The GTX 980, which is better?

[MontyInHD]

Looking at 3 main graphics cards for my new PC build aiming for 1440p, please tell me which is better as this is becoming a nightmare to choose.

MSI Seahawk 980 Ti

GTX 980 Ti Hybrid ( manual overclock to around 1500 MHz)

Update : MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (For SLI)

I'm looking for the card with the best FPS and all round good quality on higher resolutions

Thanks for all help provided

 

[Moldoror]

For 1440p any 980Ti can be enough, if you want a OC to make the best i suggest GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Water Cooling

 

[MontyInHD]

For 1440p any 980Ti can be enough, if you want a OC to make the best i suggest GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Water Cooling

Do you think you could link me the website?

 

[junkeymonkey]

well with evga there there for you there hybrid vcard uses a cooler and pump designed for a gpu not a cpu converted to work on a gpu ..

also if the seahawks unit goes down latter in life are they going to honoe it [msi] or just tell you go to corsair and deal with them now ??

the seahawk been out of stock for a real long time now maybe due to all the lawsuit's by Asetek' and put a end to that deal quick ?

evga is covered on all that and not affected

''The cooler’s layout underneath the shroud departs quite drastically from MSI’s Sea Hawk. Whereas MSI has used Corsair’s CPU-centric H55 AIO (basically Asetek’s 550LC), EVGA has decided to utilize a version of the GPU-specific Asetek 740LC. The visual differences between the two are minor at best but internally the 740LC has a contact plate specifically designed for GPU cores, something the H55 lacks due to its CPU cooling roots''

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/70502-evga-gtx-980-ti-hybrid-review.html

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2128-msi-sea-hawk-gtx-980-ti-review-and-benchmark

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/70463-msi-gtx-980-ti-sea-hawk-review.html

ya, that ol'seahawk looks like a done deal ? may of been good wile it lasted ??

also the evga hybrid has sold for like 689$ at newegg from time to tims and I think its selling at amazon for that now ?/

 

[MontyInHD]

well with evga there there for you there hybrid vcard uses a cooler and pump designed for a gpu not a cpu converted to work on a gpu ..

also if the seahawks unit goes down latter in life are they going to honoe it [msi] or just tell you go to corsair and deal with them now ??

the seahawk been out of stock for a real long time now maybe due to all the lawsuit's by Asetek' and put a end to that deal quick ?

evga is covered on all that and not affected

''The cooler’s layout underneath the shroud departs quite drastically from MSI’s Sea Hawk. Whereas MSI has used Corsair’s CPU-centric H55 AIO (basically Asetek’s 550LC), EVGA has decided to utilize a version of the GPU-specific Asetek 740LC. The visual differences between the two are minor at best but internally the 740LC has a contact plate specifically designed for GPU cores, something the H55 lacks due to its CPU cooling roots''

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/70502-evga-gtx-980-ti-hybrid-review.html

ya, that ol'seahawk looks like a done deal ? may of been good wile it lasted ??

So would you suggest getting a 980 ti Hybrid, would that be able to run 1440p at decent fps?

 

[junkeymonkey]

being the 980ti is nvidias 2ed next to a titan top card I would think it should with ease if it will push 4k it will easly do 1440 p , right ??

you could go for a air cooled card and hope it runs below 80c at load ?? or the hybrid at maybe 60c max on a bad day ??

''Pros: Runs just below 40C all of the time. What more can you ask for 60 fps in Arma III on ultra settings and 2K monitor''

''Pros: Needed to run a 43" 4K TV at 60fps native resolution as a monitor... Does this well through its HDMI 2.0 port
Runs at 48C when being pushed hard. I like cool''

''Pros: This video card is a monster!! Can run all modern games easy at 4k settings at 60HZ and keeps temperature under 51' under max loads''

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487144

 

[Moldoror]

980Ti for 1440p at 60fps dont need to OC, i have a 980Ti G1 Gaming, this GPU have a stock OC and i can play with no problem:

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GTX-980Ti-GAMING/dp/B00ZJP9DMC/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455749447&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=980Ti+G1+gqaming

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125787&cm_re=980Ti_G1_Gaming-_-14-125-787-_-Product

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-XTREME-GAMING-WATERFORCE/dp/B017YOWRQ4/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1455749164&sr=8-3-fkmr3&keywords=GTX+980+Ti+Xtreme+Water+Cooling

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125838&cm_re=GTX_980_Ti_Xtreme_Water_Cooling-_-14-125-838-_-Product

For 1440p any 980Ti can be enough, if you want a OC to make the best i suggest GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Water Cooling

Do you think you could link me the website?

 

[junkeymonkey]

dang sure hard to over look it like I said from here to a guy that was bashing things

'''so vendors are now selling hybrid nVidia cards. To what purpose ? The fans on these cards don't even turn on till 65C and running full tilt overclocked to the max, they are running in low 70s. The 980 / 980 Ti don't throttle until they hit 85C''

no sir they throttle at as low as 65c read up some

why do I want a card at 65c idle in my case to start with ?? keeping things cool is hard enough ?? is it not all about cooling and keeping it there ??

and why guys with them ''air'' card go and want a water block at extra added cost ? guys in the know just get a plug and play hybrid and be done with it ??

plenty like this [on throttling ]
http://www.overclock.net/t/1528783/msi-gtx-970-gaming-v...

http://www.overclock.net/t/1561166/gtx-980-ti-throttles...

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=253080.0

hard to look all that over and still go air ? not to say you cant get a lemon in some way , but ??.....

still had to see a card idling at a temp that the hybrid does less at full max load ??