GTX 980 thoughts

Mikesamo · Sep 22, 2014

My bad

I should have mentioned that 2x is also good. 4x is a sweet spot . 8x is just overkill

neilpeart · Sep 22, 2014

Man, should I keep my GTX 780 or should I buy a GTX 980?

ninjacore · Sep 22, 2014

You'd be paying about $300 out of pocket after you sold the 780. I don't know if it's worth it.

If you're really interested in it, if start another thread to get a few different perspectives. :thup:

magellan · Sep 22, 2014

When I applied 16xQ CSAA and 8xSSAA (transparency) Doom3 and Quake 4 suffered really bad FPS drops until I maxed out the memory
overclock to 1750Mhz on my GTX 780. When I look at Zotac's Firestorm overclocking utility the memory controller loads get maxed out in both games when running these kinds of AA sampling. This at 1600x1200 resolution and the difference is noticeable, text that was formerly undecipherable became readable.

Brando · Sep 22, 2014

8x at 1440p looks almost perfect. i use the level in tomb raider with all of the zip lines to gauge it. lots of thin curving lines all over the place is the best way to tell as well as chain link fences.

ninjacore · Sep 22, 2014

magellan said:
When I applied 16xQ CSAA and 8xSSAA (transparency) Doom3 and Quake 4 suffered really bad FPS drops until I maxed out the memory
overclock to 1750Mhz on my GTX 780. When I look at Zotac's Firestorm overclocking utility the memory controller loads get maxed out in both games when running these kinds of AA sampling. This at 1600x1200 resolution and the difference is noticeable, text that was formerly undecipherable became readable.

I could see it making more of a difference at lower resolutions (like 1600x1200). At 1440P, the pixel density makes the angles from diagonal lines much less noticeable.

Mikesamo · Sep 22, 2014

ninjacore said:
I could see it making more of a difference at lower resolutions (like 1600x1200). At 1440P, the pixel density makes the angles from diagonal lines much less noticeable.

I agree

theELVISCERATOR · Sep 23, 2014

Well I have been looking at the cards but fired up crisis 3 at 2560x1600 very high with txaa on and got low 50 fps out of my 670 SLI...so cant really see the need yet.

Mikesamo · Sep 23, 2014

That's not a very demanding area. Play in the hydro dam in the bottom. Where there's a hybrid of city and trees.

theELVISCERATOR · Sep 23, 2014

Well it stays there pretty much all the time.. whats the level name there?

Mikesamo · Sep 23, 2014

theELVISCERATOR said:
Well it stays there pretty much all the time.. whats the level name there?

I believe it's root of all evil. It starts at the top of the hydro dam than prophet falls through the elevator and you end up in this area . It's the most demanding part of the game.

Root of All Evil - Crysis 3 Guide - IGN

From the start of the mission, follow Psycho around the side of the building. Eventually, you'll reach a room with a new explosive weapon: R.E.X. Charges.

m.ign.com

EarthDog · Sep 23, 2014

magellan said:
When I applied 16xQ CSAA and 8xSSAA (transparency) Doom3 and Quake 4 suffered really bad FPS drops until I maxed out the memory
overclock to 1750Mhz on my GTX 780. When I look at Zotac's Firestorm overclocking utility the memory controller loads get maxed out in both games when running these kinds of AA sampling. This at 1600x1200 resolution and the difference is noticeable, text that was formerly undecipherable became readable.

Sure, when you are running extremely high AND two types of AA perhaps things gets loaded down.. but those settings are curious at best. Odd how textbecomes readable when all AA does is remove aliasing.

Woomack · Sep 23, 2014

I just thought I will paste this link here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/205593/m...lightning-in-anticipation-of-bigger-chip.html

Bishoff · Sep 23, 2014

Woomack said:
I just thought I will paste this link here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/205593/m...lightning-in-anticipation-of-bigger-chip.html

Nice! I'd bet it's coming sooner rather than later. I'll be ditching my 7970's for the real 980...as long as I can get it with more than 4gb vram

theELVISCERATOR · Sep 23, 2014

Mikesamo said:
I believe it's root of all evil. It starts at the top of the hydro dam than prophet falls through the elevator and you end up in this area . It's the most demanding part of the game.
http://m.ign.com/wikis/crysis-3/Root_of_All_Evil

Bit of a hit as you say, heres a good spot to stand and get a panoramic view, 43 fps. same at the helicopter landing zone.

this new forum is different resizes the pics for you? taken at 2560x1600.

Settings are maxed, except AA is TXAA, for me, its a best combo of fps and AA almost no hit. and wires look non jaggy.

Would be interested in what a single 980 is hitting at that spot, with same res and settings.

Mikesamo · Sep 23, 2014

Yes . I really believe they could better optimize their games for pc . The hardware we have is strong . Very strong. Console ports ..

Mikesamo · Sep 23, 2014

theELVISCERATOR said:
Bit of a hit as you say, heres a good spot to stand and get a panoramic view, 43 fps. same at the helicopter landing zone.

this new forum is different resizes the pics for you? taken at 2560x1600.

Settings are maxed, except AA is TXAA, for me, its a best combo of fps and AA almost no hit. and wires look non jaggy.

Would be interested in what a single 980 is hitting at that spot, with same res and settings.

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Are you capping out your vram with those settings

theELVISCERATOR · Sep 24, 2014

Nope cuz once you do its lag city...running good and smooth no hitches.

Mikesamo · Sep 24, 2014

theELVISCERATOR said:
Nope cuz once you do its lag city...running good and smooth no hitches.

What results are you getting with 8xmsaa

Mikesamo · Sep 24, 2014

I'll leave this here

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-gtx-titan-x-coming/

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