gtx 680 to gtx 780ti or gtx 980 help needed

[dimitrious45]

I got a NVidia gtx 680 of which I had for a few years now I want to upgrade it like the rest of my computer I just got a asus x99 deluxe with new processer i7 5820 and corsair lpx ram 16 gig now I want to upgrade my graphics I not sure what one to go for

[shaithis]

If you've splashed out on an x99 system you might as well get 2 980s!

[dimitrious45]

Well i wish If i could but after spending a lot of money on the x99 I can only afford one card

[MrJim]

Well i wish If i could but after spending a lot of money on the x99 I can only afford one card

What sort of games do you play & at which resolution? The 980 would probably be the natural choice, & it does benefit from 4Gb RAM. But if you could find a 780ti at a great price, it's still a fantastic card.

[dimitrious45]

well I play all the new games really but is 1080p the now till I get a 4k monitor so I need future proof really but I saw 780ti for £300 which is 100 less than the 980 but im not sure I do like the 980 I was going to say is the 780ti whats the difference with that and the 780

[kalniel]

well I play all the new games really but is 1080p the now till I get a 4k monitor so I need future proof really

Can't future proof. No single card of this generation is satisfactory for 4K really. (Except in games fine with low fps). If you're going 4K in the future then buy a cheaper card now and budget to replace it later.

but I saw 780ti for £300 which is 100 less than the 980 but im not sure I do like the 980 I was going to say is the 780ti whats the difference with that and the 780

The ti is much faster. More shaders etc. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7492/t...-780-ti-review

[MrJim]

well I play all the new games really but is 1080p the now till I get a 4k monitor so I need future proof really but I saw 780ti for £300 which is 100 less than the 980 but im not sure I do like the 980 I was going to say is the 780ti whats the difference with that and the 780

At the moment if you're planning on playing games at 4K & decent frame rates, you'll basically be needing two of either of the cards in SLI. I would have thought the 4Gb frame buffer in the 980 will be of benefit too. You can compare benchmark results here:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1072?vs=1351

The stock 980 has a small but measurable advantage in most benchmarks.

Are you finding that your current 680 isn't up to running your games at 1080p? If it's still usable, my advice would be to wait until 4K monitors are a bit cheaper, & get a 20nm GPU at that time...hopefully a single card will be powerful enough to run games at decent speeds.

[mynameissi]

I believe the 780ti performs better than the 980 in games such as crysis 3 and such on max at 1920x1080, but it would only be a few frames.
If you can get a cheap 780ti then get one, I haven't regretted choosing it over the 980.

[MrJim]

I believe the 780ti performs better than the 980 in games such as crysis 3 and such on max at 1920x1080, but it would only be a few frames.
If you can get a cheap 780ti then get one, I haven't regretted choosing it over the 980.

If you look at the Annandtech benchmark link I posted previously, the 980 outperforms the 780ti on 7 of the 9 Crysis 3 metrics. As you say though, it's still a great card, especially if you can find one £100 cheaper than a 980...

[dimitrious45]

well that's sounds really good but what has the gtx 780ti got over the 980 I mean has it got 2 780s in the 780ti then and surely the 980 has got more new things in it than the 780ti

[kalniel]

well that's sounds really good but what has the gtx 780ti got over the 980

Nothing really. Wider memory bandwidth is about it. But it is a lot cheaper.

I mean has it got 2 780s in the 780ti

No. See the link posted earlier.

[dimitrious45]

I see well I think I go for the 980 as I have looked at all the benchmarks and it seems to beat the gtx 780ti in about every test and its only another £100 more and will be selling my x79 setup with gtx 680 to get some money back

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I see well I think I go for the 980 as I have looked at all the benchmarks and it seems to beat the gtx 780ti in about every test and its only another £100 more and will be selling my x79 setup with gtx 680 to get some money back

Or you could just hold fire and wait a few months for "big Maxwell"?

I expect when the R9 390X is released,Nvidia would do so too.

IMHO,the GTX970 and GTX780TI are simply better value choices - in fact you could probably get a GTX780 SLI setup for a similar price as ONE GTX980.

[dimitrious45]

well I know what you mean wait till they do a titan 980 sort of thing but as well for the gtx 780ti the cheapest place I saw one was for £299.00 and I saw a gtx 980 for £399 so would not be able to afford 2 gtx 780ti for the same price as one 980