NVIDIA GTX 970 and 980

[goofball]

So who's looking at upgrading to one of these new bad boys?

Here's some rumoured benchmarks, prices and details.

NVIDIA Maxwell GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 Performance Numbers Leaked - GTX 980 15% Faster Than R9 290X, GTX 970 10% Faster Than R9 290

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Performance Numbers:

The reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 was tested in several gaming and synthetic benchmarks which include 3DMark 11 Extreme, 3DMark Firestrike, Heaven 4.0, Dirt 3, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, Thief 4, Batman: Arkha Origins, Bioshock Infinite, LuxMark, ComputeMark. The GeForce GTX 980 on average turned out to be exactly 13.27% faster than the GeForce GTX 780 Ti at reference clocks while being 15.75% faster than the Radeon R9 290X. The compute mark result was 5% faster than Radeon R9 290X and -0.69% over the GTX 780 Ti. The most notable gain was in Luxmark where the GTX 980 turned out to be 65.36% faster than the GTX 780 Ti.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Will wait for official perf and price


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[goofball]

Live stream of the Game24 event starts around 3am. Maybe there's news by the time everyone wakes up.

 

[Macethy]

Some bencharks for you guys:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming review - DX11: Thief

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and 980 reference review - Introduction

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming review - Introduction

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming OC review - Introduction

Haven't checked them myself yet. Oh and a link to the new Nvidia drivers:

GeForce 344.11 WHQL Driver Download

 

[Gouhan]

Easier to just link the individual reviews directly.
The only thing you should be mindful of is that the reviews were done with older driver and not the one released today.
I did all my previous testing with even earlier ones than 344.07, 343.91 to be exact. With each driver release in the last two to three weeks, performance has gone up. Right now I've had to re-do every single test and benchmark of mine, because the performance differences are vast.

i.e 3DMark Firestrike moves from 9789 to 10,312, sames games dip up to 6fps, (only one I tested at one resolution), but the rest go up sometimes by 20fps.
3DMark 11 moves from 14,375 to 15,928

 

[Orihalcon]

That is a BIG frame boost from a driver!

Wow!

Printed with kinetic G2

 

[Spidey8085]

I thought i had my cud under control...i was sorely mistaken...

TAKE MAH MONEH!!!

 

[SantaMuerte]

[MENTION=64]ShockG[/MENTION] Can you give us some 4K results from your testing?

 

[Toi]

That MSI card is sexy yo.

 

[nan0s0ldier]

The Asus will be mine soon

 

[Leader0fr4tz]

Some MSI Nvidia 970 & 980 Launch info & pictures

The board itself

And a breakup of the card

There are some reviews up at AnandTech | The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review: Maxwell Mark 2

The MSI card pictured above have the following specs

Name: GTX 970 GAMING 4G
GPU: GM204-200
Core Clock (Base/Boost): 1140 / 1279
Memory Speed: 7010 MHz
Memory size / type: 4096 MB / GDDR5
Cooling: Twin Frozr V
Connectivity: DL-DVI-I/DL-DVI-D/HDMI/DisplayPortort
Dimensions: 269x141x35 mm
TDP: 145W

Name: GTX 980 GAMING 4G
GPU: GM204-400
Core Clock (Base/Boost): 1190 / 1291
Memory Speed: 7010 MHz
Memory size / type: 4096 MB / GDDR5
Cooling: Twin Frozr V
Connectivity: DL-DVI-I/DL-DVI-D/HDMI/DisplayPortort
Dimensions: 279x140x36 mm
TDP: 165W

The new MSI twin Frozr V Thermal Design has a smaller than 2-slot design & the new Twin Frozr V is able to surpass previous generation's by a large margin. The new 10cm Torx fans ensure huge amounts of silent airflow and visually match the bold new look of the Twin Frozr V. The heatsink itself is re-organized through the SuperSU design which increases heat-pipe efficiency, especially when combined with Airflow Control Technology. Hybrid Frozr enables zero noise graphics cards thanks to fans that stop spinning in low-temperature situations. Additionally, you will find Independent Fan Control on certain models which allows fan to spin independently of one-another based on component temperature below the fans.

So besides the actual cards there is some epic new tech, the anandtech post is mainly the 980 tho as they have yet to do the 970 review. Most reviews put the 970 @ about 5% better than the R9 290, which is awesome cuz it has TDP of only 145W

 

[nan0s0ldier]

Beautiful

 

[Gouhan]

[MENTION=64]ShockG[/MENTION] Can you give us some 4K results from your testing?

4K is tough. It's tough on all current GPUs and more especially these ones with the lower system bandwidth. I'm only using the 970 for now so I don't have the full complement of the GTX 980's 64 ROPs to tell you but thus far, 4K is unplayable apart from in Bioshock infinite, where you can max out the detail level at 3840x2160 and end up at around 35fps. To give you a comparison, a TITAN Black Edition delivers 41fps at the same settings on the same system.

 

[Gouhan]

MSI's Gaming 970 is about the same speed as a reference R9 290X in my testing.

