Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and 980 reference review

#4916229

Agent-A01

2014-09-19 04:35

4:30 AM, looks like you were just waiting to click submit on that one 🙂 Edit: 344.07 Download here.. Where is it??

#4916230

Illnino

2014-09-19 04:37

1452mhz.....boosting, not bad at all. The high end maxwells going to dish out some performance.

#4916242

Andrew LB

2014-09-19 05:03

Under the 4k gaming section is the following image: http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12506&admin=0a8fcaad6b03da6a6895d1ada2e171002a287bc1 Isn't that supposed to have a resolution that's 3840x2160?? Because I get much better FPS than that on my 780ti running the highest settings @ 1200p and i even run 4xMSAA.

#4916246

Memorian

2014-09-19 05:16

The GTX980 is ~12% faster than its little brother GTX970 and it costs 220 more $$$......

#4916249

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-09-19 05:21

Under the 4k gaming section is the following image: http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12506&admin=0a8fcaad6b03da6a6895d1ada2e171002a287bc1 Isn't that supposed to have a resolution that's 3840x2160?? Because I get much better FPS than that on my 780ti running the highest settings @ 1200p and i even run 4xMSAA.

It was tagged falsely as WHQD, it is 3840x2160 - the chart has been fixed. Thanks.

#4916252

Whiplashwang

2014-09-19 05:29

Wow! I didn't expect the 980GTX to outperform the 780ti.... What's even more impressive is the 970GTX cost/performance ratio. I might just upgrade! 🤓 Thanks for the review Hilbert!

#4916255

gerardfraser

2014-09-19 05:31

Great reviews on all the cards.I think I will pick up a couple of these for some fun.

#4916259

Calmmo

2014-09-19 05:39

dat max load 970 Gigabyte 60c looking sweet right now..

#4916263

millibyte

2014-09-19 05:51

Meh, still waiting for a single-card 4K killer, or let me simply say... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EigIujKxDcE I hope Nvidia don't call their next generation's flagship GTX1080, rather they should go with something like "GTX 4K Ti" or "GTX 4K TKO", lol.

#4916264

scoter man1

2014-09-19 05:54

Wow, the 970 is at a good pricepoint. If I'm gonna be around home this summer, I'll be snagging one asap. That'd be an awesome increase. My firestrike score with my 570 and my old q6600 only managed 3576 in firestrike. 9000+ would be awesome!

#4916272

Spets

2014-09-19 06:16

The performance per watt on these cards are awesome 😀 Wouldn't mind playing with some of the new features available. The 970 really is bang for buck here, these cards also overclock like crazy!

#4916279

Noisiv

2014-09-19 06:35

The performance per watt on these cards are awesome 😀 Wouldn't mind playing with some of the new features available.

One word. DSR! All those supersampling/SGSSAA threads on the web can be safely closed now

#4916295

Illnino

2014-09-19 06:58

Overclock performance doesn't appear to scale all that well. Still a custom board with a better VRM management adding a little ln2 may crack 2000mhz.....with the efficiency/ lower shader count Vs 780ti and the performance NVIDIA have done a good job

#4916300

BangTail

2014-09-19 07:11

Yah looking good and I am so happy I was wrong about the price - well done Nvidia. Grabbing 3 as soon as they are listed 🙂

#4916302

Raiga

2014-09-19 07:14

One word. DSR! All those supersampling/SGSSAA threads on the web can be safely closed now

That's a great option bundled with Nvcpl, that is whats missing from the new performance cards. But we can't close the threads, because if anyone wants to .downsample from 4K resolution to non 1080p resolution? .downsample from non-4K resolution to 1080p resolution? .downsample from non-4K resolution to non-1080p resolution? .what about different downsampling filters?

#4916307

Clawedge

2014-09-19 07:21

i give credit where its due, and i must say its an impressive achievement on the energy efficiency. the 970 uses the same power as a 760 but the performance is some 70% more. good job nvidia, i just hope the cards remain as short as possible. PLEASE SHORT CARDS!!!!!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE

#4916310

The Phoenix

2014-09-19 07:23

i sold my 670 a yr ago needed the money at the time figured these cards woudl be out soon but noooooooooo as you can see what i been gamin on is how should i say...not up to par lol,think there is a 970 in my future

#4916321

Ven0m

2014-09-19 07:40

Thanks for the review, Hilbert. These cards are awesome! Perhaps it's not the best upgrade for 780Ti / Titan Black owners, but if you have anything less... mmmmmm. And all that stuff is at 165W TDP for 980. I kinda hoped that 4k will be doable, but well... another year 😀 Ok, so where can I buy them?

#4916323

ScoobyDooby

2014-09-19 07:42

Thanks for the review, Hilbert. These cards are awesome! Perhaps it's not the best upgrade for 780Ti / Titan Black owners, but if you have anything less... mmmmmm. And all that stuff is at 165W TDP for 980. I kinda hoped that 4k will be doable, but well... another year 😀 Ok, so where can I buy them?

I'm staying up for a while yet tonight just incase they happen to go on sale at midnight. Otherwise, probably tomorrow. I think I've convinced myself to get 2 x 970.. if something comes along that is leagues better, I will sell em and move up.

#4916327

tsunami231

2014-09-19 07:48

Is there something difficult about show 1080p performance vs 4xx/5xx/6xx etc cards? All i see it 2k results.