so how hot is this?
like San Antonino in July or Chernobyl hot?
Asking because im in the market for a new card
With the combined
$25 off $200 Newegg Amex deal, it would have made the card $575, with free NV game bundle. Probably one of the best deals for a flagship card this generation so far. Something to keep in mind though is the 980Ti is more than 5 months old now and the next generation should have the biggest changes for GPUs in a while:
1) New node: 16nm/FinFET
2) GDDR5X or HBM memory (should be 75-150% bandwidth increase)
3) New architectures from both AMD (GCN 2.0) and NV (Pascal).
The last time we had something similar to this, NV's 680 beat 580 by 35%, while 780TI doubled the performance of a 580. Also, recall $700 780Ti --> $330 970 in just 10 months with just a new architecture, on the same node.
If looking at the current market in isolation, $575 980Ti is a great deal. If being slightly forward looking, a $599 16nm card will wipe the floor with a 980Ti, have superior feature set, and guaranteed driver focus (see Kepler vs. Maxwell in the last 15 months).