Nvidia 980TI

Well, it looks like the 980Ti may be launching at the same time as the R390X.  Interesting times these are for graphic cards.  I'm kind of glad I did hold off a couple of months.  I can't wait to buy by 4th of July.  Hopefully the hamsters in my current rig keep peddling.  

http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=16919&graphics=GeForce%20GTX%20980%20Ti%206GB&title=Rumour:%20Nvidia%20Planning%20GeForce%20GTX%20980%20Ti%20Reveal%20In%20A%20Fortnight

LOL Bprat.  Well, if you've seen my head, you'd see that I've got no hair left to pull out - lol.  I'm inclined to agree with you.  Depending on the price point of the 980Ti will be the other factor.  From what they're saying, the R390X is going to go for $849.  I would think the 980Ti would be a bit less than that but we'll see.  Hopefully the release rumors are 'accurate' and all will be revealed in 2 weeks or so.

Well, it looks like the specs are out for this ('allegedly").  Also rumor has it out before Computex (May 28th).  With the AIBs and their coolers, it could easily overtake a reference Titan X.  However, there is question about the VRAM being set up like the 970.  Interesting stuff and it looks like reviewers already have the card so we should be seeing reviews next week or so!!

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-980-ti-specs-benchmarks/

Those two games are bundled with a 970 or 980 right now.   I'll bet AMD bundles something.

I was telling Arkansaswoman just the other day that I'm stuck between a hard place. I either drop my GTX 980 Classifieds for the 980 Ti Classifieds or just say f*** it and grab 2x GTX titan X.

I need to see a good comparison in performance for triple GTX 980 ti Classifieds vs 2x GTX Titan X SC in terms of gaming performance and offload GPU computations.

But assuming that they don't downgrade the GTX 980 Ti too much, then that might be the choice. Even at 4k, I wouldn't need 12GB of VRAM and it's not going to give me a performance increase over 6GB.

Though I am upset that they are changing the paths of their Ti cards. Where, though not traditionally, the last generation showed a Ti to be the same as it's titan counter part, minus VRAM. If only the 980 Ti's were like that in terms of cuda cores unlocked. Let's just pray they don't touch the ROP's. Last thing we want is another memory scandal like the 970's.

They allowed overclocking on the Titan X. I refer you to the EVGA Titan X SC. They've never allowed custom PCB's though for any of the titans, and minus the hydro cooler, never allowed custom cooling. Perhaps you were referring to the PCB's.

They are cutting more than just one SMX unit from what I've read so far. It'll have less cuda core's also, which is what I care about really. 6GB vs 12GB isn't really a performance thing so I'm not worried about it.

They are definitely handling the ti versions different this time around compared to the 700 series.

But, truth be told. I'd really be an idiot to buy a Titan X. Anyone would be. If you bought a titan X, you're just too inpatient. These are the first of their kinds (in term of their arch). Even nvidia has said, the titan X barely scratches the surface of this new GPU arch.

But I'm not a wise man. I need some 980 Ti Classifieds (maybe). And I need a lot.

Hey Meller,
Yeah - that was worded poorly.  I actually was referring to the PCBs.  Unless you put the Titan X under water, the Ti should be comparable or perhaps even faster 'out of the box' with reseller's custom cooling and their overclock vs. Titan and the air cooler.  Also, I agree and you are correct, one less SMX unit means less CUDA cores (256 less) than the Titan.  However, it seems that benchmarks (if they are to be believed as everything is just rumor) have the Ti pretty close to the Titan X.  That said, the ROPs seem to be the big 'open item' like you indicated.  If it's like the 970, then it probably isn't a great buy - especially at $750 a pop.  That said, NVIDIA definitely is handling the Ti vs. Titan different this time around.  My guess is that a). they may have learned from their previous way with the Titan owners outcry but more likely b). the Titan X all along was really a gaming card where as the previous Titans were that hybrid gaming/professional card.

If I were you, I'd hang on to the 980s and wait for Pascal.  For me, as I'm on a 9 year old rig that is slowly dying on me, I need to buy pretty much now.  I'm just waiting for the 980Ti and the AMD Fiji card to drop, check the reviews and then order (although Titan X could still be in the mix for me).  I'm targeting around the 4th of July to finally get something that can play Dying Light - lol. 

Hey Steven, how soon does D.S. get inventory for newly released items?  The reason I ask is that the AMD Fiji card looks like it may be fairly scarce for a bit...

The scarcity of components is because DS buys them all up.

Originally posted by Steven ... EDIT: I can't comment too much on scarcity but I do know that there was nooo way we were going to run out of Titan X on launch day.

What do you mean you're not going to run out on launch day? Wasn't the official launch back in like March?

It was early, I must have misread it...

Not really back. Just been active a few times these past few days. I'll be returning to reality here soon.

Reviews of this beast card are flowing in, price almost all of them are listing is 649$ about 100$ over a GTX 980.

Wondering on the AIB models as-well, as far as I can find PC mag and PC world have publicly published reviews along with afew benchmarks,about an hour or two ago.

No problem  I am always in the loop, I can bet my top dollar that someone most likely EVGA is going to make a hybrid GTX 980 Ti or perhaps a superclocked version.

NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti 4K Performance Benchmarks

Thanks Nav!!  Definitely a kick butt card at a price much cheaper than I thought it would be.  AMD better bring their A-Game with the Radeon Fury.  

Yeah - I wish DS was carrying one or two of these AIB cards.  It doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.  I'm not so concerned with the clock speed etc. but the cooling and the back plate. 

Thanks Nav.  The issue then becomes the warranty.  DS doesn't warrant special order parts so if one of the 3 cards go, I'd be on my own.