Oh, I don't mean that a 980 overclocked is as good as the 980ti.
It might get close in some cases, but it never actually catches it. It cannot. But, it does get close in a lot of games.
At one time, long ago, I considered selling the 980 to pick up Fiji. At that time, I was thinking Fiji would be faster than titanX. Turns out, as time went by, I was certain that Fiji was t gonna be the performer it was being hyped to be.
I went with a 1080 144hz Gsync monitor. It was my plan forward. I actually never owned a modern monitor over 60hz. I really wanted that experience. But I was having a hard time picking a panel until I heard about this one for 350. It makes a lot of sense as eventually it will be in my sons room. And 144hz is not a waste for a 980 at 1080.
I have had this 980 for a long time now and I always look at the new cards coming down.
The 980ti vs the 980 OC is an important to me for obvious reasons. It's got to be enough of an upgrade before I consider it.
But I honestly don't know how much further I should carry this old platform. Pcie2.0 and this old CPU. suprisingly, it keeps up well when I cross reference with review sites. It's hard to know where some sites do their review runs, they don't disclose it. But heaven, gta5, inquisition, etc- i get nearly identical frame rates. But I am not a fool. Right now I get 98-99% the frame rates of overclocked haswells, but i am not confident SLIing cards as powerful as the 980 and up. Pcie2.0 has its limits.
I am not even sure how much further I can push this platform with more powerful single cards. I wanted for so long for broadwell and now that wait extends to skylake. I just want to see the landscape and go from there. I would hate to upgrade my whole platform for a card 25% faster though. Perhaps I will ride this system out until pascal. All I know is that I keep pushing the upgrade out, this is the most uneventful times ever in PC. And I guess that depresses me
It might get close in some cases, but it never actually catches it. It cannot. But, it does get close in a lot of games.
At one time, long ago, I considered selling the 980 to pick up Fiji. At that time, I was thinking Fiji would be faster than titanX. Turns out, as time went by, I was certain that Fiji was t gonna be the performer it was being hyped to be.
I went with a 1080 144hz Gsync monitor. It was my plan forward. I actually never owned a modern monitor over 60hz. I really wanted that experience. But I was having a hard time picking a panel until I heard about this one for 350. It makes a lot of sense as eventually it will be in my sons room. And 144hz is not a waste for a 980 at 1080.
I have had this 980 for a long time now and I always look at the new cards coming down.
The 980ti vs the 980 OC is an important to me for obvious reasons. It's got to be enough of an upgrade before I consider it.
But I honestly don't know how much further I should carry this old platform. Pcie2.0 and this old CPU. suprisingly, it keeps up well when I cross reference with review sites. It's hard to know where some sites do their review runs, they don't disclose it. But heaven, gta5, inquisition, etc- i get nearly identical frame rates. But I am not a fool. Right now I get 98-99% the frame rates of overclocked haswells, but i am not confident SLIing cards as powerful as the 980 and up. Pcie2.0 has its limits.
I am not even sure how much further I can push this platform with more powerful single cards. I wanted for so long for broadwell and now that wait extends to skylake. I just want to see the landscape and go from there. I would hate to upgrade my whole platform for a card 25% faster though. Perhaps I will ride this system out until pascal. All I know is that I keep pushing the upgrade out, this is the most uneventful times ever in PC. And I guess that depresses me