GTX 670 to a GTX 980ti

[dias_flac_0g]

Hi i'm planning on upgrading my GTX 670 to a 980 ti but i'm wondering if it's a big improvement? I've searched on google but couldn't really find any benchmarks with the gtx 670 vs 980ti.

The 980ti is an expensive card so I want to make sure that it's an improvement over my single 670.

Helpful comments will be appreciated :)

[zombie cat]

if i were you, i'd wait for the next generation of cards (pascal) and see the new x70 that will be much cheaper than the 980ti. i have a 670 as well. its still a good card for 1080p with some settings lowered for more demanding games.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes definite improvement; especially moving forward with 1440p and such.

GTX 580 vs 980 Ti
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1444?vs=1496

GTX 680 vs 980 Ti
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1494?vs=1496

GTX 780 vs 980 Ti
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1493?vs=1496

[SundownKid]

It will be a big improvement but pointless to spend the money if you are gaming on a 1080p/60FPS screen.

[initiaLiSeD]

On average it will be double the performance assuming you have a decent CPU.

670 is similar to 580, 760 or 950 performance

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Pascal is more then year away. GTX 980 Ti is best card currently out there and quite large upgrade to your GTX 670. GTX 670 is currently same level as modern GTX 960.

[dias_flac_0g]

Wow! looking at the links that Bad-Motha posted I will see a huge improvement. I think it's definately worth it if the improvement is that big.

I'm mainly playing a heavily modded skyrim atm with tons of texture mods, lightning mods, clutter mods etc etc.

Even at 1080p my GTX 670 struggles with it. I would love 60fps at all times. It's really annoying when it starts getting all choppy and stuttery.

I have a good cpu so it shouldn't bottleneck it. It's a 4790K that's OCed to 4.6 I built this PC in feb 2015. Everything is new, but I kept my 670 from 3 years ago. Another game that I really love is The Evil Within and this game also doesn't maintain 60fps on my 670. Sometimes it does but a lot of time's it drops.

I know that getting a 650 dollar card for a couple of games may seem "dumb" but I love skyrim and it looks amazing with my mods it's a beautiful game unfortunately my 670 can't handle 60fps with my current mods and settings.

That said thank you for all the helpful comments I didn't know the performance gap would be so huge now i'm excited to buy one it def seems worth it for sure!

[SundownKid]

dias_flac_0g の投稿を引用：

I'm mainly playing a heavily modded skyrim atm with tons of texture mods, lightning mods, clutter mods etc etc.

Even at 1080p my GTX 670 struggles with it. I would love 60fps at all times. It's really annoying when it starts getting all choppy and stuttery.

That's more likely due to the VRAM than the actual GPU power.

In all likelihood, a GTX 970 will give you no stutter while costing far less. (it has 4GB VRAM compared to 2GB on the 670)

A 980 Ti is massive overkill for 1080/60FPS.

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[Azza ☠]

^ As SundownKid already mentioned.

GTX 980 Ti is seriously overkill - only get that if planning to upgrade your monitor to 1440p resolution.

At 1080p - you will find GTX 970 is well optimized for very high to ultra settings.

A single GTX 970 will deliver you around 35-65% more performance than your current GTX 670. About as good as 2 x 670s in SLI.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-670/2577vs2181

The real question: Is your GTX 670 the standard 2GB, or a 4GB model?

[dias_flac_0g]

I have the 2gb model. I know this is an issue when having a heavily modded skyrim but I just deal with it.

Im sure the 970 is a good gpu, but the whole 3.5gbs of ram issue has made me discard that as a possible upgrade.

On another important note, I would like a very strong card because I want it to be future proof. Once I get my new GPU I don't wanna touch this pc anymore when it comes to upgrades. I want it to last me atleast 4 years after getting the new GPU. I don't upgradeevery year or very 2 years. So if this PC can last me 4-5 years with solid 60fps gaming on old and brand new titles I will be very happy. I'm in it for the long run. Games will just get more demanding as the yeas go by even if it's only 1080p. I mean look at the witcher 3 a 980ti can max it out on 1080p but not so on 1440p or 4K if you want the true rock solid 60fps at maxed out settings then 1080p seems to be the way to go.

