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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti XTREME Classic 6GB GDDR5 @ Ebuyer - £299.99

£299.99 Ebuyer8 Sep 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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delahmed

8 Sep 16

Daily deal. Wow although 1070 is slightly better, its a lot more expensive than this! Im on a 970 and wanted a 1070 but might just go for this as I only play 1080p gaming until i buy a 2.5k monitor.

Also 2% quidco and $115 paragon in game currency selling for £12 on auction site. You get the code with the item.

Top comments

commenter14

8 Sep 16 12 #20

The person who liked my comment clearly disagrees.

You're not even my real dad.

commenter14

8 Sep 16 4 #16

Outrageous deal. And Playstation peasants are getting excited because they can spend £350 for the second time in three years to finally get 1080p 60fps...

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 4 #6

£300 vs £350, not much in it. Over a couple of years, there'd be about a £20+ difference in power consumption, too, which narrows the gap further! :man:

I voted "Hot", but I'd still recommend the little extra for a significantly-faster 1070.

Marekj to commenter14

8 Sep 16 3 #21

Perhaps they're just enjoying the games . .

Thanks OP; way beyond my needs, but ordered, nonetheless.

All comments (107)

westy125

8 Sep 16 #1

Good price for a ti, good cards

merlin617

8 Sep 16 #2

beat me to it stunning deal

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #3

Amazing deal. Very similar performance to a 1070 but far cheaper. HOT

fishmaster to Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 1 #39

£50 in it realistically. Since that's a small margin I would definitely get the 1070, newer architecture albeit evolutionary rather than revolutionary and definitely longer driver support. An extra £50 for the 1070 goes a long way. I personally wouldn't touch a 980Ti for £300 now, needs to be at least another £50 cheaper.

chapchap

8 Sep 16 #4

Why would you go from a 970 to this for 1080p gaming? Madness....

Lupeto to chapchap

8 Sep 16 #5

To reliably obtain 1080p60Hz on highest settings...the 970 doesn't sustain 1080p60Hz at highest settings in some of the latest titles.

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 4 #6

A9M4D

8 Sep 16 #7

Got it! INSANE DEALLLL!

chapchap

8 Sep 16 #8

1070 it is then :smiley:

BritishDragon

8 Sep 16 1 #9

I've bagged one. I was looking at 6GB 1060's before this came up

delahmed

8 Sep 16 #10

Agreed. Witcher 3 on Ultra and Hairworks enabled and I am gettign 53fps on average. I havent overclocked my G1 970 though.... I am going to pass on this and wait for 1080ti news. Have put aside a couple of grand for 1080ti and an X34P for xmas time. I hope all 980 Ti come down to this price soon.

designer_friend

8 Sep 16 #11

Oops I just posted this deal. This is an epic card that blows a reference 980ti out of the water. Bought one instantly

Steviepunk

8 Sep 16 #12

Not really fair to compare a high end Gigabyte against the cheapest 1070 (which assuming you are referring to the KFA on ocUK, is a reference blower).
Gigbytes brand tiers are Extreme > G1 > Windforce
If you compare against the cheapest Gigabyte then it's £300 vs £389, or if you compare against the highest end then it's £300 vs £419

That said, in game play terms there isn't really that much between the cheapest and most expensive so the point may be redundant anyway :wink:

Still, I think this is a good deal.

MBeeching

8 Sep 16 1 #13

It pains me to see the 980 Ti under £300 :stuck_out_tongue:
However it has served me well the past 12 months and was a worthwhile upgrade from the 970. Waiting on the 1080 Ti now...

BritishDragon

8 Sep 16 #14

I've a question that the power supply manual doesn't answer. I've got an EVGA 650W GQ Gold hybrid PS & on it, it has sockets for VGA1 & VGA2 (both 8 pin). This GFX card takes 2*(6+2) power connections.

The 2 VGA cables supplied with the PS each have 2 * (6+2) male connectors in serial (at the gfx card end) so do I just run 1 VGA cable from the PS & connect both of the 6+2's to the gfx card.......or do I use BOTH of the VGA cables supplied & just use 1 * 6+2 connector from each of the 2 cables into each 6+2 slot on the gfx card?

