Is the GTX 980 worth it?

[djl1010]

My current rig is an i7 3770K with the Gigabyte-Z77-HD4 mobo and 8GB RAM and a gigabyte GTX 770. I bought the 770 only a week ago and decided to return it. I paid 320 and unfortunately I am only getting 240 back because of restocking fees and such. I returned it because I am going to buy a 900 series card and was wondering which one to get. I am not running SLI or anything like that, at least not yet. I do plan on eventually upgrading to haswell or maybe the next gen when it is released. What I would like to know is with all of these new 900 series cards out of stock almost everywhere I look, are they really that good or was there just low supply? If I buy the 970, that leaves me enough money to upgrade my mobo and for a little extra get the new 4790K. would it be better to get the 970 and upgrade to haswell or is it even worth it to upgrade to haswell at all? If not, what is the main reason to go with the 980 over the 970? It seems to me like they can both run any game that is going to be published any time soon and they have the same amount of memory. My main concern is it looks like the newer games are relying more on the vram for uhd and I do have a 4k tv but according to the specs they both support the 4k resolution and i definitely want to be able to take advantage of that. So, would it be in best interest to get the 980 or to save the $200 and get the 970?

 

[millwright]

With the price drop on the R9 290X 4GB, and being almost as good as the GTX 980 4GB. I think the 290X is the best bang for your buck @ $150 less than the 980.

 

[maxalge]

With the price drop on the R9 290X 4GB, and being almost as good as the GTX 980 4GB. I think the 290X is the best bang for your buck @ $150 less than the 980.

The 970 is a bit better than a 290x, 5% slower than a 780 ti.



OP Grab a 980, your current processor is more than up to the task.

 

[geofelt]

If you have the funds, go ahead and buy the GTX980.
Otherwise, you will forever wonder if you should have.

Your cpu is fine for anything you might want to do.
If you are gaming on a single monitor, the GTX980 will be all you need.
If you are looking at gaming on a 4k monitor or triple monitors, that takes serious gpu power.
Dual GTX970 at least to get a playable fps.

And... while one might be able to get 4k resolution out of a TV, none that I know of can do so at over 30fps which is not really suitable for gaming.

 

[millwright]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga

 

[clueless77]

And... while one might be able to get 4k resolution out of a TV, none that I know of can do so at over 30fps which is not really suitable for gaming.

I think this does at least a true 60hz: http://www.vizio.com/p502uib1.html

As more 4k content becomes available and 4k becomes more practical for gaming, that's the probably the tv I'm going to get. I still have a $900 Vizio from back in 2008 that's going strong with no dead pixels, Vizio might not be in the upper tier of brands, but for price and "performance" along with overall quality, they're generally pretty hard to beat.

 

[geofelt]

And... while one might be able to get 4k resolution out of a TV, none that I know of can do so at over 30fps which is not really suitable for gaming.

I think this does at least a true 60hz: http://www.vizio.com/p502uib1.html

As more 4k content becomes available and 4k becomes more practical for gaming, that's the probably the tv I'm going to get. I still have a $900 dollar Vizio from back in 2008 that's going strong with no dead pixels, Vizio might not be in the upper tier of brands, but for price and "performance" along with overall quality, they're generally pretty hard to beat.

I was interested in vizio P series, but it appears that there are some issues with color. Check the forums.
Apparently vizio using hdmi has to reduce the number of color bits presented to get that rate and the results do not look good.

 

[clueless77]

Really? Well that's crappy, but hopefully by the time I actually get one they'll have rectified the issue with a newer series then. At the very least, they're priced competitively and more manufacturers will likely have to follow suit.