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The GTX980Ti, for the time being is leading the way in regards to outright performance, particularly when overclocked. The Gigabyte GTX980 Ti G1 Gaming is the fastest sample we have received from an Nvidia partner, to date.
I have reviewed some great high end graphics cards lately, notably the EVGA GTX980 Ti Superclocked+. Out of the box the Gigabyte GTX980 Ti G1 Gaming is clocked a little faster than the EVGA counterpart, and both manually overclock to very similar levels via software tools. We are seeing closely matched maximum stable speeds from all the GTX980 Ti cards we have tested in the last month.
While performance between all GTX980 Ti cards is closely matched, the Gigabyte GTX980 Ti G1 Gaming comes out top in regards to cooling performance. The custom cooler implementation on the G1 Gaming is extremely noteworthy. When gaming, the core runs 23c cooler than the Nvidia GTX980 Ti reference card, which is a remarkable achievement.
System builders with windowed panels will undoubtedly appreciate the option to change the onboard lighting colours to match their coordinated scheme. Gigabyte have opted to use a backplate, unlike the reference card, which helps reduce card hot spots on the rear of the PCB.
You can buy from Overclockers UK from £629.99 inc vat HERE. It slots in at the upper price point for GTX980 Ti partner cards, but the formidable cooler design justifies the small premium.
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Pros:
- noticeably faster than the GTX980Ti reference card.
- built for 4K gaming.
- quality backplate.
- 23c cooler than reference design.
- additional core clock head room available via software.
- no coil whine.
Cons:
- Titan X is only £170 more expensive and has 12GB of GDDR5 memory.
- GDDR5 memory isn't overclocked.
KitGuru says: The Gigabyte GTX980 Ti G1 Gaming is equipped with one of the best cooling solutions we have tested to date. You pay a small premium for this board, but if you demand maximum cooling performance, it is a MUST HAVE.
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Weak review. You have got to do better than this.
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Why wouldn’t you have run the card in its stock OC mode?
Also, good job throwing on things like msaa x4 for GTA 4 at 4k. Nobody is going to play with that enabled and it destroys the framerate.
To anyone who who has not tested 4k in that game and may see this and think these cards can’t run the game at that res: I have a EVGA superclocked 980 and with msaa off and grass turned to very high from ultra and the advanced graphics settings not being on or maxed (so basically things that offer little visual improvement), I can get 40 in the city and a drop to the high 20s in heavy foliage at 4k. The 980 ti will probably then get one above 50 in the city and in the mid-high 30s to maybe even the low 40s range in heavy foliage.
GREAT REVIEW, Zardon
GTX980Ti with its 6GB of VRAM is the Biggest 4k Gaming Future Proofing Bang for your GPU Buck.
This why I make GIGABYTE G1 GAMING GeForce GTX 980Ti a MUST HAVE BUY, I’m also looking at the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme, its a bigger card (3 slots vs 2) and there will be many more 4K future proofing 980Ti from NVIDIA’s partners. We will be placing a order soon for my many happy customers who buy our custom gaming rigs.
I agree with wowgivemeabreak, msaa is a performance killer, and AA isn’t needed at high res.
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the result are nothing but fraud
here are 2 other reviews from other sites:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_980_ti_g1_gaming_soc_review,13.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_G1_Gaming/18.html
this is for kitguru:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/gigabyte-gtx980-ti-g1-gaming-review/16/
& there is not that big difference between r9 295×2 & g1 on other 2 reviews
how on earth all of a sudden this one is so different with that other 2,!!!!?????
i rather read more reliable reviews not kitguru’s which is different from all resources by large margin,
no thanks, i was wrong looking here.
Shut the fuck up.