I'd prefer to just use 1 cable as it would be much neater

Thanks for any insight!!

vulcanproject to BritishDragon

8 Sep 16 1 #15

The manufacturer clearly felt that one cable would supply the required power for 2x 8 pin connections which is why they designed it that way.

On the other hand the correct answer is buy a GTX1070 because it uses vastly less power than this and is still worth the extra money, as I have said in other threads.

commenter14

8 Sep 16 4 #16

Outrageous deal. And Playstation peasants are getting excited because they can spend £350 for the second time in three years to finally get 1080p 60fps...

Coulomb_Barrier to commenter14

8 Sep 16 2 #19

Don't be childish we don't need that kind of post in here thanks.

Marekj to commenter14

8 Sep 16 3 #21

Perhaps they're just enjoying the games . .

Thanks OP; way beyond my needs, but ordered, nonetheless.

A9M4D

8 Sep 16 1 #17

Tom's Hardware stated that "Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming might just be the fastest single-GPU graphics card we've ever tested". I know the new cards have come out, but that is a pretty good compliment, more so when their review only came out in January of this year. This deal is one of the best i've seen.

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #18

This is a much better deal than buying a 1070. The 1070 crew won't admit it so let them craic on.

commenter14

8 Sep 16 12 #20

The person who liked my comment clearly disagrees.

You're not even my real dad.

Sanzai

8 Sep 16 #22

Just to point out, this is an Xtreme Classic as the description states, rather than an Xtreme Gaming

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #23

Anybody know what kind of warranty this card would come with? Thanks in advance!

Decharvinator to Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #25

I've seen 3 years mentioned for Gigabyte GPU's but can anybody confirm?

delahmed

8 Sep 16 #24

At the time of that review, this was £600. 8 months later.... half price. Note that Toms hardware also noted that power consumption was twice as much as a single 970 (which I have). Make sure your PSU can handle this.... i think my seasonic 660W could manage it just. This is clearly above my needs too but still ooming and aahing, havent bought it yet. Very tempted though

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #26

Do It! Total bargain

karan08

8 Sep 16 #27

I'm running Xfire R9 280X's.. Worth the upgrade to this?

seanmorris100 to karan08

8 Sep 16 #28

yes...

280xs are awful, sold my 7970 which is the first version of the 280x and got a 970 MUCH better card.

But i wouldnt advised buying this, youre better off buying a 1070 the new memory is much better and the card will get better with drivers and hold its value more

I can see 980tis for less soon, anyone who bought this really has no clue about gaming and actually just lost money rather than saved it lol... 1070 all the way

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 #29

No, I meant the Gigabyte from a few days ago. We've had two £350 1070s in the last week on top of all of the earlier £360 deals, like that great Palit deal last week.

Shame that was a review of a different card, though. This is the Classic, not the Gaming. There's about a 20% difference in core clocks, for a start! Show me a £300 Gigabyte XTREME Gaming 980 Ti and I'll... well, I'll vote "Hot" there, too, I guess! But more enthusiastically. :man:

But yes, you're right that a significantly-overclocked 980 Ti was arguably the highest-performing single GPU several months ago... Thank you for that extremely relevant quote. I won't spoil the result of the referendum for you! :wink:

montana78

8 Sep 16 #30

I would and I did. went from a 980 oc to 980 ti gaming edition.extra ram and extra horsepower. i have 2560x1080 monitor and plan to go 3440x1440 next

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 1 #31

"anyone who bought this really has no clue about gaming" Can you hear yourself?

Ok then......

