saifrehman23

donta1979
I would stick to your 780 TI's your going to want to wait and stay your hand, the GTX 980 has not had its die shrink yet, you will see that happen when the Titan II's come along and possibly when the GTX 980 8gb cards come out.... if your going to upgrade you might as well get more than just a 5-10% performance increase to justify it. smart move sticking to what you got. I am ditching my own 780 TI soon but for a Titan only because I need a workstation card that has gaming performance really tired of dealing with crashes in maya since I let go of my GTX 480's.... was not so frequent with each card generation but the 780 TI its so bad I rage too much when maya crashes and I lose my work... I refused to bend over to the green weenie of NVIDIA saying I will take it here is my 1k for a single video card that you only used to charge an average of 500-700 for before the GTX 580's. But yeah another story smart move man wait it out and get something worth upgrading to.

Yeah man but keep in mind its not like selling and buying its just a jump. 30$ for a hop over to the 980. Idk man what temps are you getting in your 780 Ti?

saifrehman23

scarface_810
if i was you. you solud just wait till 980 TI or 980 8GB what i hear thar a 8GB. or if they make a 1000GTX :X then make a jump 980 only diff is it it has 4gb mabey little fast. just keep ues your 780 Ti that my option realy no need to get the 980 yet.

Did you read the post? I stated that i am not selling or buying any GPU. It is a trade pretty much with the EVGA step up program. All i have to pay is 30$ for the warranty since i forgot to register it in the 14 days.

jpearson79
OP, for $30 I'd jump and step up to a 980. You mentioned in one of your posts that 3gb VRAM is already affecting two games that you play. If this is really the case, that would be the deciding factor for me. Done deal. Who cares about benchmarks and what not, neither card slaughters the other. That's what I'd do. If you're going to step up to the 980, do it on the very last day (or 2nd to last day) of eligibility so your next step up period starts as late as possible on the new card. You never know if we'll see a 980 Ti or equivalent in 90 days time, or an 8gb variant, to step up to again.

jpearson79
OP, for $30 I'd jump and step up to a 980. You mentioned in one of your posts that 3gb VRAM is already affecting two games that you play. If this is really the case, that would be the deciding factor for me. Done deal. Who cares about benchmarks and what not, neither card slaughters the other. That's what I'd do. If you're going to step up to the 980, do it on the very last day (or 2nd to last day) of eligibility so your next step up period starts as late as possible on the new card. You never know if we'll see a 980 Ti or equivalent in 90 days time, or an 8gb variant, to step up to again.

staffy007

jpearson79
OP, for $30 I'd jump and step up to a 980. You mentioned in one of your posts that 3gb VRAM is already affecting two games that you play. If this is really the case, that would be the deciding factor for me. Done deal. Who cares about benchmarks and what not, neither card slaughters the other. That's what I'd do. If you're going to step up to the 980, do it on the very last day (or 2nd to last day) of eligibility so your next step up period starts as late as possible on the new card. You never know if we'll see a 980 Ti or equivalent in 90 days time, or an 8gb variant, to step up to again.

For $30 my card would be on its way now.

jpearson79

gpoulos
FYI. You cannot step-up a step-up. It says so in the fine print. Also they only usually allow step-ups to reference models not the SC versions.

I did not know that, thanks. That would make my decision even easier. Again, if OP is hindered by 3gb now it is a no-brainer IMO. Looking at the reviews and impressions for AC: Unity, I'm miffed that apparently you can't play with ultra-high textures with "only" a 3gb card. My dual Ti's are powerful enough to max out the game, but the 3gb seems to be the limiting factor re: max textures. This negates what people have been saying over the past year(s) regarding memory usage- that by the time memory usage becomes an issue your GPU won't be powerful enough anyway to run X game of the future even with that increased memory. Yes this may be due to unoptimized games, which stinks. But I'm also angry at Nvidia, 3gb card shouldn't have been released. But it's all about the $$$ to them and AMD for that matter. I've never had a situation where my SLI setup from 1 year ago can't play games as I want to play them. I'll still get Unity and I'm sure I'll enjoy it regardless. I got into PC gaming to have a maxed out experience, not turn down settings. Not cool that I'll have to buy another GPU(s) probably as soon as 6-8gb become standard. May just buy used Titan Blacks from Amazon warehouse for like $850 at this point, those will at least have some more longevity. It makes no sense for me to buy a 4gb card coming from 3gb card. Sorry for the rant, lol. In sum, OP, I'd step up for $30.

jpearson79

saifrehman23
 
Can you step up to a gtx 980 classified? If so, i would step up, but is going to a super-clocked version really worth it? It is retailing for less than my 780 Ti Classy...
 
To a superclocked version from a classy Ti?

You cannot step up to a 980 Classified. I agree, your 780Ti Classified is the more powerful card (compared to the vanilla 980 you'd step up to). I'd still step-up to a vanilla 980 if I were eligible. I am likely in the minority there gauging the responses but that's what I'd do. You are having a much harder time deciding, lol, in which case you probably don't need to step up and should just keep your Classified. Usually when I hesitate on buying an item it means I don't need it. Another question is how long until you plan on upgrading your GPU again? **EDIT- I just re-read your original post and you said 3 years. If keeping a card for 3 years, and you can't step up a step up (meaning you can't step up to the 980 and then to the next card that comes along), will you be okay with 3gb for the next 3 years? No idea, but if the recent game launches are any indication I'd want the 4gb VRAM.

corndog1836
I have two 780ti classys in sli oc'd at 1320mhz STABLE using LN2 bios at 1250mv. She runs hot at 92 degrees at full load for one hour Running unigene heaven. Temps are usually aroound 88. I have 22 days left in step up program. At such a high over lock I am worried a 980 acx 2.0 wont beat my current set up. I game at 1440p.

jpearson79

corndog1836
I have two 780ti classys in sli oc'd at 1320mhz STABLE using LN2 bios at 1250mv. She runs hot at 92 degrees at full load for one hour Running unigene heaven. Temps are usually aroound 88. I have 22 days left in step up program. At such a high over lock I am worried a 980 acx 2.0 wont beat my current set up. I game at 1440p.

Good lord, that's some serious heat. I sold my old 780 Classified SLI setup because I needed to run 7 case fans to keep my temps at 80 max while cards were OC to 1280mhz, it drove me nuts. Happy to now be back at only 3 case fans, minimal heat, and positive pressure case air flow. To each his own, just be careful!