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Nvidia $500 Nvidia BUY • $211 ▲ 6528,500 ▼ Superseded by the GTX 1080 »  $500 

Release date: Q3 2014.

970 980 980-Ti VS BenchYourGPU ▲ 7875,061 ▼ Superseded by the RTX 2070 »  BUY • $211 

Release date: Q2 2016.

1070 1070-Ti 1080 1080-Ti Effective Speed  +35% Real World Speed Performance profile from 2,036,074 user samples Benchmark your GPU here 245,908 User BenchmarksGreat bench: 28% MSI(1462 3170)Poor bench: 22% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB Poor: 22% Great: 28% SPEED RANK: 122nd / 453 1,790,166 User BenchmarksGreat bench: 36% Gigabyte(1458 3701)Poor bench: 31% Asus(1043 8598) Poor: 31% Great: 36% SPEED RANK: 101st / 453

Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed

24.9 %

33.5 %

Much faster effective speed.+35%

Average Score  +31%

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	73.5 fps	98.8 fps	Much better lighting effects.+34%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	86 fps	113 fps	Much better reflection handling.+31%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	75.7 fps	93.2 fps	Faster multi rendering.+23%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	72.4 fps	97.2 fps	Much faster NBody calculation.+34%

Overclocked Score  +32%

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	83.4 fps	110 fps	Much better peak lighting effects.+32%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	113 fps	159 fps	Much better peak reflection handling.+41%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	79.3 fps	96.9 fps	Faster peak multi rendering.+22%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	78.9 fps	105 fps	Much faster peak NBody calculation.+33%

Game FPS  +17%

CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	183 Fps	193 Fps	Slightly Better CSGO Fps.+5%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	105 Fps	121 Fps	Better Fortnite Fps.+15%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	70 Fps	80 Fps	Better PUBG Fps.+14%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	61 Fps	78 Fps	Better GTAV Fps.+28%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	191 Fps	202 Fps	Slightly Better LoL Fps.+6%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	104 Fps	115 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps.+11%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	74 Fps	95 Fps	Better BF1 Fps.+29%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	60 Fps	81 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.+34%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	207 Fps	253 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps.+22%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	136 Fps	145 Fps	Slightly Better DOTA 2 Fps.+7%
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	75 Fps	89 Fps	Better WoW Fps.+18%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	111 Fps	128 Fps	Better WoT Fps.+16%

Value & Sentiment  +295% Market Share Based on 71,759,255 GPUs tested See market share leaders

Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.12 %	1.18 %	Hugely higher market share.+883%
Value Value For Money	11.8 %	37.6 %	Hugely better value.+219%
User Rating UBM User Rating	65 %	78 %	More popular.+20%
Price Price (score)	$500	$211	Much cheaper.+58%

Nice To Haves  +34%

Age Newest	135 Months	114 Months	More recent.+16%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	82.1 fps	109 fps	Much better peak texture detail.+33%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	71 fps	102 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting.+44%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	74.3 fps	98.8 fps	Much better texture detail.+33%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	65.7 fps	96.1 fps	Much faster complex splatting.+46%

Conclusion  Average Bench 24.9% Average Bench 33.5%

The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. [Sep '14 GPUPro]

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The GTX 1070 is Nvidia’s second graphics card (after the 1080) to feature the new 16 nm Pascal architecture. As a result of the die shrink from 28 to 16 nm, Pascal based cards are more energy efficient than their predecessors. The GTX 1070 is rated at just 150 Watts. In terms of performance the gap between the flagship 1080 and 1070 averages 25%. Both GPUs have 8GB of DDR5 and although they share the same processing core (GP104), the 1070 has 25% of its resources disabled. Comparing performance between the 1070 and legendary GTX 970 shows that the newer 1070 wins by a whopping 50%. The GTX 1070 has only just hit the market so, at least for the time being, prices are significantly over the Founders Edition MSRP of $450 but Nvidia have stated that they expect third party cards to sell from $379 at which time the 1070 will likely dominate as the value for money leader. [Jun '16 GPUPro]

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• Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (156)

• Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (2,387)
• Asus Z170-A (1,469)
• MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (1,325)
• MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (1,245)
• Asus PRIME Z270-A (1,239)
• Alienware Aurora R7 (1,183)
• MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (1,027)

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X $194	Nvidia RTX 5060 $284	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $204
Intel Core i5-14600K $246	Nvidia RTX 5060-Ti $350	WD Black SN8100 M.2 2TB $259
Intel Core i7-14700K $358	Nvidia RTX 5070 $540	WD Black SN8100 M.2 4TB $435

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