980 vs 970 RESULTS [update]

[DownTheSky]

I am sorry, your test was a waste of time...it doesn't tell us anything.

Sorry but you cannot be more wrong. His tests show that when GPUs are pushed very hard, 980 is a lot more than 15% faster than a 970. Maybe that difference is not seen in today's games but it will show in future games.

 

[Ichigo]

The human eye can't even see supersampled 4k so why would anyone bother? =]

But for real I wanna see more minimum framerates benched. If a 970 is 80-90% of a 980 but it falls below 60fps frequently while the 980 doesn't for the games I play then that's actually a pretty big deal.

 

[hunkeelin]

^ that's what i'm getting at. When gpu is pushing to the limit. The 980, especially sli will give a 10~13fps over the 970sli. I apologize as i didin't do extensive testing against single card as I am more concern about my gaming experience. Right now, no single gpu can give me a good gaming experience so I was more focused on sli comparison.

 

[nitromullet]

The thing is that in your first post you claim:

When 970 is rendering at an unplayble 15fps. The 980 can render at 30fps.

That is a 100% increase in fps!

...absolutely mind boggling considering the difference in available gpu resources for the respective cards, which are no where near double for the GTX 980.

......................GTX 980.........GTX 970
CUDA Cores.......2048............1664
Texture Units......128.............104

However, even considering SLI numbers, your results simply do not back up your assertion. ...it seems NVIDIA isn't bending the laws of physics with the GTX 980 after all...

During a particular graphical demanding scene in metro redux
970: 16~19fps oc 1500
980: 22~24fps oc 1480
980 sli: 44~48fps Oced to 1480mhz, at stock fps is 42~46fps
970 sli: 32~36fps Oced to 1500mhz

During a particular graphical demanding scene in battlefield 4 with resolutational scale tune to 200%

970: 11~15ps oc 1500
980: 16~18fps oc 1480
980 sli: 35~38fps Oced to 1480mhz
970 sli: 25~28fps Oced to 1500mhz

Conclusion:
The message I want to deliver is that the information you are providing is a misrepresentation.

 

[sxr7171]

As I said all the things out there saying 970oc can beat 980 is rubbish. No matter how much I oc my 970 i cannot beat the 980 at stock. It's simply impossible. I've cross reference with different cards as well. For metro redux i turn to highest setting with x16AA. It's demanding. The reviews out there shows 970oc beat 980 when both producing 80+ fps. I'm talking about when there's scene where it is really hammering the graphics card. This is when 980 shines and undefeated. Btw both my 970 and 980 is msi twin frost V.

I did compare the 970 oc 980 for metro's benchmark only in sli though.

The maximum setting I see is 4x SSAA.

 

[hunkeelin]

the maximum setting i see is 4x ssaa.

faa != ssaa

 

[sxr7171]

faa != ssaa

I don't get any option for FAA, and frankly I don't even know what FAA is. I know what FXAA and MFAA are.

 

[bystander36]

You know what would be more interesting for us, if you showed us FPS at settings that are playable. It doesn't really give us a good representation of how they perform, and the 970's VRAM issue may be playing a part at these unplayable settings.

 

[hunkeelin]

with my settings I think the vram plays a part.