 

[DarrynB]

Now that US pricing has been announced/finalized, what sort of price will we be getting it at here? At US retail plus 50% the 970 will still be cheaper than a 780 is here currently? So are they going to cut existing prices or price the older model out?

 

[Macethy]

Now that US pricing has been announced/finalized, what sort of price will we be getting it at here? At US retail plus 50% the 970 will still be cheaper than a 780 is here currently? So are they going to cut existing prices or price the older model out?

The 980 could be priced around R 10500 + here depending on exchange rage.

It's not worth it for me to upgrade from my current 780Ti, it still chews up everything in its path. Well maybe except The Witcher 3 when it releases...

 

[DarrynB]

The 980 could be priced around R 10500 + here depending on exchange rage.

It's not worth it for me to upgrade from my current 780Ti, it still chews up everything in its path. Well maybe except The Witcher 3 when it releases...

Exchange "rage" is right

 

[Toi]

Honestly, I have nothing in my Steam library currently that my cheap as chips 280X cannot handle at max setting [MENTION=155]1080[/MENTION]p. So unless games technically drastically improve and require more GPU power (maybe Witcher 3 we'll see) I won't be upgrading. This is the very reason why I sold my 780Ti. Felt like I was driving a Ferrari in peak traffic all the time.

 

[DarrynB]

Honestly, I have nothing in my Steam library currently that my cheap as chips 280X cannot handle at max setting [MENTION=155]1080[/MENTION]p. So unless games technically drastically improve and require more GPU power (maybe Witcher 3 we'll see) I won't be upgrading. This is the very reason why I sold my 780Ti. Felt like I was driving a Ferrari in peak traffic all the time.

IMO if the 970 was priced right it would be worth upgrading to simply for the new tech and (apparent) power saving.

 

[sam111]

So going from a 295x to 980 sli for 4k? not worth it?

 

[Death the Kid]

So going from a 295x to 980 sli for 4k? not worth it?

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[jasong]

Anandtech seem blown away by this one:
AnandTech | The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review: Maxwell Mark 2

As for the hardware itself, is there anything left to say other than that GTX 980 is a well-built, well-engineered card? The build quality is impeccable – raising the bar over even GTX Titan – and the power efficiency gains are truly remarkable. With a TDP lower than even GTX 680, this is the lowest power consumption has been for a chart-topping card since 9800 GTX over half a decade ago. It’s really a bit of a honeymoon period since if and when NVIDIA does Big Maxwell one has to expect power consumption to go back up, but for the time being it’s very pleasing to be able to get chart-topping performance inside of 165W. And the fact that this comes from the same company responsible for GTX 480 just 2 generations ago makes this the ultimate technical turnaround.

In conclusion, the GeForce GTX 980 represents another stellar performance from NVIDIA. Their reign at the top is not going to go unchallenged – AMD can’t match NVIDIA on performance, but they can sure drive down prices – but as was the case in 2012 the crown continues to securely reside in NVIDIA’s hands, and once again they have done the technical hard work to earn it.

 

[DarrynB]

So going from a 295x to 980 sli for 4k? not worth it?

Looks like it might be worth it... especially if they're comparably priced which they probably will be?
Nvidia GTX 980 tested: SLI, 4K, and single-GPU benchmarks and impressions | PC Gamer

 

[nan0s0ldier]

I wonder about the pricing her in SA.... I mean 550$ aint much... The 780 launched at 650$ if i recall correctly...

 

[ckleu]

Nvidia dropped the pricing to $549 for the 780

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[Gouhan]

Looks like it might be worth it... especially if they're comparably priced which they probably will be?
Nvidia GTX 980 tested: SLI, 4K, and single-GPU benchmarks and impressions | PC Gamer

Those scores don't look right and I suspect it's pre release drivers again. So they don't really mean anything.
Single 970 at 4K in Tomb Raider is 30fps, how an SLI 980 would be 33fps is beyond me unless the driver was the earlier one(s) like I used where i had terrible performance in some games.

 

[DarrynB]

Those scores don't look right and I suspect it's pre release drivers again. So they don't really mean anything.
Single 970 at 4K in Tomb Raider is 30fps, how an SLI 980 would be 33fps is beyond me unless the driver was the earlier one(s) like I used where i had terrible performance in some games.

Probably driver related given that at 2560x1600 in TR the 980 SLI beats the 295X2 quite nicely?

 

[Gouhan]

Why would anyone end a review like this?

but users of older cards should definitely look at NVIDIA's new products. Oh, and AMD seems fucked

Think AMD has annoyed somebody - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Review | techPowerUp

 

[nan0s0ldier]

Spoke to a guy from Tesla now... He says the card will be here end of the month... Non reference cards will be at R11k like is he for real?

 

[Nyt Ryda]

Spoke to a guy from Tesla now... He says the card will be here end of the month... Non reference cards will be at R11k like is he for real?

That's even more than what the $750 GTX780TI's initially sold for...

On a side note, anyone want a GTX780Ti ?