Which 980 Ti and worth buying?

[chaos_viper15]

Well I sold a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW. With the money I made and some saved up for a new gpu. Which GPU should i buy? Looking at 980 Ti cause I researched and read (some here) that they are pretty much on par such as performance as the 1070 besides the extra 2GB of VRAM.

980 ti's I'm looking at are: All Around the same price, also I have a good amount so price is no problem just looking for best.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified SC
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Here are my PC specifications: (Can't afford a 1070 right now)
EVGA DG-87 Chassis
EVGA 280mm CLC; CPU Cooler
Intel i7 7700k OC @ 5.0 GHZ; CPU
EVGA Z170 Classified K; MOBO
EVGA SuperSC 2x8GB 16GB; Memory/RAM
EVGA Supernova 1000w G3; PSU
SSD OS; Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
SSD Games; Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
HDD Video Editing & REC.; WD Black 1TB
HDD Storage; WD Blue 1TB

 

[WildCard999]

If there all about the same price I'd look at either the Classified or the Strix.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

SC - to be avoided at all costs

EVGA Classified and MSI Lightning are top of the line but not so much to make it worth the retail price bump

After that I like the Gigabyte G1 and MSI Gaming X ... and just behind them, the Strix. here's Techpowerups over clocking results

Card / Core / Memory

Super cards
ASUS GTX 980 Ti Matrix 1517 MHz 2100 MHz
MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning 1518 MHz 2090 MHz

AIB Gamer Cards > 1500 Core
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti WaterForce 1510 MHz 2100 MHz
ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti AMP Extreme 1505 MHz 2096 MHz
Palit GTX 980 Ti JetStream 1515 MHz 2100 MHz
MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 1507 MHz 2040 MHz
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 1512 MHz 2100 MHz


Didn't make the 1500 core cut
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming 1492 MHz 2090 MHz
Colorful iGame GTX 980 Ti 1432 MHz 2020 MHz
ASUS GTX 980 Ti STRIX 1472 MHz 2070 MHz
ZOTAC GTX 980 Ti AMP! 1465 MHz 1990 MHz
EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC+ 1491 MHz 1900 MHz
Reference GTX 980 Ti 1437 MHz 2070 MHz

 

[chaos_viper15]

So is the classified SC good to go with?
It is the lowest price of all at $295
Thanks for the >1500 core charts. Makes me cut some cards out completely.