Manufacturer: Nvidia Price: $ 650 US Author: Steven Walton Date: 05/31/2015

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Today we have Nvidia's latest GPU on hand, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Like the recently released Titan X the GTX 980 Ti is designed for 4K gaming. However the GTX 980 Ti is considerably more affordable, which should make it a more popular choice among high-end gamers... Thus far 2015 has been a busy year for Nvidia as they continue to unveil their GeForce 900 ‘Maxwell’ GPU series. Already it has been eight months since the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 arrived back in September of 2014. Since then we have seen the arrival of the GeForce GTX 960 in January and more recently in March the 3072 CUDA core monster that is the GTX Titan X. The GeForce GTX Titan X raised the bar for single GPU performance, or rather took the bar and placed it so high that it almost warranted the Titan asking price this time. In fact had Nvidia not nerfed the double precision performance of the Titan X then the $1000 asking price would have been a serious deal. Regardless of that, the uber expensive flagship GPU has been bringing home the bacon for Nvidia as it continues to sell like hotcakes. This is surprising given we found that the Titan X was on average just 37% faster than the GTX 980 despite costing at least 80% more, seems like a raw deal to us. Yet that hasn’t stopped sales exceeding supply, probably why Nvidia couldn’t spare a Titan X for little old us, but I digress. Having found such success with the first “GM200” GPU it seems Nvidia is looking to recapture that Titan X magic at a slightly more affordable price point. Whereas the Titan X featured a fully-fledged 24 SM unit GM200 comprising of 3072 CUDA cores, the new GeForce GTX 980 Ti has been slightly downgraded to 22 SM units and 2816 cores. The massive 12GB memory buffer found on the Titan X has been slashed in half resulting in an ample 6GB buffer, 2GB more than the original GTX 980. The GTX 980 Ti is still targeting 4K gaming, and frankly 6GB of memory could still be considered overkill, 12GB was certainly unnecessary and, well, pointless if we are honest. Nvidia are banking on three new technologies to further push sales of their high-end GPUs. Later this year Microsoft will unveil DirectX 12 which will reduce CPU overhead and enable new graphics features, such as volume tiled resources that will allow game developers to render fire and smoke with richer detail than ever before. According to Microsoft there are at least one hundred game developers already working on DX12 games. Another technology that is creating demand for more powerful GPUs is high resolution gaming, i.e. 4K gaming. This alone accounts for much of the Titan X’s success, as it is the first single GPU graphics card that can deliver playable performance in a number of AAA titles at 4K. Thanks to falling prices the adoption of 4K displays is really taking off. In the last 12 months alone the 4K market segment has doubled in growth. The final technology that is expected to drive PC gaming in the next year is virtual reality. Nvidia seems to have a leg up when it comes to virtual reality technology, as all leading VR makers have demonstrated their products on GeForce GTX GPUs.

Table of Contents >>> Introduction <<< Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Test System Specs Benchmarks: Battlefield 4, Crysis 3 Benchmarks: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dying Light Benchmarks: Grand Theft Auto V, Metro Redux Benchmarks: Thief, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Power Consumption & Temps Conclusion Next Page ->

cali98

Posted on: 06/01/2015 07:58 AM bye bye bye Titan X

Palipo

Posted on: 06/03/2015 12:13 PM Looks okay but I will wait for AMD to return fire.