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I'm guessing the 295x2 would slightly come out ahead, but it is effectively still a dual GPU. If you were to add another 295x2 down the line, or a R9 290X, scaling past two GPUs is generally terrible.
I see a lot of benefit sticking with an almost fast single GPU, that way you get the option of adding another later and have great scaling, plus no issues on games that don't support multi-GPU.
Cards like the 980 Ti and probably AMD's own upcoming Fury make cards like the 295x2 irrelevant to me really.
Historically [H]ardOCP has been about Price to Performance comparison, they talked about it between the TITAN X and GTX 980Ti throughout the review... There is no reason why they shouldn't have included the 295x2... Although I am not an AMD fanboy I am a bit perplexed that they did not include that cardm or at least give an explanation as to why it wasn't shown.
I agree about the shadows (I even tried medium and did not see much difference) but I disagree about Foliage distance. The performance difference between uber and high is very big, but it is justified. On high you can easily notice foliage popup at a moderate distance. So it's actually the other way round - it's almost indiscernible on screenshots (because they are static), but very visible when playing the game, especially galloping on a horse. Once I saw the foliage popup on high I was unable to unsee it.Also, for witcher graphics comparisons, all you have to do to run at Ultra on a 980 or 980Ti (including Hairworks ON) is turn down the foliage distance to High and for the 980, shadows to High as well. I can get a smooth 60 FPS on the 980Ti and just over 50 average on the 980 using all Ultra settings except for those settings. Try them! Foliage distance makes almost no noticeable difference unless studying screenshots
I agree about the shadows (I even tried medium and did not see much difference) but I disagree about Foliage distance. The performance difference between uber and high is very big, but it is justified. On high you can easily notice foliage popup at a moderate distance. So it's actually the other way round - it's almost indiscernible on screenshots (because they are static), but very visible when playing the game, especially galloping on a horse. Once I saw the foliage popup on high I was unable to unsee it.
I disagree, the foliage draw distance make a big difference in gameplay as I CANNOT STAND pop up drawing and what not. The shadows I can't seem to get looking good no matter what I do, they have this annoying line between quality and then blurred mess. I never run hairworks , the framerate hit is not worth it
Nvidia vs Nvidia.. but the real truth is even for a 2013 product in 4k Amd isn't far behind with a single gpu. Now the 290x destroy all of them in price/performance then you have the bs about well.. you run into issues with dual cards.. but you can buy 2 titan x! Honestly there is no reason to not have a dual card setup these days.. amd works on every game unless Fucking Nvidia game works gets to it.
It is very possible an overclocked GTX 980 Ti may outperform a stock default GTX TITAN X
This is something where I have to disagree. Your apples to apples charts doesn't show any symptoms of actually hitting the vram wall with 4GB 980, even on Dying Light which is eating up 6GB of memory on TX. If you actually hit the vram wall, you would see single digit numbers on the minimum frame rates on that 980 which isn't happening.At 4K though 4GB of VRAM is clearly not enough. At 4K you want at a MINIMUM 6GB. It is possible though that more may actually help as you start increasing the number of video cards in SLI. 6GB might actually not be enough for some games in 4K when SLI is involved, we will see.
This is something where I have to disagree. Your apples to apples charts doesn't show any symptoms of actually hitting the vram wall with 4GB 980, even on Dying Light which is eating up 6GB of memory on TX. If you actually hit the vram wall, you would see single digit numbers on the minimum frame rates on that 980 which isn't happening.
Memory allocated =! Memory needed
Just my 2 cents
Yes you can get hitching but you ALSO can most certainly dip down to super low framerates when hitting vram wall.Thats not correct. You will never see minimum digit numbers but experience micro stuttering / hitching. The frame drop happens for a nano second which fraps won't tell you but game play experience will be degraded.
Thats not correct. You will never see minimum digit numbers but experience micro stuttering / hitching. The frame drop happens for a nano second which fraps won't tell you but game play experience will be degraded.
Have the display port issues common to the 980 been addressed with this card?
The reference 980 Ti does have dual-link DVI, according to the specifications page and every photo I can find. All the AIB cards I've looked at also come with at least one dual-link DVI output.The reference 980 TI doesn't have a dual link dvi port. DP to Dual Link DVI Adapters are pretty pricey. Are there any 980 TI variants that do have dual link dvi support?
Good review. but at this point i say grab a 1440p 144hz gsync monitor and a 980.and save that $150 -$500 for pascal in the sping.I'm not impressed with any of these cards at 4k.
The reference 980 Ti does have dual-link DVI, according to the specifications page and every photo I can find. All the AIB cards I've looked at also come with at least one dual-link DVI output.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980-ti/specifications
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_980_Ti_SC_Plus/
If this review is accurate, this is currently the quietest non reference design, it also has a backplate, costs only $20 more than reference and is faster than Titan X thanks to factory overclock.
Could someone confirm this is the same card that in the review?
http://www.morele.net/karta-graficz...it-3xdp-hdmi-dvi-i-box-06g-p4-4995-kr-747896/
That looks like the same card in that review.http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_980_Ti_SC_Plus/
If this review is accurate, this is currently the quietest non reference design, it also has a backplate, costs only $20 more than reference and is faster than Titan X thanks to factory overclock.
Could someone confirm this is the same card that in the review?
http://www.morele.net/karta-graficz...it-3xdp-hdmi-dvi-i-box-06g-p4-4995-kr-747896/
That looks like the same card in that review.
I wanted to also throw in that Kitguru's measurements showed the EVGA card only being very slightly quieter during gaming (.1 dBa), but isn't clocked as high as Gigabyte's offering and runs about 3 degrees hotter while gaming.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/gigabyte-gtx980-ti-g1-gaming-review/17/
So the Gigabyte should definitely be considered too if you're looking for a 980 Ti (simply adjust the fan profile, you could probably match EVGA's noise while still getting better temps).