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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 980
IntroThe GeForce GTX 970 uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 1664 SPUs as well as 104 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare that to the GeForce GTX 980, which features core speeds of 1126 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthBoth cards have exactly the same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should have identical performance. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (more or less 32%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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5 Responses to “GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 980”980 shit value oc 970 cheap
very good. but i love gigabyte 760 and gigabyte R9-280x
But it is less 384bit. 384bit graphics cards can run game smootly
Huge price difference for a small performance difference,
I say GTX 970 is the best choice
It's not that the GTX 980 is over priced it's that the gtx 970 represents the better value and is under priced here. They really have a gem with the 970 for price to performance.
Agree, 970 is the best for it's price. 960 and 950 have small memory bandwidth, so i don't pay attention for them.
Also Ge Force 9** are the last nVidia 's cards with Windows Xp drivers (using edited *.inf).
Speculators sell 980 for horse-sized price, and 970 (unpacked, new) is very hard to find at shops.