Is the R9 fury or GTX 980ti worth it over a GTX 970 for 3 1080p screens?

[4ktv]

I am thinking about going to 3 1080P screens from the one I have now. My PC specs are:

CPU: i7 920 @ stock 2.6 ghz
RAM: 12GB DDR3 1600mhz
GPU: GTX 580
PSU: 750w Thermaltake bronze 80 rated

I may just do a new build with what ever GPU I buy now later and put it in there, but for now I might need to settle for what is on the market now.

I am talking about the air cooled R9 fury as I know the GTX 980ti is better at $650 than the water cooled Fury X at the same price area.

My card with 3 out puts can only run two 1080P screens thanks to green team not allowing it unless you SLI them. I would be waiting until next year and still might but I kind of want to go with the 3 screen set up.

 

[Rhezner]

i have 3 monitors and a gtx 970 and it will run at 60fps in most games at high - ultra but some games like the witcher 3 hover around 20 - 30 so I would recommend something a bit more powerful depending on what games you play.

 

[Manish Tewari]

I am thinking about going to 3 1080P screens from the one I have now. My PC specs are:

CPU: i7 920 @ stock 2.6 ghz
RAM: 12GB DDR3 1600mhz
GPU: GTX 580
PSU: 750w Thermaltake bronze 80 rated

I may just do a new build with what ever GPU I buy now later and put it in there, but for now I might need to settle for what is on the market now.

I am talking about the air cooled R9 fury as I know the GTX 980ti is better at $650 than the water cooled Fury X at the same price area.

My card with 3 out puts can only run two 1080P screens thanks to green team not allowing it unless you SLI them. I would be waiting until next year and still might but I kind of want to go with the 3 screen set up.

Fury X vs GTX980Ti:

That would be a fairly even match with the 980Ti winning out in the majority of games. Your best money spent would be to buy an AMD Fury card, if you can actually find one in stock. Priced at $550, it is by far the best deal. It will blow away a GTX980 and will give the GTX980Ti a run for it's money at $100 cheaper.

Also Fury X with stacked v ram, would be a better choice.

 

[Rhezner]

i would recommend the 980ti over the furyx due to more memory and it is faster in most games and it overclocks better. It also is usually quieter.

 

[Manish Tewari]

i would recommend the 980ti over the furyx due to more memory and it is faster in most games and it overclocks better. It also is usually quieter.

I totally agree with you here, but here is why i recommended FuryX over 980Ti, for triple FHD screens:

floating point performance
FURY X - 8,602 GFLOPS
GTX980 Ti - 5,632 GFLOPS

shading units

FURY X- 4,096
GTX980 Ti - 2,816


texture mapping units:

FURY X - 256
GTX980 Ti - 176

 

[Rhezner]

usually raw specs dont say much about performance. For example the 290x vs 980

the 290x has 5.6 tflops vs the 980s 4.6
the 290x has 2816 shading units vs the 980s 2048
the 290x has 176 tmu's vs the 980 with 128

but the gtx 980 performs better across the board and I don't think anyone would disagree

 

[ChiefSpartan117]

I'd suggest getting a 980 ti don't get fury x unless you want the super loud pump and poor overclocking capability of the fury x

 

[4ktv]

I'd suggest getting a 980 ti don't get fury x unless you want the super loud pump and poor overclocking capability of the fury x

I know at $650 the water cooled Fury X is a poor value. That isn't what I am asking. I am talking about the air cooled $550 Fury non X for what is not 4k but higher res than 1440P.

Does anyone think using the 4k bench marks is a good way to tell how the GTX 970, GTX 980ti and Fury will do on 3 1080P screens or has anyone done a bench mark with 3 FHD screens?

Or even at under 4k should I be thinking about cross fire or SLI? (In that case I am just getting a GTX 970 and not use all 3 screens for gaming right away all the time.)

Thank you all for your reply's.

 

[ChiefSpartan117]

I'd suggest getting a 980 ti don't get fury x unless you want the super loud pump and poor overclocking capability of the fury x

I know at $650 the water cooled Fury X is a poor value. That isn't what I am asking. I am talking about the air cooled $550 Fury non X for what is not 4k but higher res than 1440P.

Does anyone think using the 4k bench marks is a good way to tell how the GTX 970, GTX 980ti and Fury will do on 3 1080P screens or has anyone done a bench mark with 3 FHD screens?

Or even at under 4k should I be thinking about cross fire or SLI? (In that case I am just getting a GTX 970 and not use all 3 screens for gaming right away all the time.)

Thank you all for your reply's.

With 3 monitors I'd suggest the 980 ti because of the higher vram and I'm guessing that you wouldn't like the AMD interface but I'd get a 980 ti instead of say sli 980/970 which will give you a bit more fps around 10fps more compared to a single 980 ti or fury and you don't have to worry about sli scaling and the extra heat output