Where are people getting the 980 TI
mythical overclock numbers from?
According to hwbot (~250 submissions) it
reaches 1294 MHz.
The way people keep repeating 1400-1500 MHz is strange if those numbers are true. Please correct me if they are incorrect.
The Titan X does OC very well at
1410 MHz. (2300 submissions!)
It seems like a perpetuated forum myth to me. I would venture a guess that the 980 TI is intentionally limited or binned with worse chips, therefore ensuring that the Titan X does indeed remain on top (even OC vs. OC).
Now my take on the Fury...
AMD deserves props for a few things:
Noise
Heat
AIO cooler. (A considerable expense/bonus for most people)
Power consumption. (Not my thing, but the forum seems infatuated with it)
Essentially matching the best.. (Might not much OC headroom but stock vs. stock is very close)
SFF. (Again an infatuation lately)
4k Crossfire looks
hot (figuratively speaking, need FCAT)
HBM (partially created by them)
If you don't overclock and want reference (say multi card) I'd take it over the ti reference
Where it messed up/lacks:
Performance isn't high enough to decisively win anything (until 4k)
OC is very limited, at least without voltage. Let's see where this shakes out. It won't be thermally limited.
No HDMI 2 (doesn't matter to me, but I can see why it should have it)
And most importantly, price. A little less would have potentially made it an absolute must buy. Either way if it's such of a limited edition it will sell out regardless (apparently).
The Fury will be the card to watch. If it's 95% of the X then it'll be a lot easier decision. The nano will also be interesting, depending on pricing and exact performance.
Luckily I am not in the market at this very moment since I am too busy with other things for a while.