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EVGA GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ Review Comment Thread

ZzzSleep said:
Factoring in the OC, you might actually get a faster card on the 980Ti. That's because the Nvidia reference PCB is not too good and there isn't as much headroom for overclocking. The VRMs would not take it.
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Agreed. If you can score a Titan X way down the road used for a decent price, it may not be a bad buy. But since your real world performance can be just as easily matched on a Ti, it makes more sense. Throw in a SC+ ACX or a Twin Frozr and you've got a good chance of beating the X. Not to mention I don't think there's any situation in the consumer realm that needs 12GB. Maybe 2x 4K monitors, but that's being a bit silly (and 12 is still probably a bit much).
 
stoanee said:
The Nvidia domination is getting old........:blarg:
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I agree. I wish AMD would pull their head out of their arse, sell ATI to Samsung, and maybe then in two or three years, they will actually be worth me going BACK to ATI.

I used to love my ATI cards, they used to beat the snot out of nVidia, but now ... not so much, especially not since the days of the 7000 series ... and I can't just justify "Buy AMD just so nVidia doesn't win."
 
FreeKnight said:
Agreed. If you can score a Titan X way down the road used for a decent price, it may not be a bad buy. But since your real world performance can be just as easily matched on a Ti, it makes more sense. Throw in a SC+ ACX or a Twin Frozr and you've got a good chance of beating the X. Not to mention I don't think there's any situation in the consumer realm that needs 12GB. Maybe 2x 4K monitors, but that's being a bit silly (and 12 is still probably a bit much).
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Yeah, it's only with the high resolution setups that you need it. I'd say more than 4x 2560x1440 monitors you'd want it, or something along those lines (there are 5k monitors out there that use MST apparently).

Resolution doesn't entirely scale linearly with VRAM use, but there's no denying that higher resolution uses more.

Otherwise, go with the 980Ti - and wait to see which custom PCB is best.
 
I'm holding out for the "whenever-to-be-released" Asus GTX 980Ti DCU3 Strix. An apt replacement, I think, for my Asus GTX 780Ti DCU2.
 
SKY have you heard about this:

"After further investigation, I've discovered that both MSI and Gigabyte shipped cards to reviewers that were clocked higher than the cards available at retail, which makes me wonder if the late-breaking note from Asus really was a last-minute retail clock change, or pre-planned shenanigans.

MSI also appears to have shipped their reviewer cards with a special BIOS that enabled a 120% power target, compared to only 109% available in retail BIOSes (ref: the Guru3D review's Overclocking page); Asus does not appear to have followed suit on this stunt. I can't tell what Gigabyte did, as none of the reviews I can find either mention the power target or have a handy Afterburner screencap.

I'm deeply unimpressed by both of these moves. Review samples that are up-clocked compared to shipping cards is bad enough, but at least the review clocks should be easily achieved on retail cards. Review samples that take advantage of settings unavailable to retail cards (without risky and--AFAIK--warranty-voiding BIOS modification) is just plain unacceptable. I'm disappointed that these items weren't called out in reviews, but in fairness to the reviewers, it's been a long time since the quack.exe debacle, and we've probably all fallen out of the habit of checking for obvious benchmark cheating.

Boo, manufacturers! Can't you be happy with how great the 980Ti's performance is without cheating?"

NCIX FORUMS - 980 ti Strix Page 1
 
Hm. I'll wait for more independent 3rd party review verification. Some random dude on a set of forums isnt exactly newsworthy, and may just be a troll.
 
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Phill said:
SKY have you heard about this:

"After further investigation, I've discovered that both MSI and Gigabyte shipped cards to reviewers that were clocked higher than the cards available at retail, which makes me wonder if the late-breaking note from Asus really was a last-minute retail clock change, or pre-planned shenanigans.

MSI also appears to have shipped their reviewer cards with a special BIOS that enabled a 120% power target, compared to only 109% available in retail BIOSes (ref: the Guru3D review's Overclocking page); Asus does not appear to have followed suit on this stunt. I can't tell what Gigabyte did, as none of the reviews I can find either mention the power target or have a handy Afterburner screencap.

I'm deeply unimpressed by both of these moves. Review samples that are up-clocked compared to shipping cards is bad enough, but at least the review clocks should be easily achieved on retail cards. Review samples that take advantage of settings unavailable to retail cards (without risky and--AFAIK--warranty-voiding BIOS modification) is just plain unacceptable. I'm disappointed that these items weren't called out in reviews, but in fairness to the reviewers, it's been a long time since the quack.exe debacle, and we've probably all fallen out of the habit of checking for obvious benchmark cheating.

Boo, manufacturers! Can't you be happy with how great the 980Ti's performance is without cheating?"

NCIX FORUMS - 980 ti Strix Page 1
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Not sure about other reviewers but I have the MSI sample here and it is straight from the retail channel. It was actually redirected from a Synnex warehouse according to its shipping label.

I'll make sure I look at the Zotac, MSI and ASUS cards I have or have coming in. What I can say however is this EVGA card hit right within the same clock range as a ton of users are reporting.

Also, as my review clearly shows, the EVGA card has a Power Target of 110%.
 
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