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[TBG] EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0+ 6GB Review (+OC)

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wand3r3r

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The Tech Buyers Guru review the 980 TI ACX at stock and with a solid oc (1427MHz/7600MHz from 1202MHz/7000MHz ~19% OC).

There's no doubt about it...Nvidia's GTX 980 Ti is an impressive chip. Offering nearly the same performance as the GTX Titan X 12GB (and with far more overclocking headroom), the 980 Ti slips in right above the GTX 980 in terms of price, offering a rare "value" play in the ultra-high-end field. It costs 30% more, and in our tests delivered an average 24% improvement in framerates, despite a few CPU-bottlenecked games slipping into the mix. That's seriously impressive, and getting that much extra performance for your dollar is very rare in this price range. Nvidia likely would have priced the 980 Ti higher had the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X not been in the works, but had Nvidia known how constrained supplies of that chip would be, maybe it wouldn't have been quite so aggressive. As of our publication date, the R9 Fury X isn't available anywhere in the United States, while the 980 Ti is now fairly easy to source. Given the identical price, there's really no reason to wait on the Fury X. In fact, we had intended to publish a showdown between the two cards, but couldn't get a Fury X in time. We intend to review the Fury X (or possibly the air-cooled Fury) sometime in the future, when stocks are better (and ideally prices are lower).
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The OC gains

Tomb Raider: 15%
Grid 2: 5%
Crysis 3: 6%
Metro LL: 13%
BF4: 11%
Thief: 7%
Far Cry 4: 20%
The Witcher 3: 13%

http://techbuyersguru.com/evga-geforce-gtx-980-ti-acx-20-6gb-review-0
 
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When I try using EVGA Precision X to overclock my 980 Ti, after setting the clock speed I want and right clicking on one of the profile numbers, it wouldn't actually save that to the selected profile, it is such a confusing GUI to use.

Please help me I'm your friend.
 
It's been a while since I've used precision X. MSI Afterburner has been my tool of choice for a while. Perhaps someone who has used it recently could help.
 
berryracer said:
When I try using EVGA Precision X to overclock my 980 Ti, after setting the clock speed I want and right clicking on one of the profile numbers, it wouldn't actually save that to the selected profile, it is such a confusing GUI to use.

Please help me I'm your friend.
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Did you try left clicking an empty profile first, making your changes, and then right click it?

Nice OC on air in the review. Maxwells definitely love to overclock. On water I've had mine stable at 1545MHz (boost, but constant) with 7800MHz on memory. I can't believe how it churns through the benches.
 
Nice review Termie.

I would've liked to have seen Max OC on all of the cards tested, but we both know how long these tests take.
 
Face2Face said:
Nice review Termie.

I would've liked to have seen Max OC on all of the cards tested, but we both know how long these tests take.
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Thanks. 😉

I've tested the max on all those cards before (for example the 780 Ti could be OC'd by 211Mhz, the 290 hit 200MHz over reference with lots of extra V), but like HardOCP, I retested each of the current cards on new drivers/patches for this review (not including the few numbers posted for the 670, 7870, 270X, and 780 though). Going through multiple loops of each card for each game at different clocks is definitely time-consuming, and it wasn't really intended to be a shootout among all the cards. When you see huge lists of cards in reviews, for instance at TPU, they can be very helpful, but remember that only one card has actually been tested with fresh drivers/patches each time.

I thought the 980 vs. 980 Ti comparison was interesting, which is why I included the 980 OC numbers. In recent memory, cards one-tier below have almost always been able to catch the higher card's stock speed. Not so here. That's a big change. Think 670OC beating 680, 780OC beating 780 Ti, R9 290OC beating 290X, etc. Typically that extra $100-$150 you spend only gets you 10-15% more absolute performance. Given the pressure applied by Fury, Nvidia gave enthusiasts somewhat of a gift this time with the 980 Ti, which in some cases is 30% faster than the 980.
 
Termie said:
Typically that extra $100-$150 you spend only gets you 10-15% more absolute performance. Given the pressure applied by Fury, Nvidia gave enthusiasts somewhat of a gift this time with the 980 Ti, which in some cases is 30% faster than the 980.
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Thats because in all those previous cases, the two parts were the same chip with the lower part having a few disabled units. with 980 > 980ti we have a much bigger chip
 
Termie said:
I thought the 980 vs. 980 Ti comparison was interesting, which is why I included the 980 OC numbers. In recent memory, cards one-tier below have almost always been able to catch the higher card's stock speed. Not so here. That's a big change. Think 670OC beating 680, 780OC beating 780 Ti, R9 290OC beating 290X, etc. Typically that extra $100-$150 you spend only gets you 10-15% more absolute performance. Given the pressure applied by Fury, Nvidia gave enthusiasts somewhat of a gift this time with the 980 Ti, which in some cases is 30% faster than the 980.
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Is it the 980 Ti was a gift, or the 980 is overpriced? Seems like when you look a $/per the 960 holds, the 970 holds and the 980 ti holds. The 980 and the Titan X are the odd ones out, and the Titan is basically a status symbol.
 
Thanks for the review Termie. I just picked up the same card and I'm hoping for some good overclocks.
 
poofyhairguy said:
Is it the 980 Ti was a gift, or the 980 is overpriced? Seems like when you look a $/per the 960 holds, the 970 holds and the 980 ti holds. The 980 and the Titan X are the odd ones out, and the Titan is basically a status symbol.
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Ehhh if you look at $/perf across both brands the 960 doesn't hold up against a 290. The odd ones out are 960, 980 and Titan X. Otherwise agreed.

Also nice review Termie, good info
 
Headfoot said:
Ehhh if you look at $/perf across both brands the 960 doesn't hold up against a 290.
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Well nothing holds up against a 290, because the 290 is a limited time deal. A 290 is a better than mid level part from the previous generation that is being cleared out at firesale prices. That situation always leads to the best $/perf, but its more a YMMV mirage than a solid comparison base.

The 960's REAL competition (the R9 285) it holds it own against. So far according to reviews it holds it own against the 380 too because AMD refuses to sell a full Tonga to anyone not named Apple.
 
Great job Termi! I'm very happy with the same card you reviewed in my rig below. Slapped a waterblock on it since my rig is water cooled. Like Sabrewings above, this card OCs like no tomorrow.

BTW, Sabrewings, are you running a modded BIOS in your 980TI SC?
 
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