Im gonna replace my pc but can't decide I'll mostly be gaming at 1080p for at least 3 more years can gtx 980ti or 980 sustain 60fsp for another three years
With the price of the 980 still being to high for what it offers I would go with the 980Ti but shop around you can save a bit money if do not mind waiting for stock to come in.
I don't think the 980 is worth the money since cherry picked 970s can OC higher and that can nearly offset the difference between the two. I run mine at 1.6GHz and I've had 3 of these, all 3 got over 1500. An MSI Gamer 4G one (the top pick IMO) I had also went over 1500 IIRC. It's between a 970 and a 980 Ti really.
No its not the gtx 970 is a fail product, with only 3.5 vram , that most games of not all, are having problems with. Just because u have the card does not mean he need to buy one. And another thing is many games are overclock sensitive games like the witcher 3 and farcry 4 wil crash quick even with factory oc models sometimes. Just go for gtx 980 ti OP, but if u can get a gtx 980 real cheap go for that either.
I would go with the 980 ti, for about $150 bucks more than a 980 you will get a card that is much quicker, IMO the 980 needs another price drop to be relevant.
970 needs some price drop too, 390 8GB will be going with the same pricing. 3.5gb card will not be relevant after that. Its a good thing, more cards for us to choose.
Yes that's the safest option. Because 28nm->16nm will be huuuge, even without architectural improvements. So risk with 980 Ti is that $700 card will be thoroughly defeated by Pascal in 12 months or so. IF they decide to serve AMD and go full force, instead of playing cat and mouse. Full Tonga also might be interesting, the jury is still out on that one.
Wise reply? In nearly a decade of being a member here that's one of the dumbest replies I've ever seen. First he says it's a failed product with 3.5GB memory that has issues in nearly everything, and just because you have one that doesn't mean he should buy one. - What the ****? That right there should be enough to stop reading anything he writes. When someone challenges your integrity like that, you know he doesn't have a real point. For the record I switched to a 290X when I encountered memory issues with the 970, guess what, I'm back on a 970. Very few games, even at 1440p, require that much memory, so even that part of what he said is BS. Then he goes on to say OCs are unstable in X games and mentions The Witcher 3. If an OC is unstable, it's unstable, a game doesn't magically change that. A more intense game could expose an unstable OC where a low demand game might not, but the game is not the issue. I run The Witcher 3 at 1.6GHz, the same setting I use in every other game, and I've never had an OC related crash. To remind you a stock 970 runs at 1178MHz for turbo, 1.6GHz is nearly a 36% increase. It's incredibly common for a 970 to hit 1.5GHz+. Price to performance the 980 is by far the worst product to get. OC both a good 970 and 980 and you have similar performance at vastly different prices. At this point he might as well wait to see if anywhere puts up the Fury or Fury X for a reasonable price.
Even the 980 Ti can't get a straight 60 with GTAV cranked to the absolute max at 1080p so I'd say go with the Ti.
Poor driver support and lack of Gameworks functionality. Plus I'd be worried that AMD hasn't fixed their frame time issues with it yet.
It depends on where you are and whether you're willing to look at the second hand market imo. In the UK at least 980's are actually quite well priced now, and with the release of the 980ti I've seen a bunch go for next to nothing second hand. For UK members I'd probably spring for a 980 over a 970, even if it means buying used. Although if I had the cash and needed a new card, it'd be the 980ti no questions asked. That said, if you don't want a used 980 the 970 is still a cracking card. That reply from Witcher29 was a feast of nonsense. What frame time issues? The card hasn't launched yet.