Which GTX 980 Ti Graphic Card?

dane565 on 26/08/2015 - 21:47

So basically money isn't an issue, I'm looking at getting a Geforce Gtx 980ti graphics card but I am struggling to decide which one to get.

I'm undecided between these two:
-Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti STRIX DirectCU III Gaming OC 6GB Video Card
-EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ 6GB Video Card

I have no idea what the difference is between all the 980 ti graphic cards, so any advice is much appreciated. If it helps this is the build I currently am putting together.

  • Samsung 250GB SSD 850 EVO
  • Gigabyte Z97M-D3H Z97,LGA1150,4DDR3-1600,RAID,PCIE3.0,SATA6Gb,REALTEK 8111F-VL GbE,USB3.0,HDMI,DVI-D
  • Intel Core i7 4790K Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz Unlocked CPU Processor
  • eVGA 220-G2-0750-XR 750W G2 80+ Gold Full Modular Power Supply
  • Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R 1600MHz Dimm, Unbuffered, 9-9-9-24, Vengeance Pro Red H
  • NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Red/Black CA-H440W-M1
  • TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 - 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter
  • Western Digital RED Pro NAS WD3001FFSX 3TB 64M SATA 6GB/s x 2 for RAID 1
Computing

Comments

  • IceCreamBandit on 26/08/2015 - 21:54

    I have no idea what the difference is between all the 980 ti graphic cards

    Manufacturers (ASUS/EVGA/Gigabyte etc) like to use their own coolers as they are normally better than the stock cooler and there are also differences in clock speeds. Just had a quick look and it seemed that out of the two cards you listed, the ASUS one was slightly faster. You can of course overclock the cards yourself even more but those speeds will have been tested to be stable.

    Western Digital RED Pro NAS WD3001FFSX 3TB 64M SATA 6GB/s x 2 for RAID 1

    Any reason you're going for a NAS drive? Not super knowledgeable about HDDs but WD Green and Black I believe are generally considered normal usage. Green is more value based (more GB per dollar) whereas the Black is more about performance.

    • rdx on 26/08/2015 - 22:52

      The red pro's are probably overkill, better to go for the regular Red drives.
      I don't trust black drives as I've had so many fail on me over the years

  • dane565 on 26/08/2015 - 22:11
    +1

    Ah okay thanks for that, Im more leaning towards the ASUS now and I have swapped the RED to Black now as you just informed me about that and I read a few articles on it. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

  • rdx on 26/08/2015 - 22:57
    +1

    Here's a hint, go for a better motherboard in the full ATX size. Trust me, it is in every way better. Try maybe a Asus VII Ranger, MSI Z97 Gaming 5, Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H.

  • KaTst3R on 26/08/2015 - 23:12

    Isn't Skylake already out for retail sales in the US? It should reach Australia anytime soon. I mean your system is still a beast but doesnt it make sense to get the newer option given the reports of how easily the 6700k processor can be overclocked. I read on some websites it can go close to 5ghz on air cooling.

    • rdx on 26/08/2015 - 23:26
      -1

      the i5-6600K is available, but the i7-6700K isnt available yet.

      • Jemz on 27/08/2015 - 15:29

        both are out in AUS

  • Organised Chaos on 27/08/2015 - 09:13

    If you're after performance, I've had the 4790k running at 4.7 gig air cooled using an F3 cooler on a gaming 5 board quite comfortably. Grab an M.2 250GB card instead of your 250GB SSD, yes it uses 2 SATA slots but has a transfer rate 10Gbps rather that 6Gbps of SATA 3. It does mean that youre limited to 4 SATA slots instead of 6 but grab a PCIE to SATA adapter for $15-25, use the 8x slot for this, leave the graphics card in the 16x and you're golden. Unless you're going to SLI link your graphics cards, when/if you get a second, then you are not going to have any issues. Even then you can move the adapter to the 4x and use it for your optical drive, no real drama.
    Anyone see any issues with this setup?

  • Jemz on 27/08/2015 - 15:35

    I have a Gigabyte G1 980ti and it is an absolute overclocking monster!, I've got it on a stable 1.55GHZ OC and it's super quiet.

    Running it with an old i7 2600 OC'd to 4.2Ghz with a Hyper 212X cooler, Ancient (2011) ASUS board, 16GB Gskill Ram, 850 pro 256 GB SSD, Old WD 1TB Black with a Toughpower 650 gold PSU. All in a Corsair Spec 01 case.

    Can run Witcher 3 on Ultra (Hairworks off an AA off) at 4k and get a solid 40-45 FPS

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