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[Skel1ingt0n]

I'm thinking (hoping?) I can sell my Titan (original) for ~$350.

That's $300 or so for the 980 Ti.

For ~$1,000 out of pocket, I could (significantly) more than double my GPU performance if I snag a second.

Think about it, you can TRIPLE SLI the 980Ti for the same price, basically, as regular SLI on the Titan X.

Yeah, the 12GB of VRAM is nice; but I think 6GB should be fine at 1440p for the next ~2 years.

... decisions, decisions...

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Selling my 780 SC Twin Frozr and putting it towards this sounds like a good idea right now.

 

[Quotient]

Are these up on Amazon, Newegg, etc? I can't seem to find them.

 

[Seik]

So probably 750$+ in Canadian dollars I guess?

That's too much for me. I'll stick to my low-end R9 270X, will come back with Nvidia later.

 

[Jimrpg]

I can't see the next x70 basically beating out a Titan X (which 980 Ti basically is) and if it does only marginally.

The x80 series might be equivalent and that will be around $550. So essentially its $100 difference for waiting a year.

 

[Smokey]

I'm thinking (hoping?) I can sell my Titan (original) for ~$350.

That's $300 or so for the 980 Ti.

For ~$1,000 out of pocket, I could (significantly) more than double my GPU performance if I snag a second.

Think about it, you can TRIPLE SLI the 980Ti for the same price, basically, as regular SLI on the Titan X.

Yeah, the 12GB of VRAM is nice; but I think 6GB should be fine at 1440p for the next ~2 years.

... decisions, decisions...

SLI brings it's own set of problems. Triple - SLI even more. Trust me...unless you must see for yourself.

 

[spannicus]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/seanjohn004/saved/drNj4D

Is this a good build along with the 980ti?

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Any websites in AU have this up yet? I want to buyyyy

 

[Zeyphersan]

SLI brings it's own set of problems. Triple - SLI even more. Trust me...unless you must see for yourself.

The only reason I'm even personally considering SLI is for VR. Normally I wouldn't even want to deal with it

 

[joesmokey]

I'm thinking (hoping?) I can sell my Titan (original) for ~$350.

I sold my OG Titan ~2 weeks ago for $550 (and it sold in <12 hours). They still sell well due to their double precision performance over any other consumer based card.

I did it in early preparations though, so I'm not sure what the market is like now.

 

[Don Lapre]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/seanjohn004/saved/drNj4D

Is this a good build along with the 980ti?

The S340 has room for a 280mm rad in the front. Get the kraken x61

You also have a wireless and wired ethernet adapter. You also have 4 140mm fans which this case only has room for 3 and your kraken will come with 2 of them.

 

[GearDraxon]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/seanjohn004/saved/drNj4D

Is this a good build along with the 980ti?

You don't need an Ethernet card (the motherboard has one), and you likely don't need a sound card (the consensus is usually that only headphone users really take advantage of them.)

The cooler has it's own thermal paste pre-applied, so you don't need any more of that.

The CPU is great (I have the same one), but the i5 equivalent will be basically the same, for gaming.

 

[Arulan]

SLI brings it's own set of problems. Triple - SLI even more. Trust me...unless you must see for yourself.

What's the state of micro-stuttering, and general frame-pacing with (dual) SLI today? How does Gsync effect it if at all?

 

[Kieli]

What's the state of micro-stuttering, and general frame-pacing with (dual) SLI today? How does Gsync effect it if at all?

Apparently DX12 reduces microstuttering due to differences in how it renders frames.

 

[spazchicken]

So a GTX 690 is more powerful than a GTX 970? How does that work?

 

[Vercimber]

I've read conflicting reports about the power requirements. I snagged one of the gigabyte versions it's off of Amazon, but I have a 600 W PSU. On NVIDIA's site, they quote a 600 as minimum. At the moment I'm running a GTX 780 with an I7-4770k. I really don't want to upgrade the PSU unless absolutely necessary. Any advice?

 

[Thabian]

So a GTX 690 is more powerful than a GTX 970? How does that work?

690 is two 680's sli'd on one card.

 

[Iorv3th]

Wow. I thought I was the only one...

We can form a support group. I'm still gaming on my circa 2009 1920x1200 24" Samsung.

You're not alone. Just waiting on AMD to announce and then seeing whats going to be the best value wise. Witcher 3 on low settings is even bad on 6950.

 

[Don Lapre]

I've read conflicting reports about the power requirements. I snagged one of the gigabyte versions it's off of Amazon, but I have a 600 W PSU. On NVIDIA's site, they quote a 600 as minimum. At the moment I'm running a GTX 780 with an I7-4770k. I really don't want to upgrade the PSU unless absolutely necessary. Any advice?

I have a titan x and a i7-4790k. At the wall only pulling ~450w, maybe spikes of 480. On my platinum 550w psu thats only like 400-440w load on the PSU. A good 600w 80 plus is more than enough.

 

[Mesoian]

I'll wait.

Neat though. ::snapshot::

 

[supernormal]

Everyone in the other thread was saying this would be 800+/-. At 650 this is pretty neat.

 

[Kieli]

So a GTX 690 is more powerful than a GTX 970? How does that work?

690 features two GPUs on one PCB.

 

[Jimrpg]

I have a titan x and a i7-4790k. At the wall only pulling ~450w, maybe spikes of 480. On my platinum 550w psu thats only like 400-440w load on the PSU. A good 600w 80 plus is more than enough.

I have a Seasonic G-series 550W - so you think it will be ok for 980 Ti?

 

[NeonBlack]

How is this build for the 980ti?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pgg43C

first time doing this btw. this will only be used for gaming

 

[Don Lapre]

I have a Seasonic G-series 550W - so you think it will be ok for 980 Ti?

Yes

 

[Don Lapre]

How is this build for the 980ti?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pgg43C

first time doing this btw. this will only be used for gaming

Thats fine. If you arn't going to sli i would go with a lower wattage psu, 550-650w is enough. If you want to SLI in the future bump up to an 850 or so

 

[Dryk]

Any websites in AU have this up yet? I want to buyyyy

PC Case Gear had the EVGA card for $999 (sold out) but the Gigabyte is still up for preorder at $1049

 

[Chance Hale]

So I need to set my alarm for 3 am pt to get an evga one?

 

[spannicus]

The S340 has room for a 280mm rad in the front. Get the kraken x61

You also have a wireless and wired ethernet adapter. You also have 4 140mm fans which this case only has room for 3 and your kraken will come with 2 of them.

You don't need an Ethernet card (the motherboard has one), and you likely don't need a sound card (the consensus is usually that only headphone users really take advantage of them.)

The cooler has it's own thermal paste pre-applied, so you don't need any more of that.

The CPU is great (I have the same one), but the i5 equivalent will be basically the same, for gaming.

Thank you! Will make some changes then.

 

[ISOM]

Will this run on a 650 watt power supply?

 

[idlewild_]

I'm going to wake up to all the vendor cards being sold out, aren't I? sigh

 

[Don Lapre]

Will this run on a 650 watt power supply?

If its an 1150 socket cpu or less TDP and its a good 80 plus rated power supply then yes, its plenty.

 

[GearDraxon]

Thank you! Will make some changes then.

Oh, and am I correct in presuming you're going for a "quiet" build (from your choice of the water cooler, quiet fans, etc?)

If so, you may want to replace the fans on the Corsair cooler - I've had a couple of their smaller water coolers, and the fans were (ironically) the thing that were making my build louder. If you go with the Kraken, its stock fans might be fine, as I don't have any experience with them.

 

[Hellix]

This card is designed for us 780Ti owners to upgrade to.

Trust your heart, you know you want this.

Eeeeh, I'll stick with my 780Ti for a bit longer.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

omg

i am crying for you mutes ;_;

Titan X is 1600 AUD retail here. LOL

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Soooo buying the EVGA ACX 2.0 SC version.

 

[Jin]

DigitalFoundry put up a video comparison between 980Ti, Titan X, 980 and 290X. The 980Ti has 20+fps over the regular 980 in a lot of cases while the difference between Ti and Titan X is 2-4fps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G5oe-Cc994

 

[Buzzbrad]

DigitalFoundry put up a video comparison between 980Ti, Titan X, 980 and 290X. The 980Ti has 20+fps over the regular 980 in a lot of cases while the difference between Ti and Titan X is 2-4fps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G5oe-Cc994

Not gonna lie considering how good COD:AW looks in that video it runs surprisingly great across all the cards. Seems to be a good port compared to games like AC:Unity.

 

[GHG]

I can't seem to find these on amazon.com ? Can someone be so kind to link me to a few?

 

[NeonBlack]

Thats fine. If you arn't going to sli i would go with a lower wattage psu, 550-650w is enough. If you want to SLI in the future bump up to an 850 or so

Thanks, one last question if you don't mind. Will this build be making a lot of noise in theory?

I can't seem to find these on amazon.com ? Can someone be so kind to link me to a few?

This is the only one that has showed up but it is currently out of stock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YEU8SXI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Randam]

Must be tough for Titan X buyers:

 

[GHG]

Thanks, one last question if you don't mind. Will this build be making a lot of noise in theory?




This is the only one that has showed up but it is currently out of stock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YEU8SXI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Thanks, will wait for more to pop up.

Must be tough for Titan X buyers:

Stop with this. Most of them don't care.

 

[Chris_C]

Oh SNAP~! That works for me. I'll wait a couple of months till it becomes available and pick one up. Should be good enough to last the generation, right?

Might need to upgrade my CPU. Still on a Core i5 4750 (non-k).

Wait, is the TDP actually 250? That's pretty high.

 

[dmr87]

Everyone in the other thread was saying this would be 800+/-. At 650 this is pretty neat.

Speculations, I expected it to be on par with the 780 Ti which launched at like $700-$750.

I have a Seasonic G-series 550W - so you think it will be ok for 980 Ti?

Yes.

 

[gatti-man]

All this price says to me is nvidia knows it needs a low price to entice people to buy now and not wait for pascal. It's super tempting but I honestly believe pascal will leave these cards in the dust.

 

[GHG]

All this price says to me is nvidia knows it needs a low price to entice people to buy now and not wait for pascal. It's super tempting but I honestly believe pascal will leave these cards in the dust.

I actually think they know something about AMD Fiji that we don't. The performance of that card must be something for them to be pricing the 980ti like they are and bringing it out sooner than anticipated.

Anyway, not that I care since there's no way I'm going back to AMD anytime soon unless they make drastic changes.

 

[a secret-boss]

waiting for MSI Twin Frozr

 

[Randam]

Stop with this. Most of them don't care.

They don't?

I would.
Even if >1000 bucks for a gpu weren't a huge deal for me.

 

[spannicus]

Oh, and am I correct in presuming you're going for a "quiet" build (from your choice of the water cooler, quiet fans, etc?)

If so, you may want to replace the fans on the Corsair cooler - I've had a couple of their smaller water coolers, and the fans were (ironically) the thing that were making my build louder. If you go with the Kraken, its stock fans might be fine, as I don't have any experience with them.

Quiet would be nice. I'm more interested in keeping everything at a decent temperature. I really appreciate your help also. I was all over the place hehe.

 

[GameAddict411]

"Our GPU is awesome. It does 4k great! Here's a chart of how good it runs at 1600p!"

exactly what i was thinking lol.