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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB | GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition |
| Hitman 3 | 12% | 47% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 14% | 13% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 21% | 3% |
| FIFA 21 | 56% | 43% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 21% | 59% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 24% | 0% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 14% | 13% |
| Genshin Impact | 14% | 13% |
| Far Cry 6 | 25% | 64% |
| The Medium | 8% | 41% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB are noticeably better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition.
The GTX 970 has a 50 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980 Ti, but the GTX 980 Ti has 72 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 970. As a result, the GTX 980 Ti exhibits a 66.8 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 970. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 970 has a 50 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980 Ti, but the GTX 980 Ti has 40 more Render Output Units than the GTX 970. As a result, the GTX 980 Ti exhibits a 37.2 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 970. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 980 Ti was released less than a year after the GTX 970, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 980 Ti has 2048 MB more video memory than the GTX 970, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 980 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 980 Ti has 112.2 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 970, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 980 Ti is massively better than the GTX 970.
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB has 2816 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition has 1664. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 980 Ti is 4091 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 970 is 2646. The GTX 980 Ti having 1445 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 980 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 970.
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB requires 250 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition requires 150 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 980 Ti and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the GTX 970. The GTX 980 Ti requires 100 Watts more than the GTX 970 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 980 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 970.
| Core Speed | 1000 MHz | vs |  | 1050 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1076 MHz | vs | | 1178 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM200-310-A1 | Maxwell GM204-200-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 01 Jun 2015 | | vs | 19 Sep 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | |  | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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vs | 9.9
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| 2560x1440 | 8.5
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vs | 7.4
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| 3840x2160 | 6.6
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vs | 5.6
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| Memory | 6144 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz | | vs | | 1753 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 384 Bit | | vs | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 336.6GB/sec | | vs | 224.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 3072 KB | |
vs | 1792 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2816 | | vs | 1664 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 176 | | vs | 104 | |
| Texture Rate | 176 GTexel/s | | vs | 109.2 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 96 | | vs | 56 | |
| Pixel Rate | 96 GPixel/s | | vs | 58.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 5120x3200 | | vs | | 5120x3200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 1 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 250 Watts | vs | | 150 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 37 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 2560x1600 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is an Enthusiast Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM200-310-A1 which has 22 SM activated and thus 2816 Shader Processing Units, 176 TMUs and 96 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1000MHz and goes up to 1076MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 6GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 384-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 1753MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 250W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with one available 6-pin and one available 8-pin connectors. Performance Benchmarks Indicate its performance is slightly above AMD's Dual Radeon R9 295X2 at 1920x1080 but at any resolution above that, the latter proves to be faster. As expected, $999 GeForce GTX Titan X is also slightly faster but GeForce GTX 980 is beaten in around 20%. Even so, GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is not a competitive product because a solution of two GeForce GTX 970 in SLI is still much faster and doesn't come at a much higher cost ($658 against $649). System Suggestions GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1600. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition is a special edition of NVIDIA's high-end GeForce GTX 970 4GB created by Palit. It doesn't have any new features. Read below to know more. Overclock: Central Unit The Central Unit runs at the same speed. Overclock: Memory Clock The Operating Memory Clock and the Frame Buffer Remain the same. Cooling Solution The Cooling System remains the same. Performance Without a New Cooling Solution or overclocking out of the box, GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition is as fast as the reference GeForce GTX 970 4GB. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||