Dean2k14

8 Sep 16 #32

The memory is exactly the same only 2gb more of it and it's completely useless for games unless you sli as any game that was running on settings that needed 8gb of ram would be too much for the GPU, performance on the 1070 and this are almost identical you could use the extra cash and stick a water block on the ti and install the custom bios that clocks to 1500mhz and crush the 1070 on performance. Great buy at this price

seanmorris100

8 Sep 16 #33

over a 1070 yes... they have no clue

seanmorris100

8 Sep 16 #34

50 quid for a block, pipes and rad? no mate keep living in dream land

miaomiaobaubau

8 Sep 16 #35

still not at a price to justify a better value than the gtx1070
more expensive to run
no HDR hdmi socket
no 8k ready
6gb vram vs 8gb (useful in case of an sli)
as a second hand will sell for much less
also, behind by a good 7%

this card at this price would only be beneficial for someone that wants to sli his existing card

Nate1492

8 Sep 16 #36

Welcome to the 980 ti thread for sub 300, brand new. Looks like, yet again, you were incorrect about your pricing.

Your statement that you can't find a used 980 ti for sub 300, and new, non reference, costs £350... Are completely wrong. Feel free to own up to it, or not.

SeraphXii

8 Sep 16 #37

Sorry to have to ask such simplistic questions, but how do I know if my PSU has 2 8-pin external power connectors? Or is even capable of supporting the power consumption of this card? I only currently have a 660.

Dean2k14

8 Sep 16 1 #38

80
80 quid for the block, obviously I ment if water cooling is something you already do genius, I always water cool so I don't need new piping pump and rads if I upgrade my GPU and your talking closer to 400 for a 1070 from a decent manufacturer with good warranty so even so your still talking an extra hundred quid or 25% of the price for a 10% performance increase so get your calculator out and get a clue mate

Thermobaric

8 Sep 16 #40

Good deal. Gigabyte RMA is decent. RMA office is in Milton Keynes. Quick turn around.

Draw quite a bit more power over a 1070 with only 1 or 2 frames less than a 1070 is most games. Will change slightly when 1070 drivers improve though.

matthewbhudson

8 Sep 16 #41

I've got a 6GB Gigabyte GTX 980Ti G1, can I SLI these together?

peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 #42

Was looking into this. It looks like great deal but it's probably just a good deal :wink: There are two of these cards and this is the lesser of the two.

To those saying you're better to pay the "little bit" extra to get a 1070, that little bit is actually £100 for a decent brand. Though I do think you're better paying the extra for the 1070 as it would be much quieter for one thing :smiley:

Aretak

8 Sep 16 #43

You can easily overclock this one to the speed of the other with just a couple of clicks in Afterburner though. In fact, you could just flash the BIOS from the faster version onto this and have the same clocks permanently.

Seems to be out of stock now, so it's irrelevant anyway.

Blackhorse

8 Sep 16 #44

Hi Guys,
Please could you give me a little advise? this or the 1060 at £239.99?
Currently running a Asus Matrix Plat 7970
I only play games at 1080 but do play games like witcher 3
The stats Ive read doesn't see it a million miles away?
Thinking to get the 1060 and sit on it for 12-18months and then look at the next big reduced thing?

keepitonthelow

8 Sep 16 #45

Good price but still don't think it would be worth changing my unlocked r9 fury but if I was buying from scratch would get this.

JayZander

8 Sep 16 #46

Will this GPU fit my Phanteks Evolv ITX case? The card looks slightly thicker than 2 slot.

derp1664

8 Sep 16 #47

What is the make and model number of your PSU i can check for you.
Or you can check yourself on the manufacturers website under connectors PCIE 8 / 6+2Pin

designer_friend

8 Sep 16 #48

Are you saying these two cards are exactly the same just with a different bios?

Muffinss

8 Sep 16 #49

280x was the competitor to the 770 though and tbh it beats it in most things.

derp1664

8 Sep 16 1 #50

Yes it will just run at the lowest speed of the two

rev6

8 Sep 16 1 #51

Yep.

derp1664

8 Sep 16 2 #52

Difficult to say specifically for you as it depends how much the extra £60 matters to you. The 980ti is around 30% faster but uses more power and is older. Will probably lose resale value quicker, although the 1060 won't hold it fantastically either. Both are solid cards but if you're planning to upgrade again in 12 months I would probably say get the 1060 and save some money IMO.

