First of all, we have GeForce GTX 980 scores with three different clock speeds. We were unable to confirm which clock is is the actual reference clock, so we decided to post all three. However, GTX 980 running at 1127 MHz was our point of reference. I think it’s quite clear now, that GeForce GTX 980 has: 4GB GDDR5 memory, 256 bit bus and 7 GHz memory clock. Today we are adding more info about the core clock. In our chart you can see three speeds: 1127, 1178 and 1190 MHz. It doesn’t really matter which clock you choose, because 1127 MHz were already enough to outperform all current single-gpu high-end cards. Of course, once you add more juice to 780 Ti or 290X you can actually reach GTX 980 performance. However, GTX 980 at 1.19 GHz will not be easy to beat.
Just remember, this is just synthetic scenario, 4k gaming will surely show different results.
GeForce GTX 980 SLI
We also have GTX 980 SLI score. To understand how efficiently SLI connection is operating in high performance Maxwell GPUs, we will compare parts running at the same clock speeds in 1 and 2-GPU configuration. That said, GTX980 SLI at 1178 MHz offers 59.5% scaling, which is average at best. Radeon R9 295X is still faster.
GeForce GTX 970 4GB
According to our data, GTX 970 has a core clock of 1051 MHz. So technically, it shouldn’t be a problem to add extra speed, as we already know that GM204 can easily operate at 1150-1190 frequencies. For such reason, likelihood of GTX 970 beating GTX TITAN or 290X is relatively high.
GTX980 SLI slower than R295 X2 ?
the 970 might be a 200 watt part, hence it would be almost directly comparable to the r9 285...which it would crush if this is true.
GTX980 SLI slower than R295 X2 ?
Also, given that the gtx 980 will have a 256 bit bus with less available memory bandwidth than the 780, titan cards and 780ti, it is not going to scale as well with overclocking like we see comparing a 680/770 to a 780/780ti/titan. So it would almost certainly be slower at anything over 1080p and quite likely even at 1080p with overclocking accounted for.
Weak sauce, if the benchmark is true. I'm assuming this is targeted towards gtx 680 generation of users. Side-grade for 780/780ti. 28nm is really holding back the performance of these cards.
Yeah, Big Maxwell on 16/20nm is shaping up to be the next major upgrade. Looks good from that perspective.Looks good for a mid-range Maxwell, it shows amazing IPC gains since they are on the same node. If the die size is ~300mm2 like Gk104, AMD is going to be in a world of hurt.
Just think about that a bit, a ~300mm2 die on the same node performing the same as the massive GK110 die, with much less power use.
It means big Maxwell is going to pwn hard.
10% faster than 780 TI at GTX 770 power levels. Looks really solid. Everyone here complaining is doing so based on name only. If it was named GTX Z85 then no one would have any room to complain because there would be no naming precedent set (same story with Tonga's R9 285 name). AMD has absolutely no answer to this to speak of on the horizon. Faster, smaller, and way more power efficient than Tahiti.
If it's priced at $499 it will sell great, despite all the complaining going on in this thread. If the GTX 970 is priced at $399, it'll crater AMD's entire product pricing. R290x will have to drop $379 to look competitive and r9 290's to $299. More than likely though, I bet Nvidia prices GTX 980 at $549, GTX 970 at $449, and GTX 960 TI at $349. GK104 will likely get rebadged to GTX 960 at $249 to take on R9 285.