Buy 980ti or wait for Pascal?

[Soger7]

Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my current build.
What I would like to know is if I should just buy 2x 980ti's (or whatever they're called) or wait for Nvidia's next architecture to launch.
If I bought the 980ti's would they be able to use DX12 when it launches?

Thank you.

 

[babernet_1]

I'd get the Skylake and two of those 980ti's. I believe they are simply Titan X's with only 6GB memory. I'd get a build like below. Just replace the CPU with an I7 Skylake and the motherboard with a Skylake one and replace the 980's with 980ti's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($389.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($132.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2524.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-02 03:22 EDT-0400

 

[Soger7]

I'd get the Skylake and two of those 980ti's. I believe they are simply Titan X's with only 6GB memory. I'd get a build like below. Just replace the CPU with an I7 Skylake and the motherboard with a Skylake one and replace the 980's with 980ti's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($389.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($132.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2524.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-02 03:22 EDT-0400

Thanks for the quick reply.

I currently have an i5-4670k, would that bottleneck the two cards? If so, I might as well just try to sell my current PC and then just buy what you wrote.

 

[babernet_1]

I'd get the Skylake and two of those 980ti's. I believe they are simply Titan X's with only 6GB memory. I'd get a build like below. Just replace the CPU with an I7 Skylake and the motherboard with a Skylake one and replace the 980's with 980ti's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($389.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($132.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2524.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-02 03:22 EDT-0400

Thanks for the quick reply.

I currently have an i5-4670k, would that bottleneck the two cards? If so, I might as well just try to sell my current PC and then just buy what you wrote.

Games are just starting to use the hyperthreading. Also games are just starting to need more than 8GB of memory depending on what all else you are doing. Skylake should be coming out in August if you can wait that long. It would be worthwhile I would think.

 

[Soger7]

Okay, thank you. Will I be able to use my i5-4670k for the 2x 980ti's while I wait for Skylake or will it bottleneck too much?

 

[khyeviral]

Okay, thank you. Will I be able to use my i5-4670k for the 2x 980ti's while I wait for Skylake or will it bottleneck too much?

Not at all, this CPU is just fine. When Skylake comes along and you want to upgrade, just change the CPU/Mobo combo.

 

[renz496]

Any maxwell v2 should have full support for dx12. What is your current GPU? You can wait for pascal if you can hold on for more than a year.....

 

[yeskay]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.
What I would like to know is if I should just buy 2x 980ti's (or whatever they're called) or wait for Nvidia's next architecture to launch.
If I bought the 980ti's would they be able to use DX12 when it launches?

Thank you.

Get the 980Ti now and yes it supports DX12. The NVIDIA's PASCAL cards are expected only at end of 2016 or early 2017.

Your i5 processor has plenty of fire power left in it and 8GB of RAM is still the sweet spot, will serve you well at least till PASCAL cards come out..

Games that make use of Hyper Threading is still in its nascent stage. No need to panic whatsoever.

So in the end, get only the GPU single GTX 980 Ti or GTX 980 Ti SLI, as per your budget. No other upgrade required.

Your i5 can handle GTX 980 Ti / GTX 980 Ti SLI fine.

Cheers!

 

[Soger7]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.
What I would like to know is if I should just buy 2x 980ti's (or whatever they're called) or wait for Nvidia's next architecture to launch.
If I bought the 980ti's would they be able to use DX12 when it launches?

Thank you.

Get the 980Ti now and yes it supports DX12. The NVIDIA's PASCAL cards are expected only at end of 2016 or early 2017.

Your i5 processor has plenty of fire power left in it and 8GB of RAM is still the sweet spot, will serve you well at least till PASCAL cards come out..

Games that make use of Hyper Threading is still in its nascent stage. No need to panic whatsoever.

So in the end, get only the GPU single GTX 980 Ti or GTX 980 Ti Crossfire, as per your budget. No other upgrade required.

Your i5 can handle GTX 980 Ti / GTX 980 Ti SLI fine.

Cheers!

Thank you very much! Just what I wanted to know.

 

[Soger7]

Any maxwell v2 should have full support for dx12. What is your current GPU? You can wait for pascal if you can hold on for more than a year.....