Lahn

8 Sep 16 #53

Fantastic price, but personally I want the better power efficiency of a 1000 series card, but I feel they're ripping me off, so still holding off for a bit longer!

nellygtfc

8 Sep 16 #54

Only 7 left in stock now.

CAL23

8 Sep 16 #55

Would I be able to fit this in my Dell XPS 8700? It currently has a Zotac 970 inside.

Blackhorse

8 Sep 16 #56

Thanks
Ive stuck to the original plan! 1060 it is then

derp1664

8 Sep 16 #57

I would say 2.5 slot cooler judging by dimensions (H=51 L=287 W=134 mm)

JayZander

8 Sep 16 #58

yeah it won't fit. thanks

matthewbhudson

8 Sep 16 #59

I've got a 6GB Gigabyte GTX 980Ti G1, can I SLI these together?

Graham1979

8 Sep 16 #60

The 980ti overclocked versions only a few percent behind the 1080 it said on techradar.

derp1664

8 Sep 16 1 #61

Dimensions: H=51 L=287 W=134 mm

Seems like a 2.5 slot cooler judging by that. Your current card is likely a 2 slot cooler.

If you have no other expansion cards then it should fit IF THE CARD LENGTH IS OKAY 287mm you should check as I cant seem to find an answer for max length in that case with a quick google, sorry.

EDIT: I would say probably not without modding (https://youtu.be/wv98ats_3Hc?t=12m50s) as that's a 241mm card.

bryngreen

8 Sep 16 #62

Any idea what I could get for my EVGA Superclock 970 , boxed if I upgraded to this. I bought it new and sealed in November however did not get the original receipt so didn't get the extended warranty, so believe it comes with the standard 3 years. Tempted by the upgrade just trying to figure out what the real cost would be! Thanks

CAL23

8 Sep 16 #63

OK, thanks. Hoping for a 2 slot to come up for this price.

derp1664

8 Sep 16 1 #64

Approx £160 on ebay less fees and shipping

derp1664

8 Sep 16 #65

No prob.
The 2.5 slot cooler isn't actually an issue provided you have no other expansion cards installed directly below it, the limiting thing with your case is card length. It seems 241mm is very close to the upper limit without modding.

MattyPlant

8 Sep 16 #66

What else are you running mate? I get 60fps with high 50 dips on my 970, in pretty much everything with games even upscaled using DSR?

The Turing Test, No Mans Sky, Overwatch to name a few of my latest?

Either way great price, but ill wait for the next gen before i buy again.

bryngreen

8 Sep 16 #67

I'm Umming and arring now, I only game at 1080 but at 144hz, trying to justfy the upgrade but having difficulty!

peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 #68

Actually take a look at this for £389. When you see a decent brand below £400 it starts to make the 900 series even more redundant.

http://www.ebuyer.com/750750-msi-geforce-gtx-1070-armor-8g-oc-dual-link-dvi-d-hdmi-3x-displayport-gtx-1070-armor-8g-oc

I know there are Palit ones around this price but msi are a bigger brand. Don't know how they are with warranties etc.

EDIT: Or this http://www.ebuyer.com/752099-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-windforce-oc-8gb-gddr5-dual-link-dvi-d-hdmi-displayport-gv-n1070wf2oc-8gd

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 1 #69

The £350 Gigabyte 1070 I suggested would be better is, in fact, the same brand as this £300 Gigabyte 980 Ti.

I used the calculation £350 - £300 to get the result of £50 difference.

The £20 difference in power consumption over two years, I conservatively chose 10 hours idle and 16 hours gaming per week, at 15.5p/kWh.

That brings the total difference to £30, give or take. Not £100.

I'm surprised to be saying this at all, let alone twice, but "Gigabyte" and "Gigabyte" are both the same brand. As for price, you may get your calculator out and check my sums above. It's pretty much exactly 10% more money for more than a 10% performance increase - check my link in my first comment on this deal if you're not sure about how well these GPUs perform.

