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I'm eying for a GTX980. When can we expect the price to drop by about 20% due to new tech or something? Is this going to happen in the foreseeable future?
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The Geforce 1000 series is coming out this year. Don't know what month. Expect prices to go then.
But I don't know why you'd go for the 980. 970 is a better bet for price per performance.
If you really want that extra 2GB of VRAM then get the 980 Ti. The 980 is in that kind of weird no-man's land between the 970 and 980 Ti and I really don't think the extra $200 price increase from the 970 justifies the extra 5 or 10 frames per second performance gain you'll get.
But I don't know why you'd go for the 980. 970 is a better bet for price per performance.
If you really want that extra 2GB of VRAM then get the 980 Ti. The 980 is in that kind of weird no-man's land between the 970 and 980 Ti and I really don't think the extra $200 price increase from the 970 justifies the extra 5 or 10 frames per second performance gain you'll get.
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Battlefield 4
1,920 x 1,080, DirectX 11, 'Ultra' Settings
980 - min 67 average 88
970 - min 61 average 78
1,920 x 1,080, DirectX 11, 'Ultra' Settings
980 - min 67 average 88
970 - min 61 average 78
Currently I own a 7870 XT. It's still good/okay, but I'm starting to get worried by the 2 GB RAM and money isn't as tight as it used to be.
Reasons I'm focusing the upgrade to the GTX980 is because I want a reasonable upgrade over my current card but I'm not ready to spend a ridiculous amount of money for something I could live without. I'm looking into nVidia mostly because running a cool and efficient card is worth a couple bucks to me.
I'd love the 6GB RAM of a GTX980, but it's by far too expensive. The 500€ for a 980 are already stretching my limit. I'd like to aim for 400€.
A GTX970 seems like a comparably small step up considering it still costs over 300€.
@Oh_man you seemed to have picked a particularly bad example. According to my research, depending on the game the 980 is about 10-20% faster than the 970, depending on the game.
A 970 Ti seems to fit that gap but unfortunately there's no such card. Are there other alternatives? Anything more specific on how long I'd have to wait or if it's even going to be worth it?