What a load of BS.
I did some extensive research, in absolute terms older nVidia GPU gain a little performance with newer drivers, new cards just gain more.
LOL, love people bashing nvidia for not optimized for some DX12 feature with current HW that came out before DX12. All while bashing developer for over use of a DX11 feature that's been around for 5 years that AMD card still can't handle...
980 ti, I went from a single 7970 which is very much a 280x, to 980ti, night and day difference, diablo fps in higher group G rift more than tripped.(I did go from 920 to 5930k as well)
Agreed, Nano really serves no purpose if you care about cost or performance.
Small card is pointless as most mATX ITX cases all designed to fit large cards.
Not really.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/27
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9306/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-review/16
First one shows 7970 uses more power than 6970, then second one shows 980 ti uses significantly more power than 7970. Which my experience...
Interesting thing is, I am sure WCS/GSL/IEM/etc. all have PC powerful enough to power SC2 at 60FPS with everything maxed, but pros all play with super low setting, they don't want there is any chance of frame dropping at all.