titan z or devil 13

[JaccoW]

As someone who is currently running a 460 GTX without problems the newest generation of cards are ' little' beasts

[tp4tissue]

As someone who is currently running a 460 GTX without problems the newest generation of cards are ' little' beasts

from a 460  everything above $200 will seem like beasts..  the 7970 (r280) which can be had for $200 round black friday is  2x as fast,  almost 2.5x if you add overclocking.

[JaccoW]

As someone who is currently running a 460 GTX without problems the newest generation of cards are ' little' beasts

from a 460  everything above $200 will seem like beasts..  the 7970 (r280) which can be had for $200 round black friday is  2x as fast,  almost 2.5x if you add overclocking.

True, but it wasn't until recently that I started running into problems. When I upgrade I will upgrade the entire pc and use the old one as a server or give my parents another pc to work on.
The SSD is dead now so I'm temporarily running a laptop with a GT640M LE on a 95% overclock.
EDIT: 100%

But enough of me yapping away. Moar GPU talk! 

[DasHHKBProM]

bitter sweet moment

[tp4tissue]

bitter sweet moment
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why would you do that?  780ti is a better card.

[noisyturtle]

Very tempted to wait for the 990Ti, but will likely buy 980 due to impatience.
I've been running a 560Ti for the past 4 years so it'll be a huge upgrade either way.

[DasHHKBProM]

For my set up(4kscreen) I had two options
1st being,keep 780ti $500 Craigslist  used second for sli upgrade psu
Or upgrade to new 980 $500 newegg new second 980 sli keep using psu (Supposedly 80-100watts less power)

I am curious to know, how it's better?

[tp4tissue]

For my set up(4kscreen) I had two options
1st being,keep 780ti $500 Craigslist  used second for sli upgrade psu
Or upgrade to new 980 $500 newegg new second 980 sli keep using psu (Supposedly 80-100watts less power)

I am curious to know, how it's better?

7.1 billion transistor vs 5

the 980 is a toy..   780ti is the real deal.