looking at getting new vid card but

[Blintok]

Currently have a MSI GTX780 OC Twinfrozer.

Was considering moving to a 980ti but so far cannot see if it would help much. Every time i l crunch the numbers and look at the cost i am not sure if a 980ti is worth the expense for (according to benchmarks) a 30% gain in something that i may not even notice.

right now i am playing Fallout 4 at 1920x1080 on ultra settings and i have not noticed any slowdowns, everything runs smooth. Not sure what the FPS is. So like i said, if FO4 is playing smoothly would i even notice the 980ti (except for an empty wallet)

I am guessing maybe my motherboard and CPU have something to do with keeping things smooth? (Asus Maximus VII Hero and Intel i7-4790k)

 

[Arachnotronic]

If you don't need the additional power, save the money for when you do need it. Technology is always getting better and a dollar saved today will buy you much more GPU power tomorrow.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

[2is]

Seems like a simple enough problem to figure out. If the games you're playing are performing to your liking at the settings of your liking, there's no need to upgrade. I myself just upgraded to a 980Ti from 680SLI at the beginning of the month, but that's only because I also upgraded to a 1440p from a 1200p monitor and the 2GB on my 680's was very limiting in nearly all the games I was playing at 1440p. If I was on my old 1200p or a 1080p monitor, no way I'd have upgraded until next gen.

 

[RussianSensation]

right now i am playing Fallout 4 at 1920x1080 on ultra settings and i have not noticed any slowdowns, everything runs smooth.

There you go -- you just answered your own question. At current CDN prices, it would be completely illogical to spend over $950 CDN after taxes to buy a GTX980Ti for a 1080p 60Hz monitor when your existing card is fast enough. At this point, 980Ti is also 7 months old and barely dropped in price in Canada, which means on the price/technology curve its pricing becomes more and more questionable as we move closer to 14nm/16nm GPUs in 2016. You can just wait until games get demanding enough to require an upgrade while for now you can simply overclock your existing card as it should have another 15-20%+ performance gain from stock.

 

[wilds]

Wait for big Pascal like you did for big K (gk110). But when small Pascal is released, it may be worth upgrading to if you are in dire need for more performance. It is definitely best to wait for big Pascal.

In either upgrade path Pascal will bring HBM to the table and be a solid performance upgrade from your 780.

 

[Jerenny]

If I had the money to go for a 980 Ti over a 780(non Ti, right?)

I'd do it any day, you could probably overclock the thing and get practically double the performance.

 

[littleg]

If I had the money to go for a 980 Ti over a 780(non Ti, right?)

I'd do it any day, you could probably overclock the thing and get practically double the performance.

I disagree. He says that his setup still plays the games he plays just fine so it'd basically be a benchmark upgrade. With the new cards coming this year it's better to hold off if there's no pressing need as you'll likely get a newer architecture and better performance for your money by waiting.

 

[FFFF]

You should wait until the next gen before replacing your current card.