I like to play games with everything maxed out, thats the reason I became a PC gamer from console. I don't wanna sacrifice certain settings to maintain 60fps. That's not why I moved to PC from consoles I hope you guys understand ^-^

The 980ti may seem OP for games now at 1080p but future games will only get more demanding and demand even more VRAM. If you see it my way you'll see that for 4-5 years it will be a good investment.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Nothing wrong with a GTX 970 for 1080p/60 FPS
And a 980 Ti will not last you that long. You could have gone a similar route back when GTX 670 was brand new, by going with 2x GTX 680 for the sake of saying "I want future proofing" and even with those 2x 680, you'd still be in the same boat as you are now. And while the 2x 680 would get u by a little longer than a single 670, not really that much longer. Maybe til around Spring 2016 if u lucky, and depending on what all you were looking to get out of the system.

I'd go the cheaper route with GTX 970 if your aim is really to stay at around 1080p for a while longer, then upgrade the GPU as needed when Pascal arrives. At the very least, go with an EVGA GTX 970 now and register it when u get it. Do your tests and see how u like it, if it really is not enough for you, take the route of using EVGA's Step-Up Program to go get a better GPU.

[SundownKid]

dias_flac_0g の投稿を引用：

I have the 2gb model. I know this is an issue when having a heavily modded skyrim but I just deal with it.

Im sure the 970 is a good gpu, but the whole 3.5gbs of ram issue has made me discard that as a possible upgrade.

It doesn't have 3.5GB of RAM, it has 4GB of RAM. .5 is slower but it's not nonexistent. The GPU is still a good value.

[dias_flac_0g]

To be fair my 670 did last me about 4 years. It will be 4 years next year in feb. I mean not only did it last me almost 4 years it even made it into my brand new rig and to be fair it still performs honorable. Though not exactly how I would want it to in newer games but you get my point.

If my single 670 last me this long, there's no reason my 980ti isn't. But hey only time will tell. Also comparing the sli 680 to a a single GPU isn't fair because as far as I know having a single GPU will always be better and far more stable. Sure sli gives you more fps but at the cost of less stability (from what i've read never had sli before) and it also depends on the games themselves since some games hate sli and don't scale well. That's why single gpu for me only.

Lastly on a cosmetic point of view I can't wait to get a new gpu because my current GPU has a blue pcb haha (it's the galexy gtx 670 oc) so it looks terrible with my new rig seeing as everything else is black with a touch of red. My case is a Corsair 450D with a very big side window so it shows everything lol.

Anyways, I made up my mind and I know what i'm getting. Thank you again for all the helpful comments. I appreciate it ^_^

[Azza ☠]

SundownKid の投稿を引用：

dias_flac_0g の投稿を引用：

I have the 2gb model. I know this is an issue when having a heavily modded skyrim but I just deal with it.

Im sure the 970 is a good gpu, but the whole 3.5gbs of ram issue has made me discard that as a possible upgrade.

It doesn't have 3.5GB of RAM, it has 4GB of RAM. .5 is slower but it's not nonexistent. The GPU is still a good value.

Actually the real facts to what happened...

GTX 970 is the rebuild/replacement card of the older GTX 780.

It was originally designed to have 3GB video memory.

During late development, they decided to throw in an extra 1GB. However, 0.5GB is from a slower memory pool as just final reserves (used very last).

They thought customers would be thrilled with the extra freebee added. However, marketing got it wrong in labelling the graphics card as a full 4GB.

At 1080p resolutions, even on ultra texture, you shouldn't run into this slower memory pool. However, I personally would never recommend the GTX 970 for higher resolutions which would use over 3.5GB video memory, such as 1440p, UltraHD 4K, or... DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) which is something Geforce Experience can add it, forcing games to run at higher resolutions then downsample to what the monitor can actually support.

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As you say, if you're more happy with the purchase of a GTX 980 or 980 Ti, go for it as future proofing purpose. Some GTX 970 cards can run just as fast at 1080p, but will choke when you upgrade the monitor to 1440p (which you might plan to do later on down the track). At 1440p the GTX 980 really starts to shine and show off it's true performance.

They are serious beasts. You won't go wrong.

[Pixels]

Dude it will be a humungous improvement. I went from 2x GTX 670 FTW SLI to GTX 980 Ti and i was so amazed at the improvement that I bought a second one (for 4k). I don't even know why you would hesitate, you won't regret it I promise.