Power Consumption & The Verdict

The GTX 980 Ti only consumed xvi% more ability once overclocked which is quite impressive since we regularly saw performance gains of at least xx%. Moreover, with a full organization consumption of 341 watts, the overclocked 980 Ti simply consumed the same level of power every bit the standard Fury X. Speaking of the Fury X, given how modest the performance gains were, it doesn't brand sense to overclock this graphics bill of fare, especially when the total organization consumption is increased by xviii%.

So Is It Worth It?

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980 Ti is clearly still a rather capable graphics card and this is why many that bought one dorsum in 2022 haven't bothered upgrading to the GTX 1070 or even the GTX 1080 just withal.

Comparing a stock 980 Ti is a little misleading as few would have purchased a reference card and those that did likely ended up overclocking it as there is so much more than performance to be had. Our overclock was extremely piece of cake to attain and boosted the performance on average by 20% -- that'southward huge.

So while the GTX 980 Ti might have been four% slower than the Fury 10 on average, in one case both graphics cards were overclocked it was 11% faster.

Although I only benchmarked half a dozen games for this article, those tested showed competitive results between the GTX 1070 and Fury X. This should take fabricated for a fair comparing betwixt the 980 Ti and Fury X.

Compared to the GTX 1070, the overclocked 980 Ti was on boilerplate 7% faster than the Gigabyte G1 Gaming model. So over again, possibly this is why 980 Ti owners are waiting for something faster like the 1080 Ti or Vega before they upgrade.

Shopping shortcuts:

  • Radeon Fury Ten on Amazon
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti on Amazon, Newegg

Today'south cheapest GTX 1070 cards are selling for $375, though I should annotation that last week Gigabyte'due south Mini ITX OC model was selling for as little as $360. Given those prices, I recommend purchasing the Fury X for no more than $300 and since you'll be buying the 980 Ti second-hand, I don't recommend spending over $300 on that carte du jour either, especially since it probably won't be warrantied.