GTX 980 ti showing 4GB on Heaven Benchmark.

[sniper2606]

Alright so today i finally received my EVGA 980 ti SC. I went from a 780 SC SLI.

I tried the Extreme test and Heaven shows (4095MB) x1 but the card has 6GB? I checked GPU-z and it shows 6GB. Not too concerned there just wanna know whats going on.

My main question and concern:

My GTX 780 SC SLI on extreme test gave me the following results:

I'm OC to 4.5 Watercooled, system not showing that.

FPS: 120.6
Score: 3039
Min FPS: 33.6
Max FPS: 221.6

Platform:
Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz (3499MHz) x4
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 9.18.13.5012 (3072MB) x2

Now i ran the 980 ti

FPS: 111.2
Score: 2802
Min FPS: 9.2
Max FPS: 219.7

Platform:
Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz (3499MHz) x4
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 9.18.13.5306 (4095MB) x1

Ok so i knew from the get go that my 780 SC SLI was a bit more powerful than the 980 TI but really min FPS 9.2? compare to Min 33.6? i mean i know the 780 has more raw power but damn the 980 made me look terrible and making me regret the purchase, seems like a downgrade more than anything. Of course this is just the Benchmark, all the games i been playing (GTA v, AC unity,wolf,BF4, witchers) all made a huge jumped from the 780 SLI, i can maxed everything now playing at 1440p.

But again, did i downgrade sort of speak?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

It appears that the 780s in SLI outperformed the 980 Ti. Unless you're going to run two 980 Tis in SLI, then it's a downgrade as far as fps performance is concerned.

 

[clonazepam]

Well the 780s in SLI are probably sitting at an idle speed around 400 Mhz, whereas the 980 Ti is sitting at 135 Mhz, I'm assuming. You could graph out the frames per second with something like MSI afterburner to see where that 9 fps is.

 

[geofelt]

Benchmarks do not tell the whole story.
All tests will have a few occasional high frame times. What counts is if their frequency or duration is excessive.

Go with your experience showing better performance in YOUR games.
I would expect smoother gameplay across the board.

 

[sniper2606]

Benchmarks do not tell the whole story.
All tests will have a few occasional high frame times. What counts is if their frequency or duration is excessive.

Go with your experience showing better performance in YOUR games.
I would expect smoother gameplay across the board.

Yes i agree.

All my games now especially GTA v and AC unity are well over the 60 and 90 FPS, all maxed out, very smooth.

That 6GB is a nice upgrade from the 780 3GB

 

[alucardxva]

Man ever since my upgrade to the 980 TI from my 780 SLI setup i havent looked back. SLI is a waste of time an money. an is supported badly, in most cases. I am big on high FPS an ULTRA settings, especially Navidia only Tech like hairworks. I can now run hair works max with 8xAA an everything else maxed out. only think i have on high an not ultra is shadows an population.. Was getting around 45 an 30 FPS on my SLI an now i am getting 55 to 60 over all. That an the 900 series will get a boost with DX 12 not sure how much but it could only be good.... I would say that it is not a Down grade not when your getting better performance.