SweClockers posted their test (in Swedish). They mention prices being 3595 SEK (ASUS Strix) and 5249 SEK. For comparison, 3595 SEK is about what the current ASUS 770 DirectCU II 4GB costs.
Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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nothing free in this world !
i would however give you a nice gaf discount
Well when I upgrade my 780, be sure I'm coming to shop at Smokey's Video Card Emporium.
I'm interested to know the power wattage difference between the 970 and the 8800GT that i already have. Also how about the performance difference?
Don't ask why i have this card in a 4670 PC, i just do
105 watts says this website.
http://www.geeks3d.com/20090618/graphics-cards-thermal-design-power-tdp-database/
xDUMPWEEDx
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Yea... my sweet spot for GPUs is $200-250. You get the best price/performance ratio at this range.
It also depends on what you need for what you play. I only play D3, TF2, and LoL. These cards would be waste for me.
Third times the charm. One more time asking
Now with all the information we've got (do we have good benchmarks?) and prices, I'll again pose the question, which card would be best to go with?
I was originally looking at the 980 but the 970 has seemingly come out with very surprisingly good performance for its value. I was even thinking of looking at the 780Ti if it came down in price, but from some charts I've seen that really doesn't seem to be a good option.
So yeah, coming from the 560Ti, which card would be best to go with? (or I suppose, what would justify the extra $250 for the 980?) Again, I'm not thinking of SLI and I'd probably be running most games at 1080p max.
Thanks!
EDIT: Oh, and where's the best place to buy these things anyway? Newegg? Or are there better suppliers?
Now with all the information we've got (do we have good benchmarks?) and prices, I'll again pose the question, which card would be best to go with?
I was originally looking at the 980 but the 970 has seemingly come out with very surprisingly good performance for its value. I was even thinking of looking at the 780Ti if it came down in price, but from some charts I've seen that really doesn't seem to be a good option.
So yeah, coming from the 560Ti, which card would be best to go with? (or I suppose, what would justify the extra $250 for the 980?) Again, I'm not thinking of SLI and I'd probably be running most games at 1080p max.
Thanks!
EDIT: Oh, and where's the best place to buy these things anyway? Newegg? Or are there better suppliers?
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Curious, any idea of an exact release date for these cards?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Is MFAA a driver-handled thing (like I can enable it in the nvidia control panel) or do games have to be coded for it?
I'm interested to know the power wattage difference between the 970 and the 8800GT that i already have. Also how about the performance difference?
Don't ask why i have this card in a 4670 PC, i just do
The 970 uses about 40% more power, but delivers like 10x the performance of the 8800GT. It would be a decent upgrade. lol
Third times the charm. One more time asking
Now with all the information we've got (do we have good benchmarks?) and prices, I'll again pose the question, which card would be best to go with?
I was originally looking at the 980 but the 970 has seemingly come out with very surprisingly good performance for its value. I was even thinking of looking at the 780Ti if it came down in price, but from some charts I've seen that really doesn't seem to be a good option.
So yeah, coming from the 560Ti, which card would be best to go with? (or I suppose, what would justify the extra $250 for the 980?) Again, I'm not thinking of SLI and I'd probably be running most games at 1080p max.
Thanks!
EDIT: Oh, and where's the best place to buy these things anyway? Newegg? Or are there better suppliers?
The 970 seems like a good bet with your requirements. It's going to smoke every game at 1080p. The 980 isn't really worth it unless you've got money to blow. I buy most things from Amazon these days. They have amazing customer service.
Andy from Nvidia said either midnight PST or 6AM tomorrow morning.
I've been publicly shamed several times and my family wants nothing to do with me :< in my defense I've been waiting for THE time to overclock, not even Dolphin + SMG made my 3.8 Ghz sweat, besides, my 750 ti will be a bottleneck.
Shame about my Seasonic 550w tho
, maybe I'll upgrade to a CM V750 or a Rosewill Hive
drotahorror
Member
bye bye 7950.
Dreams-Visions
Member
970 looks extra-tasty. But I'm not playing any PC games that need this kind of power.
Hmmm.
edit: oh wait, I'm going to get Star Citizen. Never mind. Any benchmarks showing results for that game?
Hmmm.
edit: oh wait, I'm going to get Star Citizen. Never mind. Any benchmarks showing results for that game?
Thank you so much for your input!
I'm still amazed at the shockingly low TDP of the 970 at only 145 W. I was expecting to have to go up since the 560Ti didn't run too much consumption at 170 (I didn't push mine hard like total OC).
At the very least, the 970 would make a great card to hopefully do good until those fabled next generation of chipsets come out.
i'd be interested in that if it wasn't for the fact import charges would probably blast any savings i'd be making because of the exchange rate
Damn, I was blown away by the 970 when I read reviews, building my new PC (gonna go with Gigabyte Windforce) with that and I'll leave room to SLI if I feel the need to.
One thing I'm confused about is "HDMI 2.0", do I just use the same cable I have now? By plugging into the 2.0 slot on the 970 I get access to it? Uneducated question I know haha, I'm not super tech saavy.
One thing I'm confused about is "HDMI 2.0", do I just use the same cable I have now? By plugging into the 2.0 slot on the 970 I get access to it? Uneducated question I know haha, I'm not super tech saavy.
flipswitch
Member
Would a 4GB card be a good investment?
