PANiC Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 GTX 970 and GTX 980 released today, great price and performance which is not something that always is associated with nvid. there is a ton of reviews released with many positives about the cards themselves but also has seen prices slashed on 780ti for example £200 cheaper than yesterday: and large cuts from AMD high end cards. both companies had no choice considering the price and performance of the new cards. overclockers review: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18624819 970 offers GTX 780 beating performance out the box and 780Ti when overclocked at MUCH LOWER PRICE POINT 980 offers GTX 780Ti performance and better out the box with huge overclocking ability 4GB vs 3GB, better for 4k gaming Incredibly low power consumption Incredibly cool running and silent operation tomshardware: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,review-33038.html The GeForce GTX 980 not only sets a high-water mark for single GPU performance, but at $550 it does the trick for $50 less than the GeForce GTX 780 Ti costs at e-tail. That's a mere $70 more than the Radeon R9 290X, byt he way. There are two important implications with this product: first, that a dual-GPU setup is no longer the only viable path to playability on 4K monitors. Second, that the fastest single-GPU graphics card can now be purchased under $600. That's significantly cheaper than the $1000 GeForce Titan Black. As for the GeForce GTX 970, it may not bring performance to a new level, but it's price definitely makes high-end performance more accessible. At $330 it delivers frame rates comparable to the Radeon R9 290X, a card that currently sells for an average price of about $170 more. We did not expect to see a product this potent at a price tier significantly below the $400 Radeon R9 290, which has suddenly become less appealing. Nvidia, you had us at the price/performance ratio. But you didn't stop there: the power draw is very low when you consider the performance these cards deliver in return. Anti-aliasing features such as Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) and Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) promise to increase visual fidelity and increase the frame rate, respectively, in a manner completely transparent to the games we play. The point is that we can enjoy these features without relying on developers to implement them on a per-game basis, and that is a good thing. In addition, the technologies under the company's VR Direct initiative speak directly to the virtual reality enthusiast in us, and we can't wait to try them out. As for Maxwell's ability to handle Voxel Global Illumination (VXGI), we think it's a valuable step toward photo realism in games. On a final note, it goes without saying that DirectX 12 compatibility is a desirable feature from a long-term perspective. PCGamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2014/09/19/nvidia-gtx-980-tested-sli-4k-and-single-gpu-benchmarks-and-impressions/ Based on our benchmarking results, the GTX 980 is a better deal in every way than the GTX 780 and 780 Ti were at launch, at $650 and $700. Nvidia has been calling it a successor to the 680, and at $550 / £429, I think that's a fair claim. If you like to buy a top-of-the-line card every 3-4 years, this is the one you've been waiting for. If you're already on a 700 series card or AMD equivalent, however, you're only going to see modest performance improvements which aren't worth spending $550 / £429 on. All the new features Nvidia is supporting with this architecture, most notably MFAA, Voxel Global Illumination, and DX12, which I covered in detail here, are going to pay off in 2015 and 2016 games. Maxwell is such a big deal for Nvidia, the GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770 are all being discontinued right now. Nvidia clearly wants to push support of its new technologies and get as many people as possible on Maxwell. Some info on Dynamic Super Resolution: http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2014/09/19/nvidias-dynamic-super-resolution-is-downsampling-made-easy/ I'm definitely a team red gfx man but amd have a huge problem here, not sure if they can cut the 290x prices much more than they have done already, hope they have something coming along soon if at least to keep the competition up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Fingers crossed for my price cuts on the R9 cards looks win win from meeeeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Wonder why they went straight to 980 and skipped 880? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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