Hope those were enough clues for you, mate! :innocent:

CAL23

8 Sep 16 #70

Dimensions of the 970 I have are 20.4 x 5.1 x 11.1 cm (204 x 51 x 111 mm)

derp1664

8 Sep 16 #71

Yep that makes sense.
Check out this video of someone installing an EVGA GTX970 FTW (which is a 241mm long card) in your case
https://youtu.be/wv98ats_3Hc?t=12m50s

Looks like that's about the biggest that would fit for future reference. Lots of card are under or around that length though, most dual fan coolers will be similar so you should have plenty of choice overall.

bryngreen

8 Sep 16 2 #72

Not sure where you're finding a gigabyte 1070 for £350 .....

mark6226

8 Sep 16 1 #73

Save over £100 and get the best mid price card around in the 970. Or save your pennies and wait and get a 1070. The 980 at this price and given the circumstances is not a good buyy

barticom

8 Sep 16 #74

To 'proof' yourself for 1440p/2160p gaming, make use of the increase in VRAM, or to reliably hit 60 in new games

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #75

446 degrees and counting says otherwise. Your in the minority. This is the hottest I've seen a GPU deal get for a while.

Nate1492

8 Sep 16 #76

I don't think it's a wise investment at 1080p. If you want to "proof" yourself, save this £300 quid for when you actually need a new GPU, buying another card to 'future proof' yourself is crazy talk.

LocoMoFo9999

8 Sep 16 1 #77

Get a Voodoo1, Riva 128, Voodoo2 or GeForce 256 you will not be disappointed.

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 #78

Oh my goodness, you're right! I'm sorry! I ordered a Gigabyte 1070 for a friend in the US for $400 the day before yesterday, and conflated that with the Gainward 1070 here at HUKD last week! Duh!

So I suppose the smart-alec response would be "at Amazon.com, where they're £300, nerrrr!". But the more appropriate response is ------> "BetaRomeo is an idiot" <----------

(Heh, just out of curiosity, I checked Amazon.com again and they're still $400, and the card plus delivery (including import fees, as Amazon covers them all up-front) is £359.81. Which is surprisingly close! :confused: Someone should submit that as a deal. Not me. I'm too busy crying in the corner.)

jamie19916

8 Sep 16 #79

think the 1070 is much better prepared for directx 12, so once that becomes more common this might start to struggle.

Though just going of memory so might be wrong.

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #80

Imported from the US? WOW! That's how you better this deal? Would it not just be easier to admit that @ this price point it's a pretty good deal.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1070_g1_gaming_review,23.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,15.html

Two slightly different models of each GPU. A better 1070 than you suggested and a slightly better 980ti than this one which will OC to the same level.

The 980ti performs better in this game for example. So please stop saying the GTX 1070 is so much better. Its annoying.

MattyPlant

8 Sep 16 #81

I too have a 144hz screen, but im happy to sit were i am for now. The 970 really is a great card, despite the RAM debacle. However if youve got the money, want the frames then go for it.

Look at the PS Pro, its basically a RX470 then upscaled, when they showed them vids, I was like "Dafuq, mine looks like that already?!"

I really think this 10xx gen is the VR push also, and again spend the money elsewher unless you are at 1440p or 4K

Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #82

That's a little disingenuous on the PS4 Pro. It will punch far above its weight and an RX 470, and actually has more in common with a 480 but downclocked but with extensive customizations. The hardware upscaler inside helps it perform wizardry from a visual output POV apparently, something you won't find in any dGPU let alone a 470.

OT I just bought one of these. Great find OP. :smile:

Coulomb_Barrier to Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #91

According to this, a 980 Ti overclocked beats out a 1070 overclocked:

https://hardforum.com/threads/1080-stock-oc-vs-1070-stock-oc-vs-titan-x-stock-vs-980-ti-stock-oc-vs-980-stock-oc-vs-970-stock-oc.1902897/

derp1664 to Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #92

The label is likely on the other side then which is awkward as you cant really see it without removing the PSU itself. Unfortunately there is no way to read power supply information via software so your only choice is to remove it (or at least unscrew it from the case if it can be moved far enough to read the label)
You say it has a GTX660 already so power-wise that means it has enough to run a GTX1060 for sure (although you may need an adaptor if it only has 6-pin).
Anything else will be guess work which is not advisable, so it's probably best to check the PSU before buying anything else. Maybe if you have a receipt or anything from where you purchased the PC there maybe a list of the specs there? Or is it a pre-built tower (like a Dell, HP, etc)?

Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #83

Damn lucky I got in on this quick, OUT OF STOCK!

BetaRomeo

8 Sep 16 #84

Eh? You said the same thing a couple of weeks ago, and you were rightfully corrected by all the people who pointed out that you'd picked one single game benchmark for your links, and then had it pointed out to you that the 980 Ti still didn't quite catch up to the 1070 in your cherry-picked overclock scenario (Battlefield 4, if memory serves?). I'm surprised to see you making the same mistakes again. Which part of the previous corrections didn't you understand?

If you could guarantee how well this card would overclock, you'd have the beginnings of a point there, perhaps. But you can't. Well, I mean, you have guaranteed it, bizarrely, but that just shows that perhaps you don't understand how overclocking works. And when looking at the 1070's performance across more than one game, we see it beats out the 980 Ti by over 10% on average.

I understand you're trying to justify your purchase, and I agree that it's the right card for people like you who only play The Witcher III and nothing else, ever again, ever. But for most people - those who generally play more than The Witcher III - the extra £40 is probably worth it. Probably.

And what's wrong with importing? As long as you use Amazon, you can get all your import fees sorted out upfront. I get silly amounts of stuff from them. :smile:

Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 1 #85

BetaRomeo afaik the 980 Ti overclocked to around 1450Mhz is faster than a 1070 overclocked to 2050 (around the max achievable daily overclock for both on air on average). You got a link which shows the 1070 on average is 10% faster? That is quite a lot.

adam0812 to Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #93

People have this obsession with ultra settings which rarely add much visual benefit over "very high" settings. I play with a 980ti at 1440p typically 75fps+ in every game by dropping a setting or two. Take overwatch as an example, ultra settings runs at 140-150fps, epic settings is literally half the frame rate, which same person would accept such a performance hit!

bryngreen

8 Sep 16 #86

Still trying to decide on this haha. I have a pending offer from Flubit for £285 !

peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 #87

What Gigabyte for £350? I don't see this.

stanlenin to peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 #98

I pity people who bought this. They are desperate to lay their hands on something relating to a top card (as it was in the past gen), but losing in the end. 1070 is a much better card with times less power consumption, a lot better technologically, doesn't suffer that much in DX12, times better VR etc etc etc.

Out of recent games 980ti also struggles to beat Radeon 480 in DOOM and Deus Ex. This will become norm in newer titles.

Coulomb_Barrier

8 Sep 16 #88

This deal is gone. Go for it.

My problem with FluBit is they take a looong time to deliver your items once you place the order though.

peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 2 #89

I've been trying to decode your posts here but I've given up. Why did I waste 10 minutes of my life trying to figure out what you're talking about lol?? Please only comment if you know what you're talking about. The prices your living in for big brands would be a million degrees on this site.

SeraphXii

8 Sep 16 #90

I opened the case and had a look, but there's nothing on it, no decal or sticker that I can see.

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #94

Alien isloation:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1070_g1_gaming_review,25.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,20.html

GTX 980ti faster

Shadow of mordor:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1070_g1_gaming_review,26.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,16.html

980ti faster. Even at 5K! Its faster.

There's more than one game. The 1070 beats the 980ti sometimes too by a few frames. But you know what. You can't buy a 1070 for £299.99. Even if you do get the one you suggest for around £360 its still £60 more and its not 10% better. That's why this deal got to over 500 degrees.

I suppose all the people that voted hot just don't know as much as you ;-)

MattyPlant

8 Sep 16 #95

I see what your saying but it was comparison, it showed those games, and thats what they look like on the pc anyway, he games at 1080p, why jump for a few more frames in the 980 over 970.

It was a decision he hummed and haaa'd over, seemed a waste at this point in the technology step.

