NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review - PAGE 1

Why no Witcher 3 benchmark?

quote Tommy Vercetti

Why no Witcher 3 benchmark?

I planned to add the Witcher 3 to the benchmark list. However, I had some major issues downloading the game and couldn't have it ready in time for the review. I will do an update with the Witcher 3 benchmarks for the GTX 980, 980 Ti, and Titan X very soon. Promise

Was expecting a Witcher 3 and maybe even a GTA 5 but oh well. Any news on a 970 Ti? Been in the market for some upgrades for a bit now, just waiting for my wallet to catch up to what I want. With what I want though, I might not be able to through the expected price discriminated £500+ at the card. Newegg won't ship out from the US where exchange rates make it cheaper.

Nvidia have actually offered 6 proper GBs of VRAM on this, right, not that dodgy "Oh you have five, the rest is just slower?"

I feel your pain harbin, I'm in Canada and the prices here are at leats 25% higher, plus tax and other fees.
About the VRAM, the GTX 980 Ti has a 100% enabled GM200 chip as far as memory interface is concerned.

Ugh, I'm angry at how badly we get ripped off in the UK. That price in dollars is scarily similar to the price in Pounds.

Pure conversion rate it should be no more than £415. They'll say some bullshit like higher transportation costs or business costs or something, which is just absolute bollocks considering the UK is about the same size as Michigan. The US is 39 times the size. No way is transportation costs proportionate to that. Even taking VAT in to account doesn't give any explanation why the price is disproportionate.

I'd import from Newegg but they don't ship on certain items internationally... plus it makes some returns a bit awkward to do then.

Great example though:

Amazon UK for an EVGA GTX 980. £522.75. Bare in mind that's a reseller but that price doesn't stand out from any other UK retailer.

Amazon US for the exact same card and model $544. Converted, that is £347. Even taking shipping costs and import duties into account here, you save at around £100. Normal shipping brings total cost of that up to £440.

Justify the extra cost.

Exactly.

So I just read the benchmarks elsewhere for the 980 Ti Hybrid from EVGA and apparently it beats the Titan X.

But it's watercooled and I have no idea where to install the radiator...

quote D-G

So I just read the benchmarks elsewhere for the 980 Ti Hybrid from EVGA and apparently it beats the Titan X.

But it's watercooled and I have no idea where to install the radiator...

Was the Titan X OC'd too? I have an EVGA 980 Ti SC+ card coming soon so we will see if an overclocked 980 Ti on air can also beat the Titan X. I'll try to overclock both cards with the same frequencies. Stay tuned

quote Wesstron

quote D-G

So I just read the benchmarks elsewhere for the 980 Ti Hybrid from EVGA and apparently it beats the Titan X.

But it's watercooled and I have no idea where to install the radiator...

Was the Titan X OC'd too? I have an EVGA 980 Ti SC+ card coming soon so we will see if an overclocked 980 Ti on air can also beat the Titan X. I'll try to overclock both cards with the same frequencies. Stay tuned

I think it was at stock clocks. But so was the Hybrid. (Well, not higher than the factory overclock anyway.)

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1983-evga-gtx-980-ti-hybrid-review-and-benchmarks/Page-2

This is where I saw it.


Any tips on the radiator mounting? I have a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case and I'm not sure where the heck I could install the radiator so it would exhaust out of it.

quote D-G

I think it was at stock clocks. But so was the Hybrid. (Well, not higher than the factory overclock anyway.)

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1983-evga-gtx-980-ti-hybrid-review-and-benchmarks/Page-2

This is where I saw it.


Any tips on the radiator mounting? I have a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case and I'm not sure where the heck I could install the radiator so it would exhaust out of it.

My first advice would be to get a better case. The Centurion 5 is ok but not really made for water cooling. What CPU cooler you have there? Im on my phone so i cant see all your details. Let me know where you shop usually and i can suggest some cases for you.

quote Wesstron

My first advice would be to get a better case. The Centurion 5 is ok but not really made for water cooling. What CPU cooler you have there? Im on my phone so i cant see all your details. Let me know where you shop usually and i can suggest some cases for you.

Well, the main thing is I would prefer not to be taking the system apart until necessary... Routing power cables with a non modular PSU is kind of a nightmare.

The CPU cooler I'm using is a Titan Fenrir air cooled heatsink.

Is this graphics card actually totally impossible to install in this case properly? I was hoping that a self contained cooling loop like the Hybrid cooler was relatively easy to install.

The trouble is the cases I'd really like to get my hands on (preferably when I next upgrade the whole system) are the Corsair 900D and its family. But good GOD at the prices. How can cases be that expensive? It sucks because I'd like to have something like that which lets you mount a full water cooling system and also route your cables down the back of the motherboard.

Hmm. Someone else just told me that I could remove the exhaust fan from the back of the PC case and install the radiator there.

Sounds a bit dodgy though. Would it still extract the CPU hot air OK?

quote D-G

Well, the main thing is I would prefer not to be taking the system apart until necessary... Routing power cables with a non modular PSU is kind of a nightmare.

The CPU cooler I'm using is a Titan Fenrir air cooled heatsink.

Is this graphics card actually totally impossible to install in this case properly? I was hoping that a self contained cooling loop like the Hybrid cooler was relatively easy to install.

The trouble is the cases I'd really like to get my hands on (preferably when I next upgrade the whole system) are the Corsair 900D and its family. But good GOD at the prices. How can cases be that expensive? It sucks because I'd like to have something like that which lets you mount a full water cooling system and also route your cables down the back of the motherboard.

Hmm. Someone else just told me that I could remove the exhaust fan from the back of the PC case and install the radiator there.

Sounds a bit dodgy though. Would it still extract the CPU hot air OK?

The case is just not meant for this kind of hardware, and using it with a hybrid video card is asking for trouble. If (and I say IF) you manage to install the radiator+fan of the card in the back of the case, you got two options:
1 - install as exhaust = it will be pulling hot air straight out of the CPU cooler. This will cause your video cards temps to be a disaster and renders the water cooler pretty much pointless.
2 - install as intake = you will be dumping hot air into a relatively small case, which will increase your CPU and other components temps.

Again my advice is to get a new case that will give you the room and cooling options needed for a high end setup. Look at the Corsair Air 540 or the new Thermaltake Core X9, those are a bit cheaper than the 900D and have great cooling features.