I currently have an MSI GTX 770

 

[yeskay]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.
What I would like to know is if I should just buy 2x 980ti's (or whatever they're called) or wait for Nvidia's next architecture to launch.
If I bought the 980ti's would they be able to use DX12 when it launches?

Thank you.

Get the 980Ti now and yes it supports DX12. The NVIDIA's PASCAL cards are expected only at end of 2016 or early 2017.

Your i5 processor has plenty of fire power left in it and 8GB of RAM is still the sweet spot, will serve you well at least till PASCAL cards come out..

Games that make use of Hyper Threading is still in its nascent stage. No need to panic whatsoever.

So in the end, get only the GPU single GTX 980 Ti or GTX 980 Ti Crossfire, as per your budget. No other upgrade required.

Your i5 can handle GTX 980 Ti / GTX 980 Ti SLI fine.

Cheers!

Thank you very much! Just what I wanted to know.

You're welcome! And also before you get the GTX 980 Ti, the new 300 series cards from AMD with HBM memory will be in the market. So you'll will be in a better position to compare the GTX 980 Ti with 300 series high end card and go for the right one.

Cheers!

 

[yeskay]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.
What I would like to know is if I should just buy 2x 980ti's (or whatever they're called) or wait for Nvidia's next architecture to launch.
If I bought the 980ti's would they be able to use DX12 when it launches?

Thank you.

Get the 980Ti now and yes it supports DX12. The NVIDIA's PASCAL cards are expected only at end of 2016 or early 2017.

Your i5 processor has plenty of fire power left in it and 8GB of RAM is still the sweet spot, will serve you well at least till PASCAL cards come out..

Games that make use of Hyper Threading is still in its nascent stage. No need to panic whatsoever.

So in the end, get only the GPU single GTX 980 Ti or GTX 980 Ti SLI, as per your budget. No other upgrade required.

Your i5 can handle GTX 980 Ti / GTX 980 Ti SLI fine.

Cheers!

Thank you very much! Just what I wanted to know.

 

[renz496]

If nvidia do things similar with maxwell we probably see low end pascal in the form of GP107 early next year. Of course it probably depends on how soon TSMC can be ready with their 16nm FinFet as well. But i think nvidia can't really afford to be late with Pascal either for one critical reason: HPC. Right now for HPC nvidia still rely heavily on kepler since they ditch DP with maxwell. Hawaii already superior than GK110 in term of DP although it seems in term of compute efficiency (not to be confused with power efficiency) kepler seems doing better. And with the new card launch from AMD nvidia have to fight that with the aging kepler architecture. On other side there were also intel which seems going more and more momentum with their xeon phi. Nvidia already won 2 supercomputer contract but the recently announce supercomputer contract win by intel (don't really remember the name, i think it was Aurora) should be able to rival the performance of supercomputer build with nvidia (and IBM) system.

 

[klepp0906]

And your 770 already supports dx12

 

[Starman_63]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.

Not sure why you needed to include the fact that you came into a lot of money. We really don't care. Hope you feel better about yourself. But those are things you should keep to yourself.

 

[klepp0906]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.

Not sure why you needed to include the fact that you came into a lot of money. We really don't care. Hope you feel better about yourself. But those are things you should keep to yourself.

Someone is jelly

 

[Soger7]

Hi, I've recently acquired a lot of money, so I'm planning to upgrade my current build.

Not sure why you needed to include the fact that you came into a lot of money. We really don't care. Hope you feel better about yourself. But those are things you should keep to yourself.

Why the fuck does such a small detail annoy you?

 

[Starman_63]

Someone is jelly

Not sure what "Jelly" means. But if it means not caring that someone came into a lot of money to buy new gear then I'm Jelly. I don't mention that I make 6 figures when I ask about gear I'm going to buy. It makes the person look like a jelly turd.

 

[babernet_1]

Chill everyone. Moderators on this site are pretty harsh. Jelly means jealous.

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[Soger7]

There I edited it. Happy now? Or do you still want to cry?

 

[cst1992]

Why are you being rude? It's basic etiquette to not tell people something they don't need to know.
Anyways, get a single 980Ti. I have recently seen FireStrike scores of dual 980Ti's with a i7 4790k and I only saw about 20% improvement in benchmarks. If you want, you can always upgrade later.