Nate1492

8 Sep 16 #96

It's very clear the 980 ti is below the 1070 in speed.

I don't know what to say man, you are completely shooting yourself in the foot here.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1070_Gaming_X/24.html

The 1070 crushes the 980ti overall by nearly 20% (19% faster) at stock. Both cards OC around the same.

Now, what you are trying to say is that the GTX 980 ti G1 gaming card is faster than a specific card at a specific benchmark.

But can you provide a link that shows the G1 gaming version for anything less than 380 quid? Probably not.

Also, the G1 gaming 980ti was OC'd out of the box much further than the 1070 G1 gaming, hence why the 1070 got a better total OC.

CAL23 to Nate1492

8 Sep 16 #102

Is the Zotac 1060 Amp worth upgrading to from my Zotac 970? Flubit got me a price of £238.19 for it.

stanlenin

8 Sep 16 #97

Do you have tourette's?

miaomiaobaubau

8 Sep 16 #99

here are some other good reasons why it is better vs the 980ti:
more expensive to run
no HDR hdmi socket
no 8k ready
6gb vram vs 8gb (useful in case of an sli)
as a second hand and lets say by next year it will sell for much less
also, behind by a good 7%
I would also expect the 1070 to come down in price soon

karan08

8 Sep 16 1 #100

came out as £382.62 for me? :/

peekaboo92

8 Sep 16 #101

I was thinking about it as a cheap way for a good upgrade but, for the reasons you have said, buying one of these at the very mouth of a graphics revolution doesn't make sense to me.

The noise, heat and power consumption can't be underestimated. This isn't like a normal upgrade scenario where you're upgrading for just more power. The other benefits that come with the 10 series cards are game changing.

It's just a real shame the 1080 is so expensive because literally everyone wants one and nvida would sells tonnes of them.

unrealeck

8 Sep 16 #103

Unless they're cherry-picked GPUs, it's just as fast or as slow as any other GTX 980 Ti. Which is likely the case. I really doubt these are cherry-picked (binned I believe is the term) chips.

BetaRomeo to unrealeck

9 Sep 16 #105

Errr... sorry, chap, I think you copied/pasted the wrong links. Those show the 1070 way out in front of the 980 Ti. :neutral_face:

Just go along to the conclusion where they spell it out for you.

Well... except for the benchmarks where the 1070 is well over 10% faster, and the aggregate benchmarks showing that the 1070 is on average over 10% faster. ("Better" is subjective, but if we factor in power, heat and architecture, then the 1070 would certainly benefit more than the 980 Ti there.)

But I'm curious: how do you get your electricity for free? I haven't had free electricity since I was a child living with my parents! (Not that I'm implying anything...)

You mean... the people like me? I voted hot, because this is a good card at a good price. Some people don't have much money, and can't afford to stretch a little further and get a better card at a better price, but they probably won't be disappointed with the price/performance here, either. Hence my original comment, "Hot, but if you can stretch a little further to the 1070 you won't regret it" (paraphrasing).

Of course, if I'd just bought a 980 Ti myself, I'd be applying a fervent post-purchase rationalisation, too. But I'd also point out my recent purchase, to make sure that my bias can be clearly established. :man:

Decharvinator

8 Sep 16 #104

Better to pay a little bit more for this if your budget can stretch. It's much more powerful than a 1060

BetaRomeo

9 Sep 16 #106

The 980 Ti is only about 20% faster than the 6GB 1060, but at just over half the performance-per-watt, and on a dated architecture. The 30% extra upfront cost for the 980 Ti doesn't include the extra £10+/year in leccy, of course.

Either way, I wouldn't recommend upgrading from a 970 unless its performance is causing you regular grief on your setup. (Although I do understand the enjoyment of upgrading for upgrading's sake. :wink:)

MarineRX179

10 Sep 16 #107

You missed one- in typical Nvidia fashion they will wash their hands off supporting/optimising for EOL cards as they move from one generation to the next. You just need to look at how the 780Ti as an example how it gone from slightly ahead of the 970 and 390 to disappearing from their rear view in newer game titles.

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