I have a 2gb gtx670 atm
I have a 2gb gtx670 atm
Lost Cloud
Member
$329. $329 For a GPU that matches or exceeds the GTX 780 or a R9 290?? I can hardly believe it. That is such a amazing price on the 970.
That 145W TDP would be perfect for me too. I'd never have to worry about a thing power wise with my mere 520W PSU. Seems like a 970 would be a great card for using an Oculus Rift as well with that 4 GB VRAM and "VR Direct" (curious to see just what that does!).
Definitely looking forward to picking one up someday.
That 145W TDP would be perfect for me too. I'd never have to worry about a thing power wise with my mere 520W PSU. Seems like a 970 would be a great card for using an Oculus Rift as well with that 4 GB VRAM and "VR Direct" (curious to see just what that does!).
Definitely looking forward to picking one up someday.
RoyaleDuke
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Nice, sounds like I know what to do when I have some money then.
I'll probably get this and upgrade my memory from 4GB to 16GB, leave everything else in my rig alone.
Hmm, I'll probably end up waiting for the custom cards then.
Aye, depends on the webstore. Some are going live at midnight, some at 6am. Set up that Reload Every plugin
I have a 2500k and I'm probably gonna upgrade to 970 from 6950 xfire setup. I'm not really concerned about a cpu bottlekneck personally.
There's not much better to even upgrade to if you wanted to, lol. Your 2600K is golden (but look into overclocking it if you haven't yet)... or everyone's CPUs are screwed.
Bottlenecks aren't an either/or thing, and can exist on multiple parts for different reasons.
In very very loose terms, your GPU creates an average. The CPU determines how consistent that is. There's lots of exceptions to that, but it's a good start to at least breaking the usual notions of these things.
j0hnny_385
Member
Asus Z87 PRO
Intel Core i5-4670K
Noctua NH-D14
2x4GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3, 1600MHz
XFX Radeon 7850 2GB Black Edition
Corsair HX520, 520W PSU
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, MZ-7PD256BW
Western Digital WD10EZEX, 1TB SATA-III
ASUS DRW-24F1ST/BLK/B/AS
Dell U2412M, 24 LED 1920x1200
Microsoft Ergo 4000 Natural Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder 2013 mouse
Antec P183
Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64
So for this, what should I get? 970 or 980? I don't plan to go to 4K, so I'm sticking with 1200p for at least a couple of more years.
I want to be able to play every game on native 1200p with all the bells and whistles (expect maybe The Witcher 3 ubersampling).
Is 970 enough?
Intel Core i5-4670K
Noctua NH-D14
2x4GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3, 1600MHz
XFX Radeon 7850 2GB Black Edition
Corsair HX520, 520W PSU
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, MZ-7PD256BW
Western Digital WD10EZEX, 1TB SATA-III
ASUS DRW-24F1ST/BLK/B/AS
Dell U2412M, 24 LED 1920x1200
Microsoft Ergo 4000 Natural Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder 2013 mouse
Antec P183
Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64
So for this, what should I get? 970 or 980? I don't plan to go to 4K, so I'm sticking with 1200p for at least a couple of more years.
I want to be able to play every game on native 1200p with all the bells and whistles (expect maybe The Witcher 3 ubersampling).
Is 970 enough?
ashecitism
Member
I'd say yes, 2gb is going to be problematic in the long run.
jim2point0
Banned
This thing is going to go on sale as soon as I go to bed, isn't it...
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
I know it's bad to wait for upgrades but these cards are kinda underwhelming to me and with no games I want on the horizon that are graphically intensive, I think I'm going to hold out for the 16nm generation of GPU's.
Since your monitor is only 60hz, a 970 should do just fine. It's also cheap enough so you SLI it down the line for future games or higher res monitor, although you would also have to upgrade your PSU at that point.
What card are you going for, 980? What are you running now, a 780 6GB or Titan?
Auto-Reply
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Can we expect another line of cards next year when the consumer version of the occulus rift comes out? Or is that completely unpredictable?
plagiarize
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If I have to stay up all night, I stay up all night. Not that I'm overly happy about it, but I missed out on having a ROG Swift monitor already because they went on sale when I was asleep, and I don't want to repeat that whole affair (the monitor remains on back order).
There will definitely be a Maxwell refresh "Ti" or other high end variant by the time Oculus CV1 comes out.
Hesemonni
Banned
Love the installation bit
My body is weak and although I got my 2GB EVGA GTX770 SC for super cheap I'm probably gonna upgrade to similar 4GB GTX970 setup.
I currently have i5-2500k non-overclocked, but I'm currently looking at a new mobo with i7-2600k on it at an auction and if I'm lucky I'll get it for cheap. If not I'll finally overlock the 2500k and wait for the Broadwells to come out.
ashecitism
Member
Big Maxwell might launch, yes. Think Titan 2, 1080, 1080Ti and 100x refresh for the 90x series. If they're going with that naming scheme.
Yeah, 970 is plenty for that res at 60Hz.
Snapshot King
Member
So what seems to be the best version of the 970?
GhostTrick
Banned
Pheeew. At least my R9 290 still got it !
I wanted to wait for Maxwell... but I found it for 200, brand new :/
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Ok, thanks. I think I will hold out til then (I'm trying to get this vr thing to work flawlessly when it's here... if that is even possible)