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740-830€ price range here in Spain.
 
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does it run on a Corsair 500w with 2500k and 2 ssd´s?
 
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does it run on a Corsair 500w with 2500k and 2 ssd´s?

GTX 980 Ti with 500W PSU? Theoretically yes, system will boot. But, most likely, you gonna have reboots in the game when 980 Ti will peaks. So, minimum 600W PSU is recommended.
 
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It can be any two SMMs, from any two GPCs. NVIDIA is harvesting GM200 dies.
Yeah I know, I was wondering can both deactivated SMMs come from single GPC like in wizzard's pic, probably yes because architecturally there should be no difference
 
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GTX 980 Ti with 500W PSU? Theoretically yes, system will boot. But, most likely, you gonna have reboots in the game when 980 Ti will peaks. So, minimum 600W PSU is recommended.

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Holding off my purchase since there's already a Classy in the works :toast:

does it run on a Corsair 500w with 2500k and 2 ssd´s?

Pretty sure you'd be tight but it'll be enough, 250W for the GPU, around 80W CPU and there's 170W left for your system. If it's a good PSU it'll be running close to the maximum without many issues, provided it's not an aging unit, they tend to lose in efficiency and power output during the years.
 
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Looks to be the card I need... Now I just need to see this AMD Fury whatever to make a decision.
 
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Holding off my purchase since there's already a Classy in the works :toast:



Pretty sure you'd be tight but it'll be enough, 250W for the GPU, around 80W CPU and there's 170W left for your system. If it's a good PSU it'll be running close to the maximum without many issues, provided it's not an aging unit, they tend to lose in efficiency and power output during the years.

its a corsair cx500, with one year old.
 

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That CX500 provides 38 Amps on the +12V rail for 456 watts. The 980 Ti has a avg draw of 211 watts and peak draw of 238 watts so it's enough. You will probably be using around 350 watts when gaming most of the time. Nvidia does recommend a min 600 watt PSU but they overdo the recommendations because they know a lot of people are using crappy PSUs that can't supply the amps that they claim. Your PSU is a budget model but it's not crap so I would trust it.
 
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That CX500 provides 38 Amps on the +12V rail for 456 watts. The 980 Ti has a avg draw of 211 and peak draw of 238 so it's enough. You will probably be using around 350 watts when gaming most of the time. Nvidia does recommend a min 600 watt PSU but they overdo the recommendations because they know a lot of people are using crappy PSUs that can't supply the amps that they claim. Your PSU is a budget model but it's not crap so I would trust it.

Agreed. Would've said about the same things :toast:
 
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thank u all!
 
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GTX 980 Ti with 500W PSU? Theoretically yes, system will boot. But, most likely, you gonna have reboots in the game when 980 Ti will peaks. So, minimum 600W PSU is recommended.

It'll probably work. I used a Titan then Titan X with a 520W SeaSonic for quite some time. Fully loaded stress test would put it just over the rated wattage (ie, like 610W at the wall). But I installed a 860W SS last month, much much quieter psu with headroom now.
 
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Hey, wth is going on with the 780Ti !?!?
Did nVidia purposely downgraded the performance of the 780Ti through the latest drivers?? What the hell is going on. The 970 is constantly in front of it, even in older games!

Do we have some old charts to compare?


I think W1zzard needs to retest the 980Ti with the official drivers for it the 353.06 WHQL (Implements optimizations and bug fixes that provide increased performance for Kepler-based GPUs) and this will also make the Kepler cards get a more fair test too thanks to Nvidia "gimping the drivers before" or a "Bug" in the previous drivers as they put it.


Would love to see these new results with the new drivers to make it fair for all cards especially the Kepler cards that have been under performing prematurely


Keep up the great work W1zzard ! I'm a long time lurker and finally decided to register to post this and thank you for all the work you put into it, you are for sure my favorite comparison review site on the internet.
 
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Five bucks says nvidia dings old gen cards on purpose to make the gap look bigger. I've always wondered if they do that for years.
 
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The 980 Ti is not for people with SLi'd 970's, it's for people with 670's and 680's still that want an upgrade, and maybe people with 770's and 780's who are eyeing 4K.
 
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The 980 Ti is not for people with SLi'd 970's, it's for people with 670's and 680's still that want an upgrade, and maybe people with 770's and 780's who are eyeing 4K.

Its also for people building systems from scratch
 
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The 980 Ti is not for people with SLi'd 970's, it's for people with 670's and 680's still that want an upgrade, and maybe people with 770's and 780's who are eyeing 4K.

Yes but it also offers around the same performance in 1 card, with no worries about sli support or scaling, aswell as more vram a better memory bus and much better frame delivery at 4k. I don't play bf4 anymore but when I do I get 70-120 fps maxed out 4k DSR. However it does not feel smooth at all.
 
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Great card at a good price.
The 980 price should drop to the $425-450 range to be competitive between the 970 and 980Ti, at $500 I cannot see any reason to recommend it.
 
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I don't know about anyone else, but I look at this and it just makes me more anxious for the future. Not only does this card seem somewhere around 20% (10% overclocked) from where most using it would really like it to be, it sets a more clear picture of what to expect.

Games that are around 50fps 4k (like Tomb Raider or Shadow of Mordor) seem prime candidates for 14nm performance parts (ala a gm204 replacement with closer to GM200 setup or Fiji shrink)....but bumped up to having the ability (overclocked) to hit 60fps. Not only does that sound appealing (especially if nvidia switches to a more compute-heavy arch, similar to AMD for Pascal), there's probably also at least a chance those could be 225w (eventually, if not off the bat).

Likewise, games that are closer to what require crossfire/sli (ala around 37.5fps if you figure 1.6x scaling, like BF4) seem prime for what nvidia could pull off with a big chip within a year or so.

While I totally agree this (and likewise the 375w/WCE Fiji, for both similar and different reasons) are certainly enticing compared to what has been available at a similar price for a new build or long-term upgrader that has an older part...I just simply don't find it that compelling considering how close we are to options that will meet the demands that this (and perhaps Fiji) come painfully close to achieving, but can't really pull off (performance/buffer games do and will truly demand at 4k).
 
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I think W1zzard needs to retest the 980Ti with the official drivers for it the 353.06 WHQL (Implements optimizations and bug fixes that provide increased performance for Kepler-based GPUs) and this will also make the Kepler cards get a more fair test too thanks to Nvidia "gimping the drivers before" or a "Bug" in the previous drivers as they put it.


Would love to see these new results with the new drivers to make it fair for all cards especially the Kepler cards that have been under performing prematurely


Keep up the great work W1zzard ! I'm a long time lurker and finally decided to register to post this and thank you for all the work you put into it, you are for sure my favorite comparison review site on the internet.
Aren't the 352.90's the same thing just not WHQL certified?
 
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Question: Anyone know if the 980ti name light as the GTX Titan X ? :confused:
 

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Ordered my EVGA GTX 980 TI Reference the last night. Can't wait to put my build together.
 
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Re the coil whine, if the review sample had it, doesnt mean all other 980tis will have it. And vice versa, if review sample did not have coil whine, doesnt mean other Ti's will be whine free.
 
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