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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 980
IntroThe GeForce GTX 970 features a clock speed of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1664 SPUs, 104 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1126 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Memory BandwidthBoth cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 980 is quite a bit (approximately 32%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GTX 980 will be a bit (approximately 7%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 970, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum 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.