GTX 970 and GTX 980 is officially launched

[blastingcap]

Perf/Watt may be good but in terms of absolute performance, eh, wake me up when 14/16nm FINFET GPUs arrive. My 290 DirectCUII is doing just fine as it is.

 

[dmoney1980]

AMD trying to fight back, Visiontek 290x for $403 on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Prod...g=hardfocom-20

 

[badb0y]

Dat GTX 980 power consumption is blowing my mind.

I'm on a small as SG10 so that's freaking amazing news but is the performance gain enough to warrant an upgrade.....:hmm:

 

[dmoney1980]

crazy overclocking so far. This is on a stock cooler:

By maxing out power the Power and Voltage limits and increasing fan speed to a constant 55% the GTX 980 had no problem running at 1468MHz / 7916MHz with complete stability.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ia-geforce-gtx-980-performance-review-13.html

 

[HurleyBird]

Ok, officially tempted.

 

[96Firebird]

I'm on a small as SG10 so that's freaking amazing news but is the performance gain enough to warrant an upgrade.....:hmm:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ia-geforce-gtx-980-performance-review-12.html

Temps look good...

 

[DarkKnightDude]

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/77884/en-uk

Nvidia 344.11 WHQL drivers are out.

 

[dn7309]

just in case anyone curious, Guru3d got non reference models from gigabyte reviews as well.

 

[Gloomy]

Okay, waaay better than the leaks made it seem. Really awesome cards.

 

[ksheets]

$329 take my damn money now nvidia!!!!!111!

 

[96Firebird]

Did anyone catch what happened to Anandtech's 970? In the conclusion it said they had board problems, but I couldn't find where they mentioned it. Wanted to know if it was problems with the motherboard or the 970's board.

 

[badb0y]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ia-geforce-gtx-980-performance-review-12.html

Temps look good...

Oh my Jesus...

What to do...What to do...

 

[raghu78]

Nvidia obsoletes AMD's entire product line up with one chip - GM204. the GTX 970 is fighting against R9 290X at roughly half the power. the GTX 980 is the undisputed single GPU champ. the GTX 960 when it launches in Oct will own the USD 249 price point (or whatever price point it launches). AMD must be clueless as to how to face this Maxwell GM204 onslaught. This is the first time a single GPU chip will own the entire USD 200 - USD 550 market. At 400 sq mm die size and a mature 28nm process Nvidia's margins will increase to even higher levels. AMD has no response till 2015. The only thing it can do is cut prices. But even then it will lose market share badly. There is no way to fight against a $329 GTX 970. Nvidia has really raised the bar on energy efficiency in a big way. Outstanding Nvidia :thumbsup:

 

[dmoney1980]

just in case anyone curious, Guru3d got non reference models from gigabyte reviews as well.

Yup, and I'm really impressed with the Gigabyte g1 gaming model. under 40db's at full load, low 60 temps at full load as well

edit: oh, and the OC resulted in a boost clock over 1500 mhz!

 

[rolodomo]

Think about how many people will buy dual 970s if they are $330 a pop vs. skip both 970s entirely if they are $400? The drastic increase in demand and sales volume could compensate for slightly lower margins.

Looks like Nvidia's A-team in sales and marketing is working this launch, plus, as others have mentioned, Nvidia must be anticipating that the GPU(s) won't be supply-limited at this price.

Congrats to everyone in the market for a significant GPU upgrade at this time! Good times.

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Yeah that $330 dollar 970 will be hard to beat for value.

 

[Vesku]

Nvidia obsoletes AMD's entire product line up with one chip - GM204. the GTX 970 is fighting against R9 290X at roughly half the power. the GTX 980 is the undisputed single GPU champ. the GTX 960 when it launches in Oct will own the USD 249 price point (or whatever price point it launches). AMD must be clueless as to how to face this Maxwell GM204 onslaught. This is the first time a single GPU chip will own the entire USD 200 - USD 550 market. At 400 sq mm die size and a mature 28nm process Nvidia's margins will increase to even higher levels. AMD has no response till 2015. The only thing it can do is cut prices. But even then it will lose market share badly. There is no way to fight against a $329 GTX 970. Nvidia has really raised the bar on energy efficiency in a big way. Outstanding Nvidia :thumbsup:

I think the overall impact depends on whether AMD has product scheduled for a pre-November launch and, if so, how it compares. It is great to see aggressive *70 series pricing from Nvidia, regardless. If AMD doesn't have anything competitive scheduled until next year it's going to be a rough ~6 months for their GPU division.

 

[Silverforce11]

Its out in retail channels here in AUS, exactly same price as 780 & 780ti that its replacing.

970 = ~$520 and 980 = $800.

Ridiculous compared to the USA prices. heh

 

[Termie]

It's party time, folks! This is serious performance at reasonable prices, and every video card on the market over $250 is obsolete.

Remains to be seen whether AMD, board partners, and retailers can react fast enough to keep Radeons relevant. And while some vendors had been blowing out the 780 for a while now (Asus was most aggressive with its prices), the remaining stock is worthless now. No way can they be sold for a price low enough to recapture costs.

Edit - from HardOCP: "In addition to the movement in price for the GTX 760, NVIDIA has explained to us that the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, and GeForce GTX 770 are going discontinued as of this launch."

Source: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014...eforce_gtx_980_video_card_review#.VBudgvldWHA

 

[HurleyBird]

I'm thinking I'll pick up a GTX 970. Even if way better 20nm cards come out sooner than later, it will be hard to regret the purchase given the asking price. Maybe spend $500 on a 2nd generation 20nm card once those are out. I feel kind of sorry for AMD right now -- good luck selling Tonga against this. Hopefully GCN 2 also has huge perf/watt advances but I'm doubtful.

 

[artivix]

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014...rce_gtx_980_video_card_review/12#.VBubMfldXGJ
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Performance not so strong with ultra settings including BF4 or behind in like Crysis 3 at 3840x2160 with "Medium" quality and also behind in Tomb Raider at 3840x2160.

 

[dmoney1980]

 

[Attic]

Good times.

 

[Abwx]

Nvidia obsoletes AMD's entire product line up with one chip - GM204. the GTX 970 is fighting against R9 290X at roughly half the power. the GTX 980 is the undisputed single GPU champ. the GTX 960 when it launches in Oct will own the USD 249 price point (or whatever price point it launches). AMD must be clueless as to how to face this Maxwell GM204 onslaught. This is the first time a single GPU chip will own the entire USD 200 - USD 550 market. At 400 sq mm die size and a mature 28nm process Nvidia's margins will increase to even higher levels. AMD has no response till 2015. The only thing it can do is cut prices. But even then it will lose market share badly. There is no way to fight against a $329 GTX 970. Nvidia has really raised the bar on energy efficiency in a big way. Outstanding Nvidia :thumbsup:

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[dmoney1980]

GTX 970 SLI: