So I know the 980 is still just rumors, but people here will know more about what they've seen than what I know.

I've started building my own PC.
So far the build is

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case - $179.00
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor - $385.00
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler - $89.00
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard - $264.00
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory - $209.00
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive - $134.00
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - $162.00
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850Watt 80+ Gold Full Modular PSU - $189.00
Optical Drive: LG BH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer - $87.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) - $107.00
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor - $442.00
Monitor: Asus PB248Q 60Hz 24.1" Monitor - $409.00
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter - $44

The only thing missing is a GPU.
Originally I was going to get a 780Ti but as I only started getting parts 2 weeks ago people said I should wait for the 980 to decide which card to get.

I know I still have to wait another week or so for some solid figures but just wanted some clarification on where were at.

From what I've read the 980 is going to be slightly faster then the 780Ti which has made me glad I've waited.

The usage of the comp at the moment is under what it's should be capable of though, I want good FPS for gaming while playing ultra settings, but as my monitor is only 1080p with 144hz rather than 1440 or 4k either of these cards should be able to play everything right?

My friend has lent me his old AMD 5870 GPU to run my pc off while I wait for the 980.
So I'm just sticking to LoL and probably Fable Anniversary now that it's out.
Seeing as neither are heavily graphically demanding. So I'm not too worried about waiting as long as the 980 turns out to be worthwhile cost/performance wise when compared to the 780Ti

Okay, I'll just keep waiting.
They're supposed to be coming out on this 24 hour gaming event at the end of the week, right?

its always good to wait my problem is I rush in a buy a gpu and then the big thing come out. I am very happy now with my pair of 660ti card but before that my first one was a gt 310 noob thing to do and second was a 9800gt another noob thing so wait.

Didn't see the wifi card. I would definitely suggest the same as biohazard

The GTX 980 is supposed to be a bit stronger than the GTX 780, but not quite as strong as the 780 ti.

I thought about that. But I think I'm going to stick with buying a new card. Even if I go 700 series (don't think I will though) I'll probably hunt down a new one. Just as you don't know what the last user did to it.

Take this with a grain of salt, but actually, the 980 is supposedly slightly faster than the Ti, probably because of the high clock speed vs a Ti, even though the memory bandwidth is less. Check out videocardz.com (sorry, I can't post links apparently).
 
That said, there's no guarantee the drivers will be as mature as the ones for the Ti.
 
PS - the release date says September 19th.  o.O
 
 

dave851

leeferna
Take this with a grain of salt, but actually, the 980 is supposedly slightly faster than the Ti, probably because of the high clock speed vs a Ti, even though the memory bandwidth is less. Check out videocardz.com (sorry, I can't post links apparently).
 
That said, there's no guarantee the drivers will be as mature as the ones for the Ti.
 
PS - the release date says September 19th.  o.O
 
 

Links don't work until you have 50 posts iirc. I wouldn't really lean on the information to much but I doubt its going to be to far off. Still would wait for proper reviews after the card is relased.
 
SPEC LINKY
 
Anyways, if the rumors are right, its going to be a card that's not as power hungry for about the same performance as the 780ti. Also note that it looks to be using 3 display ports with only one dvi and one hdmi for connections.

 In other words in reality its likely Nvidias 2nd tier GPU chip unit(Like the GTX 680 was when it was first released, even though for that year it was the "flagship" video card). Expect the real full blown Maxwell unit to come in the form of the GM210 chip which will not be released for another year.
 
   So in reality this years new "flagship" processor really isn't that. Nvidia releases their flagship processer every 2 years. So you got another year to wait before you see a substantial increase in performance over a 780ti clock for clock IMO.

I'll just wait for Friday so we know more.
I'd also heard the 980 slightly out performs the 780Ti.
But after Friday we should start seeing some solid numbers on performance.
But the rumored $500 price tag for the 980 is also I nice buying point if it is within 5-10% of the 780Ti as they're still $770-$1100 here in Aus while the $500 980 would only be $600ish.
Which will be nice if I decide to SLI in the future

$ to performance isn't too important.
Originally the 780Ti I was going to get was the ROG Platnium. So money isn't really a huge issue.
I'll just wait and see how the 980 turns out. Don't think I'll wait for the 980Ti

980 Spec + Prices  it's coming :-)
 
http://fudzilla.com/home/item/35765-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-fully-detailed
 
http://fudzilla.com/home/item/35766-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-and-gtx-970-price-revealed

If these specs are correct don't expect the GTX 980/GM204 to outperform the GTX 780ti/GK110..........especially at1080p............the only aspect that the GM204 performs better is Pixel fill rate which is not as important as texture fill rate in todays games, and that's with a 250mhz clock advantage on a reference card. Texture fill rate the GTX 780ti is still king and at about 250mhz less clock.
 
  GTX 980 GTX 770 GTX 780 TiArchitecture28nm Maxwell28nm Kepler28nm Kepler
CodenameGM204-400GK104-425GK110-425
Die-size398 mm2294 mm2561 mm2
L2-cache2 MB512 kB1.5 MB
Transistors5.2 billion3.54 Billion7.08 Billion
CUDA-cores204815362880
TMUs128128240
ROPs643248
Base clock1126 MHz1046 MHz875 MHz
Boost clock1216 MHz1085 MHz928 MHz
Memory clock1750 MHz1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory4GB GDDR52GB GDDR53GB GDDR5
Memory bus256-bit256-bit384-bit
Bandwidth224 GB/s224 GB/s336 GB/s
FP Performance (SP)4.6 TFLOPs3.2 TFLOPs5.1 TFLOPs
Pixel fillrate72.1 GP/s33.5 GP/s53.3 GP/s
Texture fillrate144 GT/s134 GT/s213 GT/s
Power connectors2x 6-pin6-pin + 8-pin6-pin + 8-pin
Thermal Design Power165W230W250W
Release DateSep 19th, 2014May 30th, 2013Nov 7th, 2013

leeferna
Looks like wccftech.com has the first review of the 980. Compared in various games and synthetic benchmarks, it appears to be roughly 10-15% faster than a 780-Ti, although the Ti is stock and not OC'd.

What the average is at stock clocks is a claim of the 980 13% faster overall. But the 980 runs at a stock clock that is 250mhz higher than a 780 ti, or 23% higher clock. Now if you run the 780ti at the same clock speed as the 980(1127mhz, which is not a problem for any 780ti with good cooling), then the 780ti in reality is about 10% faster than the 980 running at identical clocks.
 
  So the benchmarks can be misleading. For me, the 980 would have to OC 10% over its stock reference to equal my 780ti's. And no one knows how well these cards will OC over stock? 10% minimum? 20%? A 20% OC will give it slightly better bench numbers again in the 5-10% range, but that's a card now running in the 1400mhz range that will visually give nothing still in real world performance use.
 
   For me and many others this would be actually be a slight downgrade since Im water cooled and run a flashed vbios upgrade on my plain vanilla reference 780ti cards which in turn means I run at 1137mhz constantly which is basically what the 980 runs at stock.
 
  If someone is looking to upgrade from scratch I would take the GTX 980 over the GTX 780, but not the 780ti/Titan Black. Price I think is reflecting that too.

"It appears that Nvidia has been feeling the pulse of the market and took some note from comments regarding the original launch price for the upcoming GM204 Maxwell based Geforce GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards. The company has adjusted the launch price and the new price, which AIB partners got yesterday morning, is set at US $329 for the GTX 970 and US $549 for the GTX 980.
 
Both graphics cards, as well as the new GM204 Maxwell GPU will be announced during Nvidia's Game24 event which kicks off on September 18th at 6PM PDT, or about 2AM CEST on 19th of September."
 
The above is from (fudzilla.com/home/item/35793-nvidia-adjusted-launch-price-of-gtx-980-and-gtx-970)