GTX 980ti vs GTX 1080

Mon Feb 13, 2017 10:12 pm

Hello all, prices have dropped for gtx 980 ti. Im thinkin of grabbing 5 used ones for 4 to 500 canadian dollars, and then watercooling them so I can fit all 5 on my motherboard.

But as for octane benchmark results, it looks like running stock vs stock, the 980ti is very close to the 1080??? is this true?? I saw results for a 1080 posted somewhere here on forum.

Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:40 am

http://www.ebay.com/p/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT ... /201178512

or is this better option, used gtx titan z.. how many can i fit on my motherboard? ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X99-DELUXE Rev 1.xx

Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:27 am

adamrg7 wrote:Hello all, prices have dropped for gtx 980 ti. Im thinkin of grabbing 5 used ones for 4 to 500 canadian dollars, and then watercooling them so I can fit all 5 on my motherboard.

But as for octane benchmark results, it looks like running stock vs stock, the 980ti is very close to the 1080??? is this true?? I saw results for a 1080 posted somewhere here on forum.

At work, my main machine has 2x1080 founders and the other machine has 4x980ti Classified. The 980ti machine runs almost exactly twice as fast in all the scenes I was rendering last week.

Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:06 am

thanks a lot for that info.

so basically, the gtx 980ti is rendering as fast as a 1080, hence, 2 1080s and 4 gtx980 ti. (twice as fast, 2 more cards). right? just making sure lol.

Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:47 am

yep. in my situation, the 980ti and the 1080 are pretty much the same speed. When comparing the two, keep in mind the VRAM difference, and also, I don't think the Octane is fully optimized for Pascal cards, so there could be some speed increase (don't quote me 100% on that though, wait for somebody to verify that, if it's going to factor into your decision)

Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:09 am

seems to be that the 980(ti) are getting rare and prices are about the same as 1080

Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:06 pm

rappet is right. The pickens are slim for 980Ti Hybrids on eBay. There's a couple here and there, but not enough to make it competitive between sellers. Low $400s is about the best one can hope for currently, for a used 980Ti Hybrid.

Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:32 pm

If you can guys afford 470EUR net price for a new 1070 hybrid go for it

Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:43 pm

Looks like EVGA just made the 980 ti hybrid cards unavailable here in Europe

Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:53 pm

980Ti runs much hotter, 250W compared to 180W and this is quite